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THE BEACH BOYS - Everyone's In Love With You
Recorded live in Melbourne, Australia - 1978
01 Everyone's In Love With You
02 All This Is That
03 Country Pie
04 Surfer Girl
05 Heroes And Villains
06 Help Me, Rhonda
07 God Only Knows
08 Wouldn't It Be Nice
09 I Get Around
10 Rock & Roll Music / Surfin' U.S.A.
11 You Are So Beautiful
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Excerpt from Brian Wilson's autobiography 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' :
"The new year, 1978, began with a three-week tour through Australia and New Zealand, which
Steve Love arranged to satisfy the CBS contract. The tour was promoted by Pardine, a
company owned by talk show host David Frost, who made one stipulation: I had to be on the
tour. More important, he also demanded the band send him a letter indicating I was healthy
enough to make the tour.
It's ironic Frost was only concerned about me. At the time, Dennis was into heroin and Carl
was coming off a long cocaine problem. On top of which nobody was really getting along too
well.
The tour was a bloody mess from the start. Dennis smuggled heroin into New Zealand, our
first stop, then purchased another $100-worth in Melbourne, Australia, from one of David
Frost's company's employees. I wouldn't have known of the score, except that one night I
managed to shake Stan, Rocky, and Steve who continued to maintain a near twenty four hour
vigil over me, and snorted the stuff with Dennis.
The next day, the shit hit the fan. In a vocal meeting as volatile as an arms depot on fire,
the guys insisted that Dennis be sent home, while Frost threatened to cancel the remaining
dates and then sue the band if they did. Carl, trying to calm the turbulence by admitting
his involvement in the purchase of the heroin, ended up getting punched in the face by Rocky.
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Anyway, I think this is a great performance with nice sound quality as well. I imagine this
gig took place before all of the problems. If I'm remembering what I've read elsewhere,
David Frost was also threatened with a lawsuit during the tour once it came out that Dennis
had obtained the drugs from one of his employees. After getting punched in the face, Carl
went on a bit of a drinking bender...resulting in some poor performances on his part. He
even passed out on stage one night if I'm remembering right. Really, the entire band was
"off" for the rest of the tour. Dennis and Carl traveled separately from Mike and Al...even
walking onstage from separate sides. Now add Brian (with his continuing mental problems)
into the mix, and you really don't have the recipe for a strong performance.
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