Beach Boys Concert

Not to be confused with the 1973 live album, The Beach Boys in Concert.

Beach Boys Concert
Live album by The Beach Boys
Released	October 19, 1964
Recorded	December 21, 1963; August 1964
Venue	Civic Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA (1963; August 1, 1964)
Studio	United Western Recorders, Hollywood (August 30)
Genre	Surf rock, rock and roll
Length	32:07
Label	Capitol
Producer	Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys chronology
All Summer Long (1964)All Summer Long1964 Beach Boys Concert (1964) The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)The Beach Boys' Christmas Album1964
The Beach Boys UK chronology
The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964) Beach Boys Concert (1965) All Summer Long (1965)

Beach Boys Concert is the first live album by the Beach Boys, released in 1964. It is their seventh album in all, and their third alone in the same year. It was their first number one album in the US, remaining at the top for four weeks during a sixty-two week chart stay and becoming another gold seller. It was recorded live at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, CA.

Because Brian Wilson was about to vacate his position in the live group, and would only perform sporadically with them over the course of the next three decades, it is the only live document of the original line up of the Beach Boys in officially released LP form.

In 2014, Live in Sacramento 1964 was released, containing additional performances from these concert dates.

Recording

The album includes several songs that the Beach Boys regularly performed live but had not previously included on an album, such as "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow", "The Wanderer" and "Monster Mash". "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" was actually a Jan & Dean hit. Alongside those were a sampling of their favorites, such as "Hawaii", "In My Room", "Fun, Fun, Fun", and "I Get Around".

Studio doctoring on Beach Boys Concert is very evident, from the overdubbed vocals, and the fact that the concert also featured recordings from December 1963 (also where announcer Fred Vail's introduction comes from). Most obviously, Brian Wilson used the original music tracks for both "Fun, Fun, Fun" (which was sped up) and "I Get Around", both of which had elements removed to make them appear as though they were new performances.

Variations

A truncated version was released on Pickwick Records as Wow! Great Concert! Beach Boys Concert (Capitol (S)TAO 2198) was paired on CD with Live in London, with bonus tracks from both periods. Bonus Tracks include "Don't Worry Baby (Live 1964)" (2:56) and "Heroes And Villains (Live 1968)" (3:47).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

Side one

1. "Fun, Fun, Fun" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:26
2. "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (Don Altfeld/Jan Berry/Roger Christian) – 3:00
3. "Little Deuce Coupe" (B. Wilson/Christian) – 2:27
4. "Long, Tall Texan" (Henry Strezlecki) – 2:32
5. "In My Room" (B. Wilson/Gary Usher) – 2:25
6. "Monster Mash" (Boris Pickett/Lenny Capizzi) – 2:27
7. "Let's Go Trippin'" (Dick Dale) – 2:34

Side two

8. "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" (Carl White/Al Frazier/Sonny Harris/Turner Wilson Jr.) – 2:18
9. "The Wanderer" (Ernest Maresca) – 2:00
10. "Hawaii" (B. Wilson/Love) – 1:51
11. "Graduation Day" (Joe Sherman/Noel Sherman) – 3:29
12. "I Get Around" (B. Wilson/Love) – 2:42
13. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) – 1:56

Personnel

The Beach Boys

• Mike Love - vocals
• Al Jardine - vocals, rhythm guitar
• Brian Wilson - vocals, bass guitar
• Carl Wilson - vocals, lead guitar
• Dennis Wilson - vocals, drums

Sales chart positions

Albums

Year	Chart	Position
1964	US Billboard 200 Albums Chart	1

References

Sources

• Beach Boys Concert/Live in London CD booklet notes, David Leaf, c.1990.
• "The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the Southern California Experience", Timothy White, c. 1994.
• Allmusic.com

Preceded by People by Barbra Streisand

Billboard 200 number-one album December 5, 1964 - January 1, 1965

Succeeded by Roustabout by Elvis Presley