The BEATLES Appreciation Topic

[Vince Evert]

Deconstructing Ticket To Ride (Isolated Tracks)​

Drums 0:00-3:04
Tambourine and Handclaps 3:04-6:05
Bass 6:05-9:07
Guitars 9:07-12:13
Vocals 12:13-15:22



Some homemade effort. Must be a software program that does this...

 

[Vince Evert]

Deconstructing Day Tripper (Isolated Tracks)​

Drums 0:00-2:42
Tambourine 2:42-5:25
Bass 5:25-8:11
Guitars 8:11-11:02
Vocals 11:02-13:53

 

[Vince Evert]

John Lennon - "It's Not Too Bad" (Pre-Strawberry Fields Forever)" The Santa Isabel Demos, Sep-Oct. 1966​

Lennon wrote the song that would eventually morphed to (once he had the chorus part developed) "Strawberry Fields Forever" in Almería, Spain in autumn 1966, while filming his role in the movie How I Won The War.

 

[Vince Evert]

Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 1) Pitch Corrected

Personnel Drums (1964 Ludwig Super Classic Black Oyster Pearl): Ringo Starr
Acoustic Guitar (1964 Gibson J-160E): John Lennon
Slide Guitar (Fender Sonic Blue Stratocaster): George Harrison
Slide Guitar Mellotron (Mellotron MK II): John Lennon
Mellotron Flute (Mellotron MK II): Paul Mccartney

Rhythmic Guitar (Fender Sonic Blue Stratocaster and 1964 Fender Esquier): Paul Mccartney or George Harrison

 

[Vince Evert]

The Beatles in Concert , live at the Sam Houston Coliseum -


John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Billy Barnett came to the Sam Houston Coliseum for a concert that still rings in history for Houston music fans. The Beatles performed two shows on Aug. 19, 1965. The 3:30 and 8 p.m. concerts promoted by KILT Radio (just AM back then) were billed as "The Sixth Annual Back to School Show," sponsored by the Variety Boys Club of Houston. Tickets cost $5; all seats were general admission. Fans had to buy tickets in person at the KILT office or mail in their money. The station hired two local high school girls to sort through the bags of mail. The Beatles were guaranteed $50,000 plus a share of ticket sales. They left Houston with $85,000 in manager Brian Epstein's briefcase.

 

[Vince Evert]

Very nicely done audio and video. But you have to know and understand chord's progression to fully appreciate video's like these.

Hey Bulldog, Beatles drum and bass deconstructing lyrics chords -

 

[Vince Evert]

The Beatles: Get Back: Release Date And Other Quick Things About The Peter Jackson Documentary

by Philip Sledge

Published: May. 22. 2021 3:04 PM


On January 30, 1969, the iconic rock and roll outfit The Beatles took to the roof of Apple Records headquarters in London, England, and gave passersby a one-of-a-kind experience when they performed what would be their final live performance. What is now known as The Beatles’ Rooftop Concert has gone down as one of the most iconic moments of 20th Century pop culture more than 50 years later. This concert, however, is just a small part of the Peter Jackson documentary The Beatles: Get Back, a soon-to-be-released intimate look at the final days of the seminal rock and roll band.

But while there are countless diehard Beatles fans who have spent the past few years diving through everything related to to Get Back, others might not be entirely caught up to speed on what sounds like one of the most important rock and roll documentaries since release of The Last Waltz or Gimme Shelter. Here are quick things to know about The Beatles: Get Back.

The Beatles: Get Back Release Date Is Set For August 27, 2021:

There is not all that much time between now and the release of The Beatles: Get Back as Peter Jackson’s documentary film is scheduled to land in theaters August 27, 2021 after nearly a yearlong delay. Jackson, who has been working on the project for a few years now, originally planned on releasing Get Back in September 2020, but when the COVID-19 pandemic caused a series of delays with the production, not to mention the closure of theaters around the world, the Lord of the Rings director and other major players elected to push things back, per Variety.

