RED:Hi,my name is Red Robinson Since 1954,I've been at the center of rock n' roll I was there when rock was born Rock n' roll went to a soft period in the early sixties The British never stop rocking And then was reborn and by the mid-sixties invade the North America with a solid sound of rock n' roll and have been last for number of years And we now refer to those years as the”British invasion” It was spirit-headed by the Beatles who give rock n' roll a new breath of life The fifties launched the new sound and the sixties enhanced it60 The Beatles's music took the sound into a new height of appreciation adding millions of new fans along the way In 1964,Beatlemania swiped North America and the world It was the birth of the mercy sound It was only a matter of time before the chief proponent of British rock would take the music on tour The first Beatles tour of North America took place in 1964 The circuit included the Pacific Northwest and the city of Vancouver It was entirely inproperate that the Beatles should make an appearance in Vancouver Where that city had welcomed the king of rock n' roll Elvis Presley in 1957 More than twenty thousand fans assembled at the Empire stadium on Saturday,August 22nd Eight-nine newsmen crowded into a room designed for forty including the travelling Beatles expert from the Liverpool Echo and the London Daily Mirror And the tennis-match press conference began with the Beatles winning the match GEORGE: Cuz the pilot didn't have a little stamp on his bit of paper JOHN:We got here and had to go back PAUL:There was one little thing missing on the paper Q:That happened while you were in the air over Vancouver GEORGE: We were almost here and he turned 'round went back got a little thing stamped on his passport, and then JOHN: And we had more chicken sandwiches GEORGE: And then we came again And then the police took us for a forty minute tour of the of the city JOHN: Because they weren't ready here PAUL: There was something not ready, you know GEORGE: Apart from that we were on time Q: How did you like it JOHN: Very good Only we were starving, you know Q: On a percentage basis these days what are you taking out of America compared with Britain, in earning power _Money Money JOHN: I haven't a clue Q: Money, I'm aware PAUL: Definitely No we don't know how much, you know Really JOHN: Do you get more in America PAUL: You won't believe us, but JOHN: I figure we get more here, 'cuz it's so far away from home PAUL: The only reason Q: There's a rumor you own a bank in England Is that correct PAUL AND GEORGE: No JOHN: No, we just borrow it now and then Q: What's your deal with PAUL: John John JOHN: What _Just gettin' it clear, John JOHN: Oh PAUL: John Q: What is your deal with EMI which, of course, is Capitol Records PAUL: Yeah Q: Is it a long-term contract, and if so, how long PAUL: No, it actually, I think it expires next year JOHN: I think it expires next year or something like that GEORGE: It expires any year now Q: Will you remain with them JOHN: Depends what they say GEORGE: Who knows Q: Oh, you'll buy them Q: What are your plans for movies PAUL: We've got to do a new one in February Februar-ar-ary There aren't we haven't made any plans for it as yet We talked to the director Q: No plans PAUL: No, nothing GEORGE: No title, no script RINGO: No script-- No actors Q: Are you gonna do any more (vocal) solos, Ringo, on any future records RINGO: Umm I suppose so, you know Q: When are you going to retire, fellas RINGO: About ten minutes Q: In a past interview you once said that you didn't mind being in the spotlight twenty-four hours a day Isn't there the odd time that you do enjoy doing common things, and just having it all to yourself JOHN: When we're asleep Q: When is that JOHN: I don't know RINGO: Next Thursday PAUL: Very busy Q: Are you going to immigrate to the States, fellas BEATLES: No Q: Why GEORGE: 'Cuz we like England Q: Who are your favourite recording artists _Uh, Little Richard's one _Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, The Exciters _Jackie DeShannon _The Miracles _Derek Taylor _Chuck Jackson Q: When you people were initially starting did The Crickets have any influence in your sound at all _When they were with Buddy Holly, yeah _Marian Williams Q: How about the name, did that have any influence The Crickets and The Beatles JOHN: Can't remember, it could've You know, it's so long ago Q: What's the most unusual request you've ever had from a fan JOHN: Well, I wouldn't like to say, really! Q: Are you fellas identified with either the mods or the rockers JOHN: Uh well, the rockers think we're mods and then the mods think we're rockers, I think Q: Do you enjoy beating off girls JOHN: We don't do it, the police do it Q: Do you feel safe riding in an airplane JOHN: Not really As safe as you can be in an airplane, I suppose Q: Are you going to write another book, John JOHN: Uhh well, yes Q: When is it coming out JOHN: I don't know I can't seem to be able to Q: What are you going to call it JOHN: I don't know that either Q: Does every city look the same JOHN: No Some have trees, some don't Q: What are your plans for the next ten years JOHN:What are your plans, son RINGO:Can you speak up, please! RINGO: I haven't planned anything I just keep going, you know see what happens It's more fun _Ringo, are you engaged to Maureen Cox RINGO: No! Q: Are you going to be RINGO: No! Anything else Q: Do you think overexposure with movies and too many record releases perhaps could damage your career at all JOHN: We don't release any more records than anybody else, it just so happens RINGO: We've only made one movie JOHN: they make everything we make into a single over here PAUL: In fact, we we JOHN: We've made three albums PAUL: sorry _Tell him sorry, Paul GEORGE: In England, we made three albums! GEORGE: And they've got seven out over here, or about seven RINGO: So work that out for yourselves JOHN: They just make 'em up PAUL: In fact, we've made less records than most people So there We've only made I think we've only ever made seven singles and it seems to me like thousands, you know Q: Over here, we get one every day PAUL: Over here, yeah RINGO: Lucky PAUL: Well, we only made seven, you know Q: I notice none of you smoke, do you have any drinking habits BEATLES: We do smoke Q: You do JOHN: What's this Q: Ahh, right JOHN: It's not peanuts, you know! Ha ha ha! PAUL: We drink Drink, too RED:One of the press