Directly From Santa Claus

Santa Claus, 1984

A very obscure picture disc chock full of rare (at the time) BBC Radio performances.

Side 1:

- Besame Mucho

- Some Other Guy

- Side By Side

- Boys

- I'll Be On My Way

- Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

- Misery

- Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey!

- She Loves You

- Words Of Love

- There's A Place

Side 2:

- Long Tall Sally

- From Me To You

- Memphis, Tennessee

- This Boy

- I Want To Hold Your Hand

- Chrimble Medley

- Roll Over Beethoven

- I Forgot To Remember To Forget

- And I Love Her

Amikky Mendip Multiplus

March, 1964 was one of the busiest months in The Beatles' career. They began on March 1st with an EMI recording session, spent the next week on a train filming A Hard Day's Night, continued filming at Twickenham and various locations the rest of the month, appeared on Top Of The Pops and Ready Steady Go!, accepted Variety Club and Carl-Alan awards, sat for TV, print, and radio interviews, and closed out the month recording music for Saturday Club.

In the midst of all this, they found time to record special inserts for BBC Radio's The Public Ear. On March 18th and 19th, George commandeered a tape recorder and interviewed his fellow Fabs as they worked on the film and drove to the Dorchester Hotel to pick up their Variety Club awards. Ringo helped by introducing the show and reading out the credits, Paul joked with George in the back of a limo, and best of all, John treated listeners to a reading of his poem "Alec Speaking". The results were aired March 22nd.

March 18th

March 19th

Cinelogue Yellow Submarine

CBM, 1974

The nearly-complete soundtrack to the film Yellow Submarine. This is from a US TV broadcast, so "Hey Bulldog" is absent, and oddly, so is "Only A Northern Song".

Side 1:

- Yellow Submarine

- Eleanor Rigby

- Love You To

- A Day In The Life

- All Together Now

Side 2:

- When I'm Sixty-Four

- Nowhere Man

- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Side 3:

- Yellow Submarine

- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

- With A Little Help From My Friends

- All You Need Is Love

Side 4:

- Baby You're A Rich Man

- It's All Too Much

- All Together Now

Cow Cow Boogie

On August 29th, 1965, The Beatles visited the Los Angeles headquarters of their US label. At the Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, radio, TV, newsreel, and print journalists assembled to cover the Beatles' press conference, presided over by Tony Barrow. Capitol's president Alan Livingston listened as the group disparaged his company's version of the Help! LP, and then presented them with a Gold Record award for it.

Here is a 36-minute composite recording of the press conference, created from five sources (film footage, an unreleased audio tape, two interview CDs, and a bootleg CD).

Stars Of '63

Swingin' Pig, 1989

Issued simultaneously with the CD version, this LP contains a major upgrade of the Stockholm radio concert from October 1963, along with unrelated interview snippets from 1964 and 1965.

Side 1:

- I Saw Her Standing There

- From Me To You

- Money (That's What I Want)

- Roll Over Beethoven

Side 2:

- You Really Got A Hold On Me

- She Loves You

- Twist And Shout

- Copenhagen interview

- The Beatles Abroad interview

Half A Scotch Egg

Ringo's first major film role was Youngman Grand in the movie adaptation of Terry Southern's novel The Magic Christian. He and co-star Peter Sellers spent much of February-April 1969 filming the movie on various locations in London and at Twickenham Film Studios.

Concurrent with the film's production, Tony Palmer directed a documentary, Will The Real Mr. Sellers..., for airing on BBC December 18th to promote the movie's release. Here are some brief excerpts from the documentary, with Ringo and Peter playing wine connoisseurs, and Paul falsely denying Linda's pregnancy.

Will The Real Mr. Sellers...

The Decca Audition Tape

Berkeley, 1975

Not the Decca Audition, but BBC Radio performances in the familiar form of Yellow Matter Custard.

Side 1:

- I Got A Woman

- Glad All Over

- I Just Don't Understand

- Slow Down

- Don't Ever Change

- A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues

- Sure To Fall (In Love With You)

Side 2:

- Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees)

- Lonesome Tears In My Eyes

- So How Come (No One Wants Me)

- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)

- Crying Waiting Hoping

- To Know Her Is To Love Her

- The Honeymoon Song

Commotion In Cleveland

August 14th, 1966 saw The Beatles' last tour visit Cleveland for a concert at Cleveland Stadium.

