The Beach Boys
321 Mercer Street
Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA
February 28, 1970

Early Show

Source: Audience Recording > Craig 212 Reel to Reel > CD-R (16/44) (courtesy of Neal S. archive)

Editing: Soundforge (CD Extract) > Wav > TLH (sector boundary aligned) Flac level 8

Traders Den 9/9/18 - posted by kingrue upload 1593
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Known as the The Seattle Opera House from 1962-2001, with a seating capacity of 2,963. Now currently known as Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.

This CD comes straight from the taper.

I've known Neal for a few years and just recently learned he was the taper for this recording.

Neal had sent his master reels out to be digitized many years ago. I believe this might have been torrented around 2004.

I figured it would be a good idea to make sure this gets put into regular circulation.
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This was the first time Brian Wilson performs with the Beach Boys since 1965.

This was during the period where Brian substituted for Mike Love. Surprisingly, Carl sang all of Mike's leads.

Mike purportedly was confined in a sanitarium at the time of this concert.

These Brian concerts are noted in David Leaf's book "The Beach Boys and the California Myth" and also Brian Wilson's autobiography "Wouldn't it Be Nice" to name a few.

After the show Brian was no where to be found. A member of Paul Revere and the Raiders (which were the opening act) told him that Brian was spotted on top of Queen Ann Hill.

Brian said he was trying to run away from the fans.


Brian Wilson
Bruce Johnston
Al Jardine
Dennis Wilson
Carl Wilson

Set list:
01 Introduction
02 Do It Again
03 Darlin'
04 Surfer Girl
05 Sloop John B
06 Help Me Rhonda
07 I Can Hear Music
08 Wouldn't It Be Nice -- tape cut @ 1:34 --
09 Add Some Music To Your Day
10 Cotton Fields
11 God Only Knows
12 Barbara Ann
13 The Nearest Faraway Place (instrumental)
14 Good Vibrations (end cuts)

Total Time = 44:58 min

~~ ENJOY ~~

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