Beatles Dublin 1963 (Full Irish TV archive)

A great video given to me by one of Beatles TV followers 'The Dirty Mac' (thanks man), this is the full documented RTE archived video in all its beautiful B&W glory and the best quality I have seen any of this footage. This includes the full interview with Irish broadcaster Frank Hall which is rarely seen in its entirety, even in Ireland. Also included here is some great outside broadcasting in Dublin with their fans. They would later play that day in the Adelphi Cinema in Dublin (which is no longer there), I know I have listed a Dublin sequence before, but having the full video, dvd quality from Irelands national broadcaster and the rarity off it, I had to upload it. Enjoy, I especially love when they say "we are all Irish"... nice!

John Lennon/Bob Dylan: Eat the Document

This is the famous/infamous 'Eat the Document' clips. It's now 7am. The sun is up over Hyde Park. The limousine trip is nearly over. Lennon is stoned, Dylan is about to be sick. This footage is from May 27th 1966 during Bob Dylans tour of England. In the taxi is John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Bobby Neuwirth, friend of Dylan's and temporary sound recordist; D.A. Pennebaker film-maker; Tom, a chauffeur.Its appeal to fans and historians of both iconic artists. Filmed by D A Pennebaker, famed filmmaker who also captured the footage for Dylan's 'Don't Look Back' 1965 tour film, this was intended for inclusion in Eat The Document, but did not make the official cut.

The drive takes place from John's house in Weybridge into central London to where Dylan was staying at the May Fair Hotel. The Beatles would all visit Dylan at the May Fair for the duration of his stand at the Albert Hall. Dylan would be playing the Royal Albert Hall that evening where he was roundly jeered by the fans who did not want to give up their own personal folk savior. John and George Harrison would be in attendance, cheering him on, and as they say, totally digging it.

Dylan appears to be on...something. Or very hung over. And to that, towards the end of the ride is getting sick. John is very sharp for the most part, chiding Dylan and generally making fun of the whole situation that is going south. The Beatles were in recording sessions for Revolver, and at this point, were putting the finishing touches on 'Yellow Submarine'. Perhaps not their greatest track, but definitely one where the sessions were memorable for all including

Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones.

Beatles playing Shakespeare 1964

So this video is so funny, its the guys performing Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in 1964 for a TV special in honour of Sheakespeare's 400th birthday. This was on 28th April 1964 and the tv show was called 'Around the Beatles'. It was done live and you can see they are cracking up performing it but having a blast. The characters they were playing were as follows;

Paul - 'Pyramus' / John - 'Thisbe' / Ringo - 'Lion' / George - 'Moonshine'
*the 4 "interrupters" are most likely playing the parts of 'Theseus' 'Lysander' 'Hippolyta' and 'Demetrius' and are played by some of their mates, a lot unscripted.

Beatles Interview Dublin 7/11/63

This is a great interview from 1963 just as Beatlemania was exploding and it is almost a homecoming gig for them since they had a strong Irish connection, they are overheard here saying 'We are all Irish" The location is Dublin Airport, Ireland Date: Thursday 7 November 1963 Aired: Thursday 7 November 1963 on Irish tv. Frank Hall was a very good interviewer with a pleasant homely way. The group felt at ease with him. They later played 2 concerts at the Adelphi Cinema, Abbey Street, Dublin; a matinee and an evening show. Dublin was bedlam for them and they had to sneak out of the theatre in an irish Newspapers' delivery van.

Oh My Love John & George in the studio 1971

John and George At Ascott studio in June 1971 recording the song Oh My Love for the Imagine album. Their German friend Klaus Voormann plays bass and the late Nicky Hopkins is on second piano. George also played the slide on 'How Do You Sleep?' All this was going on in the midst of Paul suing the others to formally break the Beatles up. One of John's most beautiful songs, and, I think it can be heard during the 'Let It Be' sessions. This is one of the most beautiful outakes from these sessions. And of course you have Phil Spector orchestrating the proceedings and Yoko at the helm.

The Beatles Cartoon: Penny Lane

The Beatles was an American animated television series featuring the fanciful and musical misadventures of the Beatles. It ran from 1965 to 1967 on ABC in the USA. Each episode has a name of a Beatles song, so the story is based on its lyrics and it is also played at some time in the episode. In total there was 39 episodes made. Rarely seen in Europe this tv series was a major influence on the Simpsons creator Mat Groening who was inspired to produce a tv show like this in the future and to include the Beatles in, which he has done! These cartoons are great, very funny even if the accents are completely off.

Paperback Writer/Rain Promo Videos

The Beatles at their coolest! Both videos were recorded at Chiswick House in West London back to back on the same day. Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg who later worked with the boys on the film 'Let it be'. On May 19th 1966 they recorded some colour footage at Abbey Road for the Ed Sullivan Show but these 2 clips were recorded the next day May 20th at Chiswick House around the conservatory of the grounds of the house, also in colour. Although they did these clips in colour they were mostly transmitted around the world in b&w. The Beatles at the top of their game, 1966.