The Concert in Central Park concert in Central Park had been proposed by Parks Commissioner Gordon Davis and promoter Ron Delsener. Television channel HBO agreed to carry the concert, and worked with Delsener to decide on Simon and Garfunkel as the appropriate act for this event. Besides hit songs from their years as a duo, their set-list included material from their solo careers, and covers. The show consisted of 21 songs, though two were not used in the live album. Among the songs performed were the classics "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", and "The Boxer"; the event concluded with a reprise of Simon's song,
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