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Bowling with the Beatles

Posted about 4 years ago
As far as I can remember, only one live album was released (officially) by the Beatles. More specifically, by their record company. I don't think they cared for it, as it has never been released on CD, and I hear no rumors that it ever will be.I, for one, think this is a shame. I finally broke down and digitized my vinyl copy. Yes, the screaming crowds are not conducive to great sound. Still, it portrays the chaotic feel of a Beatles concert at the time, and it does contain this version of "Dizzy Miss Lizzie", which I think has acquired a different, more loping beat since the studio version was recorded. I particularly enjoy this one more.
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  1. deadmandeadman
    deadmandeadman says There was a bootleg called "Five Nights In A Judo Arena" (the Budokahn). Excellent sound quality. But the Beatles weren't having a good night.
    Permalink posted 01/15/2008
  2. dermahrk
    dermahrk says I also enjoy the fact that Lennon changes up the lyrics to include "Love me 'til I'm satisfied" and "Love me 'til the end of time", certainly a more salacious interpretation.
    Permalink posted 01/15/2008
  3. Bartleby
    Bartleby says I must say the hubbub is quite annoying - that's why I think the Beatles were never pleased with their live performances.
    Permalink posted 01/15/2008
  4. Lester Jonze
    Lester Jonze says I have a vinyl copy of this, haven't listened to it in years though, you know, that whole screaming thing, yeeouch.
    Permalink posted 01/15/2008
  5. Spike
    Spike says Why exactly would a girl scream and scream? It's far more than the fact that every girl around her was screaming and screaming. She's experiencing what all of us would love to experience more often, being totally transported aesthetically Of course there are sociological and sexual forces at work as well. Probably one of the opening acts played something that was just as musical as the Beatles' interpretation of "Dizzy Miss Lizzie," to tepid applause, so she's screaming about everything else the Beatles have done for her as well.
    Permalink posted 01/15/2008
  6. dermahrk
    dermahrk says I think part of it was group-think among the fans at the time. They may've screamed loudest for the Beatles, but they screamed for every Brit act, DC5, Stones, even Gerry and the Pacemakers, on the old Sullivan shows and, I assume, in concert. Hell, when I attended the debut of Hard Day's Night in an Ann Arbor movie theater, they screamed at the screen. It is a damn shame that the Beatles stopped touring when they did. A couple of years later the modern concert industry was really born, with decent sound (and now, video) and the screams they grew to hate would've died off. Their frustration is very understandable, though.
    Permalink posted 01/15/2008
  7. Spike
    Spike says So you think that the main reason that they were screaming was frustration at the sound system? Perhaps, but maybe it's more common for young teenage girls to scream than other people. Once rock & roll changed into rock, and older people went to concerts, screaming was not the rule. When groups like U2 ruled the scene, there wasn't much for young female teenagers to scream at, but maybe they're screaming now at whoever is popular in their demographic. But the Beatles had much more novelty value.
    Permalink posted 01/15/2008
  8. Mike the Knife
    Mike the Knife says Don't forget that bobby-soxers screamed (and sometimes literally swooned) for Sinatra and rock-and-roll gals did the same for Elvis, and so on. (The Osmonds, NKOTB, etc.) Hormones?
    Permalink posted 01/15/2008
  9. uncle creepy
    uncle creepy says excellent choice, Mark! At their core, The Fabs were a rock n roll band. They probably sounded better live, in the small venues they cut their teeth in for a couple years, at least, before hitting the pay dirt. The low-fi tapes of the Star Club '62 shows from Hamburg, and scraps from the Cavern in Liverpool hardly recreate what it must have been like, and ironically even as the biggest band in the world a couple years later the live concert technology was abysmal... the lads stopped performing before such taken for granted basics as a P.A. system, sound board, etc were used - they played those stadiums with no mix, no equalizing, no monitors, and their music was "heard" under the din through the power of a couple of 40 - watt Vox amps - totally insane... and no wonder they lost interest in playing live by '66, save for a few nostalgic final shows in Germany during their final tour. This one catches them in the middle period, 1965... when they were rapidly progressing musically yet not burnt out on Beatlemania... "Hollywood Bowl" as you say actually adds to their earlier studio take on "Dizzy..." as an audio document it compares quite nicely next to the spotty attempts at "live" recordings released in 1966 and '67 by The Stones (the spin-off e.p. is better and more authentic than "Got Live If You Want It"), The Kinks ("Live at Kelvin Hall" has it's ups and definite downs)... and actually, hardly any of the beat bands even tried to simulate a live show on record or on TV in the mid-'60s... witness Dave Clark 5 - I challenge anyone to even find 1 live microphone on during any of their Ed Sullivan Show appearences... (there is 1, 1 mike in 1 clip somewhere, maybe?). Oops, I went on a rant again!
    Permalink posted 01/16/2008
  10. dermahrk
    dermahrk says Rant really appreciated, UC. As interesting as talking about screaming, panting young girls is (oh YEAH), the main point of this post was the music. Glad someone commented on THAT!
    Permalink posted 01/16/2008
  11. uncle creepy
    uncle creepy says I have to say;-D~ ~fYkonCTA9bh.mp3~ that at my [north by northwest end neighborhood] theater too, girls were screaming and squealing during certain scenes - e.g., hysterically giddy on cue for the close-up of one Beatles' boot tapping during "I Should Have Known Better" in the storage cage of the trainA Hard Day's Night! (The Balboa, still a single screen, mainly a repertory-house these days).
    Permalink posted 01/16/2008
  12. dermahrk
    dermahrk says Thanks for that. I think I might have that bootleg version on a CD at home. What happened to your text, though? Super small, cut off at beginning and end, WTF?
    Permalink posted 01/17/2008
  13. Jonh Ingham
    Jonh Ingham says Good choice. I haven't listened to this in decades, but there are some really good cuts on that album. Considering they could hardly hear themselves it's a pretty tight performance. On YouTube there's a video from Paris in 63/64 and they are stupendous.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2008
  14. tweepop4u
    tweepop4u says How many bands sound good live? How many bands sound good live along with a million screaming teenagers? Best recording I've ever heard of that song.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2008
  15. uncle creepy
    uncle creepy says weird about the text in my comment, dunno what happenned. Just saying, that girls were screaming during A Hard Day's Night at the theater when I saw it too (in '64).
    Permalink posted 01/21/2008

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