The Beatles Candlestick Park Paperback Writer

[Mimereader2]

I remember that we could hear enough, but I can well understand why the Beatles soon decided that they needed to get into the studio. At that concert I remember how a mass of people without tickets invaded from over an outfield fence, and a strong showing of guards corralled them away from the stage. I knew I was within a historical event, where even the unexpected had a peculiar kind of rightness about it. Oddly, although I saved the ticket for awhile, I must have given it away.

[onthemoveagain]

I like the pure rawness of this.

[USAMicrosoftGuy]

Doesn't sound like paul....

[zukolover666]

COOL!!

[Sagurasu]

Hard to believe! I was here. Wanna talk about sound? It was far better than the Rolling Stones at Tokyo Dome just a few years ago. You have to remember that this concert was at about the time that John Lennon said that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Of course he meant that the number of churchgoers in England had declined. I believe that only half the available seats were sold. Not a sellout! Ticket price was $6.50. Yup, I've still got mine!

[1olrocker]

WOW! The only version of Paperback Writer I've ever heard the Beatles perform live is the one that most Beatle fans have heard at the Budokhan Hall in Japan, and there is hardly ANY audio and even less video from their final show at Candlestick Park. What a treat! Thank you so much for posting this, they sounded awesome! Imagine if they had the drive to continue touring, and then had the technology for mega amps, stage monitors, and computers like we have today - they could put on some shows!

[Voxac100b]

They did have monitors here and one of the most powerful amps for the time in 1966. The super beatle vox amps were 120w and the overall PA wattage about 1100W......this was an amateur recording on a hand held tape recorder.

[1olrocker]

@Voxac100b

If they had monitors at Candlestick, it would have been the FIRST and obvioiusly LAST AND ONLY time in their touring career they had them.

[Voxac100b]

Yes true but not overall as Vox column speakers were used as monitors on the 69 rooftop.

[Voxac100b]

@1olrocker I was reading an article about their concert in Seattle Centre in 1964 and some ALTEC lansing speaker horns hung from the ceiling and pointed back towards the stage were used as monitors the Beatles said they could hear themselves over the 14300 screaming fans. Some sound from the concert is on this site check it out its excellent

[orthiconghost]

@Voxac100b The Beatles never had fold back speakers or monitors in front for any tour. I listened to a copy of the Japanese concerts and the results of not being able to hear one's self was quite apparent.

[Voxac100b]

@orthiconghost If you look at the 16mm newsreel footage you will see three monitor speakers in place two either side of the stage and one below in front. These were confirmed by the only surviving member of the candlestick park sound crew who I spoke to personally. As far as the Japan concerts were concerned the group could hear themseleves what we were hearing was the results of the fatigue of touring.

[orthiconghost]

@Voxac100b I checked it out. So, did they have monitor speakers for the 1966 US tour or just @ Candlestick? As far as the Japan 1966 concerts, I would tend to argue that couldn't hear themselves and/or didn'r care. I've heard two concerts from Japan and in both the Beatles sound awful: Paperback Writer & Nowhere Man suffer the most as the band is out of tune, off-key and off-beat!

[Voxac100b]

@orthiconghost Candlestick Park is the only concert that I have seen with monitors the problem was the band turned up and used whatever PA system the sound company gave them unlike today where bands tour with their own PA system. George and Neil confirmed they could hear themselves in Japan (chk Teisco PA at foot of the stage - well within the bands range with a quiet audience) the strain and lack of interest was setting in which showed in the quality of their performance,

[Gooseberry51]

@orthiconghost There were no back line monitors during their whole live career. And with all the screaming people it was almost impossible to hear the things they did. Its really amazing they managed to sing harmonies at all. Basically they were very good to be able to perform in those terrible conditions.

[shyguy76]

1965-1966 was my fav. era of Beatles . But then again so was 1963, 4 , 7 , 8 and well 69 LOL. But 65-66 was the best!

[Desdemona202]

Same

Revolver and Rubber Soul are theit best albums

[Nacho66]

This version fucking ROCKS!

They sound almost like a latter day The Who. It really sounds like they gave a shit on this one.

Those guitars are really kicking ass.

[shareschannel]

A latter day the who haha you dont know what your talking about do you?

[Nacho66]

Sure do bitch.

Listen to the bass 'n drums - VERY heavy and kickin'.

Just listen to the bass playing - Entwistle would KILL to have ever been this good.

As for the drums - well, you don't need 2 kick drums, a dozen toms, and a gong to be a good drummer, now do you?

[nyterpfan]

@Nacho66 Nacho---I completely agree with you--they are tearing it up in this cut--proves that the Beatles could rock with anybody!! DAMN--would love to have heard them at their peak--imagine how good they would sound live with all the technological bells and whistles we have today--it would be AWESOME!!

[r4d4101]

amazing.

question:

is it normal to love the beatles as much as I do ?

[iamtheeggman100]

no. i mean yes lol. this is my second youtube screen name cuz i filled my other one with too much beatles stuff.

[tokyoisfun]

They sound great! Thanks for posting this. Where did you get this?? Rare! There must be video footage somewhere of this amazing concert. Please post it!

[davidroot8]

thanks for posting it

[beatle608]

You bet, and thanks for watching!

[PicciProductions]

yea they couldn't even here themselves sing. and wow you would think they would have actually listened if they knew this was the last concert.

[mccarli]

is the best !

[Mimereader2]

I was there, about eight rows back from home plate. They arrived in an armored car and then the girls made that sound that was so much like four jets warming up. Unforgettable.

[darost]

You saw the last Beatles concert!

[zukolover666]

@darost LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[myenglishland]

woah! you have got to be one of the luckiest people ever to see the last beatles concert! could you hear much then or was it just screaming all the way through? wasn't this just before the whole jesus thing?

[puzleman1]

How many people would you say were there?

was the crowd in a frenzie??

I know it wasnt a sell out

[Voxac100b]

about 25,000

[mslaerik]

Frère Jacques!

[Rawego]

John and Paul definitely didn't eat their Wheaties that morning! but it's a hard song to belt out. high notes, low notes, high notes, low notes,.. i think i just broke ma voice!

[elcaifo]

Considering the fact that they wasn't listening to themselves, is pretty well.

[ruotze]

Wow! Great!

[powergirl901]

Isn't it funny that the Beatles didn't influence an entire generation to wear suits and ties?

[beatle608]

I guess I'd never thought of that!

[koreakutie]

Everyone was ALREADY wearing suits and ties, to go to the movies or even to mow the lawn, when The Beatles broke. Just ask The Beaver. Haha. But The Beatles DID influence everyone to drop the suit and tie routine when they started wearing country western (Rubber Soul) and psychedelic. So, whenever you're enjoying a "casual Friday" say, "Thank you, Beatles."

[beatlesguru]

Damn. They really did tighten up in the course of playing through their last '66 tours (Germany & Japan, then U.S. after a break). Compare this killer s**t to the way they sounded in Japan attempting this track. Anybody know if there's video to go with this concert?

[bauersnarky]

they were probably giving it one last hurrah before they were done, they knew going into this that it was going to be their last concert ever

[beatlesguru]

You're right, plus, they'd been playing this set for about two months and had tightened up. The filmed Budokan gigs were only their third or fourth venue since returning to the road in '66 - and this after not having toured since Dec '65. Also, they had the most powerful amps and PAs they ever had on their '66 American tour, though still no monitors.

[no1cfielder]

I didn't think the concerts in Japan seemed so bad, but if they weren't up to par, they probably were suffering from jet-lag.

[Voxac100b]

This is the only concert that I have seen where monitors were used.

[lumbago12]

I don't think they would have been much use!

[Voxac100b]

Listening to the announcements on tape would suggest stage vocal levels that evening were not a problem.. reports from the fans said most of the concert could be heard perhaps the sea breezes helped!

[jaredgetsacookie]

A fan or two filmed some 8mm footage that's turned up in a few places... try searching for a vid called BEATLES DOCUMENTARY and you'll see a clip of one fan's footage. Other than photos and the audio Tony Barrow taped, that's it.

[yellbatman]

once a aggin amazing