The Beatles - Paperback Writer (Live In Japan)

The Beatles live in Japan

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Music

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• Beatles
• Live
• Paperback
• Writer
• Lennon
• McCartney
• Harrison
• Ringo

[Zangoose69]

Lol did someone else notice Paul's eternal struggle against the turning crappy microphone?? xD

[iiixySaTnAfLaNiF]

Fight the microphone, Paul!

Ah, you gotta love the Beatles, their great.

[Easyandy100]

@sstbmadsen Ah here is the irate Beatles fan! No the Stones had a hell of a time playing in the 60's with riots and actually being attacked on stage. My point is that they kept playing whereas The Beatles stopped with the excuse that no one could hear them. Rubbish in my view.

[sstbmadsen]

@Easyandy100 Please don't ever compare the fans of The Who and the Stones to anything the Beatles faced. Sorry, they weren't even near the same level of insanity the Beatles faced at any point in their illustrious careers. NOT EVEN CLOSE. And I like all 3 bands.

[Easyandy100]

@Pikkaeyoon070511 I had that compilation! I think it was the first record I played over and over again.

[Easyandy100]

@Pikkaeyoon070511 I am suprised I didn't get slated by an irate Beatles fan. I like The Beatles but The Who were by far the better live band. It's no great secret that The Beatles couldn't really hack it live (which is all I pointed out) I mean if The Stones could keep touring in front of screaming fans why couldn't The Beatles? The owe so much to their manager and more importantly their producer who totally whipped them into shape.

[Pikkaeyoon070511]

@JimDeYoung1 You know... they wouldn't even need 64 tracks or today's computer recording equipment.. just a decent mixing board and a 16 track recorder and some good vocal mics and mics for the amps and drums.. decent sound reinforcement equipment and this show could have been released as an album.. and of course a few more Rubber Soul and Revolver tracks.. imagine them tackling "And Your Bird Can Sing"

[Pikkaeyoon070511]

@curzonator There was good equipment then..it's just that the practice of a rock band owning and trucking around tons of musical quality P.A., onstage monitor speakers, fully mic'ed up instruments and Front-Of-House mixing boards OR sports stadiums maintaining theater quality speakers instead of the general public address systems for announcing sports scores had not developed yet. Ten years later McCartney had 6 tractor trailers of equipment for the WOA tour..

[Pikkaeyoon070511]

@trafficjamparades you're right.. the Japanese fans are not screaming anywhere NEAR as loud as fans elsewhere did and they are being quiet when the Beatles are playing. The band was just kind of sloppy and no longer committed as they had been in their last really great live years 1963 or 1964.. they didn't even rehearse new songs or add much new material to their live act .. even closing with Long Tall Sally toward the end of the tour instead of I'm Down!

[Pikkaeyoon070511]

@MyFriendsDoMusic As one who graduate high school in 1986.. trust me.. the Beatles were loved by millions worldwide. Though in the late 70s and 80s there were plenty of people who were through with the Beatles and Beatlemania.. STILL if at any point McCartney Lennon Harrison and Starr had come together to play a show or put out a record EVERYTHING would have halted and people would have listened. I remember when Rock and Roll Music compilation went top ten in summer 1976..

[Pikkaeyoon070511]

@Rikenrocker The Japanese weren't dominating A/V like they would a little later on.. you couldn't have sold people on SONY, Panasonic, or JVC then.. though I think Yamaha instruments were making a reputation.. I don't think Yamaha made a real dent in the rock and jazz instrument market till the 70s.. though I'm sure good equipment was there in Japan and they would have LOVED it if the Beatles had used it in this concert.. My kingdom for a time machine!

[Pikkaeyoon070511]

@DeformedDinosaur The band looks tired, bored.. but realize that they had had Jan to Mar 1966 off and had spent Apr to Jun recording revolver which was recorded over a leisurely 10 weeks with maybe 4 sessions a week. The last day of the Revolver session.. McCartney stormed out after a group argument and thus it is George playing bass on She Said She Said.. already the tensions and dissension within the Beatles was making itself known and the band was just beginning to come apart.