Prior to the show, they were interviewed by Cleveland-based disc jockey Jerry G. Bishop, who had traveled with the group throughout their 1965 North American tour.

Taking the trip this year was Ken Douglas, who spoke with Ringo and then brought his recorder to the concert. During "Day Tripper", hundreds of fans broke through police barricades and ran towards the stage, causing a temporary delay. Douglas captured both the chaos and the recommencement of the performance with "I Feel Fine".

Also present were Kenny Everett, who filed a report for Radio London, and reporter Bess Coleman, who taped this wrap-up.

Great To Have You With Us

no label, 1986

A bizarre amalgam of solo rarities, promo discs, TV and radio commercials, and "for others" sessions.

Side 1:

- No Values

- No More Lonely Nights

- For No One

- Corridor Music

- So Bad

- Goodnight Princess

- Thingumybob

Side 2:

- Silver Platter Service interview

- Fab Four On Film

- Open-End Interview With The Beatles

- The Beatles Introduce New Songs

- Music City/KFWBeatles

- "The Beatles Decade" radio spots

- Top Of The Pops chat

- Dialogue from The Beatles' Motion Picture "Let It Be"

Side 3:

- I Lost My Little Girl

- Lucille

- Too Bad About Sorrows

- "Melvyn Bragg In The Parlour Having Tea"

- Mull Of Kintyre

- That'll Be The Day

- Desert Island Discs

- McCartney II TV spot

- Wings Greatest TV spot

- Go Your Own Way

- Dark Horse

- The Concert For Bangla Desh radio spot

- Band On The Run radio spot

- I Saw Her Standing There

- All My Loving

- Can't Buy Me Love

Side 4:

- Too Many Cooks

- God Bless California

- Dance The Do

- Ten Years After On Strawberry Jam

- What Do We Really Know?

- Givin' Grease A Ride

- The Holdup

- Let's Love

- I Wrote A Simple Song

- You're Breaking My Heart

- Make Love Not War

- Edward

Moss Thumping

On April 27th, 1964, The Beatles rehearsed their TV special Around The Beatles in front of an audience at Wembley TV Studios. 4,000 miles away, Atlanta disc jockey Paul Drew placed a call to England in hopes of speaking with the busy stars.

In between make-up sessions and other duties, Ringo, George, and Paul took the phone to speak with Drew, while Neil Aspinall filled in for an occupied John Lennon.

Paul Drew phone call

Complete Christmas Collection 1963 - 69

CBM, 1972

Pirated from the Apple Fan Club LP, or equally likely copied from TMOQ's Complete Christmas Collection: 1963-1969.

Side 1:

- The Beatles' Christmas Record

- Another Beatles Christmas Record

- The Beatles' Third Christmas Record

- Pantomime: Everywhere It's Christmas

Side 2:

- Christmas Time (Is Here Again)

- The Beatles' Sixth Christmas Record

- The Beatles' Seventh Christmas Record

Let Me Introduce To You

This blog began almost a year ago with bits of Beatle studio chatter compiled from the Beatles On Record TV special and the CD remaster mini-docs.

Herewith, I present 64 further Fab mutterings, taken from song intros (and outros) heard during gameplay of Beatles: Rock Band.

Rubber Soul

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown): 1 2
Michelle: 1
Girl: 1
In My Life: 1

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Fixing A Hole: 1 2
She's Leaving Home: 1 2
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!: 1 2 3 4 5 6
When I'm Sixty-Four: 1 2
Lovely Rita: 1 2
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise): 1 2
A Day In The Life: 1 2 3

Abbey Road

Maxwell's Silver Hammer: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Oh! Darling: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Because: 1 2
You Never Give Me Your Money: 1 2 3
Sun King: 1 2 3
Polythene Pam: 1 2
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window: 1 2 3 4 5
Golden Slumbers: 1 2
Her Majesty: 1

Miscellaneous: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Recovered Tracks

Bornoby Records, 1981

An interesting mixture of BBC Radio tracks, TV performances, mono mixes, outtakes, and other miscellanea, although not everything sounds as good as it should.

