1968 was a difficult year for the Beach Boys in the USA, where their reputation had soured considerably.

The reissue had art by rock artist Jim Evans, and a new title, Beach Boys '69.

Besides the fact that the live performance was recorded in December 1968, the LP's appearance added confusion to the marketplace as the group had recently issued a new, live double album—The Beach Boys in Concert—on their own Brother Records label, as part of a distribution deal with their new label, Reprise.

Beach Boys observers believe that the group owed Capitol one more album (this may have been offered to fill such a role, instead of the Fading Rock Group Revival/Reverberation project), and that this release ended their relationship with that record label.

All tracks written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, unless otherwise noted.