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The Beach Boys 'The Live Box [1965 1968]

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The Live Box (1965-1968) The Complete Michigan Concert Tapes and More...
Sea Of Tunes C 9843/44/45 [CD]; Released 1998

REVIEW: A superb box set, documenting two fine shows at Michigan State on October 22nd, 1966 (one of which was previously booted with poorer sound on Mike Love, Not War), plus rehearsals for the 1968 London show, vocal overdubs for a 1965 concert in Chicago, and the faux-performance rehearsals for Lei'd In Hawaii, which took place in Wally Heider's Studio, in September of 1967. The two Michigan shows are fine showcases for the band, with everyone is good voice, Mike filling in the spaces between songs with jokes and audience-pleasing chatter. Following the show on Disc One, the producers have added several fun radio spots, including both that have shown up on the Endless Harmony disc of 1998, and an extended recording of Mike Love and Derek Taylor bantering back and forth. The second show takes up most of disc two, and tagged on the end are two wonderful run-throughs ("God Only Knows", with Carl in fine voice, and a confident "Good Vibrations"), from London. Disc three is the real find, with Brian and the band doing vocal overdubs for a Chicago concert that contains the best playing I've ever heard from the band. They rip through five songs (with repeats of Johnny B Goode and I Get Around) with high enthusiasm and ferocious playing. Honestly, it's the best early live set I've heard, putting their 1964 Concert album to shame. Finally, at the end of disc three, we have the 1967 "Concert rehearsals" which were to make up the Lei'd In Hawaii album. These rehearsals, with all six members of the band, are extremely laconic, with Brian messing around a bit with tempos (all of them slow, much to the engineers dismay), and even experimenting on the vocal line of "Surfer Girl." There is little chatter, and not much fun here. Everyone seems pensive, (or more likely stoned) and it gives the sessions an eerie, dark feeling. A haunting end to a otherwise joyous set.

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