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I'm hoping that this topic doesn't stray to far off as far as board rules concern. My question is, is there any website that gives a basic archive of the available concert recordings(audience tapes, FM Broadcasts, etc) that are traded along fans? I know of some of the "big name" shows, like Chicago 1965, Carnegie Hall 1971, ect. But what about audience tapes from 1979-1983, for example? Or the 1969 tour?

I still have that audience tape from Sept. 81 I've been meaning to dig out...

There isn't an all-encompassing LIST but if you give me a few days I can make a workable list building from my own personal stuff plus known recordings that I haven't laid my grubby mitts on yet. Problem is that the list would inevitably be incomplete as far as what circulates versus what EXISTS. In many cases I've talked to people who taped shows only to get terrible recordings as a result; while they may have the tapes they don't see the need for sharing them as they're poor to begin with.

I can't really ballpark how many tapes there are short of counting the stuff in my trade list one by one and working with other recordings I know exist. In some cases a tape documents a complete gig, some only a partial (we're even talking one or two songs).

I suppose, since it's relatively the easiest to go with as of now, here's a brief list of any tapes that aren't of the band or Brian, as it's a short list! :) And I'll keep it non-taper geek. Durations are based on my recollections of the tapes (yes, I've actually LISTENED to them, and my memory is surprisingly AGD-ish with regards to this geek stuff).

I would like to point out that, by no means, do I know any information regarding those individuals who taped these gigs. This is merely a list of what I know is out there.

Month/day/year | Venue, city and state/country | (Duration, source)

AL JARDINE

8/20/05   Bonfante Gardens, Gilroy, CA (35 minutes, audience)
10/20/08   The Roxy Theater, Los Angeles, CA (15 minutes, audience)

BEACH BOYS FAMILY AND FRIENDS

2/28/99   Strawberry Festival, Plant City, FL (two 50 minute sets, audience)
3/30/99   Stone Mountain Park, Atlanta, GA (70 minutes, audience video)
7/17/99   Seagaze, Oceanside, CA (75 minutes, audience)
8/27/99   Antelope Valley Fair, Lancaster, CA (70 minutes, audience)
10/9/99   Topeka Performing Arts Center, Topeka, KS (110 minutes, audience) - this gig is a personal favorite, and also the longest of the BBF&F shows that are known to circulate.
12/30/99   Soaring Eagle Casino, Mt. Pleasant, MI (65 minutes, audience)

AL JARDINE AND THE ENDLESS SUMMER BAND

7/25/03   Harborfest, Oswego, NY (70 minutes, audience video)
4/5/08   Suncoast Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV (90 minutes, audience)

MIKE LOVE

?/?/74   Unknown Location (3 minutes, from radio broadcast) - it's one song, California Girls. John McLaughlin on guitar and Charles Lloyd on flute. A meeting of TM minds?
11/6/81   Chadds Ford, PA (90 minutes, audience)

MIKE LOVE AND CELEBRATION

4/28/78   University of California, Los Angeles, CA (60 minutes, audience) - Brian, Carl, and Al are present with Michael.
5/6/78   American Bandstand, Hollywood, CA (5 minutes, from television) - Al is present with Michael.

MIKE LOVE AND DEAN TORRENCE

3/22/82   Daytona Beach Bandshell, Daytona Beach, FL (90 minutes, audience) - personal favorite; Michael and Dean put on a hell of a show this day. John Cowsill sat in on drums.
?/?/83   Houston, TX (45 minutes, soundboard)

MIKE LOVE AND THE ENDLESS SUMMER BEACH BAND

6/?/90   Tokyo, Japan (20 minutes, from either soundboard or pre-FM master)

MIKE LOVE AND DENNIS WILSON

5/9/74   Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (5 minutes, audience) - Dennis' contribution is debatable, some folks insist he's here. California Girls and Blowin' In The Wind. The whole gig exists as well, with performances by Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Phil Ochs, David Van Ronk, and speeches by Dennis Hopper. This was a benefit engagement for Chilean relief in the aftermath of the 1973 USA-sanctioned removal of democratically-elected Chilean president Salvador Allende and the ensuing torture and murder of Victor Jara and thousands of others who supported Allende's socialist policies.

CARL WILSON

4/6/81     Center Stage, Detroit, MI (40 minutes, audience)
4/7/81   The Agora, Cleveland, OH (40 minutes, audience)
4/11/81   My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY (55 minutes, FM broadcast)
4/13/81   The Bottom Line, New York, NY (55 minutes, FM broadcast)
4/23/81   The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (55 minutes, audience)

DAVID MARKS

9/11/04   Towerlands, Briantree, Essex, England (90 minutes, audience) - one of the Beach Legends gigs, with David backed up by Jeff Foskett and Billy Hinsche among many others.
5/29/07   "The Lost Beach Boy Party", Santa Monica Pier, CA (100 minutes, audience)
10/20/08   The Roxy Theater, Los Angeles, CA (10 minutes, audience)
8/2/09     Eddie's Attic, Decatur, GA (75 minutes, soundboard) - this was put up on David's site a while back.

I think this one requires some explaining! What is Mike Love doing at such a rally, considering he seems by most every account to be the sort of person that would not keep the company of folks who are otherwise committed leftist radicals of one kind or another. Was it just because a Beach Boy would help boost some attendance given the time of the concert and the current recuperating status of the Boys as a worthwhile live act? I know Bob Dylan appeared in order to support the cause and to get more people to show up as tickets were not selling very fast, at least. This seems most curious because while I suppose none of the Beach Boys were ever politically active in any way -- they did play Sun City after all -- I would at least have figured Al Jardine more likely to show up for this kind of thing than Mike Love, you know? It's neither here nor there, but I find it most curious -- especially that Dennis may have been there along with Mike (and no other Beach Boys)!

Perhaps I am overly tired... I must sleep on it and hopefully when I wake up this will not be too embarrassing...

Dennis was not there, and Mike's part was shown on TV (he was backed by John McLaughlin & Charles Lloyd on "California Girls"). He got booed, btw.

Live shows - there are tapes from every year of the band's existence from 1962 to date, in quality ranging from soundboard/FM stereo radio show to almost entirely unlistenable (the 1970 Whiskey show is sadly in the latter category) and whole concert to less than one complete song. I don't think there a website with the list you're seeking (would be a damn fine idea, mind).

John McLaughlin playing California Girls? That could be either the best thing ever, or horrendous new age noodlewank.

That app was I think Mike's first show without the BBs (of course he'd do tons after that). He was a bit nervous and told an interviewer that the best part of the show was the glass of wine Dylan gave him backstage when he came off.  He noted that he hesitated before taking it-because he'd basically sworn off drinking for quite awhile as he got more into TM. He said he was probably the only person that hesitated to accept anything from Bob Dylan.  The footage of Mike from this show was used by News shows in late 74 when they were reporting on the surprise success of Endless Summer and the nostalgia revival.  I must admit that I left it out of my first TV article for ESQ.

In '74 I think the only possibility is best thing ever.  In fact, I may have to do a cover, if Mahavishnu had covered California Girls.  It would be, at least, very fast and in 11/8.

"I think this one requires some explaining! What is Mike Love doing at such a rally."

There has been a suggestion that when Mike and Boys started playing rallies for the GOP, they had also offered their services to the Democrats - and they had, after all, played at some inauguration gig for Jimmy Carter...

Had a cassette tape of this since, oh, late 70s. Nothing to get fussed about.

The Michael/McLaughlin/Lloyd California Girls sounds EXACTLY like someone mixed the Beach Boys, Charles Lloyd's early 1970s albums, and the acoustic Mahavishnu Orchestra tunes. It doesn't work 100%; Michael sounds WAY out of his element. Frankly, I'm sure John McLaughlin thought he was too good for the company he had in that session.

Thanks everybody, for the info. It would be great if somebody could do a website like Eric Anniversario's setlist archive, but only an archive of available recordings.

can anybody speak to the best recordings (in terms of quality) from the 1970-1973 period?

The BB's in Concert?  ;D

Seriously, I can vouch for Hartford '73, Sycaruse '71 (I think it's 71 - it's commonly booted as 'Do It Again') although inexplicably the bass drum is mixed way too high and someone can't play the bass very well, and obviously the Carnegie Hall '72 show - it's the best quality, although a short setlist and the band insists on changing the snare drum three times and tuning up interminably between each song. Cracking versions of H&V and GOK, though - and it's also where Wonderbill off EH comes from, if you didn't know.

Others obviously know more than me about this  :)

Here's a bit more of the LIST, covering the 1960s.

7/14/62   Radio KOXR Diaper Derby, Oxnard, CA (35 seconds, with a 2 minute Brian interview, from radio) - the song excerpt here is Mr. Moto.
7/28/62   Azuza Teen Club, Azuza, CA (3 minutes, television) - this is the "One Man's Challenge" video, where they played Surfin' Safari.
10/19/63   Y-Day Concert, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA (15 minutes, soundboard) - also features the Honeys on Be True To Your School.
1/24/64   ATN-7 Television, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (10 minutes, soundboard) - What'd I Say is from this gig. Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow and Little Deuce Coupe are the other tunes.
3/12/64   The Steve Allen Show, KFMB Television Studios, New York, NY (6 minutes, television)
3/14/64   NBC Television Studios, Burbank, CA (25 minutes, film master) - The Lost Concert.
5/12/64   The Red Skelton Show, Los Angeles, CA (3 minutes, from television) - this is the "half live" version of In My Room shown in American Band.
8/1/64   Civic Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA (two 45 minute gigs, soundboard) - from the SOTs.
9/27/64   The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS Television Studios, New York, NY (6 minutes, television)
10/29/64   TAMI Show, Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA (12 minutes, film master)
11/6/64   Ready, Steady, Go, ITV Television Studios, London, England (5 minutes, television) - the first known "live" performance of When I Grow Up; this was basically a live in the studio gig, as none of the 1964 UK appearances were concerts.
11/21/64   Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden (18 minutes, radio)
12/14/64   Shindig!, ABC Television Studios, Los Angeles, CA (10 minutes, television)
3/26/65   McCormick Auditorium, Chicago, IL (10 minutes, soundboard) - SOTs.
3/27/65   McCormick Auditorium, Chicago, IL (10 minutes, soundboard) - SOTs.
4/21/65   Shindig!, ABC Television Studios, Los Angeles, CA (8 minutes, television) - only partial clips of this circulate.
10/22/65   The Andy Williams Show, NBC Television Studios, Burbank, CA (12 minutes, television) - Little "Cycle" in place of Little Honda.
10/23/65   The Jack Benny Hour, NBC Television Studios, Burbank, CA (10 minutes, television) - worth it to see Brian and Michael have a "row" with Jack Benny and Bob Hope.
1/7/66   Shibuya Koukaido, Tokyo, Japan (35 minutes, soundboard)
10/22/66   Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (two 45 minute shows, soundboard) - SOTs.
10/25/66   Palais des Sports, Paris, France (15 minutes, soundboard)
11/3/66   Falkoner Centret, Torsdagm, Denmark (22 minutes, audience)
11/13/66   Birmingham Theatre, Birmingham, England (12 minutes, audience)
8/25/67   Honolulu International Center Arena, Honolulu, HI (40 minutes, soundboard)
8/26/67   Honolulu International Center Arena, Honolulu, HI (40 minutes, soundboard) - Hawthorne Boulevard is the big "surprise".
11/17/67   Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, MI (35 minutes, soundboard)
11/19/67   Constitution Hall, Washington, DC (40 minutes, soundboard)
11/21/67   Westchester Community Center, Westchester, NY (30 minutes, soundboard)
11/22/67   Penn Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA (35 minutes, soundboard)
11/23/67   Back Bay Theater, Boston, MA (35 minutes, soundboard)
5/2/68   The Tonight Show, New York, NY (5 minutes, television) - Friends and Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring.
8/26/68   The Mike Douglas Show, Philadelphia, PA (5 minutes, television) - Friends and Little Bird.
10/13/68   The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS Television Studios, New York, NY (6 minutes, television) - Good Vibrations and Do It Again.
11/26/68   Stanley-Warner Theater, Jersey City, NJ (35 minutes, audience) - All I Want To Do pops up in the encore.
12/1/68   Palladium, London, England (35 minutes, soundboard)
12/8/68   Finsbury Park Astoria, London, England (35 minutes, soundboard) - this is the Live in London gig.
5/30/69   The Dome, Brighton, England (2 minutes, film) - Rock and Roll Woman, as seen in American Band.
5/31/69   Hammersmith Odeon, London, England (55 minutes, audience)
6/13/69   Jahrhunderthalle-Hööchst, Frankfurt, West Germany (30 minutes, audience)
6/17/69   Lucerna Hall, Prague, Czechoslovakia (2 minutes, film) - Break Away, as seen in American Band.
7/8/69   The Mike Douglas Show, Philadelphia, PA (5 minutes, television) - I Can Hear Music and Never Learn Not To Love.
7/30/69   The David Frost Show, New York, NY (3 minutes, television) - Break Away.
8/1/69   Schaefer Music Festival, Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York, NY (45 minutes, audience) - Rock and Roll Woman in the encore and a surprisingly appreciative American crowd for the time.
11/30/69   Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (65 minutes, audience)

