March 8, 1962
Today begins the Beatles big push for their conquest of the world! Their tape, made yesterday at BBC facilities in Manchester, is broadcast nationally by the BBC . It's a little after five o'clock on a chilly Thursday evening. You turn on the big catherdral radio in the little parlor of your council house, fiddle with the tuner, and through a storm of static you hear...
Are you impressed? Probably, not yet. Still, there is something interesting going on there. The Beatles learned a lot they would put to good use later from the late-50s and early-60s "girl groups".
On a life friendly planet circling a star some 50 light years from our own Sun, they are just hearing the Beatles for the first time and thinking WTF?!
I absolutely love the sound of John's Rickenbacker on this clip. It also demonstrates nicely the difference between the drumming styles of Pete Best (in the clip) and Ringo Star (on the later record).
And ain't it cool how the days of the week are aligned, now? (2012 is a leap year, 1962 was not.)
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I actally was really impressed by that recording! It might even be better than the studio verion! Either way, i love the song. Great post, man!
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