The Beatles: Get Back Follows The Fab Four During A Pivotal January 1969 Recording Session:

The Beatles: Get Back, which is being released by Walt Disney Studios, isn’t your standard rock and roll documentary and takes more of a “fly on the wall” approach to the way it documents the “Fab Four” — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr — during a pivotal nearly monthlong January 1969 recording session, including the writing and rehearsing of 14 new songs, some of which would go on to be featured on the two final studios albums from the legendary rock and roll outfit: Abbey Road and Let It Be. These intimate sessions, featuring the recording of the final songs written by the songwriting powerhouse will shed new light on the band’s final days.

Director Peter Jackson Combed Through 60 Hours Of Unseen Footage And 150 Hours Of Unheard Audio For The Beatles: Get Back:

The footage featured throughout The Beatles: Get Back was compiled from 60 hours of never-before-scene footage that was captured by Michael Lindsay-Hogg who was sitting in with the band while putting together a documentary of his own, 1970’s Let It Be. According to Walt Disney Studios, this rare video footage (which has been restored) is combined with over 150 hours of unheard audio taking directly from the recording sessions, conversations, and that January 1969 rooftop concert which will be focal point of the upcoming film.


But while there are countless diehard Beatles fans who have spent the past few years diving through everything related to to Get Back, others might not be entirely caught up to speed on what sounds like
The Beatles: Get Back Release Date Is Set For August 27, 2021

There is not all that much time between now and the release of The Beatles: Get Back as Peter Jackson’s documentary film is scheduled to land in theaters August 27, 2021 after nearly a yearlong delay. Jackson, who has been working on the project for a few years now, originally planned on releasing Get Back in September 2020, but when the COVID-19 pandemic caused a series of delays with the production, not to mention the closure of theaters around the world, the Lord of the Rings director and other major players elected to push things back, per Variety.


The Beatles: Get Back Is The First Time The Iconic Rooftop Concert Has Been Shown In Its Entirety:

The Beatles’ historic January 30, 1969 concert has been featured in everything from the 1995 documentary series The Beatles Anthology to videos found on YouTube, but the upcoming Peter Jackson documentary will be the first time it has ever been shown in its entirety. According Disney, the concert, and the band’s decision to hold their first live performance since they stopped touring two years earlier, will be a major part of The Beatles: Get Back. High above London’s Savile Row, this landmark moment in rock and roll history will be shown like never before in brilliantly restored video and audio.

Peter Jackson Restored Footage For The Beatles: Get Back With The Same Technology He Used For They Shall Not Grow Old:

Those who have seen Peter Jackson’s 2018 World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old are all too familiar with the technology that was used to restore and bring new life to 100-year-old video footage of British soldiers during the Great War. That same technology, which digitized, refined, colored, and converted the old film stock to 4K quality is also refined, colored, and converted the old film stock to 4K quality is also being used by Jackson and the team at Park Road Post, per Collider. Early footage that has been shown almost looks as if it was captured on high-definition cameras in the 21st Century opposed to January 1969.


Peter Jackson Has Said The Beatles: Get Back Changes The Narrative Of The Band’s Final Days:

For decades now, the story has gone that the final days of The Beatles’ existence were filled with drama, in-fighting, and a breakdown of communication. And while some of that may very well be true, Peter Jackson has said The Beatles: Get Back shows a different side of the band and its four members, as he explained in a statement upon the documentary’s reveal (via NPR):


"I was relieved to discover the reality is very different to the myth. After reviewing all the footage and audio that Michael Lindsay-Hogg shot 18 months before they broke up, it's simply an amazing historical treasure-trove. Sure, there's moments of drama — but none of the discord this project has long been associated with. Watching John, Paul, George, and Ringo work together, creating now-classic songs from scratch, is not only fascinating — it's funny, uplifting and surprisingly intimate."


https://www.cinemablend.com/news/25...ck-things-about-the-peter-jackson-documentary