1970-73 -

2/28/70   Opera House, Seattle, WA (45 minutes, audience) - Brian subs for Michael, Carl sings all of Michael's leads.
10/3/70   Big Sur Music Festival, Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA (40 minutes, soundboard and audience sources)
11/6/70   Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, CA (with The Flame) (55 minutes, audience) - this also has part of the Flame's opening and closing sets.
11/19/70   New Theatre, Oxford, England (55 minutes, audience)
11/20/70   Hammersmith Odeon, London, England (55 minutes, audience)
12/8/70   Gaumont Palace, Paris, France (20 minutes, television)
12/19/70   De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands (18 minutes, radio)
2/24/71   Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (90 minutes, audience)
2/28/71   Symphony Hall, Boston, MA (90 minutes, audience) - David Marks shows up here during Surfer Girl, as he was living in Boston at the time.
3/1/71   The David Frost Show, New York, NY (15 minutes, television) - Forever (a real keeper of a version, too!), Vegetables, and Lady.
4/22/71   JFK Coliseum, Manchester, NH (90 minutes, audience)
4/27/71   Fillmore East, New York, NY (with The Grateful Dead) (35 minutes, soundboard and audience sources) - the Dead's portion of the show (all two and a half hours of it!) also circulates.
5/11/71   Berrigan Brothers Benefit, Manley Field House, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (90 minutes, soundboard) - circulates in two versions; the first is heavily edited to remove most talk between songs and removes Your Song from the mix; the 90 minute tape is from a lower-generation source and is unedited.
6/27/71   Fillmore East, New York, NY (40 minutes, radio) - the closing night at the Fillmore, broadcast live on WNEW-FM in New York. Notorious for the poor mix (read: Al and Bruce most prominent, Carl in and out, Michael barely audible - of course that's a good thing for some folks!).
7/1/71   Kings Bridge Armory, New York, NY (90 minutes, audience)
7/2/71   Schaefer Music Festival, Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York, NY (18 minutes, television) - the "Good Vibrations From Central Park" ABC-TV show.
9/24/71   Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (85 minutes, audience) - one of the best recordings to be found of them from any era. An embarrassment of riches. "He's in the song!"
10/1/71   Clowes Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN (75 minutes, audience) - the only live performance (loosely put) of the first verse of Pom Pom Play Girl.
11/7/71   McDonough Arena, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (60 minutes, audience) - not incredibly recommended if you can't stomach cuts, but it's a great show.
11/13/71   Dillon Gym, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (85 minutes, audience)
12/3/71   Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA (100 minutes, audience) - Brian comes out to play organ on A Day in the Life of a Tree. The band are laughed at.
2/25/72   Grand Gala Du Disque Populaire, TV RAI Congrescentrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (20 minutes, television) - the so-called "1973 studio version" of Surf's Up is from this appearance. Bruce, Blondie, and Ricky are present.
3/25/72   St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY (90 minutes, audience) - Bruce, Blondie, and Ricky are present. "You wanna get it straightened out? People are fighting, it's fuckin' stupid!" - Carl Wilson "If anyone wants to fight they can go to Madison Square Garden and get paid for it." - Michael Love
4/2/72     Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL (100 minutes, audience) - Bruce's last gig until 1978. The "last time" he'd ever sing Disney Girls. Of course we know how that one panned out.
5/9/72   Kongress-Saal im Deutschen Museum, Munich, West Germany (100 minutes, audience)
5/10/72   Concert Hall, Villa de Louvigny, Luxembourg (100 minutes, radio) - to be honest, it's a guy holding a microphone up to the radio speaker, so it sounds like a bad audience recording.
5/13/72   Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands (85 minutes, audience)
5/27/72   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (90 minutes, audience)
6/3/72   Crystal Palace Bowl, London, England (10 minutes, television) - "Good Vibrations from London".
8/20/72   Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown, PA (15 minutes, audience) - "If they don't make these girls in the summertime put more clothes on they'll have to outlaw the statutes against rape. That's by no means meant as a warning." - Michael Love
8/21/72   Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (70 minutes, audience)
8/23/72   Boston Commons, Boston, MA (90 minutes, audience)
11/6/72   University of Georgia Coliseum, Athens, GA (20 minutes, audience)
11/23/72   Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (55 minutes, soundboard)
4/14/73   Pirate’s World, Dania, FL (5 minutes, audience) - most of the gig was never taped due to a number of delays to the gig itself; the recording has Carl singing God Only Knows and Caroline No only with his guitar, and admonishing the rather rude crowd.
5/13/73   Colby College, Waterville, ME (75 minutes, audience)
8/19/73   Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (95 minutes, audience) - River Song shows up here, and We Got Love and California Girls were used on In Concert.
8/24/73   Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT (95 minutes, audience) - River Song also is played. One of the best audience recordings you'll ever hear.
11/16/73   Convention Center, Anaheim, CA (100 minutes, audience) - Bruce apparently made a quick stop at this gig in the encore.
12/14/73   The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (55 minutes, audience) - Little Saint Nick shows up in the encore.

1974-76 -

3/16/74   Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA (75 minutes, audience)
4/12/74   Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL (90 minutes, audience) - Don't Talk makes a surprise appearance.
4/14/74   Orlando Sports Stadium, Orlando, FL (90 minutes, audience) - Don't Talk is played.
4/20/74   University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN (95 minutes, audience)
4/23/74   University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (90 minutes, audience)
6/14/74   Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (90 minutes, radio) - Elton John and Paul Simon show up during Surfer Girl.
7/21/74   County Stadium, Milwaukee, WI (75 minutes, audience)
9/1/74   Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (90 minutes, audience)
9/8/74   Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, NY (35 minutes, audience)
11/15/74   The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (70 minutes, audience) - I'm Waiting For The Day enters the setlist for a while.
11/22/74   Civic Center, Baltimore, MD (90 minutes, audience)
11/23/74   Boston Gardens, Boston, MA (55 minutes, audience)
11/26/74   Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, MGM Studios, Los Angeles, CA (with Chicago) (15 minutes, television)
12/20/74   Civic Center, San Francisco, CA (95 minutes, audience)
3/28/75   Memorial Stadium, Daytona Beach, FL (84 minutes, audience) - the unofficial beginning of the "box o' chocolates" (as in you never know what you're gonna get) gigs. They sound very "out of it".
3/29/75   Civic Center, Lakeland, FL (90 minutes, audience)
4/1/75   Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY (65 minutes, audience)
4/5/75   Coliseum, Greensboro, NC (90 minutes, audience)
5/18/75   The Arena, St. Louis, MO (with Chicago) (90 minutes, audience) - In the Back of My Mind is played this night. Chicago's set also circulates.
5/24/75   Alameida County Coliseum, Oakland, CA (with Chicago) (45 minutes, audience)
6/12/75   Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (with Chicago) (60 minutes, audience)
6/14/75   Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (with Chicago) (90 minutes, audience)
6/21/75   Midsummer Music, Wembley Stadium, London, England (75 minutes, audience) - the gig where they famously upstaged Reginald Dwight.
8/28/75   Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (85 minutes, audience)
10/27/75   Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN (90 minutes, audience)
11/25/75   University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (75 minutes, audience)
11/30/75 Orlando Sports Stadium, Orlando, FL (90 minutes, audience)
12/15/75 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA (70 minutes, film)
12/17/75   Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (65 minutes, audience)
7/3/76   Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, CA (90 minutes, audience) - this was the gig used in the It's OK TV special.
8/11/76   The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (90 minutes, audience)
8/28/76   Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ (90 minutes, audience)
9/1/76   Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (90 minutes, audience)
11/22/76   Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH (90 minutes, audience)
11/24/76   Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (90 minutes, audience)
11/25/76   Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (90 minutes, audience) - Happy Thanksgiving!
11/26/76   Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (90 minutes, audience)

1977-80 -

1/7/77   Civic Center, Lakeland, FL (100 minutes, audience)
1/12/77   Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN (95 minutes, audience)
1/21/77   Capitol Center, Largo, MD (110 minutes, film) - Brian and Dennis are noticeably powdered (Brian always seems to be rubbing his nose) on this one.
7/30/77   CBS Convention, Wembley Arena, London, England (85 minutes, audience)
8/20/77   Kentucky State Fair, Louisville, KY (90 minutes, audience)
8/21/77   Mississippi River Festival, Edwardsville, IL (100 minutes, audience)
9/1/77   Central Park, New York, NY (80 minutes, radio)
12/13/77   Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA (75 minutes, soundboard)
12/28/77   Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA (90 minutes, audience)
2/28/78   Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand (50 minutes, audience)
3/3/78   Festival Hall, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (85 minutes, audience)
3/9/78   Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (55 minutes, film)
3/14/78   Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (95 minutes, audience) - HELP ME OUT WITH THE HIGH NOTE!!! Carl drunk off his ass.
3/15/78   Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (95 minutes, audience)
6/22/78   Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (12 minutes, radio)
6/25/78   The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, NJ (90 minutes, audience)
8/25/78   Grand Haven, MI (with Jan and Dean) (95 minutes, audience)
9/3/78   Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL (with Jan and Dean) (95 minutes, audience) - Bruce's first gig back since April 1972. Also the first time he ever played I Write The Songs live.
3/1/79   Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY (90 minutes, audience)
3/3/79   Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY (90 minutes, audience)
4/21/79   Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH (40 minutes, audience)
5/14/79   Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (90 minutes, radio) - 409 is begrudgingly played to satisfy angry requests. Michael then yells at the crowd to "shut up for a while!" as a result.
5/15/79   Civic Center, Springfield, MA (60 minutes, pre-FM) - goes around in two chunks - the first half hour and the half hour before the encore. Brian and Dennis are drunk.
6/7/79     Universal Amphitheater, Hollywood, CA (90 minutes, audience) - this is not the gig where Dennis made the comment about Quaaludes and fought with Michael, which was almost a week earlier.
8/4/79   Japan Jam, Inoshima, Japan (40 minutes, television)
8/31/79   Allentown Fair, Allentown, PA (90 minutes, audience)
9/1/79   Festival II at Aqueduct Racetrack, Queens, NY (80 minutes, audience)
10/4/79   Convention Center, San Antonio, TX (90 minutes, audience)
11/16/79   The Midnight Special, NBC Television Studios, Hollywood, CA (6 minutes, television)
1/19/80   Sahara Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, NV (70 minutes, audience)
3/10/80   George Bush Benefit, Miami, FL (90 minutes, audience)
4/18/80   The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (95 minutes, radio) - broadcast live on WIOQ-FM in Philadelphia.
6/4/80   Copenhagen, Denmark (90 minutes, soundboard)
6/7/80   Wembley Arena, London, England (90 minutes, audience)
6/8/80   Palais des Sports, Paris, France (90 minutes, audience)
6/9/80   Congresscentrum, The Hague, Netherlands (90 minutes, audience and film)
6/21/80   Knebworth Festival, Knebworth, England (95 minutes, soundboard and radio sources)
7/4/80   Washington Monument, Washington, DC (90 minutes, radio and television sources) - "The Russians are a menace, the Ayatollah is a merda, with any luck they might do each other in!"
7/5/80   Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (90 minutes, audience)
12/10/80   The Mike Douglas Show, Polynesian Cultural Center, Honolulu, Hawaii (30 minutes, television)

Yer probably not done, but WOW!  Nice Lists

1981-83 -

2/13/81   University of Texas, Austin, TX (85 minutes, audience) - Carl's still with them.
2/15/81   Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX (75 minutes, audience) - Ditto the above.
5/3/81   Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA (85 minutes, audience)
5/26/81   4th Annual National Cheerleading Championships, Fountain Blue Hilton, Miami Beach, FL (4 minutes, television) - a truly embarrassing display. "DENNIS FROM VENICE!!!!!"
6/5/81   Westbury Music Fair, Long Island, NY (90 minutes, audience)
7/1/81   Civic Center, Huntington, WV (85 minutes, audience)
7/4/81   Washington Monument, Washington, DC (90 minutes, radio) - terrible show.
7/5/81   The Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA (75 minutes, television and radio) - the worst. EVER.
12/4/81   Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, CA (70 minutes, audience) - also terrible; Brian PINCHING HIS NOSE to sing Sloop John B has to be heard to be believed. Bruce does a good version of I Write The Songs.
3/24/82   Bayfront Theater, St. Petersburg, FL (90 minutes, audience) - Be My Baby appears.
3/26/82   Westbury Music Fair, Long Island, NY (75 minutes, audience)
6/4/82     Great Adventure, Jackson, NJ (75 minutes, audience)
6/6/82   Valley Forge Music Fair, Devon, PA (90 minutes, audience)
6/9/82   Civic Center, Charleston, WV (90 minutes, audience)
6/23/82   Six Flags, Atlanta, GA (90 minutes, audience)
7/13/82   Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA (85 minutes, audience)
8/15/82   Kentucky State Fair, Louisville, KY (90 minutes, audience)
9/5/82   Pennsylvania State Fair, Allentown, PA (two 90 minute gigs, audience)
11/26/82   Jamaica World Music Festival, Montego Bay, Jamaica (75 minutes, soundboard)
3/26/83   The Palace, Louisville, KY (90 minutes, audience)
4/8/83   The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, NJ (90 minutes, audience)
4/9/83   Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh, PA (85 minutes, audience)
5/8/83     Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CA (25 minutes, audience)
5/28/83   Kingdome, Seattle, WA (80 minutes, film)
6/3/83   Great Adventure, Jackson, NJ (75 minutes, audience) - Day Tripper shows up in the encore.
6/11/83   Lanierland Music Park, Cummings, GA (85 minutes, audience)
6/12/83   RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, DC (75 minutes, audience)
7/4/83   Caesar’s Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ (90 minutes, radio)
8/3/83   Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA (90 minutes, audience) - some of the video was used in American Band.
9/3/83     Pennsylvania State Fair, Allentown, PA (75 minutes, audience)
9/26/83   LA County Fair, Pomona, CA (75 minutes, audience)
10/14/83   Kentucky King Warehouse, Maysville, KY (75 minutes, audience)
11/19/83   Universal Amphitheater, Hollywood, CA (95 minutes, audience) - Brian plays a new song, The Boogie's In Town.

