Recorded live in Sacramento in 1964, the
Beach Boys run through several of their big early hits and a bunch of covers that hadn't made it to record. It's of interest in that it became one of their biggest sellers, and features several covers that they didn't release as studio recordings in the '60s *"Johnny B. Goode,"
Jan & Dean's "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena," the dorky "Long Tall Texan," "Monster Mash," the
Four Freshmen's "Graduation Day," and the
Rivingtons' goofy doo wop rave-up "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow."). ~ Richie Unterberger