On July 3, 1965, the Beach Boys headlined a twelve-act "Summer Spectacular" at the Hollywood Bowl -- the Byrds, the Kinks, Sonny & Cher, the Righteous Brothers, Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, the Sir Douglas Quintet and more beneath them, some fifteen thousand in the seats. It is remembered for two reasons. It was, effectively, Brian Wilson's last full concert with the band for nearly two years: having withdrawn from regular touring earlier in 1965, he made a rare complete appearance here -- one contemporary account described him "taut as a guitar string," fingers trembling -- before disappearing into the studio to make Pet Sounds. And it was a flashpoint in the Kinks' catastrophic 1965 American tour: after a union confrontation the day before, Ray Davies nearly refused to go on. The surrounding dates' pay disputes with the promoter -- and the Kinks' no-show at the Cow Palace the next night -- fed the American Federation of Musicians complaint that helped keep the band out of the United States for four years.