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I don't know if anyone else has seen this, but apparently someone unearthed an unreleased Beatles concert from '63 which has them playing some songs I've personally never heard live versions of (including "There's A Place" and a few others).

It got me thinking. What, if any, rare songs did The Beach Boys perform back in the 60's?

I always loved this clip of The Beach Boys playing When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) on Ready Steady Go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6VLcAu6KGc

Surely there has to be at least ONE performance of them doing something completely out there (outside of the usual boots).

Are there any other rare one-off performances out there?

I suppose What'd I Say from Australia in early '64 counts. They performed Gettin' Hungry in August of 1967 in Hawaii. They also covered Buffalo Springfield's Rock and Roll Woman in 1969.

Hawthorne Boulevard.

We Three Kings.... on Shindig and O Come All Ye Faithfull on the UNICEF concert in '67

Did they play How She Boogalooed It more than once ?

I believe it's been established that "Please Let Me Wonder" was played (and recorded) at the '65 Chicago shows. Would love to hear that one someday...

WOW. Didn't know about that one.

With Brian on lead too? If so (and even if not!), that definitely needs to start circulating ;)

"Goober Peas" in Memphis, 1968.

"River Song" played at the Hartford concert and one or two other gigs in 1973.

"Heard "Slip On Through" or "Got To Know The Woman" recently on a live boot. Can't remember which one.

"I've Got A friend - I think it was Princeton U (Not Madison Square Garden) in 1972 sung by Dennis.

"Forever" sung by Dennis in 1971.

"Rhonda" sung by Dennis around 1974/1975 and "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" sung by Dennis around 1965/'66.

II think the live version of “Slip on Through” floating out there is an off-line recording of a radio or TV show performance. Pretty murky-sounding, but it sounds like they could pull that one off live pretty well.

Yes, Brian sings lead. Catbirdman confirmed this. They just have to get the complete Chicago '65 concert out there, they just have to....

Weren't the vocals for "Rhonda" traded off between Dennis, Al, and Carl all throughout 1972-1975?

There's a live "Slip On Through" on Get the Boot.

 They did Rishikesh (w/ Charles Lloyd on flute) at Winterland, SF in '71.

There's the 'Slow Medley' from the Olympia show....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDfBi_Cn-c

Maybe my recollections are a little fuzzy, but I think I've only heard Dennis sing the lead to Rhonda once or twice. The one that sticks out in my mind is where he flubs a verse or sings it twice.

Carl and Al traded off leads for Don't Worry Baby and maybe others.

There is a 1965 show on Eric's site that has a cool set. I forget what's on it but a few unusual things. Little Bird was sung live a lot.

The "Slip On Through" heard on boots is from the syndicated TV show "The Dennis Wholey Show" that was taped in Cincinnati in the late 60s and early 70s.  The appearance was taped in November 1969.

WTF was Mike thinking? is this the concert on the "endless harmony" dvd where they talk about how no one could understand english in the audience?

I have to say, if I were talking to a crowd of people who couldn't understand the language I was speaking in, I would probably be a little funny about it too.

I've heard him singing it on at least four (maybe five) live boots, and I know I've heard Carl singing it once.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLFb-sP_cwY

Is this performance of PLMW of any interest to this topic?

I've heard brief renditions of Pom Pom Playgirl and Salt Lake City on some live rarities comps.....I have Salt Lake City (just the chorus) sung in 81 at Park City UT. Pom Pom Playgirl was played live in 71 at Notre Dame, IN.
I have a recording (floating around out there) of Mr. Moto (live from 62).

I know and have heard of a couple of 60s rarities (woulda been rare to play anytime) that were played in the 70s: Don't Talk (Put Your Head on my Shoulder) was played in Tampa FL in 74, I think Billy H sang lead on I'm Waiting for the Day in 75, and Dennis sang a gruff lead on In the Back of My Mind in St. Louis in 75.

IDK if it's considered rare but 20/20's All I Want to Do was to be at the end of Live in London, but is now found on the early 80s BB Rarities album.  (IMO, a FANTASTIC encore/concert ender)

Looking on Eric Aniversario's site of Setlists , Girl Don't Tell Me is listed as being performed in 65 at Fresno CA, in my opinion, I'd consider that rare, but then again, it coulda been on the setlist when Summer Days was currently out on LP.
Also, on Eric's Site, I found that Nearest Faraway Place was played live in England in 1969, but I wanna recall that it was on the setlist for a little while. And Bruce sang lead on Please Let me Wonder in 69 if that's to be included as a "rarity"
This also has a setlist with some songs on it that I don't know, but are prolly just covers that I'm not familiar with:
http://members.tripod.com/~fun_fun_fun/8-17-63.html

Now I'm not for sure when Heroes and Villains was added to the setlist perminently, (prolly early to mid 70s), but as a "rarity," I consider the performance of H&V in Hawaii in 67 to be rare because it's (as far as I've heard), the only performance of the song that doesn't use the "Bicycle Rider" lyrics during the chorus....granted, I'm sure it was added to the performances when added to the setlist in the 70s, but still, it's a slightly different live version.

Also, IDK if this is considered a rarity but I know Hey Little Cobra is from the 60s and was played in the mid 80s...and prolly played many times after that too.  ;)

Well, it is lip-synced.

Please point me in the direction of the 4 or 5 boots that have Dennis Wilson singing lead on Rhonda. I can find one right now where he messes it up and I think I have another but can't find it. I'm really interested in hearing the others, in addition to the one where Carl is singing lead on the song.

"Little Bird" was done live at a few shows in '68.

And you're not even Mike Love, who does that in front of crowds who CAN understand him!

He gets better, in case anyone hasn't seen the end of this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDE-NrZsMq0