I found the tracklist for the live album!!!

[AndrewHickey]

nah, I kid (mostly), they probably went through a range of photographs and this one they figured best. Since the show will (is this confirmed?) show songs from different performances I suspect the location of the photo is not significant.

I don't think it's been confirmed that it will definitely be from multiple performances, but I think the facts that it doesn't precisely match any one setlist, that there was no show which would be wholly releasable without major post-production work, and it just says "live" rather than "live in X", suggest it very strongly indeed.
I suspect it's a compilation a la the In Concert album, although I do hope they provide information as to which show each performance is from (we'll be able to tell with California Girls at least, because Bruce will be saying "I wish they all could be Texas/Swedish/whatever girls" at the end)

[bossaroo]

i love how Mike and Bruce appear to be "swinging" Al like a giddy toddler

[Shady]

They chose a show from Singapore?

Why am I not surprised 

too many fat assed americans.

nah, I kid (mostly), they probably went through a range of photographs and this one they figured best. Since the show will (is this confirmed?) show songs from different performances I suspect the location of the photo is not significant.

They should have used a picture from the red rocks..

Jesus just look at that crowd, it's beautiful

[pixletwin]

i love how Mike and Bruce appear to be "swinging" Al like a giddy toddler

 

[Pretty Funky]

I can imagine several sets of songs from one gig. "Honda" kicked off ,what, 6-7 songs in a group then the first half of the shows closed with a group of car songs. To keep the sound mix the same those songs should be kept as a whole.

The Chiba show Bruce doesn't mention a place in "Cali Girls" so maybe that or another generic version will be used.

This will be the last live BB album and to me the album cover is the band saying 'Goodbye and Thank You' to not just that audience but to us all. Classic!

[Bud Shaver]

When I read Capitol's initial Facebook post it made me think this album was being culled from various performances:

[Rob Dean]

The man himself addresses his keyboard parts (from the BBB Message Board): [...]

Nice of him to fill people in on what's going on.  

I'm going to try and find some time to finally sit in the audience for a Brian concert and just enjoy listening to the music. The last time I was able to be in the audience to see Brian, etc., was at the Cow Palace in San Francisco in 1963!!! Terry Melcher, Lou Adler & I flew to San Francisco just to see the band rockin' the house in front of thousands of people.....What a great memory & what a great night!

I probably misremember but I thought he did attend a BW solo concert a couple of years ago. A SMiLE gig or a Pet Sounds gig, I think.

I think he has a bootleg BWPS-live-DVD and of course was part of the '98 gig of Brian. But other than that I haven't heard anything about that.

Yep he sure has , its from the SMiLE Tour in Bristol (UK) he even (If I remember correctly) gave a little review of it on BBB Board - Oh I'm in the front row of that show whistling at Taylor Mills all night  

[AndrewHickey]

I can imagine several sets of songs from one gig. "Honda" kicked off ,what, 6-7 songs in a group then the first half of the shows closed with a group of car songs. To keep the sound mix the same those songs should be kept as a whole.

Yeah, I think the surf medley at the beginning of the show and the car medley closing the first half will probably be continuous performances.

That said, though, they were playing to a click most of the time (I believe -- they were synched to videos, so I can't see how they could have played otherwise), using digital tuners, and these recordings will be taken straight from the board. Theoretically, they *should* be able to splice songs together mid-song closely enough that you can't hear the join, though I doubt they will.

[Justin]

This will be the last live BB album and to me the album cover is the band saying 'Goodbye and Thank You' to not just that audience but to us all. Classic!

Plus it symbolizes a victory. They finished each and every show and completed a complicated tour all completely unscathed (relatively speaking!).  I'm sure there were a bunch of other images in the running from various locations but I think this one is the most appropriate on many levels.

[AndrewHickey]

This will be the last live BB album and to me the album cover is the band saying 'Goodbye and Thank You' to not just that audience but to us all. Classic!

Plus it symbolizes a victory. They finished each and every show and completed a complicated tour all completely unscathed (relatively speaking!).  I'm sure there were a bunch of other images in the running from various locations but I think this one is the most appropriate on many levels.

And comparing it to the tacky My First Go At Photoshop that is the DVD cover gives hope that the production on the music inside will be comparatively tasteful, too, compared to that...

