Live Music - The Beach Boys - Ballroom, Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane

Live Music

Artist:	The Beach Boys
Title:	CBS Convention
Venue:	Ballroom, Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane
City:	London, England, UK
Date:	Saturday, 30 Jul 1977
Collection:	Attended Wishlist
Community:	1 Wishlist

	Lineup	Rating
1	The Beach Boys	Rate
2	Crawler	Rate
3	Teddy Pendergrass	Rate

Notes

In the wake of the last minute cancellation of the UK/Ireland Tour in July/August, The Beach Boys, as the labels latest signing, played this convention for label executives- much to the anger of Beach Boys fans.
For more info on the cancelled tour see the Beach Boys entry for the 23rd July.
A double LP bootleg recording of this convention appearance subsequently emerged.
The performance met with mixed reviews in the music press, and in the Melody Maker the reviewer also noted tension between Brian and Mike- particularly when the latter during Fun Fun Fun apparently "attempted to turn the grand piano over, but instead toppled Wilson's mike over. Wilson looked positively terrified at this and when the song ended, walked from behind the keyboard, keeping one eye on Love, waved and left the stage."

Images

Number: 1389830 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: chrisb Description: NME headline 30.7.77	Number: 1389832 Uploaded By: chrisb Description: Review from Sounds 6.8.77	Number: 1389833 Uploaded By: chrisb Description: Review from Dark Star magazine, number 11	Number: 1389834 Uploaded By: chrisb Description: Brian at the CBS Convention, from Dark Star magazine
Number: 1389835 Uploaded By: chrisb Description: Carl and Mike at the CBS Convention, from Dark Star magazine	Number: 1389836 Uploaded By: chrisb Description: NME snippet, 13.8.77	Number: 1389839 Uploaded By: chrisb Description: MNE 6.8.77. The Beach Boys offer a sop to the fans in the fallout of the tour cancellation and decision to play this gig.