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B&W Abbey Road Footage - 1964
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:53 pm
by kog
Apologies if this has been posted before, but this is the first time I've seen it. Decent B&W footage of them in the studio, film is dated Feb. 27, 1964. Background music is "Misery", but according to Lewisohn, that day they were recording "And I Love Her", "Tell Me Why" and "If I Fell".
There's a shot of them around the piano, and George is holding his Ramirez classical guitar. Other views of Paul & Hofner, John with the J-160 (no sign of his 325) and George tuning his 360-12.
Looks like it was fun to be a Beatle in 1964. And everybody smoked.
Abbey Road 27Feb64
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:08 am
by levykev
very cool. they had a lot of those clips in the Beatle documentary: The Compleat Beatles... from a while back.
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:58 am
by alanz
Alun Owen is in there, too, taking notes for the AHDN script, no doubt.
Who's the engineer?
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:43 pm
by kog
The engineer is Norman Smith. He was their engineer up thru Rubber Soul, after which he was replaced by Geoff Emerick.
Smith went on to engineer Pink Floyd and other artists, and he actually recorded some songs himself in the early 70s under the name Hurricane Smith. His best known "hit" was from 1973 called "Babe, What Would You Say." I was a disk jockey at the time, and I remember that song vividly.
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:36 am
by revolver323
Does anyone else realize that the "pat-a-cake" punching game being played by Paul & Ringo in this video is taken straight from the Crosby/Hope "Road" movies? Or am I just old??
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:03 am
by drathbun
Was that Alan Williams that Ringo was bashing heads with?
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 7:31 am
by chingnchime
No, I'm quite sure that was aforementioned Alun Owen. Yes, I remember the Hope and Crosby 'pat-a-cake' routine from their road films.
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:02 am
by eggman
Howdy,
Loved it! George can be seen playing with his new "toy" in one segment!
Eggman
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:12 pm
by brammy
great stuff.... {sigh}
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:30 pm
by bee_atles
Awesome video. I love youtube