Brian Wilson's first ever solo set - Beach Boys Stomp, Greenford, UK, 1988 - with meet-and-greet

[@petelove9731]

That’s mad!!😮wow

[@Geritopia]

I have never seen Brian do anything quite like this! With the venerable DX7.

[@supermegastache]

Wow, wish I could hear all of Pet Sounds and Smile with just Brian singing and playing a DX7 (no sustain pedal). Such a pure way to experience a songwriter and his song.

[@jamiebrewstersmusicalheroe7156]

It was the one convention we missed😢thankfully met him a couple of times in later years. Fantastic! Amazing ❤

[@PareidoliaPizza]

This is absolutely incredible! I was lucky enough to see him in Wallingford, CT during his 2005 'Smile' tour and it was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. Thanks so much for posting!!! 😃

[@alananthonyhampson148]

Quite a suprise at the time. I have not seen this video till today. Thanks Brian for being in the world. Seeing pet sounds in London was an absolute highlight of my concert life. Thanks also to the organisers . Thanks again

[@Glyn-r]

Wowww. What a great evening and so envious. We are certainly blessed for this video. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

[@cliffford]

Wow, the third Love and Mercy verse!

[@DamGreek]

Definitely STOMP's proudest achievement!! Those were the days!!! Brian's so tall. He towers over most of the UK Fans!! Dig, DmGrk

[@MarySmith-l8i]

Brian ❤

[@Bryntjones]

This is so awesome! Back then i remember getting his solo album on vinyl and just melting to each track. I would have loved to see him live. It would be around a decade before that would happen.

[@alananthonyhampson148]

And signed everything as well afterwards I recall...

[@hunnagazunna]

My God I didn't realize this was available Sean! Mike had told me to make sure I didn't miss that year's convention. And i did. I'd left my tickets in my office in the West End where alarm systems prevented me from going back in to retrieve them until the Monday. I knew there'd been a change of venue from the previous years, but couldn't remember where and it was on the tickets. I tried phoning but Mike and Margaret had already left the house. Anyway it wasn't until a couple of weeks later I was on my way home on the Central Line flicking through my copy of the weekly music paper Sounds, when I saw the headline "Good Vibrations in Greenford". Well to say I was gutted would be an understatement. So thankyou for putting this up after all these years. Finally after 36 years nearly, I got to do the next best thing to actually being there. I remember the Lets Go Away for a While competition by the way. It was at the Harrow and Wealdstone centre near where Mike lived. Heather Smallbone who used to run The Beach Boys Appreciation Society was one of the other entries if I recall. I won the quiz competition that year and received the whole back catalogue of Stomp magazines as a prize , which as I'd only found out about Stomp a few months previously, was very welcome!!! I hadn't realised the version of LGAFAW on your first album was different to the one played at the Convention for the competition. Both are great though. Well done!

[@smacreavy]

@@hunnagazunna Fascinating - and thanks so much!

[@theSMiLEr506]

Would really like to see the meet/signings at normal speed..... think I would still recognise myself.!!

[@michaelarnold2613]

I remember this. You could have knocked me out with a damp lettuce when that curtain opened! Anyone know if Brian ever played Night Time live again?

[@cynthiarowley719]

The Champion climbs back in the ring. What a lucky bunch of coconuts there that day! My favorite 🎉. He looks so comfortable. 😊 maybe he is. Like the Vicar of Dibley when they almost get Elton John to the fete😂, what a surprise. Slow down video, at the end if you wanna try.

[@claudecarlyle9284]

There was a comment on the video of your outstanding vocal cover of Let's Go Away, claiming that it was submitted for a competition held by the BB Stomp. Is this true?

[@smacreavy]

Hi Claude. Yes, totally true! The late, great Chris White ran a competition in '87, and I think only about 3 of us entered! 😆

[@claudecarlyle9284]

@@smacreavy They must have been bowled over when they heard your entry. I didn't know about Chris White, but I've just listened to Spanish Wine and the BB influence is obvious! I thought that your version was some tribute to a lost demo buried deep in the archives (given how much material they would keep unreleased for so long), so to learn that it was an original vocal melody - especially for a small competition - was pretty astonishing.

[@smacreavy]

@@claudecarlyle9284 Wow, thanks so much!

[@SueBranch]

@@smacreavy Hi Sean, I was one of those three entries. Very home made compared to your great interpretation- Chris Branch

[@smacreavy]

@@SueBranch Wow Chris, yes of course! Why don't you post it up here? 😉 Hope you're well, mate.