 

[tented]

The Beatles: Get Back: Release Date And Other Quick Things About The Peter Jackson Documentary

by Philip Sledge

Published: May. 22. 2021 3:04 PM


On January 30, 1969, the iconic rock and roll outfit The Beatles took to the roof of Apple Records headquarters in London, England, and gave passersby a one-of-a-kind experience when they performed what would be their final live performance. What is now known as The Beatles’ Rooftop Concert has gone down as one of the most iconic moments of 20th Century pop culture more than 50 years later. This concert, however, is just a small part of the Peter Jackson documentary The Beatles: Get Back, a soon-to-be-released intimate look at the final days of the seminal rock and roll band.

But while there are countless diehard Beatles fans who have spent the past few years diving through everything related to to Get Back, others might not be entirely caught up to speed on what sounds like one of the most important rock and roll documentaries since release of The Last Waltz or Gimme Shelter. Here are quick things to know about The Beatles: Get Back.

The Beatles: Get Back Release Date Is Set For August 27, 2021:

There is not all that much time between now and the release of The Beatles: Get Back as Peter Jackson’s documentary film is scheduled to land in theaters August 27, 2021 after nearly a yearlong delay. Jackson, who has been working on the project for a few years now, originally planned on releasing Get Back in September 2020, but when the COVID-19 pandemic caused a series of delays with the production, not to mention the closure of theaters around the world, the Lord of the Rings director and other major players elected to push things back, per Variety.

The Beatles: Get Back Follows The Fab Four During A Pivotal January 1969 Recording Session:

The Beatles: Get Back, which is being released by Walt Disney Studios, isn’t your standard rock and roll documentary and takes more of a “fly on the wall” approach to the way it documents the “Fab Four” — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr — during a pivotal nearly monthlong January 1969 recording session, including the writing and rehearsing of 14 new songs, some of which would go on to be featured on the two final studios albums from the legendary rock and roll outfit: Abbey Road and Let It Be. These intimate sessions, featuring the recording of the final songs written by the songwriting powerhouse will shed new light on the band’s final days.

Director Peter Jackson Combed Through 60 Hours Of Unseen Footage And 150 Hours Of Unheard Audio For The Beatles: Get Back:

The footage featured throughout The Beatles: Get Back was compiled from 60 hours of never-before-scene footage that was captured by Michael Lindsay-Hogg who was sitting in with the band while putting together a documentary of his own, 1970’s Let It Be. According to Walt Disney Studios, this rare video footage (which has been restored) is combined with over 150 hours of unheard audio taking directly from the recording sessions, conversations, and that January 1969 rooftop concert which will be focal point of the upcoming film.


But while there are countless diehard Beatles fans who have spent the past few years diving through everything related to to Get Back, others might not be entirely caught up to speed on what sounds like
The Beatles: Get Back Release Date Is Set For August 27, 2021

There is not all that much time between now and the release of The Beatles: Get Back as Peter Jackson’s documentary film is scheduled to land in theaters August 27, 2021 after nearly a yearlong delay. Jackson, who has been working on the project for a few years now, originally planned on releasing Get Back in September 2020, but when the COVID-19 pandemic caused a series of delays with the production, not to mention the closure of theaters around the world, the Lord of the Rings director and other major players elected to push things back, per Variety.


The Beatles: Get Back Is The First Time The Iconic Rooftop Concert Has Been Shown In Its Entirety:

The Beatles’ historic January 30, 1969 concert has been featured in everything from the 1995 documentary series The Beatles Anthology to videos found on YouTube, but the upcoming Peter Jackson documentary will be the first time it has ever been shown in its entirety. According Disney, the concert, and the band’s decision to hold their first live performance since they stopped touring two years earlier, will be a major part of The Beatles: Get Back. High above London’s Savile Row, this landmark moment in rock and roll history will be shown like never before in brilliantly restored video and audio.