representatives asks at this point How many of the quartet are the original Beatles JOHN: The three of us PAUL: Ringo Q: Who was the boy that was ahead of _A fella called Pete Best RINGO: I'm the one that died Q: Why did he quit JOHN: We threw him out PAUL: He really was It's one of those things, you know Recording manager said he wasn't Q: How long does your show last JOHN: Thirty minutes Q: Thirty minutes PAUL: Just a bit over thirty, yeah Q: What's worse facing the kids or a mob like this JOHN: Mmmmmmmm PAUL: No, it's We enjoy it, you know This, even RINGO: Even PAUL: Even this! Q: Do you feel responsible for making Britannia rule the airwaves JOHN: No PAUL: Ooh Ohh You worked that one out, didn't you Q: What is the best city you've ever played JOHN: I don't know RINGO: It's impossible, you know PAUL: Actually, one of the wildest audiences was, I think, Glasgow RINGO: Glasgow, Scotland RED:Here our reporter asked Paul if he brought along his dad PAUL: No Well, actually my dad's having a better time than I am He's got a he's got a house, a race horse He's just been for a week in Athens I wish I was him Q: How much time-off do you get in a year PAUL: About JOHN: We get good enough holidays, when we get 'em RINGO: Couple of months PAUL: Three or four weeks a year Q: How can you enjoy them, when I hear that in Hawaii you had to leave after just a few days JOHN: We weren't going to Hawaii, we were just passing through, you see GEORGE: We only stayed there the night on the way to Tahiti Q: Did you like it PAUL: Yeah JOHN: What Hawaii Q: Yeah, Hawaii JOHN: It was alright GEORGE: But only staying there the night on the way to Tahiti PAUL: Say it again, George GEORGE: He's got it Q: Have any of the political parties in England tried to carry favor with you and use you for their own benefit JOHN: No They all give us a mention just in case GEORGE: We had our pictures taken with Bessie Braddock and Harold Wilson, though PAUL: Yeah, but we don't know enough about politics to support one or the other, you know Q: You're all Torries, is that correct RINGO: We're nothing PAUL: Not really JOHN: Whoever gives us the most money, you know We vote for them RED:One of the most fascinating questions in this conference was the number of people employed by Beatles at that time Q: How many people do the Beatles employ, as a group The organization, The Beatles, Limited PAUL: Oh, us I don't know, you see, because much of the people that work with us GEORGE: I think 'we' only employ about two people PAUL: Most of the people that work with us work for 'NEMS,' which is our manager's company GEORGE: We employ two, and that's it PAUL: And they have artists like Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black, and alot of other people, you know Billy J Kramer JOHN: We have two permanently with us One press agent and one road manager Oh no, and a heavy PAUL: There he is This one-- with the mic Q: You do carry a bodyguard, then BEATLES: No JOHN: You don't need to with all those police! Q: Do you find that you're losing your popularity in England JOHN: No, not according to record sales Q: Then it's all just rumors PAUL: Yeah Actually, we heard before JOHN: They've been knocking us off since the third record PAUL: before we went to Liverpool last time for the Northern Premiere of the film, you know we'd been down in London alot because we'd been doing the film and TV and things and everybody was saying I've just been up to Liverpool and they hate you up there and it's terrible Nobody likes you anymore And we believed 'em, you know, 'cuz we read the paper, same as anyone else And we went up there and it was the most ridiculous reception we've had anywhere, you know So I give-in believing these rumors Q: Can I ask you if you've ever had a press reception in a more uncomfortable room JOHN: Yeah PAUL: I don't know Q: Where JOHN: I don't know Q: How do you feel being compared to Dave Clark Five JOHN: We're compared to everybody PAUL: Don't mind Q: How about your horse, how's it doing your race horse PAUL: Great! The first time out It's not mine, it's my dad's you know It's nothing to do with me First time out it came second, and the last time out it won JOHN: And then it died Q: Does this mob of police protection come out of your take or is the management here to accept responsibility for paying them JOHN: I don't know who pays 'em, but we don't PAUL: The last place we played at, it was the management of the place I don't know, it may be the same now GEORGE: But we just tour, we don't do all that Q: You'd miss them, though PAUL: Oh, yeah RINGO: Really JOHN: Yeah Well I mean, if we can't get in a place, we can't go, can we It's the promoter's money Q: How long will you be on the road before you go home PAUL: About four more weeks Q: What is the best group of teenagers, well-behaved, you've ever had PAUL: Um I don't know They're about the same all over the world Just got different accents Q: What city have you had your worst time in PAUL: City，Don't know, because you know things that some people think are the worst time, we think are the best you know But I can't remember a worst time Q: You've been roughed-up and jostled in various places you've been Can you think of one in particular that was worse than the others PAUL: No, you know Not JOHN: We've not been really roughed at all, you know Q: Where do you think the biggest reception crowd has been JOHN: Biggest crowd was Liverpool RINGO: Liverpool Q: How many JOHN: I don't know GEORGE: A lot JOHN: Just more than the other Q: Sydney was the biggest, wasn't it PAUL: Sydney JOHN: Ah, well PAUL: I don't know, but there was alot in Liverpool Q: How long did it take you to make your movie JOHN: Eight weeks, was it PAUL: Yes JOHN: They were trying to make it in three, but we argued Q: Do you like the movie PAUL: It's good, you know Q: How's it doing where it's showing, do you know RINGO: It's doing well JOHN: It's breaking records, I've heard I don't want to brag Q: Is it true that some of your birthday mail went in the fire and you didn't even see it GEORGE: No, untrue Well, I think so Actually, it was, umm PAUL: I don't think that was the rumor anyway, you know JOHN: The rumor was it went in the bin By the time it gets over here, it's on fire PAUL: Some people found some mails and I think it was about two letters out of thousands you know which had been unopened They'd been sent to the fan clubs and the fan club was supposed to open