Side 1:

- How Do You Do It

- I Forgot To Remember To Forget

- Dizzy Miss Lizzy

- Lucille

- I Wanna Be Your Man

- A Hard Day's Night trailer

- I'm A Loser

- Love Me Do/Please Please Me/From Me To You/She Loves You/I Want To Hold Your Hand

Side 2:

- The Beatles Come To Town

- She Loves You

- I Feel Fine

- I'm Down

- Act Naturally

- Ticket To Ride

Side 3:

- Savoy Truffle

- Tomorrow Never Knows

- Get Back

- Hey Bulldog

- Love Me Do

- Misery

- Words Of Love

Side 4:

- Back In The USSR

- Don't Let Me Down/Those Were The Days

- Una Sensazionale Intervista Dei Beatles

- Hey Jude

- Revolution

Vibrations

John and Yoko's first joint TV appearance was on LWT's Frost On Saturday, taped August 24th, 1968 in front of a somewhat bemused audience (including earlier guest Stan Freberg). They were there to discuss the recent You Are Here exhibition and their newest creation, Film No. 5 (Smile). Audience members eagerly participated in the "Hammer-A-Nail" installation, although host David Frost remained skeptical.

Vibrations

Soldier Of Love

CBM, 1974

The first Beatleg LP appearances of the title track (branded with "exclusive" voice-overs from a KRIZ-AM broadcast) and two other BBC Radio performances. Also somewhat rare is Ed Sullivan's intro for Ringo's "Sentimental Journey" promo film. Side B is a straight pirate of the Murray The "K" EP.

Side 1:

- I'll Be On My Way

- Till There Was You

- Do The Oz

- Sentimental Journey

- I Got A Woman

- Soldier Of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)

Side 2:

- The Beatles & Murray The "K": As It Happened!

Aktiebolaget

On October 31st, 1963, The Beatles were preparing to fly back to London from Stockholm, having completed a highly successful tour of Sweden. Before departing, Paul and Ringo spoke with presenter Klas Burling, perhaps their biggest booster in Sweden.

Aktiebolaget

As Sweet As You Are

Pumpkin Eater Wreckords, 1977

Audifon's copy of Yellow Matter Custard, using the original TMOQ stampers.

Side 1:

- I Got A Woman

- Glad All Over

- I Just Don't Understand

- Slow Down

- Don't Ever Change

- A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues

- Sure To Fall (In Love With You)

Side 2:

- Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees)

- Lonesome Tears In My Eyes

- So How Come (No One Loves Me)

- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)

- Crying Waiting Hoping

- To Know Her Is To Love Her

- The Honeymoon Song

New Blue Soap

While his bandmates recorded "I Me Mine" and overdubs on "Let It Be" and "For You Blue" in London, John Lennon saw in 1970 with his wife Yoko, her daughter Kyoko, and Kyoko's father Tony Cox in Denmark.

The Lennons spent New Year's at the farmhouse in Ålborg, and held a press conference on January 5th to satisfy the curiosity of reporters wondering what they were doing in Denmark.

Another recording supposedly from this press conference features John and a number of people singing the Danish hymn, "O Kristelighed". Here's a composite recording from a good source and an atrocious one.

Finally, here's a snippet from a cassette sold by Tony Cox containing John and Kyoko improvising stories and songs, presumably recorded during this Danish visit.

Studio Sessions Volume One

CBM, 1973

Contra Band's copy of the TMOQ disc Outakes 1, a collection of Pop Go The Beatles and Saturday Club performances. Volume Two was posted last year.

Side 1:

- You Really Got A Hold On Me

- The Hippy Hippy Shake

- Misery

- Money (That's What I Want)

- Till There Was You

- Do You Want To Know A Secret

Side 2:

- From Me To You

- Roll Over Beethoven

- Love Me Do

- Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey!

- Long Tall Sally

- Please Please Me

George III

George became the third married Beatle on January 21st, 1966 when he wed Patricia Boyd at Epsom register office in Surrey. The newlyweds faced the world's media the following day at NEMS's Sutherland House offices in London.

