Beach Boys - Lost Recordings Recovered, To Be Released On Eagle Records

The tapes were filed away, some mislabeled and ultimately forgotten. . This historic concert was to be the last time that the original Beach Boys: Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson and Alan Jardine, would appear together on a UK stage.

On a cold and rainy summer night in June, 1980, the Beach Boys played to a capacity crowd at a rock festival in England - a rocking, stomping show that got the crowds up on their feet and brought a bit of California sunshine to the tens of thousands of fans who packed the show. It is the last time all of the Beach Boys playing together was captured for television.

It was a great and special evening for both the Beach Boys and their fans --- and one of the few from that era that featured all six of the original Beach Boys - Mike, Carl, Dennis, Alan, Bruce, and Brian.

The set list covers all of the essential hits, as well as a few gems from the group's "L.A. (Light Album)" and "Keepin' The Summer Alive" albums from 1979 and 1980.

Mike's in top form, Carl's vocals are exquisite as ever, Al shines on a few numbers of his own, Bruce lends solid enthusiastic support throughout, Brian quietly plugs away at his grand piano as usual and Dennis, recently reinstated in the band after a year's hiatus, pounds out the beat with a relentless abandon that keeps the entire group on their toes. You can see Dennis strength in his first beats of the drums as the show opens.

The concert was videotaped and recorded on then state-of-the-art multi-track tape for a possible album and Worldwide TV special that never happened. A few clips were shown in a 1980 segment of ABC's "20/20" on the group. A few song clips were used in the group's own 20th anniversary TV Special, and a rough mix of the album was prepared by Bruce Johnston and Steve Desper yet never saw the light of day until recently. The tapes were filed away, some were even mislabeled and ultimately forgotten until a production and research team began work on the Grammy nominated "Endless Harmony" special in 1998. As a result, all of the videotapes were uncovered, yet only the 24 track audio masters needed for "Endless Harmony", which included "Darlin" and "God Only Knows" were taken to final mixes.

For the first ever, all of the elements from this historic concert were finally located and are now brought together from all of the original video and audio tapes to make a truly unique presentation of the legendary Beach Boys.

Title: Good Timin -- Live At Knebworth, England 1980
Available on CD -- 03.04.03
Available on DVD & VHS -- 03.25.03
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