and read 'em and then throw 'em And there were about two that they'd forgotten to open so this was a great big scandal, you know It was just a slip-up Q:Thank you very much! JOHN:Than you! RED:We joined the Beatles two years later in 1966 in Seattle,Washington,the date is August 27th Another city,and another press conference,it’s 8 pm Fifteen thousand fans are vailing for the night performance in the Seattle Colosseum Meanwhile the presses again talking with Beatles Leading up to B-Day,rumours had abounded that Paul Cartney is going to marry long-time girlfriend Jane Asher, Sister of Peter Asher of Peter&Gordon fame,but it turned out to be just that rumours MC: Can we have the first question, please Q: John, could you please tell me something about your new movie, 'How I Won The War JOHN: Oh, I don't know anything about it except for I'm in it and it's about the last world war Q: I'd like to address a question to Paul McCartney Would you confirm or deny the report of your marriage to Jane Asher in Seattle this evening PAUL: It's tonight, yeah Q: What time and where PAUL: Tonight-- I can't tell you that, now can I PAUL: I couldn't tell ya it's a secret GEORGE: OK, it's a secret We don't want all the people there, do we Q: You are confirming the report PAUL: No, not really It was it's a joke Who started this Anyone know Does anyone know I just got in today and found out I was getting married tonight No, she is not coming in tonight as far as I know GEORGE: And if she does, we are going out tonight anyway cause we'll miss her Q: I'd like to direct this to any of the Beatles Do you believe that you represent a different type of morality or a new type of morality-- than, say, the 'Rolling Stones' or the protest groups JOHN: Are they a protest group Since when Q: No 'OR a protest group PAUL: OR a protest group! No We don't represent anything like that It's the 'Cyrkle' that do that _'Turn Down Day' I think you've heard that one, haven't you! Folk song! Q: I'd like to ask John Lennon a question I hope I get a chance to ask him a second one This is sort of double-barreled I'd like to know your motivation in this Money I'd like to think it's enjoyment and I'd like to think you're having as much fun as you seem to be when you're doing it JOHN: Well, when I look as though I'm having fun I am, you know When I'm not-- I'm not, usually So it varies Q: Do I get another chance One more chance I have this little prediction that in 25 years you're going to be a great writer I'd like to talk to you about it sometime _Well, I mean, we're between 25 years then Q: I'll make you a date JOHN: OK GEORGE: See ya, Penny Lane Q: I'd like to address this question to anybody in the group What about the next movie heard alot of stories nothing's confirmed Has there been anything decided PAUL: Nothing GEORGE: Somebody gave us a good idea so we told him to go and write it into a script So we won't really be able to tell if we're gonna make the film until we've read the script And as he hasn't finished the script, we haven't read the script so we won't know yet until about Christmas maybe But if it is a good one and we like it we'll probably start it 'round about January, February, or March or December Q: I have three questions, if I can For one Do you think the audience that your music attracts has changed from say the thirteen and fourteen year old girls to more of the college age and that if so, do you like it better that way PAUL: Uhh, I think it's probably got a bit older I don't know how old And it's nice and that if so, do you like it better that way Q: Did you intend it that way PAUL: No We don't intend anything, you know That's the trouble JOHN: It all happens _Also, Paul-- Since your rumors were denied then what are you doing after the show PAUL: I don't know, marrying you, probably! Q: How are the attendance on this tour compared to past American tours PAUL: It's been apparently been more at the shows than there were last time Q: Do you think that the so-called adverse publicity hurt or helped in this PAUL: No idea, you know We haven't been able to tell really because we You know the press keeps saying 'I see it's hurt you' And our managers keep saying it hasn't So, you know, who do we believe Q: John and Paul, I'd like to know if all the songs that are said to be written by Lennon and McCartney are always written by both of you or do you ever do one all by yourself JOHN:Don't they buy 'Datebook PAUL: No, we do them seperately and together Q: Your music used to be mostly composed of guitar backgrounds and recently you've come around to strings and harpsichords and a lot of weird things like that Is there any purpose in this evolution PAUL: Yeah JOHN: No GEORGE: Just to use something else besides guitars PAUL: And because those things aren't it's not necessarily sort of 'coming around to them' you know, like we're giving-in to 'em It's finding them again RED:As the director of radio station CFUN in Vancouver I had decide let where my DJs to cover this 1966 press conference in label Seattle I selected a giant of a man called John Turner Who stood 6 foot And then some in this stocking feet And during those top forty CFUN days We referred to him on the era of Jolly John And for this particular press conference He dressed his tall frame in a Jolly green giant costume Complete with Robin Hood booties How imagine you will The Beatles reaction to this strange,blooming figure Q:I don't know if there is a Jolly Green Giant in England, fellows but I come with good wishes from Vancouver in Canada You played there a short while ago And we were wondering whether you are coming back to Vancouver PAUL: Maybe Brian decides where we go So, maybe Q：All people from Vancouver are wishing John a happy forth anniversary A few days ago,John JOHN: Thank you Well, you thank them Jolly Green Giant Q: and a question George, where do you get your sitars GEORGE: Where do I get them Or where do people generally get them Q: Where can people generally get a sitar GEORGE: India Q:In India Q:I hear that you are world’s greatest sitar player Q: Paul, before, you said that there were some songs that you 'have to' write Could you explain what you mean by 'have to' write PAUL: Hmmm No see, I just said that in passing I just meant that there was an LP due And when an LP is due we write songs you know We do it like that more than write all the time,We don't write all the time We write more 'to order' You