tjmangum
Senior Member
Skip to about 5.20. Pretty amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqOsmUthz74
Did you guys notice someone getting carried out on a stretcher? That probably would've been me as I don't think I could've handled all those screaming mimis around me!
It was staged.....no screaming young female in her right mind woulda passed out no matter how excited she got.
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You've got experience with screaming young females and excitement, then?Then you've got a thing or two to learn, my young padawan.
Really good audio for when it was recorded.In this time of multiple guitar techs,etc.it always makes me smile to see the Beatles,certainly the biggest act in the world,plugging in and testing the amps,mics,etc.before playing.Check Ringo repositioning his snare before Twist and Shout.What a time,glad I was alive and into it.
Most excellent!!Or the Washington DC show on their first tour, where they played on a round stage in the middle of the crowd and moved the amps, mics, etc. themselves several times during the show so they could face the different parts of the audience!
Here's a glimpse of the chaos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77VUk9MSqNQ
walrus
Reminds me that Martin and Epstein (and the boys too) knew that the average life expectancy of a pop group was about 2 years and they knew they needed to milk it for all it was worth while they could.Most excellent!!
The boys were workin' it big time. :applouse:
Such a primitive concert production when you look back! The drums don't seem to be miked except for one lone mic 10 feet above the drums. Is this for sound reinforcement or recording? The amps don't appear to be miked & I don't see any monitors. How did they manage to hear themselves & do those harmonies? No guitar pedals either, a constant barrage of screaming girls...Yet they kill it.Or the Washington DC show on their first tour, where they played on a round stage in the middle of the crowd and moved the amps, mics, etc. themselves several times during the show so they could face the different parts of the audience!
Here's a glimpse of the chaos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77VUk9MSqNQ
walrus
My memory of what I've read is that the concerts were never intended for record release, and I suspect the mike is for reinforcement.Such a primitive concert production when you look back! The drums don't seem to be miked except for one lone mic 10 feet above the drums. Is this for sound reinforcement or recording?
PA technology of the era was primitive, they had no monitors, and one of their ongoing complaints about concerts was how hard it was to hear themselves over the screaming.The amps don't appear to be miked & I don't see any monitors. How did they manage to hear themselves & do those harmonies? No guitar pedals either, a constant barrage of screaming girls...Yet they kill it.