1968

[unless noted otherwise, all sessions took place at Brian's home studio]

[unless stated otherwise, all released are on Capitol]

January 11 - session: Brian interviewed at home for Rock & Other Four Letter Words

25 - session: 'Untitled #1' track

?? - session: Away

February 1 - Everett Community College, Everett WA [w/Buffalo Springfield]

2 - Seattle Center Arena, Seattle WA [ [w/Buffalo Springfield and Springfield Rifle]

3 - The Agrodome, Vancouver BC, Canada

[w/Buffalo Springfield, The Northwest Company and The City Zoo]

4 - Memorial Coliseum, Portland OR [w/Buffalo Springfield]

4 - St Martin's College, Lacey WA

[w/Buffalo Springfield, Smiling Castle and The Lemon Pipers]

5 - International Ice Palace, Las Vegas NV*

?? - Friends

24 - Friends session: All I Wanna Do [1] [2]

29 - Friends session: Little Fish In A Brook (= Little Bird) [2]

Feb/March ?? - Friends session: I'm Confessin'

?? - Friends session: You're As Cool As Can Be 1 track/I'm Confessin'

?? - Friends session: You're As Cool As Can Be 2 track

March 6 - Friends session: Be Here In The Morning Darling track [2]

7 - Friends session: ? mixing [Western] [2] [3]

13 - Friends session: Friends [2]

18 - Friends session: 'Untitled #1' (=When A Man Needs A Woman)

20 - Friends session: Our New Home

22 - Friends session: Passing By

26 - Friends session: Even Steven (= Busy Doin' Nothin')/'New Song' track [4]

28 - Friends session: Wake The World track [2 sessions]

29 - Friends session: Be Here In The Morning track remake

30 - Friends session: Wake The World vocals [ID Sound] [2]

31 - Friends session: Be Here In The Morning vocals [ID Sound] [2]

?? - Friends session: My Little Red Book [5]

?? - Friends session: Rock & Roll Woman track

?? - Friends session: Time To Get Alone demo

?? - Friends session: New Song (=Transcendental Meditation)

April 1 - Friends session: Meant For You/Wake The World [ID Sound]

2 - Friends session: Anna Lee, The Healer [ID Sound]

3 - Friends session: Be Still [6]

4 - Friends session: Transcendental Meditation [ID Sound]

5 - Municipal Auditorium, Nashville TN

[cancelled due to assasination of Martin Luther King] [7]

6 - East Carolina College, Greenville NC*

[all April shows w/Buffalo Springfield and The Strawberry Alarm Clock]

6 - Dorton Arena, Raleigh NC [rescheduled for 24th]

7 - Clemson Universtiy, Columbia SC*

7 - Coliseum, Greensboro NC [rescheduled for 23rd]

8 - Friends/Little Bird single released

8 - County Hall, Charleston SC

8 - Township Auditorium, Columbia SC [cancelled]

9 - Florida Southern College, Lakeland FL

9 - Orlando Sports Stadium, Orlando FL

9 - Memorial Stadium, Daytona FL

10 - University of Florida, Gainesville FL

11 - Friends session: Busy Doin' Nothin' vocals [ID Sound]

11 - Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta GA* [cancelled]

11 - City Auditorium, Macon GA [cancelled]

12 - Friends session: Diamond Head [ID Sound]

12 - Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville FL

13 - Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa FL*

[no Strawberry Alarm Clock, plus Bobby Goldsboro and The Frogs]

13 - Robards Sports Arena, Sarasota FL*

[no Strawberry Alarm Clock, plus Bobby Goldsboro]

14 - Code 1, Ft. Lauderdale FL#

14 - Convention Hall, Miami FL [plus The Echoes and Bobby Goldsboro]

15 - Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio TX

15 - Municipal Auditorium, Austin TX* [plus Lavender Hill Express]

16 - Robinson Auditorium, Little Rock AR* [cancelled]