know if we've got fourteen tracks to fill then we've got fourteen songs to write That's what I mean Seattle,Washington,1966 That night,the Beatles went out to the with fifteen thousand frantic fans These were the really innocent years for the Beatles They were just about to lead into a new face of their careers The late 60s were used as the revolution in term And the Beatles were certainly in the guard of the new wave Some would say that the new demensions that they’ve added to the popular music Were the most important contributions to musical history But apart from those earlier years The fun and the energy Those were the moments That would be remembered for the generation that lived through those times On this album package We tried to present the best of the Beatles The stories of the Beatles is best told by hearing them in action The Marks Bothers were unique And so were the Beatles They give you the frantic feeling and friendly of a Beatles concert During those healthy days of the mid-sixties We’d like you to hear the Beatles on stage In front of over twenty-thousand fans Now twice during the concert The quartet of mob-tops were interrupted once by myself And minutes later by thier manager Brian Abeles As the screaming fans pressed against the front of the open-air stage of Empire Stadium Police were frightened that the fans would get crashed As it happened in so many soccer matches in England And else where in Europe You’ll mind what the audience feel of the Beatles in concert MC:Crowd can you be quiet just for a minute please I would like to say right now that you’ve been a small crowd here tonight so lets keep up the good work And it’s going to be a great deal of pleasure having the CNN and the CFUN to present The Beatles! Thank you Thank you very much everybody Thanks And good evening How are you Okay Alright We’d like to come around To the song Which was on the first album that we’ve made Hope you like the song It’s called Oh!My loving Thank you folks The next song we’re gonna do It’s another whole LP And it’s called She loves you Lets cut it down Now,it’s a quite a new song I think it’s on the new album over here It’s called The things you said today Thank you very much everybody Thank you We’d like to I hate to Like we’re gotta back some of the people up There have been two kids crashed already Or we have to cancel the show All that,down Everybody down Or no show The Beatles wanna perform But they can’t do it if you don’t sit down Let’s sit down,they wanna perform,com’on We’d like to ask you dude help us With our next song Hello We’d like to ask you If you’ll join in Will you with us next one Okay alright listen Stand easy All you have to do is clap your hands Or stamp you feet Something like that Do everything you like The song’s called Can’t buy me,love Thank you folks Before we do the next song I’m gonna hang down a minute while John changes his guitar And the song we’re going to do next Is a slow song from the film we’ve just made,All days nights And it’s from the new album we’ve just made And it’s called,If I fell Thank you very much folks indeed,thank you We’d like now To do something,do something yeah We’d like to do something that we don’t often got Much of a chance to do We’d like to feature some of you Who doesn’t sing very often but is gonna sing now Yes,sing a song called By swingo Next song we’re going to do is from our latest record Is the title song for the film called Half day night叫Half day night Join me later ladies and gentleman The Beatles had come a long way With us with me To do this show And will have to cut this show unless you move back I’m very worry about this situation Back Back back Thank you very much everybody We’d like to thank you now For coming along tonight and being a marvelous audience Thank you
[00:00.56]RED:Hi,my name is Red Robinson [00:02.36]Since 1954,I've been at the center of rock n' roll [00:05.69]I was there when rock was born [00:07.51]Rock n' roll went to a soft period in the early sixties [00:11.94]The British never stop rocking [00:12.03]And then was reborn [00:13.51]and by the mid-sixties invade the North America with a solid sound of rock n' roll [00:18.25]and have been last for number of years [00:20.34]And we now refer to those years as the”British invasion” [00:23.99]It was spirit-headed by the Beatles [00:25.18]who give rock n' roll a new breath of life [00:27.54]The fifties launched the new sound [00:29.83]and the sixties enhanced it60 [00:31.70]The Beatles's music took the sound into a new height of appreciation [00:34.91]adding millions of new fans along the way [00:38.14]In 1964,Beatlemania swiped North America and the world [00:42.76]It was the birth of the mercy sound [00:45.47]It was only a matter of time before the chief proponent of British rock would take the music on tour [00:50.53]The first Beatles tour of North America took place in 1964 [00:54.66]The circuit included the Pacific Northwest and the city of Vancouver [00:58.88]It was entirely inproperate that the Beatles should make an appearance in Vancouver [01:02.83]Where that city had welcomed the king of rock n' roll Elvis Presley in 1957 [01:07.75]More than twenty thousand fans assembled at the Empire stadium on Saturday,August 22nd [01:13.60]Eight-nine newsmen crowded into a room designed for forty [01:17.37]including the travelling Beatles expert from the Liverpool Echo and the London Daily Mirror [01:22.55]And the tennis-match press conference began with the Beatles winning the match [01:28.24]GEORGE: Cuz the pilot didn't have a little stamp on his bit of paper [01:31.51]JOHN:We got here and had to go back [01:33.35]PAUL:There was one little thing missing on the paper [01:35.33]Q:That happened while you were in the air over Vancouver [01:36.57]GEORGE: We were almost here [01:37.46]and he turned 'round went back [01:39.05]got a little thing stamped on his passport, and then [01:41.75]JOHN: And we had more chicken sandwiches [01:43.31]GEORGE: And then we came again [01:44.86]And then the police took us for a forty minute tour of the of the city [01:49.05]JOHN: Because they weren't ready here [01:50.11]PAUL: There was something not ready, you know [01:51.63]GEORGE: Apart from that we were on time [01:53.42]Q: How did you like it [01:54.28]JOHN: Very good Only we were starving, you know [01:57.22]Q: On a percentage basis these days [01:58.30]what are you taking out of America compared with Britain, in