Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Watching The Beatles perform







 April 4, 1963 

4 comments:

  1. The Stowe school performance from 1963 - there is a recording of this concert newly discovered.

    BBC story about it. This is really an historic find.
    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65167799

    An interview with the person who made the recording, as well as some snippets from the concert.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001kpq1

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  2. Such impressive presentation. Pic #2.

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  3. Stowe concert set list: 4 April 1963

    I Saw Her Standing There
    Too Much Monkey Business
    Love Me Do
    Some Other Guy
    Misery
    I Just Don’t Understand
    A Shot of Rhythm and Blues
    Boys!
    Matchbox
    From Me To You
    Thank You Girl
    Memphis Tennessee
    A Taste of Honey
    Twist and Shout
    Anna
    Please Please Me
    Hippy Hippy Shake
    I’m Talking About You
    Ask Me Why
    Till There Was You
    Money
    I Saw Her Standing There (reprise)

    The tape runs out at this point, but speculation, based on a set list written from memory by one of the Stowe pupils, suggests two more tracks: Sweet Little Sixteen and Long Tall Sally

    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/09/please-please-us-lost-tape-of-beatles-school-gig-could-be-saved-for-the-nation

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