GIGS66

1966
[unless noted otherwise, all sessions took place at Western. *Pet Sounds* sessions noted by + were on or slightly before that date: *Smile* sessions where the tape is missing, presumed lost or erased, are noted by (x)]
January	1 - The Coliseum, Seattle WA [w/Gary Lewis & the Playboys,The Yardbirds.The Beau Brummels, Vejitables, Alexys and The Mojo Men]
	1st Tour of Japan
	7 - Shibuya Koukaido, Tokyo
	8 - Nagoya-shi Koukaido, Nagoya
	9 - Sankei Hall, Osaka
	10 - Kaikan Hall, Kyoto
	12 - Kokusai Kaikan, Kobe
	13 - Sankei Hall, Osaka
	14 - Kyuden Taikukan, Fukuoka
	15 - Otemachi Sankei Hall, Tokyo
	16 - Shinjuku Kousei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo
	18 - *Pet Sounds* session: "Untitled ballad" (=Let's Go Away For A While)
	18 - Miyagi Kenmin Keikan, Sendai
	19 - *Pet Sounds* session: "Untitled ballad" (=Let's Go Away For A While) strings
	20 - Sumpu Keikan, Shizuoka
	21 - Bunka Taikukan, Yokohama
	22 - *Pet Sounds* session: Wouldn't It Be Nice track [Gold Star]
	23 - Ootaku Taikukan, Tokyo
	23 - Shinjuku Kousei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo
	24 - *Pet Sounds* session: You Still Believe In Me
	29 - HIC Arena, Honolulu HI [w/Jackie Lee, Lou Christie, The Mop Tops, The Undertakers, Frankie Samuels and the Kinfolks]
	31 - *Pet Sounds* session: Caroline, No track & vocal [1]
February	9 - *Pet Sounds* session: Hang On To Your Ego (= I Know There's An Answer)/I Know There's An Answer/Caroline, No vocal double
	10 - *Pet Sound*s front cover photo shoot in San Diego zoo.
	11 - *Pet Sounds* session: Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) track & vocal
	14 - *Pet Sounds* session: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times track [Gold Star]
	15 - *Pet Sounds* session: That's Not Me track
	16 - *Pet Sounds* session: Wouldn't It be Nice/You Still Believe In Me/Hang On To Your Ego vocals+
	17 - *Pet Sounds* session: "#1-untitled" (=Good Vibrations) track [Gold Star]
	17 - Masonic Temple, Davenport IA* [w/The T Bones and The Sheep]
	18 - KRNT Theater, Des Moines IA*
	20 - Assembly Center, Tulsa OK* [w/The T-Bones and The Sheep]
	?? - *Pet Sounds* session: You Still Believe In Me vocals
	?? - *Pet Sounds* session: That's Not Me vocals
March	3 - *Pet Sounds* session: Wouldn't It be Nice/I Know There's An Answer/Good Vibrations vocals
	4 - State University of Oregon, Corvallis OR* [w/Noel Harrison]
	5 - University of Oregon, Eugene OR* [w/Noel Harrison, The Heirs and The Critters]
	6 - *Pet Sounds* session: I'm Waiting For The Day track & strings
	6 - Southern Oregon State College, Ashland OR
	7 - Caroline, No/Summer Means New Love Brian Wilson single released
	10 - Pacific Ocean Park photoshoot, Santa Monica CA
	10 - *Pet Sounds* session: God Only Knows track
	10 - *Pet Sounds* session: Wouldn't It Be Nice/I'm Waiting For The Day/God Only Knows/I Just Wasn't Made For These Times vocals [Columbia]
	10 - *Pet Sounds* session: Here Today track [Sunset]
	11 - *Pet Sounds* session: God Only Knows/I'm Waiting For The Day vocals ? [Columbia]
	11 - The Music Hall, Cleveland OH [w/Noel Harrison and The Lovin Spoonful]
	12 - *Pet Sounds* session: I'm Waiting For The Day vocals ? [Columbia]
	12 - Muhlenburg College, Allentown PA* [w/Noel Harrison and The Lovin Spoonful]