Peter Jackson Restored Footage For The Beatles: Get Back With The Same Technology He Used For They Shall Not Grow Old:

Those who have seen Peter Jackson’s 2018 World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old are all too familiar with the technology that was used to restore and bring new life to 100-year-old video footage of British soldiers during the Great War. That same technology, which digitized, refined, colored, and converted the old film stock to 4K quality is also refined, colored, and converted the old film stock to 4K quality is also being used by Jackson and the team at Park Road Post, per Collider. Early footage that has been shown almost looks as if it was captured on high-definition cameras in the 21st Century opposed to January 1969.


Peter Jackson Has Said The Beatles: Get Back Changes The Narrative Of The Band’s Final Days:

For decades now, the story has gone that the final days of The Beatles’ existence were filled with drama, in-fighting, and a breakdown of communication. And while some of that may very well be true, Peter Jackson has said The Beatles: Get Back shows a different side of the band and its four members, as he explained in a statement upon the documentary’s reveal (via NPR):


"I was relieved to discover the reality is very different to the myth. After reviewing all the footage and audio that Michael Lindsay-Hogg shot 18 months before they broke up, it's simply an amazing historical treasure-trove. Sure, there's moments of drama — but none of the discord this project has long been associated with. Watching John, Paul, George, and Ringo work together, creating now-classic songs from scratch, is not only fascinating — it's funny, uplifting and surprisingly intimate."


https://www.cinemablend.com/news/25...ck-things-about-the-peter-jackson-documentary

It feels as if we’ve been waiting forever for this. I have a copy of the VHS cassette from the early 1980s, but the quality is fair, at best. It will be incredible to see a 4K remaster, with all of that extra footage.

 

[Vince Evert]

To be fair to Michael Lindsay Hogg , the original director there was a number of issues with the original film (Let it Be) which he talked about almost a year ago. I ll see if i can find it and post here. It's going to be interesting to see what Peter Jackson will be able to achieve with his remastered version.

 

[Vince Evert]

OK here it is.
Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg interview. This was printed on the Ultimate Classic Rock website a year ago. I'll just copy and paste a portion of it here. Interesting stuff:


On May 13, 1970, fans got their final look at the Beatles as one cohesive unit when the documentary Let It Be was released. Unveiled roughly a month after the band had broken up - and a week after the album of the same name was released - many expected the movie to be a kind of Beatles wake, capturing the final, tumultuous days of the biggest band on Earth. While some moments of turmoil did make the final cut, the majority of Let It Be highlighted the group’s creative process.

Using the cinema verite style of filmmaking - also referred to as a fly-on-the-wall technique - director Michael Lindsay-Hogg gave viewers an inside look at the Beatles hard at work. There's no narration pushing the story, with only a few titles explaining what's unfolding onscreen. Instead, Lindsay-Hogg chose to let the band’s songs and conversations propel the film forward.

Let It Be is structured into three segments. The first shows the band rehearsing at Twickenham studio, the second displays their recording at Apple headquarters and the third is their now-famous rooftop performance.

Many of the scenes at Twickenham seem jubilant, far from the “hell” that John Lennon and Paul McCartney would later describe. The band fools around on the sound stage, jamming on early versions of “Two of Us” and “I’ve Got a Feeling.” At one point, McCartney is seen discussing the song “One After 909,” stating that the band had avoided recording the tune because it “always hated the words.” Later, Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, are shown waltzing to “I Me Mine.”


Still, arguably the most notable moment of the movie’s first act is a confrontation between McCartney and George Harrison. “I’m trying to help you, but all I hear is myself annoying you,” McCartney is heard saying. In response, the so-called Quiet Beatle speaks up: "I'll play whatever you want me to play, or I won't play at all if you don't want me to play. Whatever it is that will please you, I'll do it."

