The Beach Boys – 1970 Paris & on Chicago's Rockin' New Year's Eve 1975

The two clips immediately below are from some professionally shot and clear sounding footage used on French television. It's a Beach Boys era of which I'm a huge fan. Nice to check out some of these live versions, albeit without Brian Wilson performing of course.


Gaumont Palace, Paris - 8 December 1970 and interview segments – Part 1




Gaumont Palace, Paris - 8 December 1970 and interview segments – Part 2





These next two clips are a time capsule view into what was probably one of the higher rated New Year's Eve specials that December 31st. I'm sure my pre-school self didn't stay up past my bedtime to catch this show, but I do enjoy watching it now. At the time this was shot, I believe The Beach Boys had entered into a big deal with the same management team working with Chicago. This resulted in several co-headlining tours involving the two bands, as well as The Beach Boys singing on the Chicago hit "Wishing You Were Here" as seen below.


The Beach Boys on Chicago's Rockin' New Year's Eve 1975
Good Vibrations & Darlin' – Part 1




With Chicago – Wishin' You Were Here & Surfer Girl – Part 2