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http://www.npr.org/event/music/154917913/the-beach-boys-in-concert

Downloadable as a podcast?

Wow, thanks for the heads up.  Sounds great!

Is it just the first set, or a composite of both?

Wonder why they don't have the full set...

It seems to feature songs from a number of different concerts, so it's not even an attempt at depicting a full show. Just an hourlong selection.

Apparently they're sampling a little from the Grand Prairie, Texas show from earlier on this tour..2nd show of the tour...at the 10 minute mark we get Bruce saying "Wow!  We must be in Texas!"

Also, the version of "Isn't It Time" is just the one from the record. With a few instrumental additions.

Everyone's vocals are canned.

Well, that's strange.


Still, just got to Surfer Girl, and if the stream didn't keep cutting out it'd be great!

Composite of both sets...I'm already at the car songs medley and we're at the 12 minute mark.  I hope they got "Heroes and Villians"...

Whoa what the hell happens during "409"?  The audience just completely drops out and it sounds like they're in a studio.


EDIT>..okay I'm pretty sure they just inserted the version of the Sirius performance into the mix.  Same with "Shut Down."   For whatever reason, they've segued right into the Sirius recording for part of the car medley.  Nothing wrong with that per se, they are technically sampling from the entire tour.  But they could've at least passed it off a little better.  The sloppy editing totally gives it away!  Had they faded out the audience less clumsily I wouldn't even have noticed.

"LGIOK" sounds fantastic！ Really missed this one in Berkeley.

That fodering sucks, btw - NPR are usually super cool with their concerts.


Besides that..... I do like the new guitar in the chorus...

Tweeted at them, btw. Wonder if they respond.

Also, RE: autotune....

BW is autotuned here. So is Mike. And I can only assume the majority of these are sourced from early shows on the tour...... where Joe Thomas was present. Do I smell a rat?

Either a rat, or a deal to produce a live album.

I like how Al can double track himself live! I knew he was a talented vocalist, but damn!

Why not use a tour version and supplement it with parts from the record instead of the other way around?

Brian sings his part better live.

Even Foskett's vocal is from the record. Hmmm.

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Oh man, they even took all the vocals from the record on TWGMTR. Smh. Al sings his lines better now that he knows them well. C'mon Beach Boys people.

Effort would've been better spent melodyning (not autotuning) the live vox.

However.. I wonder if there's too much leakage in the tracks to be able to tune everyone individually.

Wow ! Thanks ! Hope I get a chance to listen to it later!

Yeah, is it possible to download this?

I'm about 20 mins. in and I think that "Isn't it time" is indeed the studio version with additional overdubs. In fact I think this version is much better. The overdubs make this sound much fuller and Brian Wilson-like. This should be the single version

Anyone figured out how to save this?

It's not being offered as a podcast.  Capitol is way too cheap for that.

Completely agree.

I do as well; I hear Dave (I hope it is he) strummin' some lush power chords to move it along.  I don't know what sort of a hybrid song this is, but I like the feel; it has a live feel in places (perhaps just the echo, but it ends live--so odd.

Is there any way to get an mp3 rip of that version of "Isn't it Time"?

That's nothing. He nanages to double-track himself live *while singing a separate harmony part* a couple of times on the 'no vocal overdubs' Knebworth DVD/CD...

OK, I'm about 40 minutes into this 60 minute concert sampler, and I can't help but notice that Al (and Bruce) hasn't had a single lead vocal yet, other than a couple of lines in the new songs.  I guess I'm just an Al-advocate, but man, Al is a good sport at being treated as "less than" in the setlist decisions, album track inclusions, media appearances, etc. during this whole tour.  Al is so important in the harmony blend, and his lead vocals are stronger than anyone else's at this point, both live and in the studio.
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Edit...OK close to the end...I guess Help Me Rhonda is Al's only lead...

Well, it's only an hour of highlights rather than a full concert set (not sure why they didn't give NPR a full concert set) from different tour dates.  It's not like they don't get a lot to sing in the actually show.

I've been to 3 shows, so I'm aware that Al & Bruce do sing leads at the shows.  Just wondering why great leads like Al's on "Cottonfields" or "California Saga" or "Then I Kissed Her" were not featured.  I didn't keep track, but I'd say that on this hour of highlights, Mike had about 15 lead vocals...couldn't they have dropped a couple so we could hear "Disney Girls" or "Cottonfields"? 

Of all the performances of 'Sail on Sailor' they could have used, why couldn't they have used one of the ones with Brian's growling 'DAAMNN'

There's got to be a way to save/record this.

I wish they'd pulled recordings from more recent shows, now that the group is really hitting their stride.

Been enjoying this notwithstanding its shortcomings.

Here's a few questions/comments:
1- Joe Thomas said that he was present during the first few dates. Does that have to do with the production of the PBS program?
2- did his presence have to do with the -ahem- funny vocals effects? As did his leave with the absence of said effects?
3- anyone can offer insight on their road manager leaving after the first few dates? Who was he anyway?

Is it possible that #3 was #1?

I'm thrilled that this is out there, but there are some really clumsy edits in it.

You can save it using any audio capturing software, like Sound Tap.

What's really strange is that the very final sung line right at the end (which I presume is Brian) is live.

Sounds like the mics on the audience get switched off during 409

As I wrote earlier...the car medley starting with 409 is lifted directly from the Sirius XM performance.  Although the NPR version is mixed better, a quick comparison shows that the performances are one in the same...same guitar licks, same remarks by Al to "Go David go!"  That is why the audience drops out--because the Sirius set was taped in a studio with a less exuberant audience in attendance.

Good Vibrations on the NPR show is also the same version from the Sirius show. They sync perfectly. Two easy tip offs are the fluffed "clothes" on the "I love the colorful clothes she wears" line, and even more obviously, the draw-out of the "Close my eyes" line. Do It Again also features the same flown-in bridge vocal from Brian that was on the Sirius show. Other weird things going far and above what's already been mentioned by others. When Bruce utters his "Texas girls" line, it's mixed center directly *over* the vocal part he's already singing that's mixed left (his 'I wish they all could be California Girls" reply line)! Double-tracked vocals, studio versions, etc.
 
Still, for all the faking, it's an essential listen IMHO if only for the stuff that we haven't got already, and possibly even more importantly, the songs that have been dropped (e.g. "The Little Girl I Once Knew"). :)

NO AUTOTUNE ON THE EARLY SHOWS. U GUYS ARE DELUSIONAL IDIOT LOL

Sorry, didn't catch it when you said it earlier.  That makes a lot of sense.

The info says "Hear an hour of highlights from several of The Beach Boys' recent shows", so one of these 'recent show' is the Sirius's show :)

I love Isn't it time... soooo great song!

do you know about get the Siriu's concert on the web? thanx!

I'm having some trouble recording this, I've tried multiple times.  Could someone perhaps who has recorded this shoot me a PM?

EDIT: All set! Thank you!  ;D

Hmmmm.  To me, Brian's voice sounds better than Mike's.  It's as if Mike won't open up his throat. Great version of Sail on Sailor.  Pity the song choice isn't a little wider.

Finally heard this. Guess a live album may be in the works if they're recording everything... If there is, let's hope there are more post-1965 tracks than this. It's worrying that Brian sounds better than Mike. I guess to be at one of the shows must have been great, but after a few listens, you hear the bum notes.