Group picture after last concert

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:45 am

Thank you Ronn! When Paul painted up the 4001S for MMT the headstock remained fireglo except for what looks like a few brush marks of silver.

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:29 am

You are correct sir!

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:50 pm

Shea may have been "sold out" but clearly every seat was not filled.

beefandbones · Post by **beefandbones** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:11 am

The idea of those hollow Casinos blasting out of those Vox amps at a volume to fill a stadium is enough to give me feedback nightmares!

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:41 pm

I bet Sid Bernstein and Brian Epstein were checking the weather reports pretty carefully in the days leading up to the concert.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:14 pm

nice finger stretch, Georgie.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:00 pm

Shea '66 was nowhere near a sellout. I guess people figured they'd see 'em in '67, or it musta been that great sound in '65.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:02 pm

hmmm... I'll have to correct Macca next time I see him... he said "we sold out Shea twice".

I found this note which seems to confirm that the second Shea was indeed not a sellout.

•Shea Stadium. August 15, 1965. Box-office was $304,000. Beatles share was $160,000 (£57,000) (Lewisohn. Chronicle p. 199).

•At the second Shea Stadium concert 11,000 tickets had to be given away. The gross for the concert was $292,000 (£104,600) with the Beatles getting $189,000 (£67,700). This tops the money received from the previous Shea concert by $22,000 because of a 10% increase in the contract terms (Lipack p. 92).

http://www.beatlemoney.com/beatles6467touring.htm

beefandbones · Post by **beefandbones** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:44 pm

There's actually a site called beatlemoney.com??? That is incredible! And so is the site! People, and especially Beatles fans, never cease to amaze me.

tennis_nick · Post by **tennis_nick** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:31 am

nice finger stretch, Georgie

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He's really down.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 7:35 pm

Some interesting Shea '66 shots:
http://www.pbase.com/tg6string/beatles
But '65 was better:

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 7:46 pm

'65 was documented better, that is.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:21 pm

True, but also I think they played with more joy and energy in '65. Even they were amazed at the scene.

gregga41 · Post by **gregga41** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:25 pm

This 1965 concert is a favorite of mine, i enjoy it everytime i see it on DVD.They are having an absolute ball!

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:39 am

I think they rocked and had fun on the '66 tour, even if the Tokyo videos mainly reveal a jet-lagged band that's taken aback by the crowd's forcefully subdued reaction to said band's presence.

>>True, but also I think they played with more joy and energy in '65<<

This is unproven, though, at least until decent footage of Shea '66 appears.

Though putting songs like Yesterday into the set list, and taking Help out, would naturally change the energy it woudn't necessarily make for a lesser show. Plus the suits were cooler in '66.