50 years ago The Beatles played on a roof

[jlw]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/01/30/50-years-ago-the-beatles-playe.html

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[Grey_Devil]

Referenced (obviously so) heavily in the Across The Universe movie

[Papasan]

Probably their best performance.

[sarc]

I was under impression that it was in savile row but I might well be wrong ding dong

[Boundegar]

I wonder why the recordings sound so clean. No traffic? No pigeons?

[Grey_Devil]

They’re singing across time and space directly into your ears for your listening pleasure.

[AgentMinty]

Love this! Plus, Billy Preston.

[freshacconci]

They gave it a shot but sometimes these things just don’t pan out.

[freshacconci]

Weekday at lunchtime and not the busiest street, traffic-wise. A few stories above the street with all the mics and amps plugged directly into the console.

[weekendlites]

Too bad you cannot get the movie. Or at least last time I tried you could not get it. Paul did not like how it made them look arguing in the studio.

And the thumb nail looks like Graham Chapman

EDIT: The movie is Let It Be

[KruntyMunt]

Well, someone has to…

[knoxblox]

[TheGreatParis]

And that’s how the Beatles were arrested and never heard of again.

[casual_economy]

I had a bootleg of it as a teenager, sold it long ago. Surprised you really can’t get it. I bet you can torrent it.

[cannibalpeas]

Yeah, it’s out there. I have a bootlegged digital copy on a hard drive somewhere alongside a copy of “Cocksucker Blues”. Man, if people saw that film in the #metoo era… whew.

[tw1515tw]

Someone earlier in the day had gone out and bought some tights so they could cut them up and put them over the microphones.

[FGD135]

My, how time flies.

[ferg]

Peter Jackson has 55 hours of video not used in the movie and he’s going to make a new documentary with it