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The Beach Boys Album: “Live at Knebworth”
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Release Date:2006-08-07
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Pop, Surf Rock, Powerpop
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Label:Recall
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:0636551459020
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Review - :
The latest of the legendary {$Beach Boys} concerts, their appearance at {~Knebworth} in June 1980 was the last time the core group (the Wilson brothers plus {$Mike Love}, {$Al Jardine}, and {$Bruce Johnston}) appeared on-stage in Great Britain. Touring behind their recent {^Keepin' the Summer Alive} LP, {$the Beach Boys} appeared on a bill also including {$Mike Oldfield} and {$Santana}, doing a lengthy set that focused on their hits of the 1960s and early '70s, presaging their golden twilight as the mightiest of the oldies acts touring the state fairs and exhibition centers of America. With {$Mike Love} and {$Carl Wilson} leading the band, though, the band was fairly strong here, and no other {\rock} artists then touring had such a barrage of hits to play. For {&"God Only Knows,"} both {$Carl}'s lead vocal and the band's harmonies are as pure as on the original, and {$Mike Love} shows his frontman skills leading the band through a cover of {$Chuck Berry}'s {&"School Days."} Fans who have concentrated on the studio expertise of {$Brian Wilson} may be surprised at how solid and entertaining the group could be in a live context; {^Live at Knebworth} ranks as a great look at a band still vital on-stage if not in the studio. [The same concert has been released several times, including a single-disc edition, {^Good Timin: Live at Knebworth, England 1980}, that includes all of the material on this {@Recall} 2-CD set.] ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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