After an exceedingly dopey brass intro, the duo launch into a trumpet-laden rendition of 'Surf City.' (Trumpets and trombones take over virtually all the backing vocal parts on this album). 'Little Honda' fairs marginally better. Jan's intricate arrangement of 'Dead Man's Curve' is replaced by a sloppily performed chart with an embarrassingly bad middle spoken-word section. 'I Get Around' isn't much better. The Everly Brothers' 'All I Have To Do Is Dream' harkens back to the duo's simplistic doo-wop roots and actually works pretty well here. 'Theme From the T.A.M.I. Show' is simply the 45 version with generic crowd noises overdubbed on top. 'Rock and Roll Music' is just okay, but compared to the recent Beatles' version, it pails. The Fantastic Baggys can be heard on 'The Little Old Lady from Pasadena.' Compared to the other live tracks, this one isn't bad. 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy' has the crowd participating excitedly. An odd inclusion, 'I Should Have Known Better' looks forward to the duo's unsuccessful foray into folk music the following year with Folk N' Roll. As a live performance, 'Sidewalk Surfing' is interesting in that it features Dean doubling P. F. Sloan on the falsetto part, which he was absent from in the original recording. 'Louie Louie' closes out the album and is only notable for highlighting Tommy Tedesco's electric guitar work. 

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While the Beach Boys carefully overdubbed their live performances on Beach Boys' Concert, Jan and Dean left every blunder and mistake intact on Command Performance. Whatever overdubs that are present are indiscernible from the slapdash live presentation.