Way Beyond Compare

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:24 am

Something I've never seen before, and some stuff I haven't heard before.

http://waybeyondcompare.podomatic.com/

lawton · Post by **lawton** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:49 pm

Super link. Thanks!

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:20 pm

Thanks Stan.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:57 pm

Some great quality stuff on there.

cavernplayer · Post by **cavernplayer** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:06 pm

Great link, thanks mate!

cp

apollo11 · Post by **apollo11** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:07 am

Wow---awesome site. There is a wealth of great stuff there. I love the studio takes of the early songs.

Thanks a lot, Stan!

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:14 pm

Who's playing bass on the '60 Quarrymen tracks? Incredible stuff.

fran4001 · Post by **fran4001** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 3:55 pm

That's Stu Sutcliffe on bass, supposedly. I don't doubt it. Some isn't bad, alot is just, um, interesting. He wasn't a natural, at least on bass.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:10 pm

No, it's not great. But according to many early authors of Beatles' books, one would think Stu could hardly play. But it appears that his back to the audience routine may have been more due to shyness than skill, eh?

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:10 am

I know everyone has seen it, but this is a nice video.... earliest color vid.... but given that the Fabs are wearing their leathers, is this clip earlier than the film of them doing "Some Other Guy" at the Cavern?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzh7h5anhoU

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:36 pm

Way earlier.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:33 am

yea, you're right. I see one mention of 'Some Other Guy' being filmed by Grenada TV on September 5th 1962. However looking at 'The Beatles - A Diary" (Barry Miles) the date is Aug 22.

http://www.royalgenes.biz/rec.music.beatles/thread175.html

Although the color clip is not visible on this site's link, it describes the date as Feb 12th or 14th 1962 at a Valentine's Day gig at Wirral Church Hall..... or a gig at St Paul's Presbyterian Church in North Road, Tranmere.

This makes sense since it took a little while after Brian Epstein became manager before they were persuaded to give up the leathers for good.

this web site says "It is the earliest-known footage of the Beatles by eight or nine months and the only colour footage in existence of them at that time. .... The next known footage is when Granada filmed them in the Cavern, but that was in black and white."

Looking at the Barry Miles book again, it seems that the Beatles were at the BBC Radio on Feb 12th and at the Cavern on Feb 14th.

On Feb 24th they played at the YMCA, Wirral. (where "the audience were bored by the group's long introductions between songs and bood them off the stage")

On March 10th they did play at St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Tranmere, Brrkenhead.

So.... it's likely that the color film is from either Feb 24th or March 10th, 1962.

lennonon · Post by **lennonon** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:39 am

I think it's actually '61, no Kent?