The only Beatles appearance in TOTP was deleted by BBC decades ago. This is the only surviving film of this rare performance. A kid in the 60s filmed this with his home camera in front of the TV. This has been a Holy Grail of Beatlemaniacs for decades.
It's not .....it's a ropey forgery, the Beatles always mimed to their songs on TOTPs it was exactly the same performance as was shown on Ed Sullivan, this is just FAKE
@@invisibleray6987 Everyone always mimed on TOTP. By the '80s, performers started incorporating jokes about the miming into their appearances. There's a clip by Squeeze where the band members have all switched instruments. Maybe the best is a clip of Tracey Ullman doing her single "Breakaway". She and the two backup singers are "singing" into hairbrushes rather than microphones, like kids at home in front of their mirrors,.
Ah, thank you for solving that mystery … I had always read that they mimed this TOTP performance, so I was confused by this video having a live rendition.
We’re lucky to have the amount of footage that we have of the Beatles but what we’ve lost is tragic. The lack of any 65 UK tour footage is terrible also as it had a couple of performances that they never did again or before.
The Japan ‘66 audio works surprisingly well but they were obviously lip syncing to the single so someone has to synch that up to this ‘hens teeth’ footage (the 2009 mono remaster please)
The only studio appearance of the Beatles on TOTP. They mimed their way through "Paperback Writer" in 1966 the year the Musician's Union banned miming on pop TV shows.
The secret seems to be the grunt coming from the guitars. John and George appear to have both quite distorted and complementary sounds. Kicks the whole thing up a couple of notches. Great songwriting always helps too many
Nice sync work during the first half or so, even if it reuses some scenes due to the missing bits, but what's the use in putting the budokan audio? It makes it even more confusing, and the performance probably consisted of live vocals over the originak instrumental studio track + some harmonies, so it probably was closer to the studio version than to a live recording. Nevertheless, thanks for posting and editing!
Thanks, that clears up something that was confusing me. The Beatles weren't dressing any more like they are shown in these video clips, by the time they were performing songs like Paperback Writer - at least I don't believe they were.
i think this is the first clip with the beatles useing the epiphone casino 360 guitars i think they got a better sound with these when john ditched the rickenbacker and george the gretch country gentlemen they sounded more loud and upbeat much better
Maybe not up to the Bealtes' usual sound and musicianship standards, but I guess that's the price you pay for playing in front of humongous screaming audiences all over the world for three years where you can't hear yourself playing on the fold-back speakers! Great video anyway - thanks for uploading. Liked and subscribed...
@@ABCABC-tj4dg That’s my understanding. I’m happy to be corrected. Certainly miming was the norm. I have a clear memory of watching an episode in the ‘80s where one of the pop stars of the day gazed soulfully into the camera while the vocal track began without him. As I posted elsewhere in this thread, acts would sometimes make fun of the fact that they had to mime on TOTP. Search on TH-cam for a great clip of Tracey Ullman doing her song “Breakaway“, where she and her backup singers sing into hairbrushes instead of microphones.
@@fenderjag114 Here on TH-cam key in Burlesque by Family on Top of the Pops. it's a cassette recording from 1972 (film now wiped) Roger Chapman is singing live. That's just one example.
I don't know what this is. Definitely sounds like live beatles. I thought Top Of The Pops was live performances? I see no microphones, I see Paul, I don't see his lips moving......I'm confused.
Remember they couldn't hear themselves or each other very well. You can tell because Paul is off pitch, and timing get weird sometimes. I get why they stopped performing live.
I find this footage as being from "Top of the Pops" to be fairly suspect. The Beatles are obviously playing live here. But TOTP was NOTORIOUS for making bands lip sync to the original recorded/released/produced track. In 1967, about one year after this performance, a Syd Barrett led Pink Floyd had to mime "See Emily Play" (much to the band's chagrin). My guess is that this isn't from TOTP, but rather a different performance. If anyone has evidence that I'm mistaken, I'd LOVE to hear it! After all, I do want to believe that this IS the Fab Four at TOTP! :)
@@ClownfishV2 Thanks for the info! Their lips weren't matching the audio at ALL! Would've looked better if they just used the recorded version of the song on this video like the did in the original broadcast...
This is a hard to find video that looks like someone recorded off their television. Unfortunately it's paired with a dreadful live version of this song from Japan in 1966. The singing and playing is bad and one wonders why this could not be paired with the much better recorded version?
the only Beatles appearance in TOTP was deleted by BBC decades ago. This is the only surviving film of this rare performance. A kid in the 60s filmed this with his home camera in front of the TV. This has been a Holy Grail of Beatlemaniacs for decades.
The only Beatles appearance in TOTP was deleted by BBC decades ago. This is the only surviving film of this rare performance. A kid in the 60s filmed this with his home camera in front of the TV. This has been a Holy Grail of Beatlemaniacs for decades.
No it's not there was a 10 second bit of footage filmed from the TV found in Mexico.