[Justin]

Yup....that DVD cover is really atrocious!

[Micha]

Yeah, I think the surf medley at the beginning of the show and the car medley closing the first half will probably be continuous performances.

As the songs are played in full those are not medleys... They're movements! A surf movement and a car movement!

[drbeachboy]

Yeah, I think the surf medley at the beginning of the show and the car medley closing the first half will probably be continuous performances.

As the songs are played in full those are not medleys... They're movements! A surf movement and a car movement!

So, when they play 4 or 5 SIP songs does that make it a bowel movement?

[AndrewHickey]

Yeah, I think the surf medley at the beginning of the show and the car medley closing the first half will probably be continuous performances.

As the songs are played in full those are not medleys...

The word 'medley' has absolutely nothing to do with whether the pieces in the medley are played in full or not.

[Micha]

Yeah, I think the surf medley at the beginning of the show and the car medley closing the first half will probably be continuous performances.

As the songs are played in full those are not medleys... They're movements! A surf movement and a car movement!

So, when they play 4 or 5 SIP songs does that make it a bowel movement?

If it consists of the first 4 songs, definitely! (had to look up the words, that joke had nearly got lost in translation, me no English native speaker, thanks for the lesson! )

Yeah, I think the surf medley at the beginning of the show and the car medley closing the first half will probably be continuous performances.

As the songs are played in full those are not medleys...

The word 'medley' has absolutely nothing to do with whether the pieces in the medley are played in full or not.

Wikipedia says "In music, a medley is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes overlapping." I interpret "parts" as "not fully played". But maybe you have sources that I don't know yet, I'm willing to learn.

[AndrewHickey]

Wikipedia says "In music, a medley is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes overlapping." I interpret "parts" as "not fully played". But maybe you have sources that I don't know yet, I'm willing to learn.

The definition in most dictionaries is something like (to take two examples from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/medley )
"a piece of music combining tunes or passages from various sources"

or

"a musical composition consisting of various tunes arranged as a continuous whole"

A medley is just any piece of music which has tunes from more than one source played continuously. It doesn't imply anything about how much of any of the compositions is used.

[Dave in KC]

Ok...I'm going with Singapore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2HO6aT120I&feature=plcp

Wow, was Brian irritated by that incense or what? He even slaps at the smoke near the end. Was bothered by its presence from the very start if you look at it closely.

[The Shift]

Non-import edition of the Live C50 CD now listed at Amazon UK…

but only as a SINGLE CD.

No tracklist.  I hope this is an error…   

[AndrewHickey]

Non-import edition of the Live C50 CD now listed at Amazon UK…

but only as a SINGLE CD.

No tracklist.  I hope this is an error…   

Don't worry -- that's actually the same page as for when it was showing as an import, and then it said "number of discs: 1" even when the tracklist showed two discs. Amazon's product information pages are often inaccurate like that.

[The Shift]

Non-import edition of the Live C50 CD now listed at Amazon UK…

but only as a SINGLE CD.

No tracklist.  I hope this is an error…   

Don't worry -- that's actually the same page as for when it was showing as an import, and then it said "number of discs: 1" even when the tracklist showed two discs. Amazon's product information pages are often inaccurate like that.

Many thanks Andrew, I feel reassured!   

[smilethebeachboysloveyou]

No love for "Betsy". 

I'm quite fond of Betsy (perhaps partly because I'm from the Detroit area...), and it was a great performance last year!  I'm sad I missed out on "Let Him Run Wild."

[Generation42]

So, we should probably be getting some preview clips of this thing in short order, no?  Anybody know how long before release date a site such as Amazon usually puts up those :30 audio samples?  For that matter, shouldn't review copies be out by now?

Personally, I'm rather curious about the approach the band took with this thing, as far as the amount of sweetening done in the studio, and the like, and I'm know that I'm not the only one.

[gsmile]

Official Promo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqvf7QFl7eI

[Generation42]

Right on.  Thanks for the link.

[Bicyclerider]

I can imagine several sets of songs from one gig. "Honda" kicked off ,what, 6-7 songs in a group then the first half of the shows closed with a group of car songs. To keep the sound mix the same those songs should be kept as a whole.

The sound mix, once all the overdubs, replacement vocals and autotune are done and mixed down in the studio, should sound remarkable consistent no matter where the songs were recorded!