While they posed for photos and news cameras, George and Pattie spoke with reporters from several outlets:

ITV News

ABC News

Reuters

Ultra Rare Trax Volume 5 & 6

BEEB Transcription, 1988

Another double album full of amazing full-fidelity studio outtakes, released alongside Volume 3 & 4.

Side 1:

- All You Need Is Love

- Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

- Not Guilty

- Because

Side 2:

- Lady Madonna

- Rain

- A Day In The Life

- What's The New Mary Jane

Side 3:

- Hello Goodbye

- Paperback Writer

- Hey Jude

- St. Louis Blues

Side 4:

- Strawberry Fields Forever

About Six Or Seven

In February, 1965, filming for Help! began on location in the Bahamas. The Beatles and co-star Eleanor Bron flew from London to Nassau on the 22nd, and the boys occupied their time during the lengthy flight smoking some grass they had just obtained.

This explains the silly mood they are in (John and Paul in particular) during a pair of interviews conducted upon their arrival at Nassau Airport. American DJs such as Dave Hull and Murray the "K" flew over from the States to chat with the group during shooting. Lucky enough to be present that first night were Larry Kane and Gene Loving, to the latter of whom John glibly admits, "We got stoned".

Ultra Rare Trax Volume 3 & 4

BEEB Transcription, 1988

One of the best and most important Beatlegs ever, released by Yellow Dog simultaneously with Volume 5 & 6. Uniformly excellent quality studio outtakes, from tapes and acetates and mostly never-before heard. Mind-boggling material at the time and still impressive!

Side 1:

- One And One Is Two

- Do You Want To Know A Secret

- She's A Woman

- Hold Me Tight

- Ticket To Ride

Side 2:

- Yes It Is

- There's A Place

- A Taste Of Honey

- There's A Place

- I Saw Her Standing There

- Misery

Side 3:

- 12-Bar Original

- Help!

- I Feel Fine

Side 4:

- Day Tripper

- We Can Work It Out

- Yes It Is

Ariadne In Stitches

On February 6th, 1968, Ringo stepped into the spotlight without his bandmates by making a solo appearance on British TV. Along with Spike Milligan and Peter Brough, he was one of Cilla Black's special guests on her new TV variety series, Cilla, which aired live on BBC1.

Unfortunately, no film or videotape copy seems to exist of the broadcast, but a home-taped audio recording has survived. Ringo appeared in three segments:

- Helping Cilla read viewer mail

- Acting as a ventriloquist, with Cilla as his dummy, and singing "Nellie Dean"

- Duetting and dancing with Cilla on the oldie "Do You Like Me?"

The Beatles Were Born

Napoleon, 1973

A bizarre early Beatleg, one of the first in a deluxe cover. Half is a mangled version of the Hollywood Bowl concert (with "Twist And Shout" repeated). Half is outtakes from Captain Beefheart, Buffalo Springfield, and The Who, with no Beatle content whatsoever. The label mentions Tony Sheridan for no apparent reason.

Side 1:

- Boys

- A Hard Day's Night

- Long Tall Sally

- Twist And Shout

- You Can't Do That

- All My Loving

- Twist And Shout

Side 2:

- Diddy Wah Diddy

- Moonchild

- Bluebird

- Frying Pan

- A Quick One While He's Away

Rappin' With Rosko

Another request, and another Montreal Bed-In telephone interview. This time, John and Yoko (and Timothy Leary) spoke with New York disc jockey Bill Mercer, better known to listeners of WNEW-FM as "Rosko".

The interview was taped on the night of May 30th, 1969, one day before "Give Peace A Chance" was recorded.

Rappin' with Rosko

Yellow Matter Custard

TMOQ, 1971

One of the most famous early Beatlegs, Yellow Matter Custard contained 14 numbers from the summer 1963 BBC Radio series Pop Go The Beatles. Only "Slow Down" had been released by The Beatles, making this LP that much more intriguing, despite the mediocre sound quality.

Side 1:

- I Got A Woman

- Glad All Over

- I Just Don't Understand

- Slow Down

- Don't Ever Change

- A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues

- Sure To Fall (In Love With You)

Side 2:

- Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees)

- Lonesome Tears In My Eyes

- So How Come (No One Loves Me)

- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)

- Crying, Waiting, Hoping

- To Know Her Is To Love Her

- The Honeymoon Song

Hidey Hodey, Everybodey!