	13 - Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh PA* [w/The Lovin Spoonful, Noel Harrison, Harold Betters Quartet and The Fenways]
	15 - Civic Theater, Akron OH# [w/Noel Harrison and The Lovin' Spoonful]
	16 - Memorial Auditorium, Canton OH* [w/Noel Harrison and The Lovin Spoonful]
	17 - University of Dayton, Dayton OH [w/Noel Harrison and The Lovin Spoonful]
	18 - Fordham College, New York NY [2 shows w/The Lovin' Spoonful, Noel Harrison and The Uncalled For Three] [2]
	19 - 109th Armory, Wilkes-Barre PA* [w/The Lovin' Spoonful and Noel Harrison]
	21 - Sloop John B/You're So Good To Me single released
	22 - *Pet Sounds* session: Caroline, No dog/train tag
	22 - *Pet Sounds* session: Wouldn't It Be Nice vocals+ [Columbia]
	23 - *Pet Sounds* session: Here Today vocals [Columbia]
	25 - *Pet Sounds* session: Here Today vocals [Columbia]
	31 - Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso TX* [w/The Gospel Folk]
	?? - Honeys session: Row Row Row Your Boat/"Jokes & Laughter" [Columbia]
April	1 - Memorial Auditorium, Dallas TX [w/The Lovin' Spoonful, The Mystics and Chad & Jeremy]
	2 - Will Rogers Coliseum, Fort Worth TX [w/The Lovin' Spoonful, The Elite and Chad & Jeremy]
	3 - *Pet Sounds* session: Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) strings
	3 - Music Hall, Houston TX [2 shows - w/The Lovin' Spoonful and Chad & Jeremy]
	4 - *Pet Sounds* session: album initinally assenbled [Capitol]
	4 - Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio TX [w/The Lovin' Spoonful and Chad & Jeremy]
	5 - Palmer Municipal Auditorium, Austin TX [w/The Lovin' Spoonful and Chad & Jeremy]
	6 - Ellis Auditorium, Memphis TN [w/The Lovin' Spoonful and Chad & Jeremy]
	7 - *Pet Sounds* session: saftey copy made [Capitol]
	7 - Civic Auditorium, Jacksonville FL [2 shows w/The Lovin' Spoonful and Chad & Jeremy]
	8 - Bayfront Center, St. Petersburg FL [w/The Lovin' Spoonful and Chad & Jeremy]
	9 - *Pet Sounds* session: Good Vibrations [Gold Star]
	9 - Convention Hall, Miami Beach FL [w/The Lovin' Spoonful, The Birdwatchers, The Dedd and The Morlocks]
	11 - *Pet Sounds* session: Wouldn't it Be Nice+/God Only Knows vocals [Columbia]
	13 - *Pet Sounds* session: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times vocals [Columbia]
	16 - *Pet Sounds* session: album reassembled [Capitol]
	17 - *Pet Sounds* session: I Know There's An Answer vocals
	19 - *Pet Sounds* session: final assembley and mastering [Capitol]
	28 - Duke University, Durham NC*
	29 - Cornell University, Ithaca NY [w/The Lost and The Uncalled For Three]
	30 - Boston College, Boston MA [w/The Lost and The Uncalled For Three]
	30 - 'Spring Weekend '66', Crane’s Beach, Ipswich MA* [w/Bob Newhart, Noel Harrison, The Lost, The Original Sinners, The Reveliers and The Uncalled For Three]
	30 - American Bandstand ABC-TV, Los Angeles CA# [3]
May	1 - Memorial Auditorium, Worcester MA [w/The Lost]
	2 - Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster PA* [w/The Lost and the Uncalled For Three]
	3 - Rider University, Lawrence NJ# [w/The Lost and the Uncalled For Three]
	4 - single session: Good Vibrations ['first chorus', 'second chorus' and 'fade']
	4 - Catholic Youth Center, Scranton PA [cancelled]*