It's not .....it's a ropey forgery, the Beatles always mimed to their songs on TOTPs it was exactly the same performance as was shown on Ed Sullivan, this is just FAKE
@@invisibleray6987 Everyone always mimed on TOTP. By the '80s, performers started incorporating jokes about the miming into their appearances. There's a clip by Squeeze where the band members have all switched instruments. Maybe the best is a clip of Tracey Ullman doing her single "Breakaway". She and the two backup singers are "singing" into hairbrushes rather than microphones, like kids at home in front of their mirrors,.
@@fenderjag114 I remember that happened a lot
BBC sucks....
Probably the only time Ringo actually fronted the band, and they lose the footage.
Check "Around the Beatles" TV-show though
never in my life listened to the Beatles live without any filter and it's amazing
What planet have you been on ?
@@williamwallace5857 clearly la la land 😂
What???😂😂😂😂
These are fragments pieced together from the June 16th TOTP synced up with the live Tokyo performance of the song.
Good job. 👏👏👏👏
Ah, thank you for solving that mystery … I had always read that they mimed this TOTP performance, so I was confused by this video having a live rendition.
The Beatles also played Rain on this same show. Hope someone finds some footage someday!
Paperback Writer and Rain, plus their incredible album Revolver. What an amazing period in the Beatles history.
Crazy how this footage was trashed and a young teen recorded this at home in 66 and kept it for all these years
There's a few recordings I'd made decades ago of concerts that would be completely lost to time if I didn't tape them.
@@daveidmarx8296 upload it!
The audio one is from Live at Budokan, Japan 1966
Yes, is a superposition 🎵
Yeah, it's nice to hear the live version, considering I was expecting the studio version.
that explains how raunchy it sounds... I"m not a musician, but the guitars sound like they aren't in tune
@@1967PONTIACGTO By 1965, they realized that there was no point if the guitars were not in tune considering no one at the shows was listening.
Ah!
I've been waiting 20 years for the show to appear at lucky stars 1965
We’re lucky to have the amount of footage that we have of the Beatles but what we’ve lost is tragic.
The lack of any 65 UK tour footage is terrible also as it had a couple of performances that they never did again or before.
Exactly like we can work it out live!
Absolutely amazing.
It's the TOTP video performance, but the Budokan concert audio in Tokyo.
The Japan ‘66 audio works surprisingly well but they were obviously lip syncing to the single so someone has to synch that up to this ‘hens teeth’ footage (the 2009 mono remaster please)
It's amazing how you made an entire video of the song from just 11 seconds of available silent footage off a tv set.😊
The only studio appearance of the Beatles on TOTP. They mimed their way through "Paperback Writer" in 1966 the year the Musician's Union banned miming on pop TV shows.
Fancy the BBC wiping this episode to make room to record someing else.
I've seen better video from 1898.
Still, really nice to see.
its because this is the only existing footage of this show and it was a kid filming the television
Why didn't somebody save this? It's The Beatles for God's sake!!!!!!
The secret seems to be the grunt coming from the guitars. John and George appear to have both quite distorted and complementary sounds. Kicks the whole thing up a couple of notches. Great songwriting always helps too many
George’s lead guitar almost feels like a harsh lead synth at times. John’s playing, since he’s doing rhythm mostly, is jangly almost like folk music
@@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u Paul played the Lead guitar on the studio version
@@beatlesfan2884 That's been disputed many times by the sound engineers that were there.
This is live. Amazing!
Audio is from budokan shows, the mimed to the original track on TOTP
El audio del video es tomado de una de las presentaciones en Tokyo, cuando se presentaron en Top of the Pops fue Lip Sync o playback.
66'6/16のトップ オブ ザ ポップス出演時のレア映像！
VHS、DVDでも今まで全然映像化されて無かったから、ずっと観たかった❗❗
オリジナルはスタジオロクオン音源の疑似演奏だが、このバージョンは武道館公演の音源を被せてる模様…！
Audio from Japanese Budokan recording in 1966.
In here we can see the fabalous beatles in that era.
Nice sync work during the first half or so, even if it reuses some scenes due to the missing bits, but what's the use in putting the budokan audio? It makes it even more confusing, and the performance probably consisted of live vocals over the originak instrumental studio track + some harmonies, so it probably was closer to the studio version than to a live recording. Nevertheless, thanks for posting and editing!
Budokan June 30th, 1966. 🇯🇵
He stole it from someone who stole some of the clips from me 😑
Thanks, that clears up something that was confusing me. The Beatles weren't dressing any more like they are shown in these video clips, by the time they were performing songs like Paperback Writer - at least I don't believe they were.
Yeah, the original was 100% mimed to a studio recording.
@@andylee3153 Yes you are 100% correct, the Beatles mimed to Paperback Writer and Rain, in the top of the pops studio.
the beatles played this on this very day june 16th,1966
Filmed in London 1. May 1966
It was filmed on June 16, 1966. On May 1, 1966 I think they did their last scheduled performance at the New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert
This audio is from their performance in Tokyo
Wow this has a heavy sound to it 🙂
THIS AUDIO IS OF CONCERT IN BUDOKAN
I can still see you, even if you are a ghost.
