Rare Beatles concert footage

 

Came across this Youtube post featuring a recently 'restored' live Beatles concert. The introduction explains that the full concert was recorded during the visit to Australia in 1964, but it was cut and hacked to feature only selected songs for the final version. Its a good example of a full early concert including some rather garish warm up acts, some of the video footage has been lost and is replaced by similiar images, but the full soundtrack remains. After seeing  the 'Bootlegs' last week  i am reviewing the live concerts to see the quality of the live music and their stagecraft.

There has in recent years been some criticism of the live sound of the band,  - as the beatle madness got out of control they lost faith in the touring and musical credibility, it was one of the reasons why they eventually gave up live touring. It is also interesting as it shows Lennons attitude to the audience, not very politically correct now and probably not as he intended, but read into it what you will. But despite the poor quality of the recording and early video quality it actually proves how tight they were as a rock band, both vocally and musically. See for your self, they play the last forty minutes or so, the warm up acts are as expected about 5 years behind the Beatles in their act and look....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiEDsJz9yQ8

 

...whilst i was on the youtube site i also found this interview with Paul McCartney recorded in 1990.
Although there are loads of interviews with him and his interpretation of the break-up of the band, this one seem rather openhearted, and very personal, never seen it before and worth a look, the ending is poignant because it is 'off camera' and has Linda being very straight forward.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aboVVvLgelw