The Beach Boys in Concert

The Beach Boys in Concert
Live album by The Beach Boys
Released	November 19, 1973
Recorded	Winter 1972 and Summer 1973
Genre	Rock
Length	75:49
Label	Brother/Reprise
Producer	The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys chronology
Holland (1973) The Beach Boys in Concert (1973) Endless Summer (1974)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(Positive)[2]

The Beach Boys in Concert is the second live album officially released in the U.S. by The Beach Boys, nine years after Beach Boys Concert (Live in London was released in the U. K. in 1970 and in the U. S. three years after "The Beach Boys in Concert" in 1976). Released in late 1973, the set proved to be a healthy seller in the U. S., giving the band their best chart peak since early 1968 with Wild Honey by reaching #24, and earning them their first gold record since 1966's Best of The Beach Boys. The album is now available on a single-disc CD.

Background

Compiled from two separate US jaunts in late 1972 and mid-1973, The Beach Boys In Concert was initially submitted to Reprise Records as a single live disc and was rejected, before expanding into a double album. Highlights include updated interpretations of "Caroline, No", "You Still Believe in Me", "Heroes and Villains", "Don't Worry Baby" and "Surfer Girl". Of the newer material, "Marcella", "Sail On, Sailor", "Funky Pretty" and "The Trader" are joined, among others, with Holland out-take "We Got Love", which makes its debut here on a Beach Boys album. The Beach Boys in Concert (Brother/Reprise 2RS 6484) hit #25 in the US during a chart stay of 24 weeks.

Both Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar would depart the band's line-up, in late 1973 and late 1974 respectively, making this the last album on which they appeared as official members.

Track listing

All tracks written by Brian Wilson, Mike Love, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Sail On, Sailor" (Brian Wilson, Tandyn Almer, Ray Kennedy, Jack Rieley, Van Dyke Parks) – 3:21
2. "Sloop John B" (Trad., Arr. Brian Wilson) – 3:12
3. "The Trader" (Carl Wilson, Rieley) – 4:46
4. "You Still Believe in Me" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher) – 2:58
5. "California Girls" – 2:57
6. "Darlin'" – 2:21
7. "Marcella" (Brian Wilson, Almer, Rieley) – 3:55
8. "Caroline, No" (Brian Wilson, Asher) – 3:04
9. "Leaving This Town" (Carl Wilson, Ricky Fataar, Blondie Chaplin, Love) – 6:59
10. "Heroes and Villains" (Brian Wilson, Parks) – 3:51
11. "Funky Pretty" (Brian Wilson, Rieley, Love) – 4:04
12. "Let the Wind Blow" – 4:22
13. "Help Me, Rhonda" – 4:59
14. "Surfer Girl" (Brian Wilson) – 2:35
15. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (Brian Wilson, Asher, Love) – 2:45
16. "We Got Love" (Fataar, Chaplin, Love) – 5:25
17. "Don't Worry Baby" (Brian Wilson, Roger Christian) – 3:11
18. "Surfin' USA" (Chuck Berry, Brian Wilson) – 2:49
19. "Good Vibrations" – 4:49
20. "Fun, Fun, Fun" – 3:16

Personnel

The Beach Boys

• Carl Wilson – vocals, lead guitar, electric piano
• Dennis Wilson – vocals, electric piano, Moog synthesizer
• Mike Love – vocals, tambourine, electro-Theremin
• Alan Jardine – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Blondie Chaplin – lead guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Ricky Fataar – drums, rhythm guitar, pedal steel guitar, flute, vocals

Additional musicians

• Ed Carter – bass guitar, lead guitar
• Billy Hinsche – piano, electric piano, guitar
• Robert Kenyatta – percussion
• Mike Kowalski – drums, percussion
• Carli Muñoz – organ, electric piano

Unreleased Version

The original version of The Beach Boys in Concert was a single disc set, not a two-record set like the one that came out. The track lineup was as follows:

Side 1

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 2

1. "Let the Wind Blow"
2. "Do It Again"
3. "Wild Honey"
4. "Fun Fun Fun"
5. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"

• The version of "Heroes and Villains" from this album was later released on the Endless Harmony Soundtrack CD.

Sources

• The Beach Boys in Concert CD booklet notes, Paul Williams, c.2000.
• "The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the Southern California Experience", Timothy White, c. 1994.
• "Wouldn't It Be Nice - My Own Story", Brian Wilson and Todd Gold, c. 1991.
• "Top Pop Singles 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
• "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
• Allmusic.com

References