Post by pledm on Jan 30, 2014 12:14:40 GMT -5
Hi all,I`ve put this on before;
It was 45 years ago today… that the Beatles played their final gig atop 3 Savile Row, London.
Here`s the Rooftop concert;I`ve had to change/find this so many times,this 1 should work;
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Have to change it again
THE BEATLES NEEDED a way to finish their film. And time was running out.
Throughout January 1969, director Michael Lindsay-Hogg (the man who shot the Paperback Writer/Rain and Hey Jude/Revolution promotional shorts) had been filming the dissolution of the biggest band in the world as they rehearsed and recorded the songs that would eventually appear on Let It Be.
The decision to move the production from the cavernous confines of Twickenham Studios to the intimate rooms of the new Apple offices at 3 Savile Row in central London was a wise one, immediately thawing the frosty atmosphere that had so far blighted the project. Beatles Press Officer, Derek Taylor: “I was glad when they came back to Apple and were inside the building again. There was a two or three-week period at the end of January when it was nice”.
A live concert had been suggested as a way to end the film and so it was that on January 30 The Beatles ascended the stairs at Apple HQ to play live together for the very last time. What followed remains one of the all-time greatest moments in pop culture…
Beatles purchased 3 Savile Row in the summer of 1968, quickly installing a studio in the basement. Following the Let It Be sessions in January 1969, it would go on to host the recording of albums including Harry Nilsson’s Son Of Schmilsson (1972), Tim Hardin’s Painted Head (1972), Ringo’s Ringo (1973), George’s Living In The Material World (1973), Roger Daltrey’s Daltrey (1973) and Badfinger’s Ass (1973). The building would remain under Apple ownership until 1976. In 2013, US clothes brand Abercrombie & Fitch attempted to open an outlet at 3 Savile Row much to the outrage of the street’s heritage tailors. Here’s a photo of the building taken on Tuesday, January 28, 2014.
The idea of ending the Let It Be film with a live performance had been around for a while. Neil Aspinall: “They were talking about doing a concert on a boat or an amphitheatre in Greece… or at The Roundhouse in London.” Four days before the event, on January 26, the roof was chosen as the location for the movie’s conclusion. You can see the band discussing how to end the film in the final part of The Beatles Anthology series.
The performance itself began at around 12pm on a bitterly cold Thursday lunchtime and lasted for 42 minutes. Approximately half of the gig is shown at the end of Let It Be. Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg and his team had boarded the roof prior to The Beatles’ arrival (witness McCartney jumping up and down to test the new stage) and two eight-track machines were running in the basement in order to record the sound. Several cameras were used, including those capturing the reaction of onlookers in the street below.
Also here`s something from MOJO Magazine;
www.mojo4music.com/11595/20-things-need-know-beatles-rooftop-concert/
borntolisten.com/2017/01/30/january-30-the-beatles-played-the-rooftop-concert-apple-building-1969/
www.denofgeek.com/us/culture/the-beatles/252456/the-beatles-got-back-where-they-belonged-in-rooftop-swan-song
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Adding this from another site enjoy;
ok.ru/video/210197154475
It was 45 years ago today… that the Beatles played their final gig atop 3 Savile Row, London.
Here`s the Rooftop concert;I`ve had to change/find this so many times,this 1 should work;
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Have to change it again
THE BEATLES NEEDED a way to finish their film. And time was running out.
Throughout January 1969, director Michael Lindsay-Hogg (the man who shot the Paperback Writer/Rain and Hey Jude/Revolution promotional shorts) had been filming the dissolution of the biggest band in the world as they rehearsed and recorded the songs that would eventually appear on Let It Be.
The decision to move the production from the cavernous confines of Twickenham Studios to the intimate rooms of the new Apple offices at 3 Savile Row in central London was a wise one, immediately thawing the frosty atmosphere that had so far blighted the project. Beatles Press Officer, Derek Taylor: “I was glad when they came back to Apple and were inside the building again. There was a two or three-week period at the end of January when it was nice”.
A live concert had been suggested as a way to end the film and so it was that on January 30 The Beatles ascended the stairs at Apple HQ to play live together for the very last time. What followed remains one of the all-time greatest moments in pop culture…
Beatles purchased 3 Savile Row in the summer of 1968, quickly installing a studio in the basement. Following the Let It Be sessions in January 1969, it would go on to host the recording of albums including Harry Nilsson’s Son Of Schmilsson (1972), Tim Hardin’s Painted Head (1972), Ringo’s Ringo (1973), George’s Living In The Material World (1973), Roger Daltrey’s Daltrey (1973) and Badfinger’s Ass (1973). The building would remain under Apple ownership until 1976. In 2013, US clothes brand Abercrombie & Fitch attempted to open an outlet at 3 Savile Row much to the outrage of the street’s heritage tailors. Here’s a photo of the building taken on Tuesday, January 28, 2014.
The idea of ending the Let It Be film with a live performance had been around for a while. Neil Aspinall: “They were talking about doing a concert on a boat or an amphitheatre in Greece… or at The Roundhouse in London.” Four days before the event, on January 26, the roof was chosen as the location for the movie’s conclusion. You can see the band discussing how to end the film in the final part of The Beatles Anthology series.
The performance itself began at around 12pm on a bitterly cold Thursday lunchtime and lasted for 42 minutes. Approximately half of the gig is shown at the end of Let It Be. Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg and his team had boarded the roof prior to The Beatles’ arrival (witness McCartney jumping up and down to test the new stage) and two eight-track machines were running in the basement in order to record the sound. Several cameras were used, including those capturing the reaction of onlookers in the street below.
Also here`s something from MOJO Magazine;
www.mojo4music.com/11595/20-things-need-know-beatles-rooftop-concert/
borntolisten.com/2017/01/30/january-30-the-beatles-played-the-rooftop-concert-apple-building-1969/
www.denofgeek.com/us/culture/the-beatles/252456/the-beatles-got-back-where-they-belonged-in-rooftop-swan-song
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Adding this from another site enjoy;
ok.ru/video/210197154475
