The Concert in Central Park show named the musicians individually and did not bill them as "Simon & Garfunkel"; that the two singers would perform together on stage in a reunion was not officially announced until only a week before the concert when it was published in New York newspapers. The two stated in interviews that further collaboration was not planned. The concert took place on Saturday, September 19, 1981, on the Great Lawn, the central open space of Central Park. The first spectators, many carrying chairs or picnic blankets, arrived at daybreak to secure a good spot. The Parks Department originally expected about 300,000
The Beach Boys in Concert joined, among others, with "Holland" out-take "We Got Love", which makes its debut here on a Beach Boys album. "The Beach Boys in Concert" (Brother/Reprise 2RS 6484) hit No. 25 in the US during a chart stay of 24 weeks. This is the only live album and the final album on which Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar appeared as official members, as both departed the band's line-up in late 1973 and late 1974 respectively. Partial credits from Craig Slowinski. The original version of "The Beach Boys in Concert" was a single disc set. The track lineup was as follows: The