The Beatles' only visit to New Zealand took place in late June, 1964, towards the end of their Australasian tour. After performing in Wellington, they flew to Auckland for concerts on the 24th and 25th at the Town Hall.

Following a press conference at Auckland's Royal International Hotel on the 25th, Sydney DJ Bob Rogers chatted with Paul, John, and Ringo. The next day, he recorded a long and often hilarious conversation with all four Beatles in their suite at the New City Hotel in Dunedin.

Edited versions of both interviews appeared on the 1981 LP The Beatles Talk Downunder, but longer tapes were bootlegged on the LP Fuck! in 1988. Here are composite recordings using both sources:

Auckland

Dunedin

The Live Beatles Nippon Budokan Hall Tokio

Bulldog, 1987

A pedestrian reissue of the common June 30, 1966 Budokan performance. What made this unique is that (for a time) it was able to be sold legally due to the copyright protection for concert recordings expiring in certain countries (thus the "It was more than 20 years ago" slogan on the cover).

Side 1:

- Rock And Roll Music

- She's A Woman

- If I Needed Someone

- Day Tripper

- Baby's In Black

- I Feel Fine

Side 2:

- Yesterday

- I Wanna Be Your Man

- Nowhere Man

- Paperback Writer

- I'm Down

The Cute One

Paul was the last Beatle to be interviewed by Brian Matthew for BBC Radio's Pop Profile. Their conversation was taped May 2nd, 1966 and distributed on disc by the BBC Overseas Transcription Service. Here is the complete programme as included on the disc:

Paul - Pop Profile

Top Of The Pops

Highway High Fi, 1974

A TMOQ hodge-podge, with (in reverse order) half of the Hollywood Bowl concert, some common BBC cuts, the Smothers Brothers performances, and two non-Beatle cuts.

Side 1:

- People Say

- I'm Walking

- Hey Jude

- Revolution

- Long Tall Sally

Side 2:

- A Hard Day's Night

- Things We Said Today

- Shout!

- Twist And Shout

- You Can't Do That

- All My Loving

- She Loves You

- Things We Said Today

- Roll Over Beethoven

Howard's Beginning

By request, here are two telephone interviews with John Lennon from his 1969 Montreal Bed-in. Village Voice journalist Howard Smith had covered Yoko Ono's happenings in New York, but this was the first of many times he spoke with her husband.

Their initial interview, conducted May 29th, was lengthy and revealing. After it was aired on WABC radio, it prompted this follow-up discussion, recorded the next day.

Meet The Beeb!

Beeb Transcription, 1988

Sort of a companion to the Beatles At The Beeb LP series (though not from Yellow Dog), this LP was the first to include a number of The Beatles' early BBC Radio performances. The one curiosity was "Abilene" (mistakenly called "My Evelyne" and attibuted to The Beatles), a number by Tony Rivers and the Castaways from Pop Go The Beatles, which still hasn't appeared on CD from a tape source.

Side 1:

- Dream Baby

- Memphis, Tennessee

- Please Mr. Postman

- Ask Me Why

- Besame Mucho

- A Picture Of You

- Some Other Guy

- Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

- Beautiful Dreamer

- From Me To You

Side 2:

- I Saw Her Standing There

- Misery

- Too Much Monkey Business

- I'm Talking About You

- Please Please Me

- The Hippy Hippy Shake

- I Saw Her Standing There

- A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues

- There's A Place

- "Pop Chat"

- Abilene

Pleasure To Be Here

Although they passed on "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "From Me To You", and "She Loves You", USA's Capitol Records didn't skimp when it came to promoting The Beatles once they did concede to issue "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and Meet The Beatles.

As part of their media blitz, a Capitol rep traveled to London and interviewed the group at EMI Studios in the first week of 1964. The recording was pressed on a 7" disc distributed to American disc jockeys, with "I Want To Hold Your Hand" following the chat, and "This Boy" and "It Won't Be Long" (both from the LP) on the B-side.