1984-87 -

5/7/84     Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY (45 minutes, audience)
6/13/84   Civic Center, Huntington, WV (70 minutes, audience)
6/17/84   Mile High Stadium, Denver, CO (55 minutes, audience) - some experimentation with the setlist.
6/28/84   The Tonight Show, NBC Television Studios, Los Angeles, CA (10 minutes, television) - it's worth it to hear Michael call guest host Joan Rivers a "dumb blonde". He says what we all think, gotta love him.
7/4/84   Washington Monument, Washington, DC (45 minutes, television)
7/6/84   Riverside-Brookfield High School Stadium, Chicago, IL (70 minutes, audience)
8/29/84   Olean, NY (80 minutes, audience)
12/11/84   Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, MD (75 minutes, audience)
5/16/85   Eisenhower Hall, West Point, NY (45 minutes, audience)
7/1/85   Rickwood Field, Birmingham, AL (80 minutes, audience)
7/4/85   Ben Franklin Parkway Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA (60 minutes, radio and television)
7/4/85   Washington Monument, Washington, DC (60 minutes, radio and television)
7/13/85   Live Aid, JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA (20 minutes, television and radio)
7/19/85   Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Long Island, NY (60 minutes, audience)
9/2/85   Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA (70 minutes, audience)
9/22/85   Farm Aid, Champaign, IL (20 minutes, television) - Al goes absolutely rock 'n roll on Help Me Rhonda.
10/13/85   Edward C. Elliot Hall Of Music, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (70 minutes, audience)
6/1/86   Gulf Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS (85 minutes, audience)
6/13/86   Timber Wolf Amphitheater, King’s Island, OH (90 minutes, audience)
6/21/86   York Fairgrounds, York, PA (75 minutes, audience)
7/2/86   Sandstone Amphitheater, Bonner Springs, KS (70 minutes, audience video)
7/4/86   Farm Aid II, Manor, TX (20 minutes, television)
7/24/86   Alpine Valley Amphitheater, East Troy, WI (60 minutes, soundboard)
8/7/86   Cayuga County Fair, Speedway, NY (65 minutes, audience)
8/15/86   Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Long Island, NY (65 minutes, audience)
8/23/86   Illinois State Fair, Duquoin, IL (70 minutes, audience)
12/12/86   25th Anniversary Show, Waikiki Beach, HI (100 minutes, audience and television)
2/4/87   Memorial Auditorium, Utica, NY (90 minutes, audience)
2/9/87   Morehead University, Morehead, KY (90 minutes, audience)
5/8/87   Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (50 minutes, audience video)
6/6/87   Starwood Amphitheater, Nashville, TN (80 minutes, audience)
7/19/87   Wembley Arena, London, England (90 minutes, audience)
7/21/87   Windsurf Festival, Knokke Heist, Belgium (60 minutes, television)
7/22/87   Bad Segerberg, West Germany (85 minutes, audience)
7/23/87   Paleo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland (85 minutes, audience)
8/5/87   Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV (75 minutes, audience)
8/6/87   Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV (75 minutes, audience)
9/2/87     Illinois State Fair, Duquoin, IL (75 minutes, audience)
10/20/87   Civic Center, Huntington, WV (90 minutes, audience)

 ;D

1988-91 -

1/16/88   Hula Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Oahu, HI (75 minutes, audience)
5/20/88   Mesa Amphitheater, Gilbert, AZ (70 minutes, film) - This Whole World, Forever, Sail On Sailor, Wendy, and Hushabye are the "rarities".
6/5/88     King's Dominion, Richmond, VA (70 minutes, audience)
6/26/88   Yankee Stadium, New York, NY (70 minutes, audience video)
8/20/88   Walpac Inn, Walpac, NJ (90 minutes, audience)
8/21/88   Wolf Trap Farm Park, Vienna, VA (75 minutes, audience)
8/28/88   Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, IA (90 minutes, audience)
9/7/88     Hampton Bay, VA (60 minutes, audience video)
10/21/88   Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV (80 minutes, audience)
1/24/89   The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (with Chicago) (90 minutes, audience)
2/10/89   Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, CA (55 minutes, audience)
5/27/89   Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA (with Chicago) (90 minutes, audience and television) - Chicago's set also circulates. Parts of the gig were used in the Endless Summer TV show.
7/4/89   Yankee Stadium, New York, NY (90 minutes, audience)
7/14/89   Pine Knob, Clarkston, MI (with Chicago) (90 minutes, audience)
7/18/89   Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH (with Chicago) (90 minutes, audience)
7/29/89   Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA (with Chicago) (25 minutes, soundboard) - only the Beachago portion circulates. Chicago's set is also on the tape.
8/2/89   Davenport, IA (with Chicago) (90 minutes, audience)
9/8/89   Wembley Arena, London, England (95 minutes, audience)
9/10/89   The Point, Dublin, Ireland (80 minutes, audience)
10/8/89   USF Sundome, Tampa, FL (with Chicago) (90 minutes, audience) - Chicago's set also circulates.
10/10/89   Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY (with Chicago) (95 minutes, audience)
5/6/90   Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, CA (100 minutes, audience) - "Gotta catch a plane."
6/2/90   Molsen Park, Barrie, Ontario, Canada (90 minutes, audience)
6/6/90   Mud Island, Memphis, TN (75 minutes, audience)
7/4/90   Otis Air Force Base, Falmouth, MA (90 minutes, audience video)
8/4/90   Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ (90 minutes, audience)
8/7/90   Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD (70 minutes, audience)
8/8/90   Star Lake Amphitheater, Pittsburgh, PA (70 minutes, audience)
8/21/90   Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Long Island, NY (75 minutes, audience)
8/31/90   Kansas City, KS (90 minutes, audience video)
8/?/90     Richmond or Norfolk, VA (70 minutes, audience)
9/5/90     Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA (75 minutes, audience video)
9/28/90   Caesar’s Tahoe, Stateline, NV (70 minutes, audience)
10/7/90   Paseo de la Alameda, Valencia, Spain (90 minutes, audience)
4/7/91   Hardies, Myrtle Beach, SC (90 minutes, soundboard)
5/11/91   Riverfront Amphitheater, Little Rock, AR (75 minutes, audience)
6/2/91     Yankee Stadium, New York, NY (90 minutes, audience)
6/19/91   King's Hall, Belfast, Ireland (90 minutes, audience)
6/24/91   Wembley Arena, London, England (90 minutes, audience)
6/25/91   Wembley Arena, London, England (90 minutes, audience)
6/27/91   Grugahalle, Essen, Germany (90 minutes, audience video)
7/2/91   Nya Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden (85 minutes, audience)
7/6/91   VFB Waldstadion, Geissen, Germany (90 minutes, audience)
7/21/91   Yankee Stadium, New York, NY (80 minutes, two audience videos)
7/27/91   Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ (85 minutes, audience)
8/14/91   Illinois State Fair, Springfield, IL (100 minutes, audience video)
8/21/91   Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY (90 minutes, audience)
9/20/91   Tulare County Fair, Tulare, CA (75 minutes, audience)
11/2/91   Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan (70 minutes, television)

There was a time when I thought: being a Global Moderator here is an attractive proposition. That time has passed.

Moderating is moderately fun in moderation.

 :lol you just proved that...

Wow! Thanks a ton, The Real Beach Boy. I have a question about the Springfield 1979 show. How do you know that both Dennis and Brian are drunk? At the moment I can't remember even hearing Brian at this show. Is this the one where Dennis exclaimes "Ah, poo" through the microphone?  ;D

This is a great thread, Andrew should really think about adding a section to his webpage for this. :)

I have... just trying to figure out the legal angle.

Is there really a possibility of some sort of legal challenge from BRI?
I don't see how offering up a list of shows that are known to exist could be seen as anything but factual reporting.
 Now if you're offering to make me copies of each one....   YEAH.... I can see that bringing some heat

Not just me - don't want to drop anyone else in it.  ;)

Not that I have them... but these recordings definately do exist:

Live in Hollywood,  CA  1963
Live in Switzerland  1964
Live in Stockholm, Sweden  11-64
Live in Olympia, Paris  1966
Live in Japan  1966
Live in Ann Arbor , MI  10-22-66
Live at Michigan State University  12-10-66
Live in Hawaii  8-25-67  (Lei’d In Hawaii Concert-Soundboard)
Live in Detroit, MI  11-17-67
Live in Washington DC  11-19-67  (Soundboard) (From "Goodbye Surfing, Hello God" Box Set)
Live in Boston, MA  11-23-67
Live in Jersey City, NJ  11-26-68
Live in Finsbury Park  11-30-68
Live at The Palladium,  London  12-1-68
Live at Hammersmith Odeon  1969
Live in Frankfurt, Germany  1969
Live in New York City  8-1-69
Live in Winnipeg, Canada  8-13-69
Live in London, England  9-4-69
Live in Seattle, WA  (No Mike Love)  2-28-70
Live in Seattle, WA  ( No Mike Love )  3-22-70
Live in The Netherlands 1970
Live at Big Sur Folk Festival  10-3-70  (Fair Sound)
Live at Big Sur Folk Festival  10-3-70  (Soundboard) (From "Goodbye Surfing, Hello God" Box Set)
Live at The Whisky A Go Go  11-70  (Legendary Show)
Live in Princeton,  NJ  2-13-71 ( includes 7 song from the Surf’s Up album )
Live at Carnigie Hall  2-20-71
Live in Manchester, NH  4-22-71
Live in Syracuse, NY  5-11-71
Live at Amherst College  ( Unusual Show )  1971
Live in New York City  8-5-71
Live at Carnegie Hall  9-24-71
Live in Indianapolis, IN  10-1-71
Live at The Grand Galle 1972 (1 Song)
Live at St. John’s University,  NY  ( Rare Show )  3-8-72
Live at Festival Hall, Germany  3-29-72
Live in Luxembourg  5-10-72
Live in London, England 5-27-72
Live in Holland  ( Only 4 Songs )  1972
Live at Boston Common  8-23-72
Live at Madison Square Garden  11-72
Live at Carnegie Hall  11-23-72 (Soundboard)
Live in Riverside,  CA  2-18-73
Live in Waterville,  ME  3-7-73
Live in Hartford,  CT  ( Trader, Leaving This Town, Marcella, Caroline No, Funky Pretty, We Got Love )  1973
Live at Colby College,  ME  1973
Live in Philadelphia, PA  12-1-73
Live in Tacoma, WA  3-16-74 
Live in Tampa, FL  4-12-74  ( Don’t Talk Put Your Head On My Shoulder )
Live in Orlando,  FL  4-14-74
Live at Nassau Coliseum  6-14-74 ( Trader, We Got Love, Funky Pretty, Feel Flows )
Live at Roosevelt Raceway, NJ  7-8-74
Live in Lansing,  MI  1974
Live in Baltimore, MD  11-22-74 ( I’m Waiting For The Day, Marcella )
Live in San Francisco, CA  12-20-74
Live in Daytona Beach, FL  3-28-75
Live in Ft. Meyers, FL  3-29-75
Live in Greensboro,  NC  4-5-75 (Soundboard)
Live in St. Louis, MO  5-75 (With Chicago)
Live in Louisville, KY 1975
Live in London, England  6-21-75
Live in Oakland, CA  1975  (With Chicago)
Live in Anaheim, CA  7-3-76
Live in East Rutherford,  NJ  8-28-76
Live in Cincinnati, OH  11-22-76  (Palisade’s Park, Love Is A Woman, Susie Cincinnati, A Casual Look) 
Live at CBS Convention  7-30-77 ( Airplane, Back Home, Roller Skating Child )
Live in Louisville,  KY  8-20-77
Live in Central Park, NY  9-1-77
Live in Seattle, WA  12-15-77
Live in Perth,  Australia ( Carl Is Drunk During The Show )  3-15-78
Live in Perth,  Australia ( 2nd Show- Carl Is Not Drunk )  3-15-78
Live in Christchurch, New Zealand  3-28-78
Live in Brisbane, Australia  5-5-78
Live in Michigan  8-31-78
Live in Lakeland, FL  9-3-78
Live at Radio City Music Hall  1-3-79 ( Mike Meros first show with The Beach Boys )
Live at Radio City Music Hall  4-79
Live at Radio City Music Hall  5-14-79
Live in Nassau,  NY  5-79  (Soundboard)
Live in Allentown, PA  8-31-79
Live in Lake Taho  1-19-80
Live at The Philadelphia Spectrum  4-18-80
Live in Philadelphia,  PA  5-18-80
Live in Knebworth,  England  (Soundboard)  6-21-80
Live in Washington DC  7-4-80
Live Honolulu, HI 1980 (4 Songs)
Live in Dallas,  TX  2-15-81
Live in Pittsburg, PA  5-3-81
Live in Huntington, West Virginia  7-1-81
Live in St. Petersburg, FL  3-24-82
Live in Westbury, NY  3-26-82
Live in Atlanta, GA  6-23-82
Live in Allentown, PA  9-5-82
Live in Jamaica  11-26-82  (Soundboard)
Live at East Rutherford, NY  4-17-83
Live in Atlantic City ( Legendary Show )  7-4-83
Live in Los Angeles, CA ( Dennis’ Last Performance )  8-3-83
Live at The Los Angeles County Fair  9-26-83
Live at The Universal Amphitheater  11-19-83
Live in Albany, NY  ( Carl Sings "Heaven" )  3-17-84
Live in Denver, CO  6-17-84
Live in Costa Mesa,  CA  6-29-84
Live at Eisenhower Hall   5-16-85
Live In Brookfield, IL  7- 6-84
Live at Jones Beach, NY  7-19-85 ( Heaven, It’s Getting Late, Crack At Your Love )
Live in Costa Mesa, CA  9-2-85
Live in Biloxi,  MS  6-1-86
Live in York,  PA  1986
Live in Troy, MI  1986
Live at Alpine Valley  7-24-86
Live in Jones Beach, NY  7-19-86
Live in Honolulu, HI  12-12-86
Live in Los Angeles,  CA  ( With Brian Wilson, Getcha Back, Heaven, and Hey Little Cobra )  4-17-87
Live at Moorehead State University  1987
Live in Nashville, TN  6-6-87  (Soundboard)
Live in London,  England  7-21-87
Live in Bad Sebberg, Germany  7-22-87
Live in Nyon, Switzerland  7-23-87
Live at Caesar’s Palace,  NV  8-5-87
Live in Honolulu, HI  1988
Live in Valley Forge,  PA  ( With John Stamos )   6-14-88
Live in Wolf Trap, VA ( First Show With Kokomo )  8-7-88
Live in Des Moines, Iowa  8-28-88
Live in Hampton,  VA  9-9-88
Live in Las Vegas,  NV  10-20-88
Live in Palladium,  NY  ( No Al Jardine )  12-19-88
Live in Philadelphia,  PA  1-24-89
Live in San Carlos, CA 2-10-89
Live in Lorelie,  Germany  3-9-89
Live at Point Depont  1989
Live in Costa Mesa, CA ( With Chicago And Brian Wilson )  5-27-89
Live in Yankee Stadium,  NY  ( With John Stamos )  7-4-89
Live in Pine Knob,  MI  7-13-89
Live In Cincinnati, OH  7-18-89
Live in Davenport, IA  8-2-89  (Encore Includes Chicago)
Live in London, England  9-8-89
Live in Tampa,  FL  ( With Chicago )  10-8-89
Live in Las Vegas,  NV  4-11-90
Live in San Carlos,  CA ( Only Half Of The Show, But Brian Is There )  5-6-90
Live in Ontario, Canada  ( No Mike- A Very Unique Show With Al Doing Most Lead Vocals )  6-2-90
Live in Memphis, TN ( No Mike Love )  6-19-90
Live at Garden State Arts Center  8-4-90
Live in Columbia, MD 8-7-90  (Incomplete)
Live in Pittsburg, PA  8-8-90
Live in Poplar Creek,  IL  8-15-90
Live in Ontario,  Canada  8-19-90
Live in Jones Beach,  NY  8-21-90
Live in Jones Beach,  NY  8-22-90
Live in Lake Taho 9-28-90  (No Carl Wilson)
Live in Valencia, Spain 10-7-90  (No Carl Wilson)
Live in Las Vegas,  NV  11-4-90
Live in Charlotte,  NC  4-7-91  ( No Al Jardine )
Live in Rancho,  CA  5-18-91
Live in London, England  1991
Live in Goeteborg,  Sweden  7-2-91
Live in Giessen,  Germany  7-6-91 
Live at Garden State Arts Center  7-27-91
Live in Albany,  NY  8-21-91
Live in Tulare County, CA  9-20-91
Live in New Orleans  1991
Live at Mid Hudson Civic Center  6-24-92
Live in Mansfield, MA  7-31-92
Live at Garden State Arts Center  8-20-92
Live in Ontario, Canada  8-25-92
Live in Holmdel, NJ  8-27-92
Live at S.P.A.L.  8-29-92
Live in St. Paul, MN  9-6-92
Live in Detroit, MI  2-27-93
Live in Palm Springs, FL  5-1-93
Live in Nuremberg, Germany  6-15-93 
Live in Lorelie, Germany  6-19-93
Live in London, England  6-29-93
Live in Acapulco 1993  (Only 3 Songs)
Live in Paso Robles, CA  8-4-93  (Soundboard)
Live in Hollywood, CA  8-5-93
Live in Jones Beach,  NY  8-29-93
Live in Anaheim, CA  10-10-93
Live in Valley Forge, PA  ( Unplugged Set Only ) 11-21-93
Live at The Paramount Theater, NY  11-26-93  (Audience Recording)
Live at Paramount Theater, NY  11-26-93  (SOUNDBOARD!!!)
Live in Walthan, MA  11-27-93
Live in Berlin, Germany  5-12-94  (Soundboard)
Live in Cuyahoga Falls, OH  6-17-94  ( Wendy, Disney Girls, Caroline No )
Live at Starlite Music Theater  6-18-94
Live in San Diego, CA  7-31-94
Live in Torrance, CA ( Above Average Sound With John Stamos )  8-6-94
Live in Jones Beach, NY  8-27-94
Live in Atlantic City,  NJ  4-9-95
Live in Las Vegas, NV  (With Brian Wilson!)  4-28-95
Live in Fort Mills, SC  6-23-95
Live in Philadelphia, PA 7-4-95 (Soundboard)
Live in Dewre, CA  8-4-95
Live in Los Angeles, CA  8-95
Live in Jones Beach,  NY  8-26-95
Live at Garden State Arts Center  (With Blondie Chaplin)  8-27-95
Live in Chino, CA  9-30-95
Live in Chattanooga, TN  10-19-95  (No Carl)
Live in Las Vegas, NV  3-30-96
Live in Valley Forge, PA  4-27-96
Live at Fan Fair in Nashville, TN  6-14-96  (Entire Show)
Live in Columbus,  OH  8-10-96
Live at The Mid Hudson Civic Center   8-20-96
Live in Norwich, CT  8-22-96
Live in Santa Fe Springs,  CA  9-27-96
Live in Columbus, OH  5-31-97 (With Carl)
Live in Indianapolis, IN 6-1-97  (With Carl)
Live in Cuyahoga Falls, OH  6-15-97  (With Carl)
Live in Concord, CA 8-2-97  (With Carl)
Live in Devore, CA  8-3-97  ( With John Stamos And Carl )
Live at Orleans Casino  10-11-97  (Mike, Bruce, Al, & David)
Live in Mahwah,  NJ  7-18-98  (Mike, Bruce, & David)
Live in Amborg, Germany  6-26-99  (Mike, Bruce & David)
Live in Paris, France 6-29-99 (Mike, Bruce, & David)(Excellent Quality-half of the show)
Live in Paris, France 6-29-99 (Mike, Bruce, & David) (Fair Quality-entire show)
Live in North Platte, NE  7-28-99  (Mike and Bruce)
Live in Sturgis  7-30-99  (Mike and Bruce)
Live in Oregon  1999  (Mike and Bruce)
Live in Illinois  10-16-99  (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Ledyard, CT  12-4-99  (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Morristown, OH  2000  (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Cincinnati, OH  7-21-00  (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Clearwater, FL  12-14-00  (Mike and Bruce) (Includes 4 Songs From The Christmas Album)
Live in Houston, TX  7-4-01  (Mike and Bruce- Soundboard)
Live in Biarritz, France  7-15-01  (Mike and Bruce- Partial Show- Good Sound)
Live in Biarritz, France  7-15-01  (Mike and Bruce-Full Show-Fair Sound)
Live in Warwick, England  7-20-01  (Mike and Bruce)
Live in London, England  7-22-01  (Mike and Bruce)
Live in Copenhagen  2001  (Mike and Bruce)
Live in Danbury, CT  8-17-01 (Mike & Bruce)
Live In Omaha, NE 4-16-02 (Mike & Bruce-No Adrian Baker)
Live in Esher  2002  (Mike & Bruce)
Live at Bryant Park, NY  7-5-02  (Mike and Bruce)
Live at Disney’s California Adventure Park, CA  7-14-02 (Mike & Bruce)
Live at The South Shore Music Festival 2003  (Mike & Bruce - Soundboard)
Live in Munich, Germany  7-13-03 (Mike and Bruce)
Live in Monte Carlo, Monaco  7-19-03 (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Monte Carlo, Monaco  7-20-03 (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Esher, United Kingdom  7-23-03 (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Zurich, Switzerland  2003  (Mike and Bruce)
Live in Cohasset, MA  8-2-03  (Mike & Bruce - Soundboard)
Live at The NBA All Star Game 2004  (Mike and Bruce-Only 2 Songs)
Live in Red Bank, NJ  4-28-04  (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Innsbruck, Austria 2004  (Mike and Bruce)
Live in Portsmouth, England  11-04 (Mike & Bruce - Very Rare Setlist)
Live in Glasgow, Scotland  11-19-04 (Mike & Bruce - Soundboard)
Live in Newcastle, England 11-20-04  (Mike and Bruce - Soundboard)
Live in Buenos Aires  4-22-05  (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Naeba, Niigata, Japan  7-31-05 (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Tennessee  2005 (Mike & Bruce - Soundboard)
Live in West Point, NY  4-22-06  (Mike & Bruce - Half The Show)
Live in St. Petersburg, FL  5-13-06 (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Las Vegas, NV  7-2-06 (Mike & Bruce)
Live at WNBC Radio Studio, NY  7-6-06 (Mike & Bruce-4 Songs-Includes "Make Love Not War")
Live in Las Vegas, NV  12-31-06 (Mike & Bruce - Soundboard)
Live in Branson, MO  7-07 (Mike & Bruce - Soundboard)
Live in Temecula, CA  7-14-07 (Mike & Bruce)
Live in San Diego, CA  7-15-07 (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Manchester, England  4-12-08 (Mike, Bruce, & David)
Live in San Diego, CA  6-7-8 (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Alhambra, CA  7-26-08 (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Perris, CA  10-8-08  (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Ashland, KY  10-25-08 (Mike & Bruce)
Live in Biloxi, MS  12-31-08 (Mike & Bruce-Soundboard)
Live in Omaha, NE 3-29-09 (Mike & Bruce - With Symphony)
Live in San Diego, CA  9-26-09 (Mike & Bruce)

