Wow Rare late 70's concert vid just posted on the tube

[If Mars had life on it...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1E78ybG5I

Can anyone date this for me?  It sure as heck isn't 1972 I know.  I'm thinking 1977 right?  Isn't this one of THE most dysfunctional periods in the band's history?  Is this when Brian was writing the Adult Child stuff?

[Jon Stebbins]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1E78ybG5I

Can anyone date this for me?  It sure as heck isn't 1972 I know.  I'm thinking 1977 right?  Isn't this one of THE most dysfunctional periods in the band's history?  Is this when Brian was writing the Adult Child stuff?

Capital Center, Largo, Maryland... Jan 1977. These two shows circulate among fans in excellent video quality, this download looks pretty bad.

[Mikie]

Central Park, 1972, eh?  Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha!  Right.

[Rocky Raccoon]

If I recall, that concert has an awesome 10 minute version of Feel Flows.

[oldsurferdude]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1E78ybG5I

Can anyone date this for me?  It sure as heck isn't 1972 I know.  I'm thinking 1977 right?  Isn't this one of THE most dysfunctional periods in the band's history?  Is this when Brian was writing the Adult Child stuff?

Saw 'em plenty of times during this period when they were a solid act. Never thought they were dysfunctional until about 5 or 6 years down the road.

[MBE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1E78ybG5I

Can anyone date this for me?  It sure as heck isn't 1972 I know.  I'm thinking 1977 right?  Isn't this one of THE most dysfunctional periods in the band's history?  Is this when Brian was writing the Adult Child stuff?

Capital Center, Largo, Maryland... Jan 1977. These two shows circulate among fans in excellent video quality, this download looks pretty bad.

I would love to see both in excellent shape. I never saw more than a 10 second clip of the second Largo with Brian in a blue shirt. Australia  I have in excellent shape, and the first Largo is usually better than this, but not perfect.

[Micha]

Mike Love: "I think he's the best living composer in the world... I'm talking about Brian Wilson!!!"

[SonicVolcano]

Interesting, but I wonder what the excellent copies look like. Were some shots used for the American Band/Endless Harmony docs?

[MBE]

Interesting, but I wonder what the excellent copies look like. Were some shots used for the American Band/Endless Harmony docs?

Endless Harmony had a shot of Brian in a blue long sleeved shirt. I hear he was a bit better at that show too. I like seeing them do such rare songs, but man what a drop off from their summer 1976 shows.

[metal flake paint]

Portrait of a legend, hosted by James Darren, features some of the January 21, 1977 Largo footage that was uploaded recently. The "Portrait..." footage looks relatively clean compared to other circulating versions. Snippets include:

Good Vibrations -  Largo audio and video
Rock and Roll Music - Largo audio and video
Sloop John B - Largo audio and video

However, some of the Largo video snippets were married to audio from other live performances. For example:

California Girls, Largo vision, Live in London audio
Good Vibrations (again), Largo vision, In Concert audio

Probably the most bizarre combination of audio/video used during the show is the TAMI version of Surfin' U.S.A. combined with the In Concert audio. The live audio has been considerably sped up to sync with Dennis's fast paced drumming

Again, Audree and Murry Wilson are misrepresented with that photo of Virginia and Donald Jardine

[Ian]

As we discuss in the recent book Jon Stebbins and I wrote (The Beach Boys In Concert), the DC show was taped off of the jumbo-tron feed that the venue was using.  This was the beginning of venues using them and only a few had them at that point.  The BBs 1978 show in Houston was also filmed for the jumbotron (the footage in American Band of Brian singing In My Room is from this 1978 show).