We should use this thread to talk about the curiosities that the band performed live.

I was shocked when someone sent me a couple of setlists recently.  One was a 1996 show that had "School Day" in it...probably the last time they did something from KTSA.  Another was a 1997 show that had "When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)".  That kind of kills that long-standing myth that WIGU was never done live between that one mid-60's TV appearance and 2002.

I once had a tape of a 1990 concert where Al sang lead on "California Saga-California".  It was so amazing it made me wonder why they didn't have him sing the lead on the original...it would have been way better.

Last year, when M&B did "It's OK", they used the opening of "California Beach" as an intro.  It sounded really natural, and it was better than just starting with a drum intro or no intro, like they did in 2004.  I guess they were toying around with different intros and found that one.  I hope they kept it...I heard them rehearsing it before the show, and it was exciting to hear something I couldn't identify immediately.

To this day, I still haven't heard any recordings of Dave Marks singing the lead on DYWD.  Was anyone fortunate enough to hear that live during that short period?

On a completely unrelated note, anyone know why Bruce has sung the lead on "Wendy" since the 90's?  His lead is often pretty weak on it...

Good vibes,
Eric

I may be remembering wrong, but I thought it was recorded in 1996, around the same time the Stars & Stripes material was being recorded.  It made its first appearance on the Endless Harmony documentary, I think.

Good vibes,
Eric

Title only: Do It Again

Lyrics: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, It's OK, California Feeling

For those of you who live in areas that have Rite-Aid Drugstores, there is a promotional item in the Valentine's Day seasonal section that might be of interest to you.  It's a monkey on a motorcycle that sings about 45 seconds of "Kokomo".  It's about $25 now, but it will probably be 50% off or more after V-Day.  I think I might buy one if it gets to 75% off.

Good vibes,
Eric

I still remember back around '93 or '94 when, as a relatively new fan, I was looking for all the Caribou single CD's that had been out of print since '91.  There were still a lot of them floating around out there...but some titles were easier to find than others.  "Surf's Up", "Sunflower" and "Keepin' The Summer Alive" were easy finds, however "15 Big Ones", "MIU" and "Carl & The Passions: So Tough" were more difficult.

One that I NEVER expected to find was POB.  But one fateful day, I was CD shopping down El Cajon Blvd., which is a seedy part of San Diego.  We hit at least three or four stops that day.  POB was easy to find on vinyl, but something made me hold out some hope of finding the CD.  Well, at my VERY LAST stop, which was a very small run-down store that would soon close down, and was at least 10 blocks out of the way, I could not believe my eyes...a treasure trove of so many of the Caribou CD's I had been looking for.  Here's what I bought at that store that day:

MIU (Still In Longbox)...$9.99
Ten Years Of Harmony (Still In Longbox)...I believe it was $15.99
Carl & The Passions (Still In Longbox)...$9.99
Sun, Surf & Balloons (Polyphone Boot)...about $22
Landlocked (Polyphone Boot)..about $22
Brian Wilson & Beach Boys Solos (Polyphone Boot)...about $22

And most importantly:

Pacific Ocean Blue.....Still In the Longbox!!!!!!!!.......$10.99!!!

I have never seen with my own eyes another real copy of the POB CD....I've seen pictures on ebay, but not another actual CD.  I laminated the longboxes I bought that day.  That find was the best I had ever encountered...being a poor college student, I didn't have money for the California Feeling Polyphone Boot, something I never saw again...(I was only a couple bucks short).  I also passed up a KTSA in longbox because I already had that used. 

And so I went home, super tired from a full day of driving (I was a relatively new driver at the time...just 17 or 18) in a strange place, and I still remember putting POB on in my bedroom and hearing those sounds for the first time as I was half asleep...this remains one of my best Beach Boys related memories, one that I have posted many times in different groups and on different boards...

Good vibes,
Eric

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Wow...I've made it to "Honored Guest"  Never expected that...thanks Charles, I feel very honored! 

is that harmony Adrian Baker and those guys?

I don't think so.  I know that Mike's son Christian is in there - he's the one who sounds eerily like Carl - but i don't think any of the touring BBs, past or present, participated.

I have, of course, been wrong before...

Adrian appears on "Daybreak" and perhaps others.

Just off the top of my head...there's some I may be forgetting:

1. Palm Tree And Moon
2. My Hobo Heart
3. This Town Goes Down At Sunset
4. Sail Away
5. Your Imagination

If OCA doesn't count, then...

1. Your Imagination
2. Marketplace
3. Sunshine
4. This Song Wants To Sleep With You Tonight
5. On Christmas Day
6. Rio Grande

Good vibes,
Eric