The interview was "open-ended", which means only The Beatles' answers are heard, allowing any DJ to read the questions from the script provided on the sleeve. This way, local stations could claim "exclusive" interviews with their on-air talent, or even better, claim that The Beatles had dropped by their very own station!

The Beatles Open-End Interview

The promotion was successful enough for Capitol to repeat in April upon the release of The Beatles' Second Album. The second "open-end" interview was a different edit of the same January recording, with a bit of overlap in content, and was followed by "Roll Over Beethoven". Side B contained "Please Mr. Postman" and "Thank You Girl".

The Beatles' Second Open-End Interview

Classified Document

Instant Analysis, 1987

Actually Starlight Records using old CBM/Instant Analysis labels. No new Beatle tracks here, but plenty of solo material that was rare at the time (available on cassette only).

Side 1:

- Long Tall Sally

- For No One

- Peggy Sue

- I'm Gonna Love You Too

- Lady Madonna

- Who Can See It

- I'll Follow The Sun

- A Day In The Life

Side 2:

- Borrowed Time

- Woman

- I Don't Wanna Face It

- Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)

- Honey Pie

- Junior's Farm

- One Hand Clapping

Bruce Morrow Never Knows

Since their first visit to New York in February 1964, WABC disc jockey "Cousin" Bruce Morrow had been interviewing The Beatles. By 1966, the novelty of American radio had worn off for the Fabs, and they refused to play along with Cousin Brucie's schtick. This was made clear as Bruce attempted to interview them live on the air following a press conference on August 22nd:

WABC interview

Tokyo-Sixty Six

CBM, 1973

The precursor to the famed Five Nights In A Judo Arena. Pressed from the same tape of the June 30, 1966 Budokan concert, but the later LP had a deluxe full color cover and sold far better.

Side 1:

- Rock And Roll Music

- She's A Woman

- If I Needed Someone

- Day Tripper

- Baby's In Black

- I Feel Fine

Side 2:

- Yesterday

- I Wanna Be Your Man

- Nowhere Man

- Paperback Writer

- I'm Down

Starrdust Memories

By request, here are Ringo's two final recorded interviews as a Beatle, promoting his Sentimental Journey album in March 1970.

First is an open-end discussion of the new LP, as aired on Radio Luxembourg (broadcast date unknown).

On March 31st, Ringo appeared live on BBC 2's Open House, chatting with host Pete Murray and introducing a number of record requests, including a Beatles oldie. One day later, Ringo would participate in Phil Spector's overdub session for Let It Be - the final recording date in the Beatles era.

Words Of Love

Wizardo, 1975

Not studio outtakes, as the insert claims, but BBC Radio recordings copied from earlier Beatlegs and sorted chronologically.

Side 1:

- Love Me Do

- Please Please Me

- From Me To You

- I Saw Her Standing There

- Misery

- Do You Want To Know A Secret

- There's A Place

- Anna (Go To Him)

- Chains

- Boys

Side 2:

- She Loves You

- Till There Was You

- Roll Over Beethoven

- You Really Got A Hold On Me

- Devil In Her Heart

- Money (That's What I Want)

- Long Tall Sally

- Honey Don't

- Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey!

- Words Of Love

These Youngsters From Liverpool

February 9th, 1964 was perhaps the most important day in The Beatles' career. But apart from their triumphant performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, how else did they spend the day?

After an afternoon dress rehearsal (including three songs taped for later broadcast), they unwound in their suite at the Plaza Hotel. Or tried to unwind, as disc jockey Murray the "K" Kaufman was in their faces relaying events to the metropolitan New York area via WINS-AM:

Wacker the "K"

On the way into CBS Studio 50 for the pivotal live broadcast, they were stopped by a CBS News reporter for a few words:

White Christmas

After the show, Washington DC disc jockey Carroll James lurked backstage and briefly interviewed Dizzy Gillespie and George for WWDC-AM before CBS security put the kibosh on things:

Good ol' Dizzy!

The post-show celebrating continued late into the night at the Peppermint Lounge, where Murray and Ringo danced to the house band, as the Maysles brothers' camera captured the action. At 4 A.M., the camera was rolling as Paul and Murray said goodnight in front of the Plaza:

By gