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Graduation Day 1966: Live at the University of Michigan
Live album by
The Beach Boys
ReleasedDecember 9, 2016 (2016-12-09)
RecordedOctober 22, 1966
VenueUniversity of Michigan
GenreRock
LabelCapitol
Producer
The Beach Boys chronology
Becoming the Beach Boys: The Complete Hite & Dorinda Morgan Sessions
(2016) 		Graduation Day 1966: Live at the University of Michigan
(2016) 		1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow
(2017)

Graduation Day 1966 is a live album by The Beach Boys, released on December 9, 2016. It was originally recorded in 1966.

Background

For the past few years, due to copyright laws, The Beach Boys have released a few digital-only releases featuring rarities, unreleased material, and other recordings that had not heretofore been officially released, all of which are fifty years old in that particular year. This show was part of the band's promotion tour of the album Pet Sounds in 1966; during that time Brian Wilson was working on the then-upcoming/unreleased album Smile.

On the night before, Brian flew out from LA to assist the band in rehearsing "Good Vibrations", which hadn't been played live before the 3 shows in Michigan. The album marks the 2nd and 3rd time the song was ever played live by the Beach Boys. As a result, the band taunts him out onto the stage for the second set's encore to play bass and provide vocals for Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, except where noted

Live at the University of Michigan – Show 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Help Me, Rhonda" 3:10
2."I Get Around" 2:25
3."Medley: Fun, Fun, Fun / Shut Down / Little Deuce Coupe / Surfin' U.S.A."Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Roger Christian, Chuck Berry3:51
4."Surfer Girl"Brian Wilson3:13
5."Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow"Carl White, Al Frazier, Sonny Harris, Turner Wilson Jr.3:00
6."You're So Good to Me" 2:25
7."You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"John Lennon, Paul McCartney3:32
8."California Girls" 2:42
9."Sloop John B."Traditional; arranged by Brian Wilson3:00
10."Wouldn't It Be Nice"Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Tony Asher2:10
11."God Only Knows"Brian Wilson, Tony Asher3:01
12."Good Vibrations" 4:37
13."Graduation Day"Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman4:04
14."Barbara Ann"Fred Fassert3:52
Live at the University of Michigan – Show 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Help Me, Rhonda" 3:02
16."I Get Around" 2:24
17."Medley: Fun, Fun, Fun / Shut Down / Little Deuce Coupe / Surfin' U.S.A."Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Roger Christian, Chuck Berry3:49
18."Surfer Girl"Brian Wilson3:52
19."Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow"White, Frazier, Harris, T. Wilson Jr.2:22
20."You're So Good to Me" 2:16
21."You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"Lennon, McCartney3:34
22."California Girls" 5:07
23."Sloop John B."Traditional; arranged by Brian Wilson3:33
24."Wouldn't It Be Nice"Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Tony Asher3:27
25."God Only Knows"Brian Wilson, Tony Asher2:56
26."Good Vibrations" 5:09
27."Graduation Day"Sherman, Sherman3:59
28."Barbara Ann"Fassert3:55
29."Johnny B. Goode"Berry3:59
Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
30."KOMA Radio Spot" 0:14
31."Row, Row, Row Your Boat" (Live)Traditional0:36

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