The Beatles - Live At The Festival Hall
AUS Parlophone Mono, PMCO 7522
First released October 2010
01 - I Saw Her Standing There (Introduced by Alan Field)
02 - You Can't Do That
03 - All My Loving (Introduced by Paul)
04 - She Loves You (Introduced by John)
05 - Till There Was You (Introduced by Paul)
06 - Roll Over Beethoven
07 - Can't Buy Me Love (Introduced by Paul)
08 - This Boy (Introduced by George)
09 - Twist & Shout
10 - Long Tall Sally (Introduced by Paul)
==About the album==
A few weeks ago I was having a few beers with an old mate of mine who used to work as a graphic designer at EMI Australia during the 1960s. The conversation turned to The Beatles--as it does--and what happened next astounded me.
From an old box in his garage, my mate pulled out an LP that I had never seen before. He explained that EMI Australia had intended to capitalise on Beatlemania and release a live album just after the Beatles toured here in June 1964. EMI had gone as far as creating a small number of advance copies for internal review, and scheduled a tentative public release for 21 July 1964.
Unfortunately though, negotiations with both Brian Epstein and the owner of the sound recording (the National Television Network) fell through, meaning that the album never saw the light of day...
...UNTIL NOW!
Here is that album, reproduced right down to (my mate's) original artwork! The LP master tapes are now long gone; all that's left are an abundance of bootlegs taken from a tape of the concert.
The sound here is clearly superior to that of existing bootlegs. There's no obvious tape dropouts. There's a high-end presence. And it's true mono. The intro has been edited considerably to "tighten" up the performance. Even the tape damage we've all come to expect in "Twist & Shout" is almost inaudible.
I hope you enjoy this amazing find as much as I did!
==About this transfer==
OK, time to cut the crap. Only the second last paragraph above is correct. I've taken the Melbourne late-show tracks as they appear on Quarter Apple's "300,000 Beatle Fans Can't Be Wrong" bootleg--which I think is the best sounding of the lot--and spent many, many hours repairing the tape dropouts and minor faults. I then decided to make a "what if?" scenario and created the above story as well as period artwork (including logos and catalogue number) - yes, EMI Australian covers of the era were not overly imaginative, just look at "With The Beatles" and "Beatles For Sale", lol. So here is conceivably what *could* have been released had EMI Australia had both the foresight, and permission, to release such an album back in July 1964...
PS: If anyone thinks they can improve the sound, pls have a go and post the results here. I'm always happy to accept improvements.
==Remastered by Q==
Source Matrices
01-10: Quarter Apple's "300,000 Beatle Fans Can't Be Wrong", CD2T1-11
Hardware
- N/A
Software
- Audition 3.0.1 (audio editing and repair)
- iZotope RX Advanced (audio repair)
Artwork included