The PBS NewsHour profiles Michael Lindsay-Hogg.
Category: Beatles
The Fabulous Batles
My eldest sister occasionally likes to remind me that she attended both of the Beatles shows at Shea Stadium. The legendary 1965 concert was held two weeks before Mary Quant’s New York fashion show, where Prue introduced miniskirts to America.
The unprecedented success of the Beatles at Shea Stadium gave promoters the idea that the venue would be good for other acts, as seen in this 1966 poster.
Here’s the batty tale of how Batman followed the Beatles to Shea Stadium, and why Bob Dylan didn’t.
Hooked on Needles
Something I realized rather quickly with CD (and also DVD), is the players are commodities. I have never felt the same personal connection for a disc player the way I always have for my speakers, headphones, receivers, turntables, and phono cartridges. Yes, even phono cartridges.
These are a few of the pickups, as cartridges used to be known, that I remember fondly.
The Pickering V15 came installed on my Garrard 40B turntable, way back in early 1972. Five years later, the Stanton 500 was on the Micro-Trak tonearms of the Russco Cue-Master turntables at the radio station.
The Shure M91ED was purchased to replace the Pickering.
The Audio-Technica AT-13Ea lived on my JVC VL-5 turntable.
Paul and Answer
Listen to “I Dig a Pony” at the 2:00 mark.
For ages I was never entirely certain if the “oooo” and the “ohhh” were both by John. It’s Paul, then John.
John was known for having trouble remembering lyrics, even for songs he had written. As seen here, an assistant was holding a clipboard for John’s reference.
BeaTles Tower
Last August, I made a big deal about the retirement of the Master FM Antenna that had been on the Empire State Building since 1965.
In Let It Be, at the start of the rooftop concert there’s a shot of a far more imposing mid-1960’s broadcasting structure. The British Telecom Tower.
After sixty years, the BT Tower still looks quite futuristic. I first saw it during a business trip to London about thirty years ago. I’m surprised it isn’t a more widely recognized landmark. The tower is now owned by an American investment group that plans to convert it into a hotel.
https://apnews.com/article/london-bt-tower-sold-hotel-mcr-773d8074736576edaba3af8f1eff27ea
Let It Be Back
“Premieres May 10, 2024 Watch the new official music video for The Beatles’ “Let It Be”, filmed on the day after the January 30th rooftop concert.”