	5 - Bushnell Auditorium, Hartford CT* [w/The Lost and the Barry Goldberg Blues Band]
	6 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA* [w/The Lost, The Belvederes and The Uncalled For Three]
	6 - Four Seasons Arena, Walpole MA* [w/The Lost and the Barry Goldberg Blues Band]
	7 - Providence College, Providence RI [w/The Lost and The Uncalled For Three]
	8 - Nassau Community College, Garden City NY* [w/The Lost]
	9 - Carpenter's Hall, University of Delaware, Newark DE# [w/The Lost and The Uncalled For Three]
	10 - Notre Dame University, South Bend IN*
	11 - Ball State University, Muncie IN* [w/The Caravans, The Chieftones and Sir Douglas Quintet]
	11 - session: Heroes And Villains [Gold Star] (x)
	12 - Lansing Civic Center, Lansing MI [w/Sir Douglas Quintet]
	13 - Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN*
	14 - Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee WI* [w/The Chieftones and Sir Douglas Quintet]
	15 - Memorial Stadium, Terre Haute IN [w/Sir Douglas Quintet - cancelled]*
	16 - *Pet Sounds* album released
	24 - single session: Good Vibrations ['parts 1-4' - Sunset]
	25 - single session: Good Vibrations [Sunset]
	27 - single session: Good Vibrations ['part C', 'chorus' and 'fade sequence']
June	2 - single session: Inspiration ['parts 1-4' (= Good Vibrations) - 2 sessions]
	7 - Memorial Auditorium, Greenville SC* [w/Harry Deal and The Galaxies]
	8 - Civic Coliseum, Knoxville TN* [w/The Plesbians, The Krustations, The Echoes and King Kent]
	10 - Sound Blast '66, Yankee Stadium, New York NY* [w/Ray Charles (headliner), The Byrds, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Butler, The McCoys, The Marvellettes, The Gentrys, and The Cowsills]
	11 - New Haven Arena, New Haven CT*
	12 - single session: Inspiration ['parts 1-4' (= Good Vibrations)]
	16 - single session: Good Vibrations ['parts 1-3' and 'verse' - 2 sessions] [4]
	18 - single session: Good Vibrations ['parts 1 & 2']
	24 - Beach Boys Summer Spectacular, The Cow Palace, San Francisco CA [w/The Lovin' Spoonful, Chad & Jeremy, Percy Sledge, The Outsiders, The Leaves, Sir Douglas Quintet, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, The Sunrays and Neil Diamond]
	25 - Beach Boys Summer Spectacular, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood CA [w/The Lovin' Spoonful, Chad & Jeremy, Percy Sledge, The Outsiders, The Leaves, Sir Douglas Quintet, Love, The Byrds and Captain Beefheart]
July	1 - Convention Center, Las Vegas NV [w/The Association and Sir Douglas Quintet]
	2 - County Bowl, Santa Barbara CA* [w/The Association and The Sir Douglas Quintet]
	2 - Lloyd Thaxton TV Show, Los Angeles CA*
	3 - Municipal Auditorium, Fresno CA [w/The Association and Sir Douglas Quintet]
	4 - Community Concourse Arena, San Diego CA [w/The Association and Sir Douglas Quintet]
	5 - *Best Of The Beach Boys* compilation album released
	16 - Arie Crown Theater, Chicago IL [w/The Chieftones and Yesterday's Children]
	17 - Arie Crown Theater, Chicago IL [w/The Chieftones and Yesterday's Children]
	18 - Wouldn't It Be Nice/God Only Knows single released
	18 - Arie Crown Theater, Chicago IL [w/The Chieftones and Yesterday's Children]
	20 - Willow Lake, Warren OH# [w/The Rogues & Sherry and The Scepters]
