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« on: January 09, 2013, 02:32:53 AM »

Interview with the Beach Boys (Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Denis Wilson, Al Jardine and Mike Love) by Ida Blackburn on the Ida B Show. Also footage of their concert before the interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z4N4BSs4Ic

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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2013, 02:44:29 AM »

Springlake Amusement Park, Oklahoma City - either July 9th, August 28th or August 29th.

Great interview footage.

Edit - if "WIGU(TBAM)" is the latest 45, it's one of the August dates.
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« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2013, 02:58:22 AM »



Was just about to post this.

Incredible, incredible stuff.
2013 has been good so far.

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« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2013, 03:02:21 AM »

Never thought I would get to see a young Brian talk so much. Seemed very normal then, they all do.
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« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2013, 03:16:02 AM »

Wonderful stuff!

So interesting to see them all at this stage of their lives.

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« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2013, 05:19:17 AM »

Very nice Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2013, 07:16:35 AM »

This is incredible. Thanks to the OP!

Isn't it wonderful how almost 50 years later, this stuff still pops up from out of the woodwork? One of the great joys of being a collector and enthusiast.
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« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2013, 07:31:53 AM »

So, am I the only one who can't get this to work? I see visual but no sound. When I click anywhere on the page (like the volume, or if I try to skip ahead) everything goes black. Anyone else seeing this? I rebooted, and same result.
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« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2013, 07:36:27 AM »

The performance part has no sound - the interview segments, however, do.
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« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2013, 07:38:31 AM »

So great...Dennis even hits on the woman reporter a bit, complimenting her on her lovely gown.
And here's Mike Love, the OLDEST member of the group.
Terrific find.
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« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2013, 07:46:12 AM »

So, am I the only one who can't get this to work? I see visual but no sound. When I click anywhere on the page (like the volume, or if I try to skip ahead) everything goes black. Anyone else seeing this? I rebooted, and same result.
The concert footage is silent, but once it gets to the interview part the sound does work.
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« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2013, 07:55:23 AM »

Fan-freakin'-tastic footage. Awesome. How great that the historical society made that available.

One thing to note, early on in the interview: When asked about his songwriting, the very first thing Brian mentions is competition and the competition with other groups. Next, he says the love for music and creativity and all of that. There is the driving force of Brian's craft being laid out on camera, and something which Brian himself said he later gave up after Good Vibrations and Smile's demise. Just in case anyone needed conformation of that, there it is in 1964.

And how great to see that classic stage setup: The Fender amps and reverb tanks on the stage floor, the matching white Fender Jaguar, Strat, and P-Bass, the old-school Shure 55 and EV666 microphones.

And this question: Just how was the sound quality for the majority of people in those bleachers? Notice the PA speakers were those round metal public address horns mounted on stands, which were more often used to announce baseball lineups or broadcast civil defense announcements. And it would appear that all the microphones were going through those round PA horns, and the amps don't appear to be mic'ed up as best as I could tell.

So I'm guessing the sound wasn't all that great for those fans in the general seating.

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« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2013, 08:03:17 AM »

Priceless!
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« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2013, 08:23:00 AM »

There is additional footage at the end of this clip showing Ida B greeting another group as they arrive at an airport. They looked somewhat familiar, and I took a screenshot.

Question: Would I be correct in guessing this was the Kingston Trio? There was another man with them, wearing Hollywood-approved shades, I'm guessing he might be the manager or someone we might recognize but I can't tell. It's at the very end of the film.

Kingston Trio?
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« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2013, 08:45:42 AM »

Looks like the same guys to me. Al would be so proud...

 
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« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2013, 08:49:05 AM »

This footage just knocked me on my ass. Dennis is such a smoothie.
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« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2013, 09:03:35 AM »

Springlake Amusement Park, Oklahoma City - either July 9th, August 28th or August 29th.

Great interview footage.

Edit - if "WIGU(TBAM)" is the latest 45, it's one of the August dates.

Great stuff!! 
Notice that Dennis says they next have 3 days off and then fly to NY, which would peg this as the August 29th show. 

Can someone do a stop/zoom and identify the song list Mike wrote on his palm?   

And Brian writes the music first and then the lyrics. First mention of Mike writing the lyrics is from Al, about "Surfin"
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« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2013, 09:12:28 AM »

So, am I the only one who can't get this to work? I see visual but no sound. When I click anywhere on the page (like the volume, or if I try to skip ahead) everything goes black. Anyone else seeing this? I rebooted, and same result.

same thing happened to me. then i just let the clip run. no sound until interview. just let it run and don't click on anything.
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« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2013, 09:24:57 AM »

I haven't found anything yet as far as a Kingston Trio 60's tour date listing, nothing near as complete as Andrew's or Eric's setlist archive, for sure! I was trying to peg the timing of the footage - obviously it's Oklahoma as "Ida B" was a local TV personality and wouldn't have traveled outside to do stories on folk singers, I would assume.

Yeah, Al loved these guys and I was curious if the two groups had crossed paths that week in Oklahoma, 1964.

And if anyone takes a look, does the guy in shades walking with the Kingston Trio at the end look familiar? The first assumption would be Nik Venet - I say that because if this film were of a certain time, the Trio was still on Capitol and they might be working with Nik. But there is no date to confirm much of anything, other than the footage looks to be from 63-64 and it's on the same reel as a BB's film where the date *is* confirmed. Just wild speculation, as usual.

Interesting stuff.
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« Reply #19 on: January 09, 2013, 09:39:06 AM »

Ida was great! I really liked her. Asked good questions - great personality.

Surprised Ida touched on Brian's other projects right off the bat and Brian didn't hesitate to point out (twice) that he'd written for Jan & Dean. Brian knew all the single A & B sides up to that point and didn't miss a beat. House cleaning music! And just like the Beatles, girls were jumping over the fence to get to them. The Boys seemed to get alomg real good. Very humorous and happy. Al fit right in. A reveiling interview - one of the best!

No evidence that Brian was headed off the deep end.......yet.
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« Reply #20 on: January 09, 2013, 09:45:12 AM »

Looks like they're playing Surfer Girl from about :42 on. Would be awesome to see it synced with the Live in Sacremento version.
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« Reply #21 on: January 09, 2013, 10:06:56 AM »

Did Brian take credit for too many J&D hits?

Dennis is trying hard but Ida B seems to be most interested in Mike.
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« Reply #22 on: January 09, 2013, 10:28:48 AM »

Speechless! Thanks for the link!
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« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2013, 10:29:24 AM »

Some reminiscing on the July 9th 1964 show and:  

http://newsok.com/article/1937770
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« Reply #24 on: January 09, 2013, 10:38:46 AM »

Did Brian take credit for too many J&D hits?

That's what I was thinking.  I mean, he co-wrote a few of them, but Berry and Christian and Altfield also had a big hand in them too!
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