Live at the Hollywood Bowl [Bonus Tracks]

by The Beatles

Overview

This is the official record of Beatlemania in full cry, a composite of two concerts recorded a year apart in Los Angeles' vast concrete amphitheater, the Hollywood Bowl, only about a mile away from the Capitol Records tower. It nearly didn't get out at all. Producer George Martin had misgivings from the start about recording the band live, and those doubts were borne out by the results, an outgunned rock quartet without stage monitors trying to play over the sheer noise of 17,000-plus kids screaming their lungs out. By 1977, Martin had been cajoled into making something out of these tapes, but there was only so much a brilliant producer could do with three-track tapes recorded under conditions that were, well, unprecedented. The band sounds muffled, tentative in spots, trying to crank out the songs by rote as best they can over the constant screaming. The album opens with five songs from the 1965 concert, then picks up the 1964 concert for three numbers, bounces back to 1965 for two more, and concludes with three from 1964. In general, the 1965 performances are better the 1964 ones, and a bit more together and less prone to lapses of concentration. Perhaps the experience of playing in such chaotic conditions in 1964 proved useful in 1965; indeed, somehow, John, Paul, and George even manage to follow Ringo's tricky rhythm on "Ticket to Ride" amidst all of the madness. In fact, Ringo was the unsung hero of these wild events, always laying down a solid beat come hell or what may. In his stage announcements, John seems to be talking only to himself, while Paul the showman does make an attempt to connect with the crowd. Though a bit late for the rush of flashback Beatlemania that accompanied the release of the Red and Blue albums in 1973, Live at the Hollywood Bowl still managed to rocket up to number two on the album charts, thus knocking the bootleggers temporarily off their axis. [Live at the Hollywood Bowl was re-released on CD in 2016 and added four bonus tracks.] ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	09/09/2016
Label:	Apple Records / Capitol
UPC:	0602557054972

Tracks

1. Twist and Shout
2. She's a Woman
3. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
4. Ticket to Ride
5. Can't Buy Me Love
6. Things We Said Today
7. Roll Over Beethoven
8. Boys
9. A Hard Day's Night
10. Help!
11. All My Loving
12. She Loves You
13. Long Tall Sally
14. You Can't Do That
15. I Want to Hold Your Hand
16. Everybody¿¿¿s Trying to Be My Baby
17. Baby's in Black

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Beatles   Primary Artist
George Martin   Sequencing

Technical Credits

John Malmin   Photography
James Clarke   Audio Restoration
Chuck Berry   Composer
Larry Williams   Composer
Enotris Johnson   Composer
Voyle Gilmore   Producer
Geoff Emerick   Mastering,Remix Engineer
John Lennon   Composer
Hugh Davies   Engineer
Wally Traugott   Mastering
Frank Brown   Photography
George Martin   Producer,Liner Notes
David Fricke   Liner Notes
Carl Perkins   Composer
Luther Dixon   Composer
Wes Farrell   Composer
Phil Medley   Composer
Giles Martin   Producer
Richard Penniman   Composer
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell   Composer
Darren Evans   Design
Sam O'Kell   Mixing
Alex Wharton   Mastering
Matt Mysko   Assistant Engineer
Pete Abbott   Engineer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Bert Russell   Composer