MUSIC HISTORY 101 AUGUST 23, 1964 - During their first proper North American tour, The Beatles took the stage at 9:30 for an appearance at The Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California, recorded by George Martin and engineers from Capitol Records, who hoped to release it as a live album. All 18,700 tickets for the event had sold out four months previously. Capitol had originally wanted to record The Beatles concert at Carnegie Hall, New York on February 12, 1964, but had been unable to secure permission from the American Federation of Musicians in time. Martin who was reluctant to record the show due to noise levels, worked with Capitol Records producer Voyle Gilmore on the recording, and after mixing the tracks on August 27th, Capitol decided the quality of the recording was not suitable for release. Martin explained in The Beatles Anthology: We recorded it on three-track tape, which was standard US format then. You would record the band in stereo on two tracks and keep the voice separated on the third, so that you could bring it up or down in the mix. But at the Hollywood Bowl they didnt use three-track in quite the right way. I didnt have too much say in things because I was a foreigner, but they did some very bizarre mixing. In 1977, when I was asked to make an album from the tapes, I found guitars and voices mixed on the same track. And the recording seemed to concentrate more on the wild screaming of 18,700 kids than on the Beatles on stage. Despite the recording issues, the four the mop tops had a wonderful time as Ringo Starr also explained in Anthology: We played the Hollywood Bowl, The shell around the stage was great. It was the Hollywood Bowl - these were impressive places to me. I fell in love with Hollywood then, and I am still in love with Hollywood - well, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, California. I prefer it to New York. Lennon concurred: The Hollywood Bowl was marvelous. It was the one we all enjoyed most, I think, even though it wasnt the largest crowd - because it seemed so important, and everybody was saying things. We got on, and it was a big stage, and it was great. We could be heard in a place like the Hollywood Bowl, even though the crowds was wild: good acoustics. The concert was also filmed, by a newsreel company and an amateur film-maker in the audience. A car was parked by the stage to whisk The Beatles away at 10pm when the concert ended. For the next two days they stayed at a rented house at 356 St Pierre Road in Brown Canyon, Bel Air. The 1977 album release The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl contained songs from this day and The Beatles subsequent two concerts at the venue, which took place on 29 and 30 August 29th and 30th in 1965. From the 1964 concert were taken Things We Said Today, Roll Over Beethoven, Boys, All My Loving, She Loves You and Long Tall Sally. A 48-second excerpt of Twist And Shout was also included on the 1964 documentary album The Beatles Story. Billy Ray Cyrus and Martina Mcbride are among the artists who will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the BEATLES Hollywood Bowl show in Los Angeles this weekend by performing their renditions of Beatles tunes. Former Eurythmics star Dave Stewart, Michelle Branch and Mary Lambert will also be among the stars paying tribute to Paul MCCartney and his bandmates at the three shows planned for Friday night (Aug 22), Saturday and Sunday (Aug 22-23), while veteran U.S. TV host Bob Eubanks, who produced the Beatles original appearance at the Hollywood Bowl, will also appear onstage. The all-star line-up will change every night, but the songs performed will all be from the Beatles 1964 Hollywood Bowl setlist - beginning with their hit Twist and Shout and ending with a cover of Little Richards Long Tall Sally. The second half of each gig will feature songs the band would later release. Bob Eubanks recently shared this story about that special night: The Beatles always asked for a case of Dr. Pepper on ice in their dressing room. Okay, no problem. As theyre leaving the stage, John Lennon says, Were Dr. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. And...shortly thereafter wrote that as a song. But the studio balked for obvious legal reasons -- the makers of Dr. Pepper would probably want a piece of the album. So John changed it to Sgt. Pepper. But if you listen to the song and think Dr. Pepper, it makes a whole other kind of sense. Eubanks swears this is a true story. SETLIST: 1) Twist And Shout 2) You Cant Do That 3) All My Loving 4) She Loves You 5) Things We Said Today 6) Roll Over Beethoven 7) Cant Buy Me Love 8) If I Fell 9) I Want To Hold Your Hand 10) Boys 11) A Hard Days Night 12) Long Tall Sally
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:06:17 +0000
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