Beatles, Melbourne 1964 live footage

[idealassets]

I came across this and watched the entire hour + 12 minute concert. The Beatles played most of their first album material, and start out on 2 Ric guitars at about 42:30 into the concert.

1. The first 3 bands sound in no way even comparable to the fine work of the Beatles. I especially notice John Lennon holding down the band with his guitar "chucking", putting a good timing on it all.

2. What models of Ric guitars are these? George has front binding on his.

3. I can't really detect a 12 string until the 3rd song "All My Lovin", Did George switch to a 12 string here?

4. What model of Gretsch guitar does George eventually switch to later on in the concert?

5. I like the early Beatles bowing to the audience after every song.

If this hasn't been posted before I hope you enjoy this:

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

[deaconblues]

Typical guitars from the '64 period. Rickenbacker 325 and 360/12 and Gretsch Country Gentleman.

[idealassets]

Rickenbacker 325 and 360/12

John's 325 sounds about right, but George Harrison's guitar is double bound. John and George were presented with some top quality guitars for the models that they were given.

[brammy]

Watching those opening acts just reminds me how great and how far ahead of their time The Beatles were.

[DavyR]

Yeah, love Lennon's driving rhythm guitar especially the 'shuffle' at 00:54:00 and 01:06:00. Thanks for posting!

[Scotty_Guitar]

Wow! Still fab after all these years!!

Thanks for posting!

[Zurdo]

I can't stand those YouTube video links, it's all a bunch of adverts one after the other. Whenever I see a YouTube link, I never click on it.

[Folkie]

Thanks for the link to that seminal live footage. I wish I could answer some of your questions, but my browser keeps freezing up and I can't see the whole show.