The Beach Boys + Ray Charles + Waikiki = serotonin in 90 minutes flat.
Enjoy the Beach Boys in a 90 minute concert celebrating their 25 year anniversary with guest artists like Glen Campbell, Ray Charles, The Everly Brothers, Jeffery Osborne, Belinda Carlisle and Three Dog Night. The concert was recorded in December 1986 on the sunny Waikiki beach in Hawaii.
Production
Waikiki Beach setting—peak 1986 vacation aesthetic.
Acting
Ray Charles showing up and stealing everything.
Score
Five decades of California sound, live and wobbly.
Director
Marty Pasetta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was filmed during Brian Wilson's controversial Landy era, when his therapist basically controlled his entire life—including his stage presence.
The 25th anniversary timing is darkly ironic: the band would spend the next decade in lawsuits, with Mike Love famously suing Brian Wilson for songwriting credits and beach-boy supremacy.
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