TeleVideos, takes pride in the
quality of our historic footage! Most of the rare footage originated
from 16mm motion picture film (the "State of the Art" in its day,) which
has been professionally transferred and reedited on broadcast quality
equipment. The audio has been enhanced and studio "sweetened."
You deserve the absolute best! We guarantee that this footage is 100%
authentic! "The Beatles Live In San Francisco" is 60 minutes long. As a bonus,
we include the ONLY available footage of San Francisco's '64 and '65 Cow Palace shows. And
of course, most of the DVD is devoted to their legendary last concert, August 29, 1966 at
Candlestick Park.
One feature you're sure to enjoy is a fabulous rare, complete San Francisco press
conference with reporters' questions and their reactions. Televideos synchronized this by
editing between three different sources! You are there sitting in the audience up close
with John, Paul, George and Ringo!
Pass your cursor over the photos for captions.
The BEATLES Candlestick Park Show:
THE BEATLES arrived in a chartered
jet, which taxied to a remote area of San Francisco International
Airport. Carloads of girls tailed the bus and armored car up the
Bayshore freeway all the way to Candlestick. Some even attempted to force the
entourage off the road!
The arrival at
Candlestick was the classical "Hard Day's Night" style
reception. The bus immediately drove directly under the stadium where the
Beatles visited with press and friends in The San Francisco
Giants' locker room. The most notable of those friends
included the Bay area's own Joan Baez and her little sister,
today also a big celebrity, Mimi Farina!
The opening acts: the Cyrkle,The
Ronnettes (without Ronnie Spector),
Barry Tashian and The Remains and Bobby Hebb. But the Beatles
were still far from the screaming fans, downstairs
eating fried chicken. It's doubtful that they even glimpsed the
small-but-noisy band of protestors.
Only a small handful of kids were disrespectful. But this
was enough to make the papers and TV news--the kids were apparently parroting the TV
scenes being fed them from the southern U.S. in response to John's often
misquoted statements about Jesus Christ. These were strange days, for 1966. And for
the Rock world, only the beginning.
THE BEATLES
burst out of the Giant's dug-out accompanied
by a parade of body-guards, (many of whom were ex-Oakland Raiders
football players. Flashbulbs turned the stands into a
sparkling kaliedoscope of light.
Strolling past the Loomis armored car, they
leaped up the steps to the stage. There they set up shop behind two
storm fences surrounding the raised platform. The stage had been erected
earlier in the day, along with a massive sound system. This was not to mention
their standard Super-Beatle amps.
The Song List:
The official song list that cold and windy
night included: "Rock and Roll Music," "She's A
Woman," "If I Needed Someone," "Day
Tripper," "Baby's In Black," "I Feel
Fine," "Yesterday," "I Wanna Be Your
Man," "Nowhere Man," "Paperback Writer," and
"Long Tall Sally." The list was usually identical on most of the
previous venues on that last tour, as it had been in their previous concerts that
year in the Orient.
THE BEGINNING AND END OF AN ERA
They took one last bow, (captured for eternity ONLY by our cameras,) and were
whisked away in the armored car, which had been standing by, throughout the concert.
A "getaway car" with motor running--just in case. Little did anyone
suspect they had just witnessed an end of an era! '66 was the beginning of
consciousness for the pop culture. The Beatles new album "Revolver" had just
come out. George used a sitar, and opened "Taxman" with a weird studio
countdown. It culminated in '67, Sgt. Pepper, the "Summer of Love" Monterey Pop
Festival and lead onward to Woodstock. '66 marked the change. The Beatles stopped touring
because they were no longer able to replicate in performance what was done in the studio,
plus they were scared for their lives!
TECHNICAL QUALITY
On the technical side: "The Beatles Live In San
Francisco" has been mastered on state-of-the art broadcast
quality equipment using the highest standard mastering materials and
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