As we predicted yesterday, the songs from the Stowe school concert have started to appear online. The above song is the AI improved “The Hippy Hippy Shake” from CD 2 of the “School Gig”. Here from CD 1 is the unprocessed “I Just Don’t Understand”:
So the whole thing’s on YouTube.
Wow. What an amazing treat. Sound quality is fine, but the performance…Jesus Christ it makes parts of the Star Club look tame. And George Harrison is absolutely on fire. Playing way above his usual level on those solos. Boy could he play guitar!
George plays with fire… except to much blues call-and-response playing throughout, which later would almost had destroyed Hey Jude… But oh my oh my, what a power… what a great rock ‘n roll band.
Unofficial or not – this is by far the best release in 2023 for a Beatles release. This will hold me over until “Now and Then.” Got the .flac files and enjoying the shit out of them.
I love the version of Love Me Do on this recording – band playing great and sounds like the audience is singing along – never heard Love Me Do this way before…. Awesome
Fantastic to hear this , but let’s try to be a little realistic . On the BBC radio programme it sounded better than this . My guess is that it was recorded on a phone from the headphones when someone was listening to the original at the British Museum , where it is available to everyone . The band are really terrific but there’s no bass and distant vocals , so IMHO it is inferior to the Star Club tapes , where the balance is much better . Great to hear then in front of a fanatical audience who are not screaming girls though , probably the nearest you’ll hear to an early club gig .
Listening this for the first time on holiday. Wow this is the best bootleg in yeaaaaars. Reminds me of the good old bootleg cd years. Eyes closed, ears open!
Where can you hear them?
So the whole thing’s on YouTube.
Wow. What an amazing treat. Sound quality is fine, but the performance…Jesus Christ it makes parts of the Star Club look tame. And George Harrison is absolutely on fire. Playing way above his usual level on those solos. Boy could he play guitar!
Totally agree. George sounds terrific.
George plays with fire… except to much blues call-and-response playing throughout, which later would almost had destroyed Hey Jude… But oh my oh my, what a power… what a great rock ‘n roll band.
A bunch of the solos on this tape are actually played by John…particularly the Chuck Berry songs and the first solo in Matchbox
No, not as aggressive as Star Club tapes. But it’s not as “well” recorded as Star Club
sounds like BBC Songs
It’s really not. They never played this aggressively for Auntie Beeb!
Agree Stephen.
Fab!
Thanks for this, great to hear. We can but hope for an official release
Fantastic to hear. Excellent performance. Sounds like the Star Club in better quality. Shame George doesn’t sing on full show.
Unofficial or not – this is by far the best release in 2023 for a Beatles release. This will hold me over until “Now and Then.” Got the .flac files and enjoying the shit out of them.
Here is the entire show from CD2
https://youtu.be/ltLgHN6mSbM?feature=shared
I love the version of Love Me Do on this recording – band playing great and sounds like the audience is singing along – never heard Love Me Do this way before…. Awesome
Fantastic to hear this , but let’s try to be a little realistic . On the BBC radio programme it sounded better than this . My guess is that it was recorded on a phone from the headphones when someone was listening to the original at the British Museum , where it is available to everyone . The band are really terrific but there’s no bass and distant vocals , so IMHO it is inferior to the Star Club tapes , where the balance is much better . Great to hear then in front of a fanatical audience who are not screaming girls though , probably the nearest you’ll hear to an early club gig .
Listening this for the first time on holiday. Wow this is the best bootleg in yeaaaaars. Reminds me of the good old bootleg cd years. Eyes closed, ears open!
Wow wow wow how great can music life get now where can I get cd set best wishes to all the greatest live band ever