	21 - Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo NY [w/The Lovin' Spoonful, The Rogues and Stan & the Ravens]
	22 - Onodega County War Memorial, Syracuse NY [w/Carmen & the Vikings and the Monterays]
	23 - Convention Center, Asbury Park NJ [2 shows] [w/Jesse Colin Young & The Youngbloods and The Loves]
	24 - Iona College, New Rochelle NY [w/Chain Reaction]
	28 - Pittsfield Boys Club, Pittsfield MA* [w/The Ruins]
	29 - High School Stadium, Virginia Beach VA [w/The Wild Kingdom, Bill Deal and The Rhondells]
	30 - Steel Pier, Atlantic City NJ [w/Jesse Colin Young & The Youngbloods]
August	3 - session: Wind Chimes ['version 1' - Gold Star]
	9 - Denver Auditorium Arena, Denver CO* [w/The Moonrakers, The Benze Cryque, King Louie & the Laymen and The Astronauts]
	10 - Civic Auditorium, Omaha NE [w/The Rumbles]
	11 - Civic Memorial Auditorium, Fargo ND* [w/The Uglies and The Little People]
	12 - session: 'untitled song #1' (= I Ran/Look)
	12 - Illinois State Fair, Springfield IL [w/Sam The Sham & the Pharaohs]
	13 - Duluth Arena Auditorium, Duluth MN
	14 - Fort William Gardens, Thunder Bay ON, Canada* [w/Bobby Kris &Tthe Imperials and The Bonnvilles]
	15 - Municipal Auditorium, Minot ND [w/The Embermen Five]
	16 - Stampede Corral, Calgary AB, Canada* [w/Chad & Jeremy and The Sunrays]
	17 - Memorial Arena, Victoria BC, Canada* [w/Chad & Jeremy and The Sunrays]
	18 - Queen Elizabeth Theater, Vancouver BC, Canada [2 shows w/The Sunrays and Chad & Jeremy]
	19 - Coliseum, Spokane WA [w/The Sunrays and Chad & Jeremy]
	20 - Coliseum, Portland OR [w/The Tempests, The Live Five and The Tweedy Brothers]
	24 - single session: Good Vibrations [editing - Sunset Sound]
	?? - single session: Good Vibrations [vocals - Columbia (between 8/24 & 9/1)] [4]
	?? - single session: Good Vibrations [vocals - Columbia (between 8/24 & 9/1)] [4]
	25 - session: Wonderful [ 'version 1']/He Gives Speeches ? (or 9/1)
	29 - session: [cancelled]
	31 - session: [cancelled]
September	1 - single session: Good Vibrations ['persuasion' and 'new bridge']/'He Gives Speeches' ?
	?? - single session: Good Vibrations [editing (between 1st & 12th)]
	6 - session: [cancelled]
	8 - session: Holidays
	9 - The Lagoon, Farmington UT*
	10 - The Lagoon, Farmington UT* [2 shows]
	12 - single session: Good Vibrations [vocals - Columbia] [4]
	19 - session: Prayer 'dialog' [vocals - Columbia]
	21 - single session: Good Vibrations [vocals & electro-theremin - Columbia] [4]
	26 - single session: Good Vibrations [mixdown - Columbia]
	29 - Florida State University, Tallahassee FL*
	30 - Big Bam Fall Spectacular, Alabama State Coliseum, Montgomery AL [w/Lou Christie, Ian Whitcomb, The Happenings, The Hollies and Peter & Gordon]
October	1 - Birmingham Municipal Auditorium, Birmingham AL* [3 shows w/Peter & Gordon, The Hollies, Ian Whitcomb, The Count Five, Lou Christie and The Happenings]
	*note:* although they took place in the relatively recent past, the *Smile* sessions can sometimes be confusing, contradictory and downright frustrating, a state of affairs that later reportage has further muddied. Accordingly, the dates listed below are subject to further revision as the threads are slowly unravelled. My grateful thanks to all researchers involved in the quest.
