The Beatles:
Live at the Hollywood Bowl
In 1977, a 13-track live album with performances from three Beatles shows at the Hollywood Bowl in 1964 and 1965 was released by Capitol Records. “The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl” reached No. 2 on the U.S. chart and No. 1 in the U.K., but was never reissued on CD as part of the group’s massive catalog overhaul.
On September 9, 2016, the newly remastered live album, The Beatles: Live at the Hollywood Bowl, was released which includes the tracks from the original album plus four previously unreleased cuts. The cover photo for the album was taken by the group’s U.S. tour manager Bob Bonis on Aug. 22, 1964 as they boarded a chartered flight in Seattle to Vancouver, B.C. for their first concert in Canada.
According to Billboard.com, the new release is sourced from the original three track tapes of the concerts, which have been remixed by producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell at Abbey Road Studios. It was Martin’s father, Sir George Martin, who produced the original album (pictured above) and wrote the following in the original liner notes:
“The chaos, I might almost say panic, that reigned at these concerts was unbelievable unless you were there. Only three-track recording was possible; The Beatles had no ‘fold back’ speakers, so they could not hear what they were singing, and the eternal shriek from 17,000 healthy, young lungs made even a jet plane inaudible,” Martin wrote. “What did impress me was the electric atmosphere and raw energy that came over.”
The new 17-track set includes performances from the Beatles’ Aug. 23, 1964 and Aug. 29-30, 1965, shows at the Hollywood Bowl. Songs include hits like “Twist and Shout,” “Ticket to Ride,” “Help!,” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” The Beatles: Live at the Hollywood Bowl will be available on CD, digital download and streaming at first, to be followed by a 180-gram vinyl LP on Nov. 18. The album includes a 24-page booklet with liner notes by Rolling Stone’s David Fricke.
‘The Beatles: Live at the Hollywood Bowl’ Track Listing
“Twist and Shout” [August 30, 1965]
“She’s a Woman” [August 30, 1965]
“Dizzy Miss Lizzy” [August 30, 1965 / August 29, 1965 – one edit]
“Ticket to Ride” [August 29, 1965]
“Can’t Buy Me Love” [August 30, 1965]
“Things We Said Today” [August 23, 1964]
“Roll Over Beethoven” [August 23, 1964]
“Boys” [August 23, 1964]
“A Hard Day’s Night” [August 30, 1965]
“Help!” [August 29, 1965]
“All My Loving” [August 23, 1964]
“She Loves You” [August 23, 1964]
“Long Tall Sally” [August 23, 1964]
“You Can’t Do That” [August 23, 1964 – previously unreleased]
“I Want to Hold Your Hand” [August 23, 1964 – previously unreleased]
“Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby” [August 30, 1965 – previously unreleased]
“Baby’s in Black” [August 30, 1965 – previously unreleased]
Watch the new video of Ringo and the band performing “Boys”, the Shirelles’ hit from August 23rd, 1964, at the Hollywood Bowl.
The new audio mix for the video was directly sourced from the original three track tapes of the concerts. The video is from the new Ron Howard documentary on The Beatles called Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years.
“Technology has moved on since my father worked on the material all those years ago,” music producer Giles Martin said. Giles and Abbey Road engineer Sam Okell have expertly remixed and mastered the recordings at Abbey Road Studios, including the thirteen tracks from the original album produced by Giles’ father, plus four additional, previously unreleased recordings from the momentous concerts.
“Now there’s improved clarity, and so the immediacy and visceral excitement can be heard like never before… What we hear now is the raw energy of four lads playing together to a crowd that loved them. This is the closest you can get to being at the Hollywood Bowl at the height of Beatlemania.”
The companion film, Eight Days a Week, is scheduled to be released on Thursday, September 15, with a world premiere in London. Hulu subscribers can begin streaming the movie on Sept. 17.
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