Mike Love, Brian Wilson, & Carl Wilson - Live In Los Angeles, CA  4-28-78
Mike Love - Live in Chadds Ford, PA  11-6-81
Mike Love & Dean Torrence - Live at South Padre Island  3-18-82
Mike Love & Dean Torrence - Live in Houston, TX  1983
Mike Love & The Endless Summer Band - Live in Tokyo, Japan 1990
Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, & Adrian Baker - Do It Again
Carl Wilson Live in New York  1981
Carl Wilson Live in Cleveland, OH  1981
Carl Wilson Live at My Father’s Place  4-12-81
Carl Wilson Live at The Roxy Theatre, CA 4-23-81
Beach Boys Family & Friends Live In Plant City, FL  2-28-99
Beach Boys Family & Friends Live At Oceanside Pier Amphitheater,  CA  7-17-99
Beach Boys Family & Friends Live In Lancaster, CA  8-27-99
Beach Boys Family & Friends Live In Topeka, KS  10-9-99 (Superb Sound!)
Beach Boys Family & Friends Live In Mt. Pleasant, MI  12-30-99 (Excellent Sound)
Al Jardine - Live In Oswego, NY  2003
Al Jardine - Live In Gilroy, CA  8-20-05
Al Jardine - Live In Las Vegas, NV  4-5-08
David Marks - Live In Essex, England  9-11-04
David Marks - Live At Eddie’s Attic 8-2-09 (Soundboard)

Brian Wilson - Live In Los Angeles, CA 1994 (2 Songs With Ringo Starr)
Brian Wilson - Live In New York, NY  9-7-95 (5 Songs)
Brian Wilson - Live In Ann Arbor, MI  3-9-99  (audience recording) 
Brian Wilson - Brian Is Back!  (Live 3-9-99  Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Chicago, IL  3-10-99  (audience recording)
Brian Wilson - The Evening At Chicago Rosemont Theater (Live 3-10-99 Superb Sound)
Brian Wilson - Live At Upper Darby, PA  6-15-99 (audience recording)
Brian Wilson - Live At The Mohegan Sun Casino (With Soundcheck)  6-20-99
Brian Wilson - Doing It Again  (Live Boston 6-21-99)
Brian Wilson - Waiting For The Day At The Forum  (Live Tokyo 7-13-99)
Brian Wilson - Live In Tokyo, Japan  7-14-99
Brian Wilson - Live In Anaheim, CA  10-24-99
Brian Wilson - Live At The Bridge School Benefit Concert  10-30-99 and 10-31-99
Brian Wilson - Live On QVC  7-4-00  (Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Jones Beach, NY  2000
Brian Wilson - Live In Chicago, IL  7-22-00  (Excellent Sound)
Brian Wilson - Live In Cleveland Heights, OH  7-23-00 (Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Atlanta, GA  7-30-00
Brian Wilson - Live In Wallingford, CT  9-8-00
Brian Wilson - Live In Jones Beach, NY  9-10-00  (Fair Sound)
Brian Wilson - Live In Columbus, OH  9-12-00  (Excellent Sound)
Brian Wilson - Live In Denver, CO  9-16-00  (Good Sound)
Brian Wilson - Live At The Historic Mountain Winery  9-20-00
Brian Wilson - Live At The Hollywood Bowl  9-24-00
Brian Wilson - Live In New York 11-19-00  1st Show    (Excellent Sound)
Brian Wilson - Live In New York 11-19-00  2nd Show  (Excellent Sound)
Brian Wilson - Mutual Admiration (Live With Paul Simon  In Los Angeles, CA 6-13-01 Soundboard 2CDs)
Brian Wilson - Live In Santa Barbara, CA  6-15-01 (Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Mountain View, CA  6-17-01 (Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Chula Vista, CA  6-19-01 (Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Phoenix, AZ  6-20-01  (Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Las Vegas, NV  6-22-01
Brian Wilson - This Is St. Paul, Right? (Live in St. Paul, MN 6-27-01- Excellent Sound)
Brian Wilson - Live In Milwaukee, WI  6-29-01  (Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Chicago, IL  6-30-01  (Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Clarkston, MI  7-3-01
Brian Wilson - Live In Noblesville, IN  7-4-01 (Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Columbus, OH  7-7-01
Brian Wilson - Live In Camden, NJ  7-18-01  (Includes "Forever", "Desert Drive", "Marcella", "Surfs Up")
Brian Wilson - Live In Jones Beach, NY  7-24-01  (Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Hamburg, Germany  1-22-02
Brian Wilson - Live In Berlin, Germany  1-23-02
Brian Wilson - Live In London, England 1-28-02  (Excellent Audience Recording)
Brian Wilson - Live In Tokyo, Japan  2-22-02
Brian Wilson - Live At The Roxy Theater 5-11-02  (2nd Show)
Brian Wilson - Live With Paul McCartney At The Adopt-A-Mine Benefit  9-18-02 (1CD)
Brian Wilson - Live In Melbourne, Australia  December 17, 2002
Brian Wilson - Live In Boston, MA 6-14-03 (2 Songs)
Brian Wilson - Live In Nashville, TN  7-5-03 (3 Songs)
Brian Wilson - Live In London, England  2-20-04  2CDs  (SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live In London, England  2-22-04  2CDs  (SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live In London, England  2-24-04  2CDs  (SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live In Bristol, England  3-2-04 2CDs (SMILE - Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Amsterdam, Holland  3-13-04 2CDS (SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live In Paris, France 3-14-04  (SMILE Set Only 1CD)
Brian Wilson - Live At Royal Festival Hall  7-27-04  (2CDs SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live In Ann Arbor, MI  10-4-04  (2CDs SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live In Cleveland, OH  10-7-04 (2CDs SMILE - Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Pittsburgh, PA  10-8-04  (2CDs SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live In Washington DC  10-10-04  (2CDs SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live At Carnegie Hall  10-13-04 (2CDs SMILE - Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Melbourne, FL  10-18-04 (2CDs SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live In Boca Raton, FL  10-20-04 (2CDs SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live In Sao Paulo, Brazil  11-7-04 (2CDs)
Brian Wilson - Live In Denmark  7-3-05  1CD
Brian Wilson - Live In Barcelona, Spain 7-5-05 (2CDs)
Brian Wilson - Live In Wallingford, CT  8-17-05 (2CDs SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live In St. Louis, MO  8-24-05  (2CDs SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live In Kansas City, MO  8-25-05 (2CDs SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live In Berkeley, CA  9-2-05 (2CDs SMILE)
Brian Wilson - Live On The View 12-13-05 (Interview & 1 Song)
Brian Wilson - Live In Las Vegas, NV  7-1-06  (2CDs)
Brian Wilson - Live At The Bridge School Benefit 10-21-06 & 10-22-06
Brian Wilson & Al Jardine - Live In Washington DC  11-11-06  (2CDs "Pet Sounds")
Brian Wilson - Live In London, England  11-12-06 (2CDs "Pet Sounds")
Brian Wilson - Live At The UK Music Hall Of Fame 2006 (2 Songs)
Brian Wilson & Al Jardine - Live In Boston, MA  11-17-06 (2CDs "Pet Sounds")
Brian Wilson & Al Jardine - Live In Washington DC  11-18-06  (2CDs "Pet Sounds")
Brian Wilson & Al Jardine - Live In Long Beach, CA  1-27-07 (2CDs "Pet Sounds")
Brian Wilson - Live In Oslo, Norway  6-17-07 (2CDs)
Brian Wilson - Live In Malmo, Sweden  6-18-07 (2CDs - Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live In Vienna, Austria  7-3-07 
Brian Wilson & Al Jardine - Live In San Diego, CA  7-26-07  (1CD Incomplete)
Brian Wilson - Live At Royal Festival Hall  9-10-07  ("That Lucky Old Sun" Set Only)
Brian Wilson - Live At Royal Festival Hall  9-12-07  ("That Lucky Old Sun" Set Only)
Brian Wilson - Live At Royal Festival Hall  9-15-07  (Complete Show 2CDs)
Brian Wilson - Live In Birmingham, England  9-24-07 (Complete Show 2CDs)
Brian Wilson - Live At The Was Orpheum 2008  (4 Songs)
Brian Wilson - Live At Royal Albert Hall, England  7-1-08 (2CDs)
Brian Wilson - Live In Torrington, CT 7-16-08 (2CDs)
Brian Wilson - Live In Nashville, TN  11-10-08 (2CDs)
Brian Wilson - Live In Ann Arbor, MI  11-12-08 (2CDs)
Brian Wilson - Live In Washington, DC  11-18-08 ("That Lucky Old Sun" Set Only- Soundboard)
Brian Wilson - Live At The Was Orpheum 2008  (4 Songs)
Brian Wilson - Live At The Grammy Museum 1-15-09  (9 Songs)
Brian Wilson - Live In Tyneside, England  7-12-09 (2CDs)
5th Annual Carl Wilson Foundation Benefit Concert & Beach Party  10-6-02  (4CDs)
The Carl Wilson Foundation Benefit Concert  10-19-08 (Brian, Al, & David)

Lisa - it is a cool thread...

And fun to remember the "where and when" (and with whom I saw those shows) and what we we (and they) were all wearing for those shows that I have seen on the list...from striped shirts, white suits, bell bottoms to platform shoes and back...

My question is what the difference is between "soundboard" and "audience" because I know nothing about that aspect and whether it would matter for listening to those shows...

And is it all audio or is there video for some of the shows? 

Audience recordings are generally relatively crude recordings made with tape recorders etc from an audience position, soundboard recordings are derived directly from the channels going into the mixer used to mix the live sound at the shows :)

1992-97

6/24/92   Mid Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (85 minutes, audience)
7/3/92     Great Woods Performing Arts Center, Mansfield, MA (70 minutes, audience)
8/2/92   Kingswood Theater, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (40 minutes, audience)
8/18/92   Illinois State Fair, Springfield, IL (85 minutes, audience video)
8/27/92   Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ (90 minutes, audience)
8/29/92   Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, NY (85 minutes, audience)
9/6/92   Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN (90 minutes, audience)
6/6/93     Helsinki, Finland (90 minutes, audience video)
6/15/93   Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany (90 minutes, audience)
6/19/93   Freilichtbühne, Loreley, Germany (90 minutes, radio)
6/25/93   Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England (55 minutes, audience)
6/29/93   Wembley Arena, London, England (90 minutes, audience)
8/4/93   Paso Robles, CA (90 minutes, audience)
8/5/93   Beach Party, Capitol Records Tower, Hollywood, CA (90 minutes, audience)
8/15/93   St. Louis, MO (90 minutes, audience)
8/18/93   Kings Dominion, Richmond, VA (65 minutes, audience video)
11/21/93   Valley Forge Music Fair, Devon, PA (120 minutes, audience)
11/26/93   Paramount Theatre, New York, NY (125 minutes, soundboard and audience sources)
11/27/93   Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (48 minutes, audience)
?/?/93   Acapulco, Mexico (15 minutes, film)
5/12/94   The Farwell Party, Berlin, Germany (100 minutes, soundboard)
6/17/94   Blossom Music Center, Cleveland, OH (90 minutes, audience)
6/26/94   War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo, NY (20 minutes, audience)
7/31/94   Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CA (90 minutes, audience)
8/4/94     Torrance, CA (70 minutes, audience)
8/27/94   Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY (95 minutes, audience)
9/3/94      Virginia Beach, VA (45 minutes, audience video)
4/28/95   Riviera, Las Vegas, NV (75 minutes, audience)
5/16/95   Big Red Boat Cruise, Nassau, Bahamas (90 minutes, audience video)
6/23/95   Knight's Castle, Fort Mill, SC (90 minutes, audience video)
7/4/95   Ben Franklin Parkway Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA (65 minutes, television)
8/4/95   Epicenter, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (75 minutes, audience)
8/27/95   Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ (90 minutes, audience)
9/2/95     Virginia Beach Amphitheatre, Virginia Beach, VA (90 minutes, film)
9/30/95   Prado Regional Park, Chino, CA (90 minutes, audience) - Blondie Chaplin joined them for Sail On Sailor.
10/19/95   Chattanooga, TN (85 minutes, audience)
?/?/95     Okdale Theater, Wallingford, CT (75 minutes, audience)
2/23/96   Salt Lake City, UT (30 minutes, audience video)
3/29/96   Riviera Casino, Las Vegas, NV (80 minutes, audience) - a 90 minute tape of a soundcheck and rehearsal from earlier in the day also circulates.
3/30/96   Riviera Casino, Las Vegas, NV (60 minutes, audience and audience video)
4/27/96   Valley Forge Music Fair, Devon, PA (75 minutes, audience)
6/14/96   Fan Fair, Nashville, TN (95 minutes, audience)
7/28/96   Private Party, Minneapolis, MN (90 minutes, audience video)
8/11/96   Illinois State Fair, Springfield, IL (100 minutes, audience video)
8/14/96   Westfair Amphitheater, Council Bluffs, IA (90 minutes, audience)
8/22/96   Dodd Stadium, Norwich, CT (75 minutes, audience)
8/26/96   Merv Griffin’s Resort Casino, Atlantic City, NJ (65 minutes, audience video)
9/1/96   Merv Griffin’s Resort Casino, Atlantic City, NJ (65 minutes, audience)
9/9/96   WLIT-FM Radio Studio, Chicago, IL (6 minutes, radio) - I Can Hear Music and Little Deuce Coupe, done a la Stars & Stripes.
5/31/97   Polaris Amphitheater, Columbus, OH (60 minutes, audience)
6/1/97     Deer Creek Music Center, Indianapolis, IN (70 minutes, audience)
6/15/97   Cuyauga Falls, OH (90 minutes, audience)
8/2/97   Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA (45 minutes, audience)
8/3/97     Devore, CA (75 minutes, audience)
10/11/97   Orleans Casino, Las Vegas, NV (75 minutes, audience)

Thanks... ;)

The issue of audience versus soundboard recordings is a double-edged sword. There are situations in which audience recordings sound immaculate (think Brian on 2/24/04 at RFH, or Carnegie Hall 9/71) and when soundboards sound terrible (Copenhagen 1980, Paris 1966). It all depends on the source itself and the quality. If a concert is mired by technical problems, a recording from the soundboard will suffer those same problems. Naturally, if the person in the audience is recording on crappy equipment or is otherwise being disturbed by the activity around him/her, the recording can suffer too. And never forget the issue of tape degradation and how many audience recordings were made on cheap audio cassettes. You can usually tell the difference between a cassette recording and a reel recording - the cassette recordings can sound muffled and distorted due to the fact that most portable recorders had a shoddy built-in microphone, while reels generally have a better audio quality in general with more defined dynamics. I've heard remasters of many audience recordings and there has been a marked improvement in the sound in many cases; a 1972 gig was restored from a hugely compromised cassette and restored to a much better quality.