	3 - *Smile* session: Home On The Range (= Cabin Essence) [Gold Star]
	4 - *Smile* session: Prayer [Columbia]
	5 - *Smile* session: Wind Chimes ['version 2']
	6 - *Smile* session: Wonderful [vocals - Columbia] [BW]
	7 - *Smile* session: Child Is Father To The Man ['version 1']
	10 - Good Vibrations/Let's Go Away For A While single released
	10 - *Smile* session: Wind Chimes [vocals - Columbia]
	11 - *Smile* session: Child Is Father To The Man ['version 2' (logged as Cabin Essence)]
	11 - *Smile* session: Home On The Range (= Cabin Essence) [vocals - Columbia]
	12 - *Smile* session: Child Is Father To The Man [vocals - Columbia]
	13 - *Smile* session: I Ran vocals (= Look) [vocals - Columbia] (x)
	17 - *Smile* session: I'm In Great Shape (= Heroes And Villains) (x)/? 'cornucopia Vega-tables [Columbia]
	18 - *Smile* session: Do You Like Worms ? ['parts 1-4' including 'Bicycle Rider']
	18 - *Smile* session: 'Brian's *Smile* party' [Columbia]
	20 - *Smile* session: Heroes And Villains [verse & 'Barnyard']
	?? - "Good Vibrations" promo film shot in LA [5]
	21 - Jenison Field House, Michigan State University, Lansing MI* [6]
	22 - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI* [2 shows w/The Standells] [7]
	2nd European Tour [two shows at all venues except where noted +, one show]
	25 - Tilt Magazine TFI-1 TV show, Paris [broadcast 29th January 1967]
	25 - Olympia Theatre, Paris, France+ [w/The Coco Briavel Quartet, The What's New, Michael Polnareff and Graham Bonney]
	26 - Grande Polka TV show* [broadcast 29th]
	27 - *Smile* session: Heroes And Villains ['I'm In Great Shape']
	27 - Eberthalle, Ludwigshafen, West Germany*+ [w/Peter & Gordon, Graham Bonney, Ambrose Seelos and The Lords (on all German shows)]
	28 - Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg*
	29 - Grugahalle, Essen+
	30 - Halle Munsterland, Munster*
	31 - Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria*
November	1 - Circus Krone, Munich+
	3 - Falkoner Centret, Fredericksburg, Denmark* [w/The Scarlets, The Defenders and The Red Squares]
	4 - *Smile* session: Heroes And Villains/I'm In Great Shape/Barnyard 'demo' [8]
	4 - *Smile* session: Surf's Up (1st movement)/'Psychodelic Sounds'
	4 - Koncerthuset, Stockholm, Sweden [w/ The Swede Singers and The Red Squares]
	5 - Konserthallen, Gothenberg*
	6 - Finsbury Park Astoria, London, England [w/Lulu, David & Jonathan, Sounds Incorporated, The Golden Brass and Jerry Stevens (on all UK shows)]
	7 - *Smile* session: Surf's Up/'Talking Horns'
	8 - *Smile* session: Surf's Up
	8 - Granada Theatre, London
	9 - DeMontfort Hall, Leicester
	10 - Odeon Theatre, Leeds
	11 - *Smile* session: Vega-Tables chants
	11 - Odeon Theatre, Manchester
	12 - Capitol, Cardiff, Wales
	13 - Birmingham Theatre, Birmingham, England
	14 - *Smile* session: My Only Sunshine ['part 1' and 'part 2 (fade)' - Gold Star]
	14 - Hammersmith Odeon, London
	16 - *Smile* session: Vega-Tables 'arguement'
	16 - Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence RI* [w/The Ascots and Chad & Jeremy]
	17 - Bushnell Memorial, Hartford CT* [w/Chad & Jeremy]
	18 - Indiana Fairgrounds Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN [2 shows w/The Dawn Five, Chad & Jeremy and The Boys Next Door]
	19 - Farleigh Dickinson College, Teaneck NJ
	19 - St. John's University, Jamaica NY [w/Chad & Jeremy]
	19 - Boss City KHJ TV show, Los Angeles CA* [taped October]
	20 - Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto ON, Canada [w/Chad & Jeremy, The Last Words and The Ugly Ducklings]