Amazing thing is thet were singing not lip syncing as was the norm for totp
This version is better than the studie
No it isn’t! LOL
Dude this sounds awful are you kidding!!??
O AUDIO É O SHOW DOS BEATLES NO NIPPON BUDOKAN HALL TOKIO NO JAPÃO 1966
i think this is the first clip with the beatles useing the epiphone casino 360 guitars i think they got a better sound with these when john ditched the rickenbacker and george the gretch country gentlemen they sounded more loud and upbeat much better
Maybe not up to the Bealtes' usual sound and musicianship standards, but I guess that's the price you pay for playing in front of humongous screaming audiences all over the world for three years where you can't hear yourself playing on the fold-back speakers! Great video anyway - thanks for uploading. Liked and subscribed...
H I S T O R Y
Did they really mime at the time on TOTPs?
Everybody always mimed on TOTP.
@@fenderjag114 Well with respect! That's not strictly true.
@@ABCABC-tj4dg That’s my understanding. I’m happy to be corrected. Certainly miming was the norm. I have a clear memory of watching an episode in the ‘80s where one of the pop stars of the day gazed soulfully into the camera while the vocal track began without him.
As I posted elsewhere in this thread, acts would sometimes make fun of the fact that they had to mime on TOTP. Search on TH-cam for a great clip of Tracey Ullman doing her song “Breakaway“, where she and her backup singers sing into hairbrushes instead of microphones.
@@fenderjag114 Here on TH-cam key in Burlesque by Family on Top of the Pops. it's a cassette recording from 1972 (film now wiped) Roger Chapman is singing live. That's just one example.
I don't know what this is. Definitely sounds like live beatles. I thought Top Of The Pops was live performances? I see no microphones, I see Paul, I don't see his lips moving......I'm confused.
Ohhhhhhh K!....Now I get it...This link explains it all th-cam.com/video/TZ7EtQLf08E/w-d-xo.html
Paul sounds like he's a bit stoned or something here, sings the same verse twice
John and George are likely stoned, they rehearsed all day for that one song.
This was 1966 at Budokan. They had already become totally bored with live performances.
budokan shows are pitched down
Remember they couldn't hear themselves or each other very well. You can tell because Paul is off pitch, and timing get weird sometimes. I get why they stopped performing live.
This wasn’t live, most likely they would’ve been lip-syncing
The audio itself is but it’s not from the original footage
I find this footage as being from "Top of the Pops" to be fairly suspect. The Beatles are obviously playing live here. But TOTP was NOTORIOUS for making bands lip sync to the original recorded/released/produced track. In 1967, about one year after this performance, a Syd Barrett led Pink Floyd had to mime "See Emily Play" (much to the band's chagrin). My guess is that this isn't from TOTP, but rather a different performance. If anyone has evidence that I'm mistaken, I'd LOVE to hear it! After all, I do want to believe that this IS the Fab Four at TOTP! :)
Yea I think the audio is from a live performance from Japan to avoid copyright
@@ClownfishV2 Thanks for the info! Their lips weren't matching the audio at ALL! Would've looked better if they just used the recorded version of the song on this video like the did in the original broadcast...
ouch my eyes 👁️👁️
Man did they look uncomfortable.
why put the japan 1966 audio on over it !!!!!!!!!
copyright reasons
Paul McCartney died that year.
I knew he was not on Sargent Pepper LHCB as soon as I saw the album photo. I was 6 at the time and loved Paul McCharmly ❤
Did TOTP even do live in 1966.....I think not
The Beatles declined to appear on TOTPs because they did not want to mime.
@@roberthewer88 they did mime on RSG though and other shows
This is a hard to find video that looks like someone recorded off their television. Unfortunately it's paired with a dreadful live version of this song from Japan in 1966. The singing and playing is bad and one wonders why this could not be paired with the much better recorded version?
Copyright and stuff
good try! but not the complete footage, a lot and I mean a lot of repeated scenes to "create" a complete performance.
Yes, I know! Is for this reason that I described "footage available". The edition is an ensamble to create a imaginary "complete" version. ENJOY 😉🎬
while its amazing to see this footage, by god that performance is dreadful
Yeah the performance is dreadful
What's so special The Beatles appearing at Top of the Pops?
Cause no one could find this footage and only about 10 seconds of it was found
ANY Beatles appearance is special. By 1966 it had become a rarity!
The BBC deleted the footage and it couldn’t be found for 53 years!
@@johnmc3862 only found because some fans filmed it off of television.
the only Beatles appearance in TOTP was deleted by BBC decades ago. This is the only surviving film of this rare performance. A kid in the 60s filmed this with his home camera in front of the TV. This has been a Holy Grail of Beatlemaniacs for decades.
The last time the beatles ever wore those suits.
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