17 - Arkansas State University, Jonesboro AR [cancelled]

17 - Mid South Coliseum, Memphis TN [rescheduled for 24th]

18 - Loyola University, New Orleans LA

18 - LA State University, Baton Rouge LA*

19 - Municipal Auditorium, Birmingham AL [plus Randy's World]

20 - Will Rogers Auditorium, Fort Worth TX [plus Bobby Goldsboro]

20 - Market Hall, Dallas TX [plus Bobby Goldsboro and Soul Society]

21 - Moody Civic Center, Galveston TX

21 - Lamar Technical College, Beaumont TX

21 - Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston TX

22 - Municipal Coliseum, Lubbock TX

23 - Coliseum, Greensboro NC

23 - Dorton Arena, Raleigh NC [w/Andy Camp and The Saint People's Band]

24 - Mid South Coliseum, Memphis TN

May

2 - The Les Crane TV Show ABC TV, Los Angeles CA* [taped]

2 - The Tonight Show NBC TV, New York NY*

The 'Maharishi' Tour

3 - Washington Coliseum, Washington DC

3 - Civic Center, Baltimore MD

4 - Singer Bowl, New York NY [cancelled] [8]

4 - Iona College, New Rochelle NY

4 - The Spectrum, Philadelphia PA

5 - Bushnell Memorial, Hartford CT

5 - Providence RI [cancelled] [9]

6 - Boston Gardens, Boston MA [cancelled]

7 - Brandeis University, Waltham MA [cancelled]

7 - New Haven Arena, New Haven CT [cancelled]

7 - Quinnipac College, Hamden CT [cancelled]

8 - Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo NY [cancelled]

9 - Mike Douglas TV show, Philadelphia PA

9 - Ohio State University, Columbus OH [cancelled]

10 - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY [cancelled]

10 - LeMoyne College, Syracuse NY [cancelled]

11 - Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland OH [cancelled]

12 - Chicago University, Chicago IL [cancelled]

13 - Capitol Theater, Madison WI [cancelled]

14 - St. Paul's Arena, St. Paul MN [cancelled]

15 - Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Des Moines IA [cancelled]

15 - Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City MO [cancelled]

16 - Keil Auditorium, St. Louis MO [cancelled]

17 - Merv Griffin TV Show, Los Angeles CA*

17 - Denver Auditorium, Denver CO [cancelled]

18 - Oakland Stadium, Oakland CA [cancelled]

19 - Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood CA [cancelled]

19 - University Of Nevada, Las Vegas NV [cancelled]

20 - Stanford University, Stanford CA [cancelled]

21 - Sacramento State College, Sacramento CA [cancelled]

21 - San Diego International Arena, San Diego CA [cancelled]

24 - session: All I Wanna Do track

26 - session: Rendezvous (= Do It Again)/Walk On By [Valentine]

27 - session: We're Together Again [Valentine]

29 - session: We're Together Again/Walk On By [Wally Heider's]

summer ?? - Charles Manson sessions: titles unknown but most likely the same as those on the

Lie album of 1969 (although those are NOT these recordings)

June 3 - session: Well You Know I Knew

4 - session: I Went To Sleep track

5 - session: Ol' Man River track (version 2)

6 - single session: Do It Again

7 - Dennis Wilson session: Untitled #1

8 - session: Sail Plane Song (= Loop De Loop)/All I Wanna Do

10 - session: Ol' Man River track (version 2)

12 - single session: Do It Again

15 - Lagoon, Farmington UT

18 - session: I Went To Sleep (vocals) [Valentine]

18 - session: Walkin'

19 - session: Walkin'

20 - session: The Nearest Faraway Place

24 - Friends album released

26 - Dennis Wilson session: Untitled #2

28 - Ron Wilson session: I'll Keep On Lovin' You/As Tears Go By [ID Sound]

July



2 - RKO Orpheum, Davenport IA [2 shows]

[all July shows were w/Gary Puckett & The Union Gap and The Human Beinz]

3 - The Arena, Sioux Falls SD [10]

4 - Majestic Hills, Lake Geneva WI

5 - Auditorium Theater, Chicago IL [10]

6 - Anderson HS, Anderson IN*

7 - The Arena, Duluth MN

8 - Do It Again/Wake The World single released

8 - Memorial Auditorium, Fargo ND [2 shows] [10]

9 - Municipal Auditorium, St Paul MN [2 shows]

10 - Waterloo IA* [10]

11 - Ice Arena, Des Moines IA

12 - Memorial Hall, Salina KS* [2 shows]

14 - Kansas Memorial Hall, Kansas City KS

15 - Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque NM

16 - Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix AZ* [w/Thackeray Rocke and Motion] [10]

17 - Convention Hall, San Diego CA

24 - session: Been Way Too Long

25 - session: Mona Kana demo

25 - session: Been Way Too Long [2 sessions]

26 - session: Been Way Too Long

30 - session: Been Way Too Long

August 2 - New Civic Center, Ottawa ON, Canada [all August shows were w/The Pickle

Brothers and The Box Tops, plus 3's A Crowd for this show only]

3 - Paul Sauvre Centre, Montreal PQ, Canada [plus The Munks]

4 - Lord Beaverbrook Rink, St John NB, Canada* [plus FJ & The Soul Fingers]

5 - Best Of The Beach Boys Volume 3 compilation album released

5 - Halifax Forum, Halifax NS, Canada*

6 - Bangor Auditorium, Bangor ME* [plus The Barracudas]

7 - Hampton Beach Casino NH* [plus The Vogues]

8 - New Haven Arena CT

8 - Boys Club, Pittsfield MA

9 - Steel Pier, Atlantic City NJ [plus The New Christy Minstrels]

10 - Steel Pier, Atlantic City NJ [plus The New Christy Minstrels]

11 - Steel Pier, Atlantic City NJ [plus The New Christy Minstrels]

12 - Dick Cavett Show ABC TV, New York NY

12 - Happening ABC TV, New York NY

13 - Tonight Show, New York NY*

15 - Bay Theater, Green Bay WI#

[w/The Box Tops, Mother Smack and The Pickle Brothers] [2 shows] (recorded)

16 - Clowes Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis IN*# [2 shows]

17 - Convention Center, Asbury Park NJ [w/The Brooklyn Bridge]

18 - Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison WI*

19 - Stack O' Tracks compilation album released

19 - Winnipeg Auditorium, Winnipeg MB, Canada [plusThe Surprise Package]

20 - Exhibition Stadium, Regina SK, Canada

21 - Edmonton Gardens, Edmonton AB, Canada

22 - Stampede Corral, Calgary AB, Canada*

23 - Spokane Coliseum, Spokane WA* [plus TheSurprise Package]

24 - Boise High School Auditorium, Boise ID* [2 shows]

26 - Mike Douglas TV Show, Philadelphia PA

29 - Dennis Wilson demo session - Love Affair/ Be With Me//Peaches

September ?? - I'll Keep On Loving You/As Tears Go By Ron Wilson single released (Columbia)

[note: this is pretty much where the documentation of the sessions begins to become

less reliable than before. Dates and titles are increasingly vague.]

3 - session: We're Together Again (version 2)

5 - session: We're Together Again (version 2)

6 - session: We're Together Again (version 2)

7 - The Lagoon, Farmington UT* [w/The Box Tops - 2 shows]

9 - session: We're Together Again

11 - 20/20 session: Never Learn Not To Love track/We're Together Again (vocals)

16 - 20/20 session: Never Learn Not To Love track

17 - 20/20 session: Never Learn Not To Love dubdown [Wally Heider's ?]

18 - 20/20 session: Never Learn Not To Love track

18 - Summer Scene With Brad David WTIC TV, Connecticut*

20 - Purdue University, Lafayette IN* [w/Odetta and Rich Little]

21 - Purdue University, Lafayette IN* [w/Odetta and Rich Little]

27 - Melodyland, Anaheim CA* [w/The Grassroots and Sweetwater]

28 - Melodyland, Anaheim CA* [w/The Grassroots and Sweetwater] [2 shows]

29 - 20/20 session: Bluebirds Over The Mountain

late - 20/20 session: Never Learn Not To Love (vocals - after 18th)

?? - 20/20 session: I Can Hear Music demo

October 1 - 20/20 session: I Can Hear Music

2 - 20/20 session: Time To Get Alone [ID Sound]

2 - 20/20 session: Be With Me[11]

4 - 20/20 session: Time To Get Alone [11]

early - 20/20 session: Bluebirds Over The Mountain (guitar) [Capitol]

11 - Fillmore East, New York NY [w/Creedence Clearwater Revival] [2 shows]

13 - Ed Sullivan Show CBS TV, New York NY

14 - session: Oh Yeah/Bluebirds Over The Mountain [Capitol, New York] [12]

15 - 20/20 session: Bluebirds Over The Mountain [Bell Sound, New York]

16 - 20/20 session: Bluebirds Over The Mountain/Be With Me/All I Want To Do/

The Nearest Faraway Place (strings) [Bell Sound, New York]

17 - 20/20 session: unknown title

18 - Civic Coliseum, Knoxville TN*

[all following shows w/The 1910 Fruit Gum Company and The Pickle Brothers]

19 - Greenville Memorial Auditorium, Greenville SC*

20 - Coliseum, Greensboro NC

22 - Freedom Hall, Louisville KY* [also Tom Dooley & The Lovelights]

24 - Dobyns Bennett HS, Kingsport TN [no Pickle Brothers]

25 - Salem Roanoke Valley Civic Center, Salem VA

25 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg VA

26 - Civic Center, Charleston WV

27 - Municipal Auditorium, Columbus GA* [also The Antique Zoo]

27 - Coliseum, Macon GA* [13]

28 - 20/20 session: Bluebirds Over The Mountain [Wally Heider's/ID Sound ?]

29 - 20/20 session: Bluebirds Over The Mountain (mixing)

November 1 - session: A Time To Live In Dreams [Capitol]

1 - Joey Bishop Show ABC TV, Los Angeles CA

2 - 20/20 session: Be With Me orchestra overdub [Capitol]

7 - 20/20 session: Be With Me (vocals) [Wally Heider's]

9 - 20/20 session: All I Want To Do [Valentine]

11 - 20/20 session: Be With Me/'fig plucker'

12 - 20/20 session: All I Want To Do tag [Capitol]

15 - 20/20 session: Mona Kana track [ID Sound]

14 - 20/20 session: All I Want To Do [ID Sound]

16 - 20/20 session: The Nearest Faraway Place/All I Want To Do (fade fx)/The

Gong [Capitol][14]

17 - 20/20 session: Our Prayer overdubs [Capitol]

18 - 20/20 session: I Went To Sleep vocals/The Nearest Faraway Place/Be With Me

vocals [Valentine]

18 - 20/20 session: Cottonfields (album version) [ID Sound]

19 - 20/20 session: Cottonfields (vocals - album version) [ID Sound]

20 - 20/20 session: Never Learn Not To Love vocals/All I Want To Do horns

[Valentine]

20 - 20/20 session: Cabinessence overdubs [Capitol]

21 - 20/20 session: All I Want To Do/Time To Get Alone track (remake)

23 - Children's hospital benefit, Columbus OH*

23 - Memorial Auditorium, Columbus OH [all November shows w/The Grassroots

and The Pickle Brothers, plus The Gears for this show only]

24 - Memorial Auditorium, Canton OH* [w/The Chylds]