At a film festival where Billy Hinsche had a showing of his film "1974 - On the Road with the Beach Boys," he spoke about a process of "baking" the footage - audio would be included, I think in that area of expertise," - and you suggest a certain degradation that you mention, which would occur over time.  It is a treat to hear some of these archived shows on "Wolfgang's Vault" or some other such outlet.  But probably more important for the young people in college, studying the history of rock and roll, which is now a "bona fide" course to be able to listen to and see (if video is available) this band who blazed trails, not seen up to that point in music or even sociological history. 

My sense is that their journey, and unique vocal style, influenced many of the rockers who followed, and those tapes authenticate that live process.  And if you look at the "live" list you will see historical events which run concurrently (Berrigan Brothers benefit, for example) and Carl's C.O. (conscientious objector status) and which are a mirror to those decades.  And you get a whole different flavor, to see video - which is not bad of Gaumont Palace in Paris, which, if I remember correctly, was filmed for a sort of documentary, with the subtitles.  Those tapes will help capture their unique experiences, historically, even if the tours were commercial in nature.  Thanks for your wonderful expertise and insight.  ;)     

By the way-Having listened to the Seattle 1970 show a number of times-it is not true that Carl sings ALL of Mike's leads.  Brian sings Mike's part on the opening song Do It Again and Carl takes the bridge.  On Add Some Music To Your Day-that is Brian singing all of Mike's parts as well as the parts he sang on the original record.  Brian also sings Mike's parts on Good Vibrations as well as his own parts.  By the way-Brian is very involved in that show-Brian introduces the performance of Surfer Girl and then Bruce thanks him for writing it.  He sings his familiar part on the bridge. He also took his original lead (minus Dean Torrence) on Barbara Ann. 

Copenhagen 1980 is a soundboard recording? Wow. Somebody didn't know what they were doing.  ;D There is also the odd audience tape where the taper is positioned close to the P.A. system(Hartford 1973).

The very first concert I ever went to was a Beach Boys show at Blossom Music Center in 1992. I believe it was in August. Does anybody know if an audio, or video, recording exists?

I have a lot but haven't played too many except for the 62-74. It's interesting that the hit or miss shows started in 1975. What stands out about the Daytona Beach Show? I know you said they sound out of it. What songs or comments do you derive that from?

It's just the performance in general. It's very relaxed. Carl and Dennis sound like they've had a beer or three before the gig. Al and Michael are obviously high on the music (read: sober). The performance is generally loose compared to what came before; it's very casual and easygoing.

The Seattle show from 1970 is really cool to hear Brian's voice, he's still got it.

So it's not bad in a 1978 way. I'll have to dig it up I think I have it.

TDHabib yeah Brian in 1970 was about the best he ever was after 1966. Maybe not as competitive but the work he did do was still really great. He looked good and sang great. He still had it and if only he could have not declined from there. Even his 1970 interviews were lucid.

The breaking point as far as when the shows become very sloppy is definitely January 1977 in Lakeland, FL and Largo, MD on 1/7 and 1/12 respectively. As early as late 1974, after Ricky took his leave, the shows were starting to become a little more loose. The 1975 shows in general were very relaxed. 1976 was roughly the same. By 1977, Brian's back on dope, Dennis is getting worse, and Carl is very out of it. Things really begin to spiral. 1978 is even worse. 1979 is when things really get out of control.

Other than the Australian 1978 shows, and Largo 1977, are there any other shows where Carl is noticeably "impaired"? His voice sounds quite rough at a Central Park show from 1977, but it's hard to tell if he's under the influence of something or not. How was he at the New Zealand shows from 1978?

I would love to hear this concert!

Would love to have more soundboard recordings.....or quality "audience" ;) recordings.

I saw a Mike and Bruce soundboard from 2008 listed.........they were sounding mighty fine that fall.......would love to have it ;)

The Real Beach Boy,

That's impressive!!


Les in SF

Agreed. The difference for It's Ok to Largo is amazing and sad.

In Mike's defense, I doubt it was only left wing radicals who were strongly opposed to Pinochet and his reign of terror! His regime tortured and murdered thousands. His caravan of death would simply burst into homes and drag away sons, brothers, husbands, fathers, and friends never to be seen again. Most suffered hours and days and weeks of torture only to be killed later. Pinochet's coup of Allende was spurned on and bankrolled by Henry Kissinger and Nixon so that American Corporations such as ITT would not be tossed out by Allendea who had planned on Nationalizing all of Chile's industry. It was horrendous and one of the most shameful chapters never to be found in any history book about the USA of A! I know all of this too well because my girlfriend in High School's entire family pretty much had been murdered by Pinochet in Chile!

Sorry to go on a political rant, but I give Kudos to anyone and everyone (Mike included) who signed on for that gig.

Also, sometimes for a musician or singer..... a gig is A GIG!!!!!

"And we sang God bless America..."

Of course Mike's reign of terror continues to terrorise the nation to this very day.................  ;D

A modern-day Hitler if I ever saw one...oh, you Brianistas and your trains of thought. :)

I'll be doing the rest of the BBs live tape list and the Brian live tape list tonight...stay tuned!

1998-2003 -

5/6/98   Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY (90 minutes, film)
7/18/98   A&P Tennis Classic, Mahwah, NJ (85 minutes, audience)
6/26/99   Sommerfest, Amborg, Germany (90 minutes, audience)
6/27/99   Donauinselfest, Vienna, Austria (20 minutes, film)
6/29/99   Le Palais Des Congrès, Paris, France (90 minutes, audience)
7/28/99   Wild West Arena, North Platte, NE (85 minutes, audience)
7/30/99   Buffalo Chip Campground, Sturgess, SD (70 minutes, audience)
8/12/99   Fair, Roseburg, OR (75 minutes, audience)
10/6/99   Paramount Arts Center, Aurora, IL (90 minutes, audience video)
5/29/00   Anderson, SC (70 minutes, audience video)
7/14/00   Good Morning America, New York, NY (20 minutes, television)
7/15/00   Jamboree In The Hills, Morristown, OH (60 minutes, television)
7/21/00   Cinergy Field, Cincinnati, OH (60 minutes, audience)
12/14/00   Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL (90 minutes, audience)
6/22/01   Hyde Park, London, England (75 minutes, audience)
7/4/01   Buffalo Bayou Park, Houston, TX (70 minutes, television)
7/15/01   Orange Biarritz Surf Festival, Biarritz, France (90 minutes, audience)
7/20/01   Warwick Castle, Warwick, England (70 minutes, audience)
7/24/01   Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark (70 minutes, audience)
11/11/01  Daytona Beach, FL (35 minutes, audience video)
4/16/02   Civic Auditorium Music Hall, Omaha, NE (85 minutes, audience)
6/30/02   Sonoma-Marin County Fair, Petaluma, CA (75 minutes, audience)
7/5/02   Bryant Park, New York, NY (50 minutes, audience)
7/14/02   Disney’s California Adventure, Anaheim, CA (55 minutes, audience video)
7/11/03   AVO Sessions, Basel, Switzerland (50 minutes, television)
7/13/03   Tollwood, Munich, Germany (50 minutes, audience video)
7/19/03   Le-Sporting, Monte Carlo, Monaco (60 minutes, audience)
7/20/03   Le-Sporting, Monte Carlo, Monaco (60 minutes, audience)
7/22/03   Zurich, Switzerland (90 minutes, audience video)
7/23/03   Clairmont Gardens, Esher, England (75 minutes, audience)
8/2/03   South Shore Music Circus, Cohasset, MA (75 minutes, audience)
12/13/03  Ritacco Center, Toms River, NJ (90 minutes, audience)

Shame it's in such poor quality - and shame that we don't have access to the OTHER Seattle shows!

It's a shame how muddy most recordings are. Does anybody know of high quality, soundboards or songs like Surf's Up, Wild Honey, Mess of Help, Big Sur, Tears in the Morning, Here She Comes etc from the early 70s? It kills me that the recording of Tears in the Morning from Big Sur is an audience recording.

There are a few good quality live versions of Surf's Up and Tears i/t Morning floating around, although one call it soundboard. I've heard a very good quality of Surf's Up from the Grand Gala Du Disque (Feb 1972) TV performance... most recordings of that show sound quite muddy. Nu clue where that recording came from.
And then there's the unreleased In Concert single LP (Jan. 1973) with a whole bunch of tracks we'd love to hear live. Heroes And Villains from that album was released on the Endless Harmony soundtrack, but other songs like Wild Honey and Mess Of Help remain unreleased...


EDIT: had to check out what the original line-up of songs was for that single LP:

Side A:
1. Wouldn't It Be Nice
2. Leaving This Town
3. Heroes and Villains
4. Marcella
5. You Need a Mess of Help To Stand Alone
Side B:
1. Let the Wind Blow
2. Do It Again
3. Wild Honey
4. Fun Fun Fun
5. Jumpin' Jack Flash

2004-10 -

2/15/04   Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA (6 minutes, television)
2/29/04   Hallandale, FL (85 minutes, audience video)
4/28/04   Count Basie Theater, Red Bank, NJ (90 minutes, audience)
7/1/04     Arena Nova, Wiener Neustadt, Austria (90 minutes, audience)
7/2/04   Tivoli Stadium, Innsbruck, Austria (90 minutes, audience video)
7/4/04     Schwartzi See, Graz, Austria (90 minutes, audience)
11/16/04   Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, England (125 minutes, audience)
11/19/04   Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland (125 minutes, soundboard)
11/20/04   Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England (125 minutes, soundboard)
4/22/05   Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina (110 minutes, audience)
7/31/05   Tokyo, Japan (50 minutes, soundboard)
10/2/05    Newport Beach, CA (85 minutes, audience video)
5/13/06   St. Petersburg, FL (100 minutes, audience)
7/2/06   The Beach at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV (90 minutes, audience)
7/6/06   WNBC Radio Studio, New York, NY (20 minutes, radio)
7/7/06   Good Morning America, New York, NY (10 minutes, television)
11/?/06    Rammstein, Germany (55 minutes, audience video)
12/31/06   The Luxor, Las Vegas, NV (100 minutes, radio)
7/4/07   RFD-TV Theatre, Branson, MO (120 minutes, film)
7/14/07   Pechanga Casino, Temecula, CA (85 minutes, audience)
7/15/07   Humphrey’s By The Bay, San Diego, CA (100 minutes, audience)
4/3/08   Brighton Centre, Brighton, England (125 minutes, audience)
4/12/08   Manchester Apollo, Manchester, England (125 minutes, audience)
6/7/08   Humphrey’s By The Bay, San Diego, CA (100 minutes, audience)
7/26/08   Alhambra, CA (100 minutes, audience)
10/8/08   SoCal Fair, Perris, CA (100 minutes, audience)
10/25/08   Paramount Arts Theater, Ashland, KY (100 minutes, audience)
12/31/08   Gold Strike Casino, Biloxi, MS (90 minutes, radio)
8/25/09   Antelope Valley Fair, Lancaster, CA (100 minutes, audience)
9/26/09   Valley View Casino, San Diego, CA (100 minutes, audience)
4/24/10   Wheeling Island Showroom, Wheeling, WV (90 minutes, audience)

Now onto Brian...

