# Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour

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Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour is a live album by the Beach Boys released on May 21, 2013. The album was recorded during the band's 50th anniversary reunion tour.

## Reception

AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album a good review, describing it as "a pleasant dose of nostalgia." The album was also criticized in several sources including The Independent as being "saturated in 'Auto-Tune'", turning the lead singers voices into "horrible metallic noises."

## Track listing

All tracks composed by Brian Wilson and Mike Love; except where indicated

### Disc 1

* "Do It Again" – 3:38
* "Little Honda" – 2:06
* "Catch a Wave" – 2:09
* "Hawaii" – 1:46
* "Don't Back Down" – 1:45
* "Surfin' Safari" – 2:48
* "Surfer Girl" (Brian Wilson) – 2:29
* "The Little Girl I Once Knew" (Brian Wilson) – 3:09
* "Wendy" – 2:25 (Lead vocals by Bruce Johnston)
* "Getcha Back" (Mike Love, Terry Melcher) – 2:42 (Lead vocals by David Marks)
* "Then I Kissed Her" (Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry) – 2:17
* "Marcella" (Brian Wilson, Tandyn Almer, Jack Rieley) – 3:23
* "Isn't It Time" (Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Joe Thomas, Jim Peterik, Larry Millas) – 4:01
* "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (Morris Levy, Frankie Lymon) – 2:30
* "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" – 2:55
* "Disney Girls" (Bruce Johnston) – 5:33 - taken from the band’s performance in Grand Prairie, TX on April 26
* "Be True to Your School" – 3:06
* "Little Deuce Coupe" (Brian Wilson, Roger Christian) – 1:50
* "409" (Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Gary Usher) – 1:52
* "Shut Down" (Brian Wilson, Roger Christian) – 1:46
* "I Get Around" – 2:46

### Disc 2

* "Pet Sounds" (Brian Wilson) – 3:45
* "Add Some Music to Your Day" (Brian Wilson, Joe Knott, Mike Love) – 3:49
* "Heroes and Villains" (Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks) – 3:54
* "Sail On, Sailor" (Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, Almer, Ray Kennedy, Rieley) – 3:45
* "California Saga: California" (Al Jardine) – 3:09
* "In My Room" (Brian Wilson, Gary Usher) – 2:53
* "All This Is That" (Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Mike Love) – 3:38
* "That's Why God Made the Radio" (Brian Wilson, Thomas, Peterik, Millas) – 4:27
* "Forever" (Dennis Wilson, Gregg Jakobson) (Lead vocals by Dennis Wilson via archive recording) – 2:57
* "God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher) (Lead vocals by Carl Wilson via archive recording) – 2:39
* "Sloop John B" (Traditional; arranged by Brian Wilson and Al Jardine) – 3:07
* "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (Brian Wilson, Asher, Mike Love) (Lead vocals by Al Jardine, Jeff Foskett and Mike Love) – 2:41
* "Good Vibrations" (Lead vocals by Brian Wilson, Jeff Foskett and Mike Love) – 4:14
* "California Girls" – 3:15
* "Help Me Rhonda" – 3:19
* "Rock and Roll Music" (Chuck Berry) – 2:48
* "Surfin' U.S.A." (Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry) – 3:00
* "Kokomo" (Mike Love, Scott McKenzie, Tony Melcher, John Phillips) – 4:00
* "Barbara Ann" (Fred Fassert) – 2:33
* "Fun, Fun, Fun" – 3:29

## Personnel

Partial credits from Craig Slowinski.

### The Beach Boys

* Al Jardine – lead, harmony and backing vocals; rhythm guitar; banjo on “California Saga: California”; additional lead guitar on "Sail On, Sailor"
* Bruce Johnston – lead, harmony and backing vocals; keyboards
* Mike Love – lead, harmony and backing vocals; percussion
* David Marks – lead, harmony and backing vocals; lead guitar
* Brian Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; piano; bass on "Barbara Ann" and "Fun, Fun, Fun"
* Carl Wilson – lead vocals on "God Only Knows" (archive recording)
* Dennis Wilson – lead vocals on "Forever" (archive recording)

### Supporting musicians

* Scott Bennett – harmony and backing vocals, keyboards, mallets, percussion
* Nelson Bragg – harmony and backing vocals, percussion
* John Cowsill – harmony and backing vocals, drums
* Mike D'Amico – harmony and backing vocals, bass, drums on "Marcella", "Pet Sounds", and “Add Some Music To Your Day”
* Nick "Nicky Wonder" Walusko - harmony and backing vocals, guitar
* Jeff Foskett – lead, harmony, and backing vocals; rhythm guitar; percussion; mandolin on "Disney Girls"
* Probyn Gregory – harmony and backing vocals, guitar, horns, percussion, bass on "Marcella" and “Add Some Music To Your Day”, tannerin on "Good Vibrations" and "Forever", trumpet on "Pet Sounds"
* Darian Sahanaja – harmony and backing vocals, keyboards, mallets
* Scott Totten – harmony and backing vocals, guitar, lead vocals on "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", ukulele on "Isn't It Time", bass on "Pet Sounds"
* Paul von Mertens – woodwinds (saxophones, flutes, harmonicas)