Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 is a CD release of a concert performance by The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...

 at the aforementioned venue in June 1980. Featuring the complete lineup of all six Beach Boys -- Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson

Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...

, Dennis Wilson

Dennis Wilson

Dennis Carl Wilson was an American rock and roll musician best known as a founding member and the drummer of The Beach Boys. He was a member of the group from its formation until his death in 1983...

, Carl Wilson

Carl Wilson

Carl Dean Wilson was an American rock and roll singer and guitarist, best known as a founding member, lead guitarist and sometime lead vocalist of The Beach Boys...

, Mike Love

Mike Love

Michael Edward "Mike" Love is an American singer/songwriter and musician with The Beach Boys. He was a founding member of the band along with his cousins Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, and their friend Al Jardine, and continues to perform with the band to the present day...

, Al Jardine

Al Jardine

Alan Charles "Al" Jardine is a founding member of top-selling American music group The Beach Boys, a guitarist and occasional lead vocalist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.-Early life:...

 and Bruce Johnston

Bruce Johnston

Bruce Arthur Johnston is a member of The Beach Boys and a songwriter, remembered especially for composing "I Write the Songs". Johnston was not one of the original members of the band...

 -- this was their last major UK performance together.

A nice overview of their career (the band's current album was Keepin' the Summer Alive

Keepin' the Summer Alive

-Singles:* "Goin' On" b/w "Endless Harmony" , March 11, 1980 US #83* "Livin' with a Heartache" b/w "Santa Ana Winds" , May 20, 1980...

), Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 was first issued in the UK in 2002 and the following year in the US, both through the band's Brother Records

Brother Records

Brother Records, Inc. is a record label and holding company formed in October 1966 that holds the intellectual property rights of the Beach Boys, including the "The Beach Boys" trademark....

 imprint with independent distribution. It is also available on DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

.

The album included an impromptu version of "Happy Birthday", intended for Brian, whose birthday it had been the day before the concert was performed.

Aside from The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...

 themselves, the band included Bobby Figueroa on drums and percussion, Ed Carter on guitar, Joe Chemay on bass and Mike Meros

Mike Meros

Mike Meros played keyboards for the Beach Boys touring band from 1979 until July 4, 2001.Meros hailed from the Brooklyn Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland...

 on keyboards.

Track listing

All songs written by Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson

Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...

 and Mike Love

Mike Love

Michael Edward "Mike" Love is an American singer/songwriter and musician with The Beach Boys. He was a founding member of the band along with his cousins Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, and their friend Al Jardine, and continues to perform with the band to the present day...

, except where noted.

1. "Intro" – 0:49
2. "California Girls" – 3:10
3. "Sloop John B" (Trad. Arr. Brian Wilson) – 3:04
4. "Darlin'" – 2:37
5. "School Days" (Chuck Berry
   Chuck Berry
   Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...
   
   ) – 3:26
6. "God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher
   Tony Asher
   Tony Asher is an American lyricist who co-wrote much of The Beach Boys 1966 album Pet Sounds in conjunction with front man Brian Wilson, including such classic songs as "God Only Knows" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice"...
   
   ) – 2:51
7. "Be True to Your School" – 2:27
8. "Do It Again" – 3:08
9. "Little Deuce Coupe" (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian) – 2:14
10. "Cotton Fields
    Cotton Fields
    "Cotton Fields" is a song written by blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly who made the first recording of the song in 1940.-Early versions:...
    
    "/"Heroes And Villains" (Huddie Ledbetter & Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks
    Van Dyke Parks
    Van Dyke Parks is an American composer, arranger, producer, musician, singer, author and actor. Parks is perhaps best known for his contributions as a lyricist on the Beach Boys album Smile....
    
    ) – 5:19
11. "Happy Birthday Brian" – 1:25
12. "Keepin' the Summer Alive (Carl Wilson
    Carl Wilson
    Carl Dean Wilson was an American rock and roll singer and guitarist, best known as a founding member, lead guitarist and sometime lead vocalist of The Beach Boys...
    
    /Randy Bachman
    Randy Bachman
    Randolph Charles "Randy" Bachman, OC, OM is a Canadian musician best known as lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member for both the 1960s–70s rock band The Guess Who, and the 1970s rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive...
    
    ) – 3:42
13. "Lady Lynda" (Al Jardine/Ron Altbach) – 5:01
14. "Surfer Girl" (Brian Wilson
    Brian Wilson
    Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...
    
    ) – 2:39
15. "Help Me Rhonda" – 4:05
16. "Rock & Roll Music" (Chuck Berry) – 2:22
17. "I Get Around" – 2:14
18. "Surfin' USA" (Brian Wilson/Chuck Berry) – 2:54
19. "You Are So Beautiful
    You Are So Beautiful
    "You Are So Beautiful" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher and Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys. It was first recorded by Preston and made popular in a version by Joe Cocker....
    
    " (Billy Preston
    Billy Preston
    William Everett "Billy" Preston was a musician who gained notoriety and fame, first as a session musician for the likes of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and later finding fame as a solo artist with hits such as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from...
    
    /Fisher) – 3:13
20. "Good Vibrations
    Good Vibrations
    "Good Vibrations" is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys. Composed and produced by Brian Wilson, the song's lyrics were written by Wilson and Mike Love....
    
    " – 6:03
21. "Barbara Ann" (Fred Fassert) – 2:46
22. "Fun, Fun, Fun" – 4:49

Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 (Brother/Eagle ER 20002) did not chart in the US or the UK.

Sources

• Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 CD booklet notes, Mike Grant, c. 2002
• Allmusic.com