earning power [02:01.74]_Money Money [02:02.98]JOHN: I haven't a clue [02:03.52]Q: Money, I'm aware [02:04.50]PAUL: Definitely No we don't know how much, you know Really [02:05.76]JOHN: Do you get more in America [02:09.35]PAUL: You won't believe us, but [02:10.80]JOHN: I figure we get more here, 'cuz it's so far away from home [02:13.52]PAUL: The only reason [02:15.61]Q: There's a rumor you own a bank in England Is that correct [02:17.31]PAUL AND GEORGE: No [02:17.93]JOHN: No, we just borrow it now and then [02:21.39]Q: What's your deal with [02:22.47]PAUL: John John [02:23.63]JOHN: What [02:24.62]_Just gettin' it clear, John [02:25.57]JOHN: Oh [02:26.33]PAUL: John [02:26.91]Q: What is your deal with EMI which, of course, is Capitol Records [02:29.32]PAUL: Yeah [02:30.16]Q: Is it a long-term contract, and if so, how long [02:31.65]PAUL: No, it actually, I think it expires next year [02:33.53]JOHN: I think it expires next year or something like that [02:35.17]GEORGE: It expires any year now [02:36.58]Q: Will you remain with them [02:37.63]JOHN: Depends what they say [02:38.64]GEORGE: Who knows [02:39.18]Q: Oh, you'll buy them [02:40.92]Q: What are your plans for movies [02:42.76]PAUL: We've got to do a new one in February Februar-ar-ary [02:48.49]There aren't we haven't made any plans for it as yet We talked to the director [02:53.15]Q: No plans [02:54.01]PAUL: No, nothing [02:54.91]GEORGE: No title, no script [02:56.31]RINGO: No script-- No actors [02:57.27]Q: Are you gonna do any more (vocal) solos, Ringo, on any future records [03:01.14]RINGO: Umm I suppose so, you know [03:04.72]Q: When are you going to retire, fellas [03:08.10]RINGO: About ten minutes [03:11.11]Q: In a past interview [03:12.11]you once said that you didn't mind being in the spotlight twenty-four hours a day [03:16.94]Isn't there the odd time that you do enjoy doing common things, and just having it all to yourself [03:21.97]JOHN: When we're asleep [03:25.10]Q: When is that [03:25.89]JOHN: I don't know [03:28.52]RINGO: Next Thursday [03:29.02]PAUL: Very busy [03:29.78]Q: Are you going to immigrate to the States, fellas [03:30.43]BEATLES: No [03:31.09]Q: Why [03:31.85]GEORGE: 'Cuz we like England [03:33.90]Q: Who are your favourite recording artists [03:35.77]_Uh, Little Richard's one [03:38.26]_Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, The Exciters [03:44.42]_Jackie DeShannon [03:45.26]_The Miracles [03:46.88]_Derek Taylor [03:48.84]_Chuck Jackson [03:49.54]Q: When you people were initially starting did The Crickets have any influence in your sound at all [03:51.96]_When they were with Buddy Holly, yeah [03:53.55]_Marian Williams [03:56.27]Q: How about the name, did that have any influence [03:58.04]The Crickets and The Beatles [03:59.30]JOHN: Can't remember, it could've You know, it's so long ago [04:06.47]Q: What's the most unusual request you've ever had from a fan [04:09.08]JOHN: Well, I wouldn't like to say, really! [04:13.61]Q: Are you fellas identified with either the mods or the rockers [04:19.08]JOHN: Uh well, the rockers think we're mods [04:20.52]and then the mods think we're rockers, I think [04:23.22]Q: Do you enjoy beating off girls [04:24.59]JOHN: We don't do it, the police do it [04:27.37]Q: Do you feel safe riding in an airplane [04:29.49]JOHN: Not really As safe as you can be in an airplane, I suppose [04:33.52]Q: Are you going to write another book, John [04:35.04]JOHN: Uhh well, yes [04:36.46]Q: When is it coming out [04:37.57]JOHN: I don't know I can't seem to be able to [04:38.72]Q: What are you going to call it [04:39.94]JOHN: I don't know that either [04:41.95]Q: Does every city look the same [04:43.71]JOHN: No Some have trees, some don't [04:45.63]Q: What are your plans for the next ten years [04:48.47]JOHN:What are your plans, son [04:50.31]RINGO:Can you speak up, please! [04:53.28]RINGO: I haven't planned anything I just keep going, you know [04:55.09]see what happens It's more fun [04:58.05]_Ringo, are you engaged to Maureen Cox [04:59.92]RINGO: No! [05:00.47]Q: Are you going to be [05:01.03]RINGO: No! Anything else [05:04.92]Q: Do you think overexposure with movies and too many record releases perhaps could damage your career at all [05:10.20]JOHN: We don't release any more records than anybody else, it just so happens [05:13.08]RINGO: We've only made one movie [05:14.24]JOHN: they make everything we make into a single over here [05:16.47]PAUL: In fact, we we [05:17.20]JOHN: We've made three albums [05:18.46]PAUL: sorry [05:18.93]_Tell him sorry, Paul [05:22.10]GEORGE: In England, we made three albums! [05:29.49]GEORGE: And they've got seven out over here, or about seven [05:32.14]RINGO: So work that out for yourselves [05:33.74]JOHN: They just make 'em up [05:34.51]PAUL: In fact, we've made less records than most people So there We've only made [05:39.58]I think we've only ever made seven singles [05:42.91]and it seems to me like thousands, you know [05:45.47]Q: Over here, we get one every day [05:46.24]PAUL: Over here, yeah [05:47.12]RINGO: Lucky [05:48.15]PAUL: Well, we only made seven, you know [05:49.58]Q: I notice none of you smoke, do you have any drinking habits [05:51.45]BEATLES: We do smoke [05:52.29]Q: You do [05:52.89]JOHN: What's this [05:53.58]Q: Ahh, right [05:54.56]JOHN: It's not peanuts, you know! Ha ha ha! [05:55.83]PAUL: We drink Drink, too [05:57.70]RED:One of the press representatives asks at this point [06:00.45]How many of the quartet are the original Beatles [06:03.05]JOHN: The three of us [06:04.86]PAUL: Ringo [06:05.55]Q: Who was the boy that was ahead of [06:07.24]_A fella called Pete Best [06:08.04]RINGO: I'm the one that died [06:08.62]Q: Why did he quit [06:14.92]JOHN: We threw him out [06:15.94]PAUL: He really was It's one of those things, you know [06:17.73]Recording manager said he wasn't [06:18.81]Q: How long does your show last [06:19.08]JOHN: Thirty minutes [06:19.93]Q: Thirty minutes [06:22.38]PAUL: Just a bit over thirty, yeah [06:24.39]Q: What's worse facing the kids or a mob like this [06:27.02]JOHN: Mmmmmmmm [06:29.75]PAUL: No, it's We enjoy it, you know This, even [06:32.23]RINGO: Even [06:32.55]PAUL: Even this! [06:34.86]Q: Do you feel responsible for making Britannia rule the airwaves [06:37.82]JOHN: No [06:39.03]PAUL: Ooh Ohh You worked that one out, didn't you [06:45.23]Q: What is the best city you've ever played [06:47.49]JOHN: I don't know [06:48.66]RINGO: It's impossible, you know [06:50.15]PAUL: Actually, one of the wildest audiences was, I think, Glasgow [06:53.47]RINGO: Glasgow, Scotland [06:54.99]RED:Here our reporter asked Paul if he brought along his dad [06:58.10]PAUL: No Well, actually my dad's having a better time than I am He's got a [07:04.07]he's got a house, a race horse He's just been for a week in Athens I wish I was him [07:10.01]Q: How much time-off do you get in a year [07:12.36]PAUL: About [07:13.04]JOHN: We get good enough holidays, when we get 'em [07:14.60]RINGO: Couple of months [07:15.04]PAUL: Three or four weeks a year [07:16.57]Q: How can you enjoy them, when I hear that in Hawaii you had to leave after just a few days [07:18.58]JOHN: We weren't going to Hawaii, we were just passing through, you see [07:20.84]GEORGE: We only stayed there the night on the way to Tahiti [07:23.25]Q: Did you like it [07:24.11]PAUL: Yeah [07:24.88]JOHN: What Hawaii [07:25.44]Q: Yeah, Hawaii [07:25.80]JOHN: It was alright [07:26.46]GEORGE: But only staying there the night on the way to Tahiti [07:30.24]PAUL: Say it again, George [07:31.90]GEORGE: He's got it [07:33.10]Q: Have any of the political parties in England tried to carry favor with you and use you for their own benefit [07:39.02]JOHN: No They all give us a mention just in case [07:42.54]GEORGE: We had our pictures taken with Bessie Braddock and Harold Wilson, though [07:46.80]PAUL: Yeah, but we don't know enough about politics to support one or the other, you know [07:50.93]Q: You're all Torries, is that correct [07:52.44]RINGO: We're nothing [07:53.33]PAUL: Not really [07:54.28]JOHN: Whoever gives us the most money, you know We vote for them [07:58.37]RED:One of the most fascinating questions in this conference was the number of people employed by Beatles at that time [08:05.42]Q: How many people do the Beatles employ, as a group The organization, The Beatles, Limited [08:10.56]PAUL: Oh, us I don't know, you see, because much of the people that work with us [08:13.65]GEORGE: I think 'we' only employ about two people [08:15.58]PAUL: Most of the people that work with us work for 'NEMS,' which is our manager's company [08:20.84]GEORGE: We employ two, and that's it [08:22.96]PAUL: And they have artists like Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black, and alot of other people, you know Billy J Kramer [08:26.65]JOHN: We have two permanently with us One press agent and one road manager Oh no, and a heavy [08:31.23]PAUL: There he is This one-- with the mic [08:34.68]Q: You do carry a bodyguard, then [08:37.28]BEATLES: No [08:38.72]JOHN: You don't need to with all those police! [08:41.40]Q: Do you find that you're losing your popularity in England [08:43.95]JOHN: No, not according to record sales [08:46.91]Q: Then it's all just rumors [08:48.53]PAUL: Yeah Actually, we heard before [08:49.96]JOHN: They've been knocking us off since the third record [08:51.52]PAUL: before we went to Liverpool last time [08:54.41]for the Northern Premiere of the film, you know [08:56.84]we'd been down in London alot [08:58.87]because we'd been doing the film and TV and things [09:00.49]and everybody was saying [09:02.26]I've just been up to Liverpool [09:03.52]and they hate you up there [09:04.58]and it's terrible Nobody likes you anymore [09:06.49]And we believed 'em, you know, 'cuz we read the paper, same as anyone else [09:10.13]And we went up there [09:11.11]and it was the most ridiculous reception we've had anywhere, you know [09:13.96]So I give-in believing these rumors [09:16.56]Q: Can I ask you if you've ever had a press reception in a more uncomfortable room [09:19.77]JOHN: Yeah [09:21.11]PAUL: I don't know [09:21.99]Q: Where [09:22.61]JOHN: I don't know [09:23.18]Q: How do you feel being compared to Dave Clark Five [09:28.15]JOHN: We're compared to everybody [09:31.67]PAUL: Don't mind [09:32.55]Q: How about your horse, how's it doing your race horse [09:34.86]PAUL: Great! The first time out It's not mine, it's my dad's [09:39.12]you know It's nothing to do with me First time out it came second, and the last time out it won [09:43.42]JOHN: And then it died [09:47.94]Q: Does this mob of police protection come out of your take [09:50.61]or is the management here to accept responsibility for paying them [09:53.36]JOHN: I don't know who pays 'em, but we don't [09:55.34]PAUL: The last place we played at, it was the management of the place I don't know, it may be the same now [09:59.30]GEORGE: But we just tour, we don't do all that [10:01.95]Q: You'd miss them, though [10:03.02]PAUL: Oh, yeah [10:03.68]RINGO: Really [10:04.32]JOHN: Yeah Well I mean, if we can't get in a place, we can't go, can we It's the promoter's money [10:07.76]Q: How long will you be on the road before you go home [10:09.23]PAUL: About four more weeks [10:12.11]Q: What is the best group of teenagers, well-behaved, you've ever had [10:17.13]PAUL: Um I don't know They're about the same all over the world Just got different accents [10:25.11]Q: What city have you had your worst time in [10:26.53]PAUL: City，Don't know, because [10:28.88]you know things that some people think are the worst time, we think are the best [10:33.78]you know But I can't remember a worst time [10:36.63]Q: You've been roughed-up and jostled in various places you've been [10:40.16]Can you think of one in particular that was worse than the others [10:41.47]PAUL: No, you know Not [10:42.63]JOHN: We've not been really roughed at all, you know [10:43.93]Q: Where do you think the biggest reception crowd has been [10:46.57]JOHN: Biggest crowd was Liverpool [10:47.68]RINGO: Liverpool [10:49.23]Q: How many [10:49.82]JOHN: I don't know [10:51.00]GEORGE: A lot [10:52.05]JOHN: Just more than the other [10:53.20]Q: Sydney was the biggest, wasn't it [10:54.71]PAUL: Sydney [10:55.13]JOHN: Ah, well [10:55.78]PAUL: I don't know, but there was alot in Liverpool [10:58.17]Q: How long did it take you to make your movie [11:00.86]JOHN: Eight weeks, was it [11:01.79]PAUL: Yes [11:02.90]JOHN: They were trying to make it in three, but we argued [11:04.74]Q: Do you like the movie [11:05.25]PAUL: It's good, you know [11:05.98]Q: How's it doing where it's showing, do you know [11:09.31]RINGO: It's doing well [11:09.74]JOHN: It's breaking records, I've heard I don't want to brag [11:15.41]Q: Is it true that some of your birthday mail went in the fire and you didn't even see it [11:18.75]GEORGE: No, untrue Well, I think so Actually, it was, umm [11:24.91]PAUL: I don't think that was the rumor anyway, you know [11:27.06]JOHN: The rumor was it went in the bin By the time it gets over here, it's on fire [11:30.15]PAUL: Some people found some mails and I think it was about two letters out of thousands [11:37.17]you know which had been unopened They'd been sent to the fan clubs [11:41.42]and the fan club was supposed to open and read 'em [11:43.16]and then throw 'em And there were about two that they'd forgotten to open [11:45.97]so this was a great big scandal, you know It was just a slip-up [11:51.39]Q:Thank you very much! [11:52.30]JOHN:Than you! [11:54.48]RED:We joined the Beatles two years later in 1966 in Seattle,Washington,the date is August 27th [12:01.24]Another city,and another press conference,it’s 8 pm [12:04.85]Fifteen thousand fans are vailing for the night performance in the Seattle Colosseum [12:09.59]Meanwhile the presses again talking with Beatles [12:12.37]Leading up to B-Day,rumours had abounded that Paul Cartney is going to marry long-time girlfriend Jane Asher, [12:18.69]Sister of Peter Asher of Peter&Gordon fame,but it turned out to be just that rumours [12:24.61]MC: Can we have the first question, please [12:27.24]Q: John, could you please tell me something about your new movie, 'How I Won The War [12:33.25]JOHN: Oh, I don't know anything about it except for I'm in it [12:36.79]and it's about the last world war [12:37.58]Q: I'd like to address a question to Paul McCartney [12:39.95]Would you confirm or deny the report of your marriage to Jane Asher in Seattle this evening [12:45.83]PAUL: It's tonight, yeah [12:46.79]Q: What time and where [12:47.71]PAUL: Tonight-- I can't tell you that, now can I [12:51.43]PAUL: I couldn't tell ya it's a secret [12:53.78]GEORGE: OK, it's a secret We don't want all the people there, do we [12:54.97]Q: You are confirming the report [12:56.89]PAUL: No, not really It was it's a joke [12:59.11]Who started this Anyone know Does anyone know I just got in today and found out I was getting married tonight [13:05.43]No, she is not coming in tonight as far as I know [13:09.18]GEORGE: And if she does, we are going out tonight anyway cause we'll miss her [13:14.70]Q: I'd like to direct this to any of the Beatles Do you believe that you represent a different type of morality [13:20.19]or a new type of morality-- than, say, the 'Rolling Stones' or the protest groups [13:24.31]JOHN: Are they a protest group Since when [13:26.99]Q: No 'OR a protest group [13:28.81]PAUL: OR a protest group! No We don't represent anything like that [13:35.91]It's the 'Cyrkle' that do that [13:40.29]_'Turn Down Day' I think you've heard that one, haven't you! Folk song! [13:44.03]Q: I'd like to ask John Lennon a question [13:45.57]I hope I get a chance to ask him a second one This is sort of double-barreled I'd like to know your motivation in this Money I'd like to think it's enjoyment [13:54.99]and I'd like to think you're having as much fun as you seem to be when you're doing it [13:59.05]JOHN: Well, when I look as though I'm having fun [14:01.43]I am, you know When I'm not-- I'm not, usually So it varies [14:05.96]Q: Do I get another chance One more chance I have this little prediction that in 25 years you're going to be a great writer [14:10.52]I'd like to talk to you about it sometime [14:12.30]_Well, I mean, we're between 25 years then [14:15.45]Q: I'll make you a date [14:16.88]JOHN: OK [14:18.25]GEORGE: See ya, Penny Lane [14:19.60]Q: I'd like to address this question to anybody in the group [14:21.82]What about the next movie [14:23.06]heard alot of stories [14:24.26]nothing's confirmed Has there been anything decided [14:26.60]PAUL: Nothing [14:27.84]GEORGE: Somebody gave us a good idea [14:29.61]so we told him to go and write it into a script [14:32.34]So we won't really be able to tell if we're gonna make the film until we've read the script [14:36.61]And as he hasn't finished the script, we haven't read the script [14:39.29]so we won't know yet until about Christmas [14:42.04]maybe But if it is a good one and we like it [14:44.94]we'll probably start it 'round about January, February, or March or December [14:49.40]Q: I have three questions, if I can For one [14:53.60]Do you think the audience that your music attracts has changed from say the thirteen and fourteen year old girls to more of the college age [15:03.35]and that if so, do you like it better that way [15:07.26]PAUL: Uhh, I think it's probably got a bit older I don't know how old And it's nice [15:12.60]and that if so, do you like it better that way [15:12.66]Q: Did you intend it that way [15:14.44]PAUL: No We don't intend anything, you know That's the trouble [15:18.70]JOHN: It all happens [15:18.93]_Also, Paul-- Since your rumors were denied [15:24.20]then what are you doing after the show [15:27.75]PAUL: I don't know, marrying you, probably! [15:31.09]Q: How are the attendance on this tour compared to past American tours [15:35.83]PAUL: It's been apparently been more at the shows than there were last time [15:40.43]Q: Do you think that the so-called adverse publicity hurt or helped in this [15:44.23]PAUL: No idea, you know We haven't been able to tell really because we You know the press keeps saying [15:49.41]'I see it's hurt you' And our managers keep saying it hasn't So, you know, who do we believe [15:54.95]Q: John and Paul, I'd like to know if all the songs that are said to be written by Lennon and McCartney are always written by both of you [16:01.70]or do you ever do one all by yourself [16:04.04]JOHN:Don't they buy 'Datebook [16:05.29]PAUL: No, we do them seperately and together [16:08.43]Q: Your music used to be mostly composed of guitar backgrounds [16:12.22]and recently you've come around to strings and harpsichords and a lot of weird things like that Is there any purpose in this evolution [16:18.87]PAUL: Yeah [16:19.07]JOHN: No [16:20.00]GEORGE: Just to use something else besides guitars [16:23.55]PAUL: And because those things aren't it's not necessarily sort of 'coming around to them' you know, [16:28.08]like we're giving-in to 'em It's finding them again [16:31.75]RED:As the director of radio station CFUN in Vancouver [16:34.84]I had decide let where my DJs to cover this 1966 press conference in label Seattle [16:40.81]I selected a giant of a man called John Turner [16:43.39]Who stood 6 foot [16:45.20]And then some in this stocking feet [16:47.03]And during those top forty CFUN days [16:48.95]We referred to him on the era of Jolly John [16:51.68]And for this particular press conference [16:53.32]He dressed his tall frame in a Jolly green giant costume [16:56.86]Complete with Robin Hood booties [16:58.94]How imagine you will [17:00.31]The Beatles reaction to this strange,blooming figure [17:03.64]Q:I don't know if there is a Jolly Green Giant in England, fellows [17:06.97]but I come with good wishes from Vancouver in Canada [17:10.12]You played there a short while ago [17:12.61]And we were wondering whether you are coming back to Vancouver [17:19.56]PAUL: Maybe Brian decides where we go So, maybe [17:23.07]Q：All people from Vancouver are wishing John a happy forth anniversary [17:28.13]A few days ago,John [17:29.51]JOHN: Thank you Well, you thank them Jolly Green Giant [17:32.49]Q: and a question George, where do you get your sitars [17:39.27]GEORGE: Where do I get them Or where do people generally get them [17:41.55]Q: Where can people generally get a sitar [17:43.35]GEORGE: India [17:44.46]Q:In India [17:46.19]Q:I hear that you are world’s greatest sitar player [18:09.19]Q: Paul, before, you said that there were some songs that you 'have to' write [18:12.50]Could you explain what you mean by 'have to' write [18:14.37]PAUL: Hmmm No see, I just said that in passing I just meant that there was an LP due And when an LP is due we write songs [18:24.77]you know We do it like that more than write all the time,We don't write all the time [18:28.81]We write more 'to order' You know [18:32.09]if we've got fourteen tracks to fill [18:34.95]then we've got fourteen songs to write That's what I mean [18:37.65]Seattle,Washington,1966 [18:40.40]That night,the Beatles went out to the with fifteen thousand frantic fans [18:46.10]These were the really innocent years for the Beatles [18:48.03]They were just about to lead into a new face of their careers [18:51.23]The late 60s were used as the revolution in term [18:53.91]And the Beatles were certainly in the guard of the new wave [18:56.83]Some would say that the new demensions that they’ve added to the popular music [18:59.87]Were the most important contributions to musical history [19:02.95]But apart from those earlier years [19:05.30]The fun and the energy [19:07.17]Those were the moments [19:07.78]That would be remembered for the generation that lived through those times [19:12.02]On this album package [19:13.10]We tried to present the best of the Beatles [19:17.62]The stories of the Beatles is best told by hearing them in action [19:21.55]The Marks Bothers were unique [19:23.73]And so were the Beatles [19:26.13]They give you the frantic feeling and friendly of a Beatles concert [19:29.42]During those healthy days of the mid-sixties [19:31.75]We’d like you to hear the Beatles on stage [19:34.19]In front of over twenty-thousand fans [19:36.47]Now twice during the concert [19:38.08]The quartet of mob-tops were interrupted [19:40.05]once by myself [19:41.02]And minutes later by thier manager Brian Abeles [19:43.65]As the screaming fans pressed against the front of the open-air stage of Empire Stadium [19:48.65]Police were frightened that the fans would get crashed [19:51.23]As it happened in so many soccer matches in England [19:54.18]And else where in Europe [19:55.75]You’ll mind what the audience feel of the Beatles in concert [20:04.46]MC:Crowd can you be quiet just for a minute please [20:06.39]I would like to say right now that you’ve been a small crowd here tonight so lets keep up the good work [20:11.37]And it’s going to be a great deal of pleasure having the CNN and the CFUN to present [20:15.40]The Beatles! [20:57.64]Thank you [20:58.30]Thank you very much everybody [21:02.97]Thanks [21:03.94]And good evening [21:06.21]How are you [21:07.18]Okay [21:08.69]Alright [21:11.84]We’d like to come around [21:13.22]To the song [21:15.29]Which was on the first album that we’ve made [21:21.73]Hope you like the song [21:23.49]It’s called Oh!My loving [21:31.68]Thank you folks [21:33.01]The next song we’re gonna do [21:34.38]It’s another whole LP [21:40.09]And it’s called She loves you [21:46.59]Lets cut it down [21:49.14]Now,it’s a quite a new song [21:50.14]I think it’s on the new album over here [21:51.90]It’s called The things you said today [21:56.23]Thank you very much everybody [21:56.87]Thank you [21:58.54]We’d like to [21:59.72]I hate to [22:01.17]Like we’re gotta back some of the people up [22:03.42]There have been two kids crashed already [22:05.09]Or we have to cancel the show [22:09.09]All that,down [22:12.05]Everybody down [22:13.70]Or no show [22:18.81]The Beatles wanna perform [22:20.95]But they can’t do it if you don’t sit down [22:23.71]Let’s sit down,they wanna perform,com’on [22:36.22]We’d like to ask you dude help us [22:38.44]With our next song [22:40.24]Hello [22:41.60]We’d like to ask you [22:42.91]If you’ll join in [22:43.94]Will you with us next one [22:47.32]Okay alright listen [22:49.92]Stand easy [22:50.49]All you have to do is clap your hands [22:52.64]Or stamp you feet [22:53.87]Something like that [22:55.65]Do everything you like [22:57.68]The song’s called Can’t buy me,love [23:04.16]Thank you folks [23:05.64]Before we do the next song [23:07.57]I’m gonna hang down a minute while John changes his guitar [23:17.32]And the song we’re going to do next [23:20.07]Is a slow song from the film we’ve just made,All days nights [23:26.50]And it’s from the new album we’ve just made [23:29.02]And it’s called,If I fell [23:39.14]Thank you very much folks indeed,thank you [23:41.81]We’d like now [23:43.74]To do something,do something yeah [23:45.56]We’d like to do something that we don’t often got [23:48.56]Much of a chance to do [23:51.20]We’d like to feature some of you [23:54.45]Who doesn’t sing very often but is gonna sing now [23:59.15]Yes,sing a song called By swingo [24:10.80]Next song we’re going to do is from our latest record [24:12.99]Is the title song for the film called [24:14.59]Half day night叫Half day night [24:21.34]Join me later ladies and gentleman [24:23.51]The Beatles had come a long way [24:25.23]With us [24:26.05]with me [24:27.41]To do this show [24:28.37]And will have to cut this show unless you move back [24:30.88]I’m very worry about this situation [24:33.44]Back [24:38.42]Back back [24:52.52]Thank you very much everybody [24:53.94]We’d like to thank you now [24:55.58]For coming along tonight and being a marvelous audience [24:59.37]Thank you
