The BEATLES At The Hollywood Bowl - Orig. 1977 Capitol SMAS-11638 Gatefold VG+

Description: The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl is a live album by the Beatles, released in May 1977, featuring songs compiled from three performances recorded at the Hollywood Bowl in August 1964 and August 1965. The album was released by Capitol Records in the United States. It was the band's first official live recording. THE HISTORY: Capitol Records considered recording the Beatles' February 1964 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York, but it could not get the necessary approval from the American Federation of Musicians. Six months later, KRLA DJ Bob Eubanks booked the band's performance of 23 August at the Hollywood Bowl, in Los Angeles, where Capitol recorded their performance with the aim of releasing a live album in America. The sound quality of the tapes proved to be inadequate for commercial release, however. When the Beatles returned to the Hollywood Bowl a year later, during their 1965 American tour, Capitol recorded two performances by the group at the same venue. The sound quality of the 1965 recordings was equally disappointing. The Beatles were among the few major recording artists of the 1960s not to have issued a live album. Consequently, among Beatles fans, pent-up demand for a concert album continued to build. Despite the obvious demand for a live album, the tapes from the three Hollywood Bowl performances lay untouched in a Capitol vault. In 1971, the Hollywood Bowl tapes were given to Phil Spector to see whether he could fashion an album from the material. Either Spector did not complete the job or his production was unsatisfactory, and the tapes sat unreleased for another six years.Finally, with a rival record label's impending release of the Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany 1962 album, consisting of a 15-year-old, poor-quality mono concert recording of the group performing in the Star-Club in Hamburg, Capitol Records' president, Bhaskar Menon, decided to revisit the Hollywood Bowl recordings. Beatles producer George Martin was handed the tapes and asked to compile a listenable "official" live album. Although the original album sleeve says that the recordings were all made on 23 August 1964 and 30 August 1965, "Ticket to Ride" and "Help!" were recorded on 29 August 1965, and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" is a composite using parts from both nights in 1965. The album was originally released as a vinyl LP on 4 May 1977. Though the recordings were 12 and 13 years old, the album reached number one on the New Musical Express chart in the UK and number two on the Billboard chart in the US. Noted record reviewer Robert Christgau ranked it 12th on his own year-end list, and in a review for the newspaper, he wrote: “A tribute not only to the Beatles (which figured) but to George Martin and Capitol (which didn't necessarily figure at all). The sound rings clearly and powerfully through the shrieking: the segues are brisk and the punch-ins imperceptible; and the songs capture our heroes at their highest. Furthermore, though the musicianship is raw, the arrangements are tighter (faster, actually) than on record.” THIS COPY is an original Jacksonville 1st pressing from the stated release date (see Notes, below). The Vinyl has some marks, but per a test listen, nothing that affects playback. It is in Very Good Plus [VG+] condition. The original gatefold cover is “embossed”, meaning the tickets shown on the front and back are slightly raised from the vanilla colored background. It is somewhat soiled along the surface edges on both the front and the back. (A couple of pictures are included to show some of that.) Overall, though, it is still quite solid, deserving a Very Good [VG] grading. The original inner sleeve features shots of screaming girls from the audiences on both sides. One of the photos includes the Beatles' autographs (i.e. as part of the photo). It has creases at both of the lower corners and a split on the bottom seam. It is in Very Good [VG] condition. NOTES First Jacksonville pressing with the tickets on the front and back of the cover embossed/raised. Later pressings did not have the embossings. All songs recorded live August 30th 1965 except tracks A6, A7, B1, B4, B5, B6 recorded August 23rd 1964 Mastered in Air London Studios, January 1977 Released May 4th, 1977 ©℗ 1977 EMI Records Ltd. Printed in U.S.A. Pressing Plant Variation to The Beatles - The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl: Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville. All variants are etched, with the exception of "MASTERED BY CAPITOL" and the Jacksonville "0" plant ID.Barcode and Other IdentifiersPressing Plant ID (Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville): 0Rights Society: BMIMatrix / Runout (Side A runout): SMAS-1-11638-G2 ML #5 MASTERED BY CAPITOL 0 Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): SMAS-2-11638-G 4 ML #1 MASTERED BY CAPITOL 0 ENJOY!

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