Shea Stadium film in trouble?

8 Responses

  1. Unknown says:

    "Master Tapes" – could that mean the WHOLE un-edited concert footage and audio with the two missing songs (She's a Woman & Everybody's Trying to be my Baby) with no voice overs (A Hard Day's Night) and studio versions (Act Naturally) or just the standard edited version which one comes to expect after all these years???

  2. wogew says:

    Well Eric, the phrase "Master tapes" sounds suspicious in the first place, because the concert was filmed by numerous cameras using 35mm film, so that's no tape. It was edited by Sullivan Productions, and the finished film was then shipped to Brian Epstein in England. At the time, one of the missing tracks was part of the film, but not the other one (they were all changing film rolls during that song). The other song was then edited out of the film to bring the TV special down to 50 minutes for television. Paul McCartney is said to have purchased a copy of the film as it was before it was sent to England, but it seems not to have been used for the upcoming edition of the film.

  3. davejohn1313 says:

    Sid Bernstein was the promoter. As a promoter he has no rights to any concert films.

  4. Tammy says:

    This whole Shea thing has me baffled. Surely Apple knows that by sending it out to multiple theaters in 4K it's a prime candidate to be bootlegged?. I'm not sure how theaters work now, are films downloaded by the theater, or are they sent by Blu Ray disc?, thumb drive?. Whatever way, it just seems silly of Apple to throw this out there, and not use it as a bonus on the upcoming DVD/Blu Ray.

    Ps/ If anyone knows someone who works in a cinema, now might be the time to reacquaint your friendship with them. 🙂

  5. Unknown says:

    Hey Roger. That 'missing a song because they all had to change film rolls' sounds very made up to me. Any professional film company covering a live appearance on film would be mindful of this possibility – and have a few of the cameras set to start on a different time frame as a contingency to cover the entire concert. If that's a story that someone official told at some stage – I'm not buying it…I've not doubt that the 'rushes/negatives' are just not available and are mislaid, lost or dumped. If they had been available – things like the 'optical close ups' done of Paul and John singing together would have been restored to their original frame size by now…

  6. Unknown says:

    Maybe Ringo was the one that took an unedited copy – being the group's 'archivist' – and it was lost in his fire…?

  7. Martin says:

    Is this the same Sidney Bernstein who was a pioneer at Granada Television, or a totally different person?

    As for another 'Beatles History' film, surely Anthology covers it?
    And fans (still) want 'Let It Be' and are still waiting….

    I'd love Howard to do a Kinks film, myself….

  8. Rick says:

    Just don’t let Disney+ get their grubby mitts on it.

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