25 - Bushnell Memorial, Hartford CT [w/Damn Yankees]

27 - Music Hall, Boston MA [plus The Beacon St Union] [2 shows]

4th European Tour

30 - Top Of The Pops BBCTV, London, England (broadcast December 25th)

December 1 - Palladium, London [2 shows] [all UK shows w/Barry Ryan, Bruce Chanel,

Vanity Fayre, Eclection, Sharon Tandy & Fleur de Lys and The Majority]

2 - Bluebirds Over The Mountain/Never Learn Not To Love single released

2 - Honeys session: Come To Me [Sunset]

2 - Colston Hall, Bristol [2 shows]

4 - City Hall, Sheffield [2 shows]

5 - Odeon, Manchester

6 - Odeon, Birmingham [2 shows]

7 - Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales [2 shows]

8 - Finsbury Park Astoria, London, England [2 shows] [15]

9 - Honeys session: Goodnight My Love/Tonight You Belong To Me [United]

10 - Odeon, Glasgow, Scotland [2 shows]

12 - Star Parade TV show, Munich, West Germany*

12 - Musik Fur Junge Leute TV show*

13 - Honeys session: Goodnight My Love/Tonight You Belong To Me [Wally Heider]

13 - Kongresshalle, Dusseldorf [w/The Black Cats]

14 - Twien TV Show, Amsterdam, Netherlands

14 - Concertgebouw, Amsterdam [w/The Geebos]

15 - Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium*

16 - Olympia Theatre, Paris, France* [cancelled] [16]

16 - Beat Club TV show, Bremen, West Germany*

16 - Stadthalle, Bremen* [w/The Black Cats]

17 - Settevoci TV Show, Milan, Italy (aired December 22nd)

18 - Top of the Pops BBC TV Show, London, England (never aired)

?? ?? - session: Is It True What They Say About Dixie ? [17]

x

1 Not, as was previously assumed, the 20/20 song misspelled.

2 Mike wasn't present for these sessions: he was in Rishikesh with the Maharishi in

February & March, and stopped off in London for a few days on the way back..

3 Notable because Elvis was next door recording four songs for another crappy movie

(Live A Little, Love A Little): Brian was too scared to go but Alan & Bruce went to

see him.

4 'New Song' is in fact the mysterious 'spanish guitar instrumental', long thought to be

a Smile out-take.

5 Badman's claim that this was recorded during the early 1967 Smile sessions as a

possible B side for "Heroes & Villains" is spurious, as the song is on one of the 8

reels of the Friends session tapes. Date is unclear, but likely late March/early April.

6 The date of this session as noted in the documentation is the 13th, but of course that

is seriously questionable given that Dennis was touring with the band in Florida at

the time.

7 Long thought to have been seriously disrupted by the unrest in the wake of the

assissination of Dr. King, in fact this tour was barely affected at all: of the 35 dates,

only 6 were cancelled with a further two being rescheduled. The original source for

the story of this tour being badly affected was Nick Grillo, who was undoubtedly

mis-remembering the later Maharishi tour, which was a complete fiasco.

8 The show is called off 20 minutes before the scheduled start when only 800 fans

show up. The capacity of the Singer Bowl is 16,000.

9 The Maharishi withdraws from the tour to fulfill a film contract. The rest of the tour

is cancelled at a cost to The Beach Boys of $250,000.

10 These shows were all recorded.

11 These sessions were filmed and the footage used in the "I Can Hear Music" promo.

12 The vocalist on this session is unknown, but sounds about 10-12 and African-

American.

13 This show was seriously affected by not only the previous gig at Columbus (about

100 miles away) running late but also by the band getting lost en route. They

eventually went on at 7pm, two and a half hours late. Apparently the promoter

paid them extra to fly from Columbus, but they drove and pocketed the cash.

14 Yes, those "fx". Recorded live...

15 Recorded for the Live In London album.

16 Cancelled due to poor ticket sales.