Album #5: The Beach Boys - Mike, Brian, Carl, Denny, & Al (Live at Nassau Coliseum May 14th, 1979)

    A lot of these first post are ones I have had from 2025, but this is one I made the art for today! I am very proud of it, I think it looks like a magazine cover or something similar.

    This is the first of MANY Beach Boys posts! I've heard this concert was recorded and put together to release as a live record, which explains how seamless it is, creating a perfect 1 record project. I don't know who decided to or why the decided to shelve it, but my best guess is that it might have been seen as potentially competing with a reissue, best of, or something like that.

    This concert was recorded at the Nassau Coliseum in New York, and older bootlegs advertised it as having all 5 Beach Boys. It has them, and they all sing lead, but I think Bruce should be considered a "core" member, especially since he is here, and sings lead on In My Room. But since he isn't in the photo, I kept the 5 members as the name.

    If you are interested in the band, this is a great concert of old hits, plus a few oddities, such as Shortenin' Bread and Roller Skating Child. Mike doesn't sound very happy to introduce either. Out of the (admittedly few) 1979 concerts I've heard of theirs, this is the definitive.

1. intro

2. California Girls

3. Sloop John B.

4. Darlin'

5. talk

6. Shortenin' Bread

7. Do it Again

8. Little Deuce Coupe

9. talk

10. Roller Skating Child

11. talk

12. Peggy Sue

13. talk

14. In My Room

15. God Only Knows

16. You Are So Beautiful

17. talk

18. Good Vibrations

19. Barbara Ann

20. Fun, Fun, Fun

Download link: Google Drive