The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl on Official CD Format
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THE BEATLES AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
WHEN RELEASED, IT WAS THE BEATLES FIRST ALBUM TO HIT THE NUMBER 1 SPOT IN SEVEN YEARS AND WAS TO BE THEIR LAST FOR THE NEXT SEVENTEEN!
The Beatle concerts were historically and culturally important in the mid-sixties as they struck at the very nerve of what became "Beatlemania" in the USA. Many Beatle fans flocked to these concerts just to get a glimpse (and possibly hear?) the Beatles perform. Two such American concerts were combined together and released on an LP format by Capitol and EMI known as "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl." The album was released on May 6, 1977 in the UK and made the No. 1 spot for one week (June 18th, 1977) and charted for 17 weeks on the hit parade.
In the Beatles Anthology book, John Lennon revered the Hollywood Bowl concert as one of his favorite performances: "The Hollywood Bowl was marvelous. It was the one we all enjoyed the most. I think, even though it wasn't the largest crowd -- because it seemed so important, and everybody was saying things. We got on, and it was a big stage, and it was great. We could be heard in place like the Hollywood Bowl, even though the crowd was wild: good acoustics." (page 150)
According to music expert Graham Calkin, "The Hollywood Bowl concerts a year apart were recorded by Capitol Records using a three-track recording system. The 1964 concert recording engineer was Hugh Davies and the 1965 was Pete Abbott which were produced by Voyle Gilmore under the supervision of George Martin." The idea of releasing the concert back then were "technically disappointing" said Graham and so the idea was shelved for a lengthy period. "Finally, the Capitol president Bhaskar Menon discovered the tapes and asked George Martin to give them another listen. George was impressed with the electric atmosphere and raw energy and set to work in January 1977 enhancing and transferring the performances to modern multi-track tapes. They did no redubbing of voices or instruments."
As you can see these concert performances are indeed unique. "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl" was an official release which became part of the Beatle musical cannon. Sadly, though, since the introduction of digital technology, neither Capitol/EMI nor Apple have never issued this concert on a CD platform. With the release of The Beatles The Capitol Albums Vol. 1, we feel the time is now right to raise this issue requesting the Executives at Capitol and Apple and have them release the Hollywood Bowl on CD using the latest technology. Please give your support by signing the petition below which will be forwarded on to them in due course.
WHEN RELEASED, IT WAS THE BEATLES FIRST ALBUM TO HIT THE NUMBER 1 SPOT IN SEVEN YEARS AND WAS TO BE THEIR LAST FOR THE NEXT SEVENTEEN!
The Beatle concerts were historically and culturally important in the mid-sixties as they struck at the very nerve of what became "Beatlemania" in the USA. Many Beatle fans flocked to these concerts just to get a glimpse (and possibly hear?) the Beatles perform. Two such American concerts were combined together and released on an LP format by Capitol and EMI known as "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl." The album was released on May 6, 1977 in the UK and made the No. 1 spot for one week (June 18th, 1977) and charted for 17 weeks on the hit parade.
In the Beatles Anthology book, John Lennon revered the Hollywood Bowl concert as one of his favorite performances: "The Hollywood Bowl was marvelous. It was the one we all enjoyed the most. I think, even though it wasn't the largest crowd -- because it seemed so important, and everybody was saying things. We got on, and it was a big stage, and it was great. We could be heard in place like the Hollywood Bowl, even though the crowd was wild: good acoustics." (page 150)
According to music expert Graham Calkin, "The Hollywood Bowl concerts a year apart were recorded by Capitol Records using a three-track recording system. The 1964 concert recording engineer was Hugh Davies and the 1965 was Pete Abbott which were produced by Voyle Gilmore under the supervision of George Martin." The idea of releasing the concert back then were "technically disappointing" said Graham and so the idea was shelved for a lengthy period. "Finally, the Capitol president Bhaskar Menon discovered the tapes and asked George Martin to give them another listen. George was impressed with the electric atmosphere and raw energy and set to work in January 1977 enhancing and transferring the performances to modern multi-track tapes. They did no redubbing of voices or instruments."
As you can see these concert performances are indeed unique. "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl" was an official release which became part of the Beatle musical cannon. Sadly, though, since the introduction of digital technology, neither Capitol/EMI nor Apple have never issued this concert on a CD platform. With the release of The Beatles The Capitol Albums Vol. 1, we feel the time is now right to raise this issue requesting the Executives at Capitol and Apple and have them release the Hollywood Bowl on CD using the latest technology. Please give your support by signing the petition below which will be forwarded on to them in due course.
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