Questions about the 1978 Austrailian recordings/films
Ian:
Tony- I'll check my articles-but I am pretty positive that thje group played multiple nights in Brisbane- making it their base till they went to Melbourne-
Ian:
Tony-I found a poster that advertised the BBs at Festival Hall in Brisbane on Friday March 3 1978 and Saturday March 4 1978. It's possible that more shows were added after the poster was printed- but that is at least two nights
TonyW:
Hi Ian - we have a case of mistaken identity here! I thought the Ian posting on this thread was Ian Parsons from Brisbane - D'oh!
Ian Parsons will be a good source of what happened in Brisbane so i will get in contact with him and see if he can clarify shows and dates.
FYI: In 1978 the three biggest cities in Oz were Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane - even then in the late 70s Sydney and Melbourne were quite urban cities but Brisbane was still a big country town - it has since transformed into Bris Vegas. At the time the venue capacity in each city where the Boys played were:
Sydney Sports Ground - capacity 30,000
Myer Music Bowl Melbourne - capacity 30,000
Festival Hall Brisbane - capacity 4,000
So yes it is quite possible Brisbane had to add extra shows to meet demand because the Festival Hall venue was so small. I'll conract Ian P and see what he has - Ian's a collector so I'm sure he'll have the info at his finger tips.
Also for your info - the Sydney show on Sunday, March 19 at the Sydney Sports Ground was a mess as it poured rain - I mean it poured rain in a biblical sense - "get the Ark!!".
Ian:
Hi Tony- I went and looked thru my materials- a Full page article in the Sydney paper on March 11 1978 mentioned that Brian caught a flu bug in New Zealand-and only played two full shows of the five Brisbane shows (he only played part of the Saturday Brisbane show that was reviewed in the Sydney papers). So the article states that the group played 5 shows there. Based on the poster I have-which was probably made before their visit-they initially were to play on Mar 3 and 4. If three more shows were added-then they probably played on Mar 5, 6 and 7th as well. This would tie in well-with their next attested apps-in Melbourne on Mar 8 and 9- for which again I have posters. I know abou the Mar 19 rainy show-I have a review of it from the Sydney papers.
Jay:
Thanks a lot for the info! ;D So, the recording of "God Only Knows", and "Good Vibrations" where Carl is REALLY out of it are from the 14th show? I'm still curios, do any more songs exist on tape besides these two songs? The two songs mentioned above usually took place at very different points during Beach Boys concerts. For only these two songs to exist is pretty odd.
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