	21 - Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener ON, Canada [w/Chad & Jeremy and The Thanes]
	22 - Ithaca College, Ithaca NY*
	23 - Civic Center, Baltimore MD [w/Chad & Jeremy, The Minus Four and Tommy Van & The Echoes]
	28 - *Smile* session: The Elements (Fire) [Gold Star]
	29 - *Smile* session: 'Jazz'/I Wanna Be Around/Friday Night/'Workshop' [Gold Star]
	30 - *Smile* session: My Only Sunshine [vocals - Columbia]
December	2 - *Smile* session: Child Is Father To The Man [vocals - Columbia]
	6 - *Smile* session: Child Is Father To The Man/Cabin Essence [vocals - Columbia]
	11 - *Smile* session: Cabin Essence [vocals - Columbia]
	13 - *Smile* session: Heroes And Villains [vocals - Columbia] (x)
	15 - *Smile* session: You're Welcome/"Ball And Mitt"/Cabin Essence/Wonderful/ Surf's Up [vocals - Columbia] [9] (x)
	17 - CBS TV Inside Pop - Brian filmed at home singing "Surf's Up"
	19 - *Smile* session: Heroes And Villains (x)
	21 - *Smile* session: Do You Like Worms ? [vocals - Columbia]
	22 - *Smile* session: Da-Da/Heroes And Villains [vocals - Columbia]
	27 - *Smile* session: Heroes And Villains/Who Ran The Iron Horse/Wonderful [vocals - Columbia] [BW]
	27 - The Coliseum, Seattle WA [w/Don & the Goodtimers, The Emergency Exit, The Wailers, Sopwith Camel, The Royal Guardsmen and The Standells]
	28 - *Smile* session: Heroes And Villains [vocals - Columbia] [BW] (x)
	28 - Civic Auditorium, San Francisco CA [w/Jefferson Airplane, The Seeds, Sopwith Camel, Music Machine and the Royal Guardsmen]
x
1	The dates for the vocals sessions used here are taken from the booklet of the first (1990) CD reissue of Pet Sounds, and in some cases, the tape boxes.
2	The Uncalled For Three later became The Pickle Brothers, a comedy act who often opened for The Beach Boys and were at one time signed to Brother Records, where Mike produced some tracks for them.
3	Brian was the "Hot-Line" guest: interviewed by phone he promoted the soon to be released *Pet Sounds* LP.
4	These sessions were all filmed, apparently at the instigation of the band: the exact date of the vocal session footage isn't known.
5	The building used for this shoot was Fire Station 27 at 1355 N. Caheunga Blvd., Hollywood. It now houses the Hollywood branch of the Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society. The actual date of the shoot is currently unknown, but has to be before the 21st, and not the 23rd, as has been claimed.
6	This show saw the first live performance of "Good Vibrations" and not, as long thought, the next days shows.
7	Recorded for possible release, Brian flew in to rehearse the band, and joined them for the encore of the 2nd show. Eventually released in 2016.
8	Not so much a proper session, more Brian (and Van Dyke) giving famed local KHJ DJ Humble Harve Miller a recap of what they'd been working on recently.
9	This session was filmed by David Oppenheim for the Inside Pop TV special, and it has been claimed that a confrontation between Mike and Brian over the lyrics to "Surf's Up" was captured on camera. However, the discovery in 2006 of Oppenheim's film reel notations refutes this supposition: there is no mention of any such disagreement, and the rest of the band had left by the time Brian performed "Surf's Up" in any case. The tape for the band portion of the session is missing, presumed lost/erased. "Ball and Mitt" was apparently just that - an impromptu ball game in the studio that Brian taped and directed.
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