The Beatles Complete Rooftop Concert DVD and CD 3 Savile Row January 30, 1969

Description

This limited edition DVD and CD combo includes some never previously released film and video footage.Some footage may have surfaced in the past but this compilation is a first generation version and is fully upgraded  and re-mastered in Dolby stereo.The Rooftop Concert is taken from the 40th BBC Anniversary of the Let It Be Film. The BBC discovered this print in their archives which explains its excellent preservation. This is a must have for any Beatles collector. The DVD Is packed with hidden gems including multiple outtakes of Get Back, parody versions of Help!, and Please Please Me as well as rare footage of Tennessee, Commonwealth, and a surprise visit from  Peter Sellers. The CD highlights include the police confronting the Apple Records receptionist, John Lennon addressing the crowd, and Lennon playing the opening chords to I Want You, She So Heavy and God Save the Queen.
DVDs are Region free (can be played on any DVD player globally)
LAST TIME LIVE
COMPLETE BEATLES ROOFTOP CONCERT
3 Savile Row
January 30, 1969
DVD                 87 min
Beatles Rooftop Concert Film Version
1 Get Back
2 Don't Let Me Down
3 I've Got a Feeling
4 One After 909
5 Dig a Pony
6 Don't Let Me Down
7 Get Back ( reprise ) Taken from the 40th BBC Anniversary
Let it Be Film Individual Video Versions of Titles: 1 Get Back 2 Don't Let Me Down 3 I've Got a Feeling 4 One After 909 5 Dig a Pony 6 Don't Let Me Down 7 Get Back ( reprise )
BONUS  FOOTAGE
Approximately 80 minutes of upgraded black/white and color Let it Be film outtakes.
Highlights include:
All Things Must Pass, Tennessee, Commonwealth and a surprise visit from Peter Sellers
CD                         64 min
1 Camera Setup
2 Get Back ( rehearsal )
3 Get Back ( Version 1 )
4 People on the Street
5 Get Back ( Version 2 )
6 Don't Let Me Down ( Version 1 )
7 I've Got a Feeling ( Version 1 )
8 Tuning Up 9 One After 909
10 Dig a Pony
11 God Save the Queen ( Fiddling About )
12 No Title 13 I've Got a Feeling ( Version 2 )
14 Don't Let Me Down ( Version 2 )
15 Get Back ( Version 3 )
BONUS
16 Get Back ( Version 2 )
17 One After 909
18 Dig a Pony
19 I've Got a Feeling ( Version 2 )
THE STORY BEHIND THE ROOFTOP CONCERT
For all the acrimony surrounding the band at the time, the performance finds the Beatles doing what they were trying to force throughout the month. The group - with their old friend Billy Preston on electric piano - actually sounds happy to be playing together. "We've had a request from Martin Luther," John quipped after the first attempt at "Get Back," recalling, no doubt, the many afternoon sessions they played at Liverpool's Cavern Club. He and Paul occasionally exchange looks between them that put aside all the bitterness between the two.
After a second stab at "Get Back," they moved on to "Don't Let Me Down" and "I've Got a Feeling." Next was "One After 909," a song Lennon and McCartney wrote in their early days, and "Dig a Pony." Both performances were released on the
Let it Be
album.
By this point, the music coming from the sky brought the neighborhood to a halt. Despite the cold and damp, crowds gathered along the street, neighbors opened up their windows and cars stopped on the streets. Of course, not everybody was happy with the noise, and the police were called to intervene.
Unaware of what was going on below them, the Beatles kept playing. Second attempts at "I've Got a Feeling" and "Don't Let Me Down," and a third run through of "Get Back," were made. By this time, however, the police had arrived. On their orders, Harrison's and Lennon's amplifiers were turned off mid-song, but the musicians turned them back on in time to finish the song.
"
You've been out too long, Loretta
," McCartney, seeing the policemen, improvised in the spoken section. "
You've been playing on the roofs again, and that's no good / 'Cause you know your Mommy doesn't like that / She gets angry / She's gonna have you arrested
!"
Seconds later, the song came to halt. McCartney thanks Maureen Starkey, whose red coat her husband,
Ringo Starr
, was wearing. Lennon says his famous line, and the Beatles' final performance came to an ignominious end. Approximately half of the 42-minute concert wound up in the
Let it Be
film.