1976-98 -

11/23/76   The Mike Douglas Show, Philadelphia, PA (20 minutes, television) - Sloop John B and Back Home bisected with an embarrassing interview.
11/27/76   Saturday Night Live, NBC Television Studios, New York, NY (12 minutes, television)
3/10/85   Palace Theater, Los Angeles, CA (12 minutes, audience)
5/12/85   Malibu Emergency Room Benefit, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA (15 minutes, audience video) - Da Doo Ron Ron, I'm So Lonely, Male Ego, California Girls, and Sloop John B.
12/6/86   NAS Tribute Show, Beverly Theater, Beverly Hills, CA (12 minutes, television) - The first known version of I Sleep Alone here.
8/25/88   The Late Show, CBS Television Studios, New York, NY (10 minutes, television) - Night Time.
9/24/88   Beach Boys Stomp! Convention, London, England (15 minutes, audience) - "Strong men weep..."
12/3/88   NAS Tribute Show, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (10 minutes, television)
7/28/90   Handlery Hotel, Los Angeles, CA (15 minutes, audience video) - God Only Knows, California Girls, The Spirit of Rock and Roll, and Good Vibrations.
12/1/90   Heal The Bay Benefit, Santa Monica, CA (15 minutes, unaired television) - Not 100% sure of the exact venue/date/whatever, because no one else seems to know when this clip is from. California Girls, God Only Knows, Surfer Girl, and The Spirit of Rock and Roll.
11/3/94   Tribute To Brian Wilson, Morgan-Wixson Theater, Santa Monica, CA (15 minutes, soundboard) - I'm A Little Teapot, 409, Do It Again, California Girls.
?/?/94   Los Angeles, CA (with Ringo Starr) (3 minutes, soundboard) - The "drunk" Barbara Ann.
9/28/95   The Late Show, CBS Television Studios, New York, NY (4 minutes, television) - Do It Again with Wendy.
7/12/96   The Steve Dahl Show, WCKG-FM, Chicago, IL (8 minutes, radio) - Darlin' and God Only Knows with the Wondermints.
7/22/98   The Late Show, CBS Television Studios, New York, NY (4 minutes, television) - Your Imagination.
10/9/98   Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA (with Jimmy Buffett) (12 minutes, soundboard) - California Girls, In My Room, and South American, with Brian and Jimmy trading lead vocals on the latter.

1999-2000 -

3/9/99   Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI (100 minutes, audience)
3/10/99   Rosemont Theatre, Chicago, IL (85 minutes, audience video and audio)
3/12/99   Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, WI (50 minutes, audience video)
3/13/99   State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN (90 minutes, audience)
6/15/99   Calvin Theater, Northampton, MA (100 minutes, audience)
6/17/99   Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA (100 minutes, audience)
6/18/99   Beacon Theatre, New York, NY (90 minutes, audience video)
6/20/99   Mohegan Sun Resort, Uncasville, CT (90 minutes, audience)
6/21/99   Symphony Theater, Boston, MA (90 minutes, audience)
7/9/99     Kosei Nenkin Hall, Osaka, Japan (100 minutes, audience)
7/13/99   International Forum, Tokyo, Japan (100 minutes, audience)
7/14/99   International Forum, Tokyo, Japan (100 minutes, audience)
10/20/99 Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA (95 minutes, audience)
10/21/99 The Joint/Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas, NV (100 minutes, audience)
10/23/99   Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, CA (100 minutes, audience)
10/24/99   Sun Theater, Anaheim, CA (100 minutes, audience)
10/30/99   Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (40 minutes, soundboard and film)
10/31/99   Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (40 minutes, soundboard and film)
7/4/00   QVC Studio, Philadelphia, PA (70 minutes, soundboard and television)
7/7/00   State Theatre, Easton, PA (110 minutes, audience)
7/14/00   Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, PA (110 minutes, audience video and audio)
7/22/00   Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL (110 minutes, audience)
7/23/00   Evans Amphitheatre at Cain Park, Cleveland Heights, OH (110 minutes, audience)
7/30/00   Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA (110 minutes, audience)
9/8/00   Oakdale Music Theatre, Wallingford, CT (110 minutes, audience)
9/10/00   Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY (110 minutes, audience)
9/12/00   Ohio Theatre, Columbus, OH (110 minutes, audience)
9/16/00   Magness Arena, Denver, CO (110 minutes, audience)
9/20/00   Villa Montalvo Winery, Saratoga, CA (110 minutes, audience)
9/21/00   Puyallup Fair, Seattle, WA (110 minutes, audience)
9/24/00   Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA (110 minutes, audience)
10/18/00 Sunrise Musical Theatre, Sunrise, FL (85 minutes, audience video)
10/22/00   King Center, Melbourne, FL (40 minutes, audience)
11/19/00   B.B King’s Blues Club and Grill, New York, NY (two 75 minute shows, audience)

2001 -

3/29/01   Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY (All-Star Tribute To Brian Wilson) - 100 minutes, television and audience video)
6/13/01   The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (75 minutes, audience)
6/15/01   Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA (75 minutes, soundboard)
6/17/01   Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (75 minutes, soundboard)
6/19/01   Coors Amphitheater, Chula Vista, CA (75 minutes, soundboard)
6/20/01   Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ (75 minutes, soundboard) - Two and a half hours of a soundcheck also circulate.
6/22/01   Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, NV (75 minutes, audience)
6/24/01   Fiddler’s Green, Englewood, CO (75 minutes, audience)
6/26/01   Sandstone Amphitheatre, Kansas City, KS (75 minutes, soundboard)
6/27/01   Excel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN (75 minutes, soundboard)
6/29/01   Molsen Center, Milwaukee, WI (75 minutes, audience, soundboard, webcast, and audience video)
6/30/01   Tweeter Center, Chicago, IL (75 minutes, audience)
7/3/01   DTE Energy Theatre, Clarkston, MI (75 minutes, audience)
7/4/01   Verizon Wireless Center, Noblesville, IN (75 minutes, soundboard)
7/7/01   Polaris Amphitheatre, Columbus, OH (75 minutes, audience)
7/8/01   Post Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake, Pittsburgh, PA (82 minutes, audience)
7/13/01   Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA (75 minutes, audience)
7/15/01   Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, NY (75 minutes, soundboard)
7/18/01   Tweeter Center, Camden, NJ (82 minutes, audience)
7/24/01   Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY (82 minutes, audience and soundboard)
?/?/01   The Late Show, CBS Television Studios, New York, NY (5 minutes, television) - Our Prayer and Heroes and Villains.

2002-03 -

1/20/02   Annexet, Stockholm, Sweden (110 minutes, audience)
1/22/02   Congress Centrum, Hamburg, Germany (110 minutes, audience)
1/23/02   Internationales Congress Centrum, Berlin, Germany (110 minutes, audience)
1/25/02   Armadillo, Glasgow, Scotland (110 minutes, audience)
1/27/02   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience video and audio)
1/28/02   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
1/29/02   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
1/30/02   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
2/22/02   Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan (110 minutes, audience)
2/25/02   Aich Geijyutsu Hall, Nagoya, Japan (110 minutes, audience)
2/26/02   Sun Palace Hall, Fukuoka, Japan (110 minutes, audience)
2/27/02   NHK Hall, Osaka, Japan (110 minutes, audience)
5/11/02   The Roxy Theater, Los Angeles, CA (110 minutes, audience)
6/3/02   Party At The Palace, London, England (20 minutes, audience video)
6/5/02   Brighton Center, Brighton, England (110 minutes, audience)
6/6/02   Colston Hall, Bristol, England (110 minutes, audience)
6/7/02   Royal Center, Nottingham, England (110 minutes, audience)
6/9/02   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
6/10/02   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
6/12/02   Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland (110 minutes, audience)
6/13/02   Apollo Theatre, Manchester, England (110 minutes, audience)
6/14/02   Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England (110 minutes, audience)
8/14/02   House Of Blues, Chicago, IL (110 minutes, audience)
8/16/02   Avalon, Boston, MA (110 minutes, audience)
8/18/02   Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA (100 minutes, audience)
9/18/02   Royce Hall, University Of California, Los Angeles, CA (with Paul McCartney) (40 minutes, audience) - Paul joins Brian on God Only Knows and Brian joins Paul on Let It Be. Both sets circulate.
10/6/02   Royce Hall, University Of California, Los Angeles, CA (110 minutes, audience)
12/10/02 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia (110 minutes, audience)
12/18/02   Concert Hall, Melbourne, Australia (110 minutes, audience)
?/?/02   The Late Show, CBS Television Studios, New York, NY (5 minutes, television) - Sail On Sailor.
?/?/02   The Tonight Show, NBC Television Studios, New York, NY (3 minutes, television) - California Girls.
6/14/03   The Hatch Shell, Boston, MA (7 minutes, audience) - God Only Knows and Graduation Day; this was, I believe, a day after Brian received his honorary doctorate in music.
6/16/03   Beacon Theatre, New York, NY (90 minutes, audience video)
7/4/03   New York, NY (10 minutes, television) - Good Vibrations, Sloop John B, and Wouldn't It Be Nice.
10/16/03   Royce Hall, University Of California, Los Angeles, CA (75 minutes, audience) - First time City Blues and Soul Searchin' appear in setlists.

2004 -

2/20/04   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
2/21/04   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
2/22/04   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
2/24/04   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
2/26/04   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
2/27/04   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
3/1/04   Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, England (110 minutes, audience)
3/2/04   Colston Hall, Bristol, England (110 minutes, audience video)
3/6/04   Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, England (110 minutes, audience)
3/7/04   Empire Theatre, Liverpool, England (110 minutes, audience)
3/8/04     Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England (110 minutes, audience)
3/10/04   Alter Oper, Frankfurt, Germany (110 minutes, audience)
3/11/04   Queen Elizabeth Hall, Antwerp, Belgium (110 minutes, audience)
3/13/04   Pepsi Theater, Amsterdam, Netherlands (110 minutes, audience)
3/14/04   Olympia Theatre, Paris, France (110 minutes, audience)
7/16/04   Eden Project, Cornwall, England (110 minutes, audience)
7/19/04   Guild Hall, Portsmouth, England (110 minutes, audience)
7/25/04   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (100 minutes, audience video)
7/27/04   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
7/28/04   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
7/31/04   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
10/4/04   Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI (110 minutes, audience)
10/7/04   Cleveland Music Hall, Cleveland, OH (110 minutes, audience)
10/8/04   Keswick Theatre, Philadelphia, PA (110 minutes, audience)
10/10/04   Warner Theatre, Washington, DC (110 minutes, audience)
10/12/04 Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (90 minutes, radio)
10/14/04   Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA (110 minutes, audience)
10/16/04   Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA (110 minutes, audience)
10/18/04   King Center, Melbourne, FL (110 minutes, audience)
10/20/04   Mizner Park Amphitheater, Boca Raton, FL (110 minutes, audience)
10/29/04 Pala Casino Events Center, Pala, CA (110 minutes, audience)
10/31/04 Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ (110 minutes, audience)
11/3/04   Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA (110 minutes, audience)
11/4/04   Davies Hall, San Francisco, CA (110 minutes, audience)
11/7/04   Jockey Club, São Paulo, Brazil (95 minutes, audience)
12/8/04   Regent Theatre, Melbourne, Australia (110 minutes, audience)
12/9/04   Regent Theatre, Melbourne, Australia (110 minutes, audience)
12/15/04 QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane, Australia (110 minutes, audience)
12/18/04   Michael Fowler Center, Wellington, New Zealand (110 minutes, audience)

2005-06 -

1/30/05   Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan (110 minutes, audience)
1/31/05   Tokyo International Forum Hall, Tokyo, Japan (110 minutes, audience video)
4/18/05   XM Radio Studio, Washington, DC (45 minutes, radio)
6/22/05   Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, England (90 minutes, audience)
6/23/05   Colston Hall, Bristol, England (90 minutes, audience)
6/26/05   Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, England (45 minutes, television and radio)
7/3/05   Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark (55 minutes, radio)
7/5/05   Poblé Español, Barcelona, Spain (90 minutes, audience)
7/12/05   Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, England (90 minutes, audience)
7/16/05   Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland (90 minutes, audience)
7/22/05   Rome Auditorium, Rome, Italy (12 minutes, audience video)
8/13/05   Jones Beach Ampitheatre, Wantagh, NY (70 minutes, audience video)
8/17/05   Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT (100 minutes, audience)
8/24/05   Orpheum Theatre, St. Louis, MO (100 minutes, audience)
8/25/05   Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO (100 minutes, audience)
9/2/05   The Greek Theatre, University Of California, Berkeley, CA (100 minutes, audience)
9/4/05   Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA (100 minutes, audience)
9/10/05   New York, NY (3 minutes, television) - Walking Down The Path Of Life.
11/14/05   New York, NY (with Neil Diamond) (3 minutes, television) - Delirious Love.
12/6/05   The Tonight Show, New York, NY (3 minutes, television)
12/13/05   The View, New York, NY (7 minutes, television)
7/1/06   The Cannery, Las Vegas, NV (90 minutes, audience)
10/21/06   Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (40 minutes, audience)
10/22/06   Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (40 minutes, audience)
11/12/06   Adelphi Theater, London, England (100 minutes, audience)
11/16/06   UK Music Hall of Fame, London, England (20 minutes, television)
11/17/06   Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA (with Al Jardine) (100 minutes, audience)
11/18/06   Warner Theatre, Washington, DC (with Al Jardine) (90 minutes, audience)
11/22/06   Beacon Theater, New York, NY (with Al Jardine) (100 minutes, audience video)

2007-09 -

1/26/07   Fourth And B, San Diego, CA (with Al Jardine) (70 minutes, audience)
1/27/07   Terrace Theater, Long Beach, CA (with Al Jardine) (100 minutes, audience)
6/17/07   Norwegian Wood Festival, Frognerbadet, Oslo, Norway (90 minutes, television)
6/18/07   Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden (90 minutes, audience)
6/21/07   Carre, Amsterdam, Holland (90 minutes, audience)
6/22/07   De Oosterpoor, Gronigen, Netherlands (90 minutes, audience)
7/3/07   State Opera, Vienna, Austria (90 minutes, audience)
9/10/07   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
9/12/07   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
9/15/07   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
9/16/07   Royal Festival Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience)
9/24/07   Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England (110 minutes, audience)
2/14/08   Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA (with Was Not Was) (25 minutes, audience)
7/1/08   Royal Albert Hall, London, England (110 minutes, audience) - I think a few roadies lost their jobs after this gig...
7/16/08   Warner Theatre, Torrington, CT (90 minutes, audience)
9/3/08   The Tonight Show, New York, NY (5 minutes, television)
10/20/08   The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (40 minutes, audience)
11/10/08   Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN (100 minutes, audience)
11/12/08   Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI (100 minutes, audience)
11/18/08   Warner Theatre, Washington, DC (40 minutes, radio)
1/15/09   The Grammy Museum, Los Angeles, CA (25 minutes, audience)
1/29/09   House Of Blues, San Diego, CA (100 minutes, audience)
7/5/09     Serenadenhof, Nuremberg, Germany (100 minutes, radio)
7/6/09   Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands (55 minutes, audience)
7/12/09   The Sage Gateshead, Newcastle, England (110 minutes, audience)
10/22/09   Sangamon Auditorium, University of Illinois, Springfield, IL (100 minutes, audience)
10/29/09   Keswick Theatre, Philadelphia, PA (100 minutes, audience)
11/1/09   Lyell B. Clay Creative Arts Center, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV (100 minutes, audience)
11/3/09   Capitol Center, Concord, NH (100 minutes, audience)
11/12/09   Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA (100 minutes, audience)

And that brings our list up to date. As always, please send corrections.

I'd be inclined to take the 2002 Party at the Palace listing out as Brian's entire set (including his contribution to Macca's encore) is available on legit DVD. Also, the sound man nearly lost his job after the 2005 Hampton Court show.  ;D

Thanks for these lists.
Great job.

I'd do anything to hear some of those Brian shows, I have a decent handfull but I always want to hear more.

All I want are the Carnegie Hall shows and can't seem to make it happen!  :-[

Really? 
Even if it involves Mike Love?

The Beach Boys 1971 or Brian Wilson 2004?

I suppose.

Well, if others are doing it, I might as well. *shrugs* Would anybody like to please make my day, regarding any 1981-83 recording?

P.S. before this thread goes down the tubes, let's all give a big round of applause for The Real Beach Boy for helping(by means of doing it all himself. lol) get this list made.  :)

Too bad the symphonic Mike and Bruce Chicago show from 2007 and the unplugged 1993 10-93 Chcago show haven't been booted. They were great and the later was probably the very first unplugged set.

I'd be really interested in hearing a Symphonic Mike & Bruce show - the instrumentation of the group, even of the more recent periods, have still been a bit rinky-dink keyboards for my liking. Plus, i just like hearing the BB's music done with an orchestra - I would equally like to hear a Pet Sounds date with the strings, and VDP's 'Brian Wilson Overture' is the most fantasticest thing i have heard in a while....

The "Brian Wilson Overture" is out there - but its a crummy audience recording and some asshats talk and/or sing through the entire thing.  I wish he had used a recording from that series of concerts for the Pet Sounds live album.

 I know a lot of people like to bash Mike & Bruce's shows, but the symphonic shows are amazing!  Even though they're only audience recordings, these shows are a treat for whoever hears them.

I've got it, and find the asshats a little endearing - at least they shut up during the Smile stuff! But yeah, apparently they didn't feel the strings were worth the extra cost to license for the record, or something.

I'm guessing the Hollywood Bowl show is the only time the BW Overture has been played? And did VDP 'compose' it?

VDP arranged it, and did the link pieces. The crappy audience tape comes from Altanta, Georgia, and the 'suite' was played at every venue where the orchestra was used on that 2000 tour. The suite comprised:

 California Girls
 Good Vibrations
 In My Room
 Bach Cantata 147 (Lady Lynda)
 Time To Get Alone
 'Til I Die
 California Girls Reprise
 Don't Worry Baby
 With Me Tonight
 New World
 Surfer Girl
 When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
 Heroes and Villians
 Cabinessence
 Heroes and Villians Reprise
 The Warmth of the Sun
 Surf's Up
 Wonderful
 Sloop John B
 Sail On Sailor
 Good Vibrations Reprise
 Our Prayer

Thanks for the info, AGD - i only have it from Project Smile. I take it that's the only recording of it then?

What song is this? I've heard the recording of the BW Overture, I dont know this tune. Please tell me its not from Aladin.

"New World" as in by Dvorak.

They really shocked me by coming close to Brian's band creatively during those shows. Even the surf tunes had some really dirty guitar that was nice. I would NEVER see a hits show by them but they and their band have talent when they choose to apply it.

I thought I would bring this topic back for a little bit, because I have a question about the Seattle 1970 show that Brian did filling in for Mike. Does Brian seem nervous or uninterested? I mean, from 1976-ish on, no matter how good Brian sounded(he had his good moments with the bad), it was always rather obvious that he would rather have been anywhere else but onstage. Does he show any of that in the 1970 show?

The 'BW' Overture was great, because that was still during the time when he wouldn't talk about SMiLE, and to hear the H&V and CE song fragments-done by VDP, no less-was a thrill. My memory of the show I went to was Brian standing near the edge of the stage a good hour or so beforehand, staring blankly into the audience for a good 15 minutes without moving an inch.

Very difficult to tell, on account of the tape quality being several notches below 'dire'.

One more question. Somebody in another thread mentioned a 1990 show where Al Jardine left in the middle of the show, in mid song, and that it's rather noticeable. What did they mean by that? Does Al say anything to the audience before leaving?

Al just removed his guitar from his neck and walked offstage. Upon being questioned as to where he was going, he replied "got a plane to catch." At least that's what AGD has told us.

I was just listening to a recording of this show last night. I couldn't really make out anything of interest though, except for a few comments on Brian. He apperently didn't seem to be in a good mood, going by a few audible audience comments.

Circle Star Theater, San Carlos CA, May 6th 1990.  There were two shows that night, btw.

And if I'm not mistaken, the circulating tape is only about half of one of the shows.

Is the circulating tape the show where Al left in mid show?

Reviving this thread, there's something on here that I didn't see, or may have missed, that's been driving me crazy the past couple of years. Here's the backdrop:

Back in the day, I had a cassette that I acquired in the 70s. On it was an assortment of very lo-fi recordings (i.e. mic to TV) from the band's late 60s television spots. Most being from the '68-'69 period (e.g. the aforementioned Douglas, Frost and Carson shows, maybe a Dick Cavett one as well, along with some other earlier filler...the "Karen" theme, etc.). Tagged on at the end was what appeared to be an FM radio, in-studio performance of "Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring." This is what I'm trying to remember...the whos, wheres and whens of that performance.

IIRC, it was most likely an east coast station -- perhaps WBCN in Boston. The performance was intro'd and outro'd by some DJ with a great, groovy late 60s, early 70s radio name that I can't even remember. I also seem to remember that after they did the number, there was some brief random chatter by the BBs. Considering the above particulars, and with Bruce on there as well, the performance would've obviously dated from somewhere between '68 and '72. FWIW, I believe I may have also sent a copy to Brad E, or a few others, during the old days of the PSML.

Does anyone happen to have this, or does it ring a bell? I have no idea where I put the tape, and the faded details are absolutely driving me bonkers. Namely the DJ in question and what station it may have been. Going from memory, it sounded like an actual appearance at the station vs. some kind of tape that might have been sent over to play. Anyone?

They sang Hearts at The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson on May 2, 1968. Maybe in New York??

I never knew that they did The Tonight Show way back then. I would assume that no footage has survived, judging by how many of the older shows were erased.

I have heard on tape a Mike Douglas show from 1968 that the video seems to be lost. Funny I know it's around but I can't seem to score a tape of Mike and Al's apperence from 1976 on Mike Douglas either.  The Beach Boys did the Tonight Show in 1968 but I haven't heard it.

As far as the 1970 shows go Brian looks a lot more together then he was from 1976 on. His voice was still in good shape. As he was pretty great in the studio in 1970 when he felt like being there, I am sure he has never matched his 1970 stage apperences since. He hadn't declined all that much yet. In fact I would say 1970-71 was still classic Brian.

Mmmmboy, all those live SMiLE sets...didn't realize there were so many! I have a bizarre compulsion to get them all...are they all floating around in the, uh, sea of Green?

For some reason, I'm still thinking that it *may* have been a Boston station. Though, that's simply a vague and cloudy recollection at this point. I also seem to remember it having that heavy, underground FM vibe to it, so I'm wondering if it may have been closer to '69, '70? Then again, who's to say that "vibe" didn't already exist in early '68?

The sad part is, I still have that tape. Somewhere. It's just not turning up. Thus, I'm kind of hoping someone else has heard it.  :)

I thought I would bring this topic back, to get some discussion going about a few shows. I didn't know that Carl played a few shows with the group in early 1981. How were the shows, compaired to ones after Carl left?

I saw the Beach Boys with Carl  and Brian n January 1981 in  Davis  CA with American Spring opening.    I cannot remember if Dennis was present.   The Beach Boys sounded well rehearsed and in fine form.   Aa I recall, earlier in the day, the U.S. Olympic Hockey team beat Russian for the GOLD Medal.     The next time I saw them was in May 1981 in Concord, CA without Carl but Dennis and Brian were present.  The band with Ernie Knapp on guitar or bass sounded ragged and off key.  Carl makes the difference and has them rehearsing!


Les in SF


The Real Beach Boy,  Thanks for your lists.  They are quite impressive.    Contact me please!!

What about the early 1978 shows before they played Australia? Was Carl in a similar condition as he was in Australia?

Can't speak for the pre-Australasian tour of early 1978 but Carl already seems to be in an altered state at the Largo, MD in January 1977.
Does anyone know if he remained that way for the rest of the 1977 into 1978 or were they isolated instances?

I'm curios about this too. I have a show the group did in 1977 at Central Park, and Carl's performance is quite poor. Even in the studio, Carl's voice was badly effected by drinking and doing other substances. As late as the MIU album, Carl's voice doesn't sound like it normally would.

9/30/95 Prado Regional Park, Chino, CA

Well I need to get my hands on a copy of this if it is out there, as this was my very first Beach Boys concert.

It would be cool if we could list all of the available recordings from last years reunion tour. With today's technology, I would assume that virtually all of the shows exist in some form, right?

I have audience wavs of Brian's last two Glasgow Concert Hall shows on a hard drive.  I'd be interested in sending them to someone who would be up for doing any necessary sound adjustments and splitting them up into flacs.   I don't know if these shows are in circulation or not.  Please don't P.M. me about sending them unless you can do the the above to get them 'out there'.

Also sorry and delete this post if saying this ain't cool here.

I 'know of' some Australian ones too that aren't mentioned:

audience recordings:

Brian Wilson - Live in Melbourne, Australia.  18th December 2002
Brian Wilson - Live at the Regent Theatre, Australia. 8th December 2004
The Beach Boys (M&B) - Melbourne, Arts Centre with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. 29th Jan 2010.

quality is average to good on some parts....

RickB

There may be a couple of nice soundboards from 1996 as well that are not on the list.

Most certainly does NOT exist, on the unassailable grounds that they didn't play in Switzerland - or even visit it - on the 1964 European tour.

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Great information, where's the wood varnish removal when I need it?  ;)

Live In Pittsburgh, PA - August 26, 1978

Didnt see that one on the list at all

I forgot about making this thread.  ;D Damn fine one, too. Perhaps this compiled list could be "stickied" to the front page, for research purposes?  Man, those were the glory days of the board.