The Beatles Live '65, Shea Stadium, etc.

[GA Russell]

Here's something that showed up on my Amazon recommendations list today. I've never heard of it before. It's The Beatles in concert in Vancouver in 1964 and Atlanta in 1965. $21.75.

http://www.amazon.com/THE-BEATLES-Live-Atlanta-Vancouver/dp/B009EAVTBQ/ref=pd_ys_sf_s_5174_b3_25_p?ie=UTF8&refRID=0BNEDWQ8TD5KEFJTKE6F

You will also see The Beatles Live at Shea Stadium 1965 for $20.00.

http://www.amazon.com/Live-Shea-Stadium-1965-MINI/dp/B00CR1V86U/ref=pd_sim_m_4

Also...

http://www.amazon.com/In-Concert-Addendum-1957-1964-Mini/dp/B00B1TYWJ4/ref=pd_sim_m_4

http://www.amazon.com/In-Concert-Addendum-1965-1966-MINI/dp/B00B1U18W2/ref=pd_sim_m_3

http://www.amazon.com/The-Beatles-Swedish-Japanese-Mini-LP/dp/B007W2WP4I/ref=pd_sim_m_7

http://www.amazon.com/The-Beatles-Star-Club-Japanese-Mini-LP/dp/B007W2L94K/ref=pd_sim_m_26

and others.

[jazzbo]

My guess is that none of these are official releases. Maybe that's wrong. Anyway, what little I have heard of these type of Beatles live recordings they are not easy to listen to.

[JSngry]

Swedish Radio Show is pretty hot. That shit rocks.

I'd not give you 50 cents for the rest of them, though, not now, not with the internets and all.

As time goes by, it gets more amazing how much of the band at this stage was really/mostly just Ringo, Paul, and vocals. The guitars were along for the ride, best as they could (and sometimes better than others). But geez, any gazillion people/bands cover Beatles songs, and if they don't hook up at the bass/drums level, they ain't gonna get it, and most don't because they all go for the guitar sound(s), which ok, studio records, yeah, they made that work, they got that in there. But in real time, hey, Paul & Ringo had it, Jack. The session tapes show that, as do the decently-recorded live shows.

But you know what? If I was gonna be that kind of band at that time, I would definitely want Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr in my band. Hell yeah. I mean, it's a freakin' bar band fer crissakes, just starting to realize that they can be more than that. The confidence in Paul's and Ringo's pocket, that's what kept the shit going. Not great musicians, just some guys who had the propulsion and the confidence to dare to keep going.

I guarantee you that any bar band today who could play those songs with that pocket would die happy. At least in the immediate afterglow.

[danasgoodstuff]

And that's why they rocked, even when they didn't exactly, because they were, at heart, a bar band but a bar band with ambitions. Now most bar bands with ambitions didn't even get the chance to fail, they were lucky to get a bar to play in, but the Beatles got the chance to try for their ambitions, and they didn't fail to realize them. Now those ambitions may have had their limits, and misconceptions, and I think they came to see that themselves, but they got their shot and took it as far as they could. And yeah, Paul and Ringo, but the other thing I love on that Swedish radio thing is hearing John's voice without any filters, literal or metaphorical.

[Jim Alfredson]

The thing that consistently blows me away about the Beatles is how quickly they went from just a glorified bar band to changing the entire face of rock. I mean, they went from the above concert on Swedish radio in '63 to Sgt. Pepper in four years! It really is nothing short of incredible.