“I was aware that they were beginning to get on each other’s nerves,” Lindsay-Hogg later admitted in a conversation with Entertainment Weekly. The director sensed the tension building and positioned his cameras so the drama could unfold naturally. “I didn’t want them to feel the cameras were intrusive. I put one camera up in the gantry shooting down, so they didn’t see it. I moved the other camera back to the end of the studio. So they didn’t really know the cameras were there, which gave them the opportunity to get it off their chest.”

As Let It Be moved to Apple Studio for recording sessions, its tone becomes more serious. The band buckles down and focuses on hammering out new songs. Moments include Harrison and Ringo Starr working on “Octopus's Garden,” a bossa nova interpretation of “The Long and Winding Road” and a full run-through of “Let It Be.”

At one point, McCartney has a sidebar with Lennon to discuss Harrison’s resistance to performances. “He says ‘no films,’” McCartney explains. “But it’s wrong that. Very wrong that. Because you don’t know. What he means is no Help!, no Hard Day’s Night. And I agree. But no films? Cos this is a film, and now he doesn’t mind this.” McCartney goes on to note Harrison’s refusal to play TV shows or even get in front of a live audience. Lennon stares and smokes a cigarette while his bandmate complains.

“That was a tough one to keep in,” Lindsay-Hogg later admitted, revealing that the Beatles had initially pressured him to cut the conversation. The director described the scene as McCartney “yammering on, and John looks like he’s about to die from boredom.”

While the first two sections of the movie gives viewers unprecedented access inside the Beatles’ world, the lasting image of Let It Be remains the band’s iconic rooftop performance. The surprise concert wasn't initially planned, but came about after things evolved.

“Originally, the project was going be a television special, and the documentary footage was going to be used to support the television special,” Lindsay-Hogg explained. “Then, when we realized we weren’t going to do the television special, I had this idea to at least aim somewhere, and to try to do some kind of concert.”

The band discussed various venues - including London clubs, an amphitheater in Greece or even on a boat.

“We’d been looking for an end to the film, and it was a case of ‘How are we going to finish this in two weeks’ time?’” McCartney recalled in The Beatles Anthology. “So, it was suggested that we go up on the roof and do a concert there.” “I remember it was cold and windy and damp,” added Starr, “but all the people looking out from offices were really enjoying it.”

Indeed, part of what makes the concert segment so enjoyable are the reactions of unsuspecting passersby. When the Beatles perform their opening rendition of “Get Back,” a handful of locals are shown on the streets below, glancing upward and pointing. As the band continues its set - delivering renditions of “Don’t Let Me Down,” “I’ve Got a Feeling” and “Dig a Pony” - more and more curious onlookers begin to fill the streets. Fans climb atop neighboring buildings, hoping to get an even better view of the once-in-a-lifetime performance.


Read More: 50 Years Ago: 'Let It Be' Movie Captures the Beatles' Final Days | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-let-it-be-film/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

 

[tented]

This guy’s channel is worth checking out — it’s all about the Beatles.

 

[Hoergren]

Beatles music still lives on through new artists as The Monalisa Twins who played for two years in The Cavern on Saturday nights. Here with a beautifull issue of If I fell. Check out the many other Beatles songs they have made - very talented girls


And here from The Cavern -you're gonna lose that girl - let it run and you get While my guitar gently weeps

 

[Vince Evert]

Breaking...

The Beatles Get Back (aka Let it Be) documentary has taken another turn.


No cinema/theatrical release but there will instead be 6 hours streaming on the Disney Plus channel over 3 nights coming up in November.

“THE BEATLES: GET BACK,” A DISNEY+ ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES DIRECTED BY PETER JACKSON, TO DEBUT EXCLUSIVELY ON DISNEY+

www.thebeatles.com

 

[Vince Evert]

It's a generational thing is what it boils down to.

In a nutshell, there isn't going to be some immersive two-hour theatrical release (probably because of the pandemic). And no date has been announced regarding blu-ray/DVD product at least at this stage!
The international deal with Disney, who have poured millions of $$$ and in a commercial sense they're wanting to maximise and get the money back through subscription and streaming services.

Well I can live without that, but I do wonder whether six hours of this one era of January, 1969 might actually be too much?
Generally diehards can't get enough of the Beatles but I'm not so sure about this marketing strategy.
The idea of paying for, but never actually owning something, is still a very foreign concept for over fifty, sixty-seventy somethings to grasp.

 

[Vince Evert]

 

[Vince Evert]

So... as it stands today... we're getting 6 hours of Beatles footage from the "Get Back" sessions filmed during Jan. 1969 available to be streamed on Disney international. On the one level , that's incredible news as i had expected this thing was to be an restored, theatrical work... but no more than two hours in length.
I will assume (and hope) this will eventually become a DVD/blu ray package late 2022 once Disney finishes their streaming , re-runs included. I will purchase when this inevitably becomes available as physical product.

With Disney scheduling this 3 days in a row late November, that fits.

But I have no interest whatsover in subscribing to Disney or any streaming provider, guess i'm too old school in that respect.


One more point: is the restoration director Peter Jackson correct when he says that there's was a lot of unseen fun and warmth in those sessions that was somehow left-out?
Because the thought of six hour version based on Michael Lindsay Hogg's "Let It Be"... of what he had to produce/lift his footage from (and Hogg wouldv'e had access to the same amount of tapes), sounds painful ?

The Peter Jackson comment not only discredits and undermines the original director and his 1970 edit/product but sounds like exactly the kind of project you would not expect to be of great interest to new fans and diehards alike because of the six hours length. Even viewing the original 80 minutes you get the sense of the tension, partly with Yoko Ono Lennon being there, as well as Lennon's less than enthusiasm in the sessions, saved only by their famous rooftop concert that will be 43 minutes long, this time!. How is the Jackson edit going to change that and in a sense, re-write history?

 

[tented]

So... as it stands today... we're getting 6 hours of Beatles footage from the "Get Back" sessions filmed during Jan. 1969 available to be streamed on Disney international. On the one level , that's incredible news as i had expected this thing was to be an restored, theatrical work... but no more than two hours in length.
I will assume (and hope) this will eventually become a DVD/blu ray package late 2022 once Disney finishes their streaming , re-runs included. I will purchase when this inevitably becomes available as physical product.

With Disney scheduling this 3 days in a row late November, that fits.

But I have no interest whatsover in subscribing to Disney or any streaming provider, guess i'm too old school in that respect.


One more point: is the restoration director Peter Jackson correct when he says that there's was a lot of unseen fun and warmth in those sessions that was somehow left-out?
Because the thought of six hour version based on Michael Lindsay Hogg's "Let It Be"... of what he had to produce/lift his footage from (and Hogg wouldv'e had access to the same amount of tapes), sounds painful ?

The Peter Jackson comment not only discredits and undermines the original director and his 1970 edit/product but sounds like exactly the kind of project you would not expect to be of great interest to new fans and diehards alike because of the six hours length. Even viewing the original 80 minutes you get the sense of the tension, partly with Yoko Ono Lennon being there, as well as Lennon's less than enthusiasm in the sessions, saved only by their famous rooftop concert that will be 43 minutes long, this time!. How is the Jackson edit going to change that and in a sense, re-write history?

Do you know if this will be shown only once in late November on Disney+, or will it be repeated and/or available to watch at any time after the debut? I’ve been googling this question, but can’t find an answer.

 

[Vince Evert]

original theatrical trailer-

 

[Vince Evert]

Do you know if this will be shown only once in late November on Disney+, or will it be repeated and/or available to watch at any time after the debut? I’ve been googling this question, but can’t find an answer.

No, I don't. But you can bet that Disney, who have poured millions into this project, is going to maximise their investments with a number of re-runs maybe for another 9-12 months. As mention before, A blu-ray ? DVD box set will follow but can't see that happening until late next year.

 

[Vince Evert]

"Get Back" rehearsal but with Lennon singing lead. There is another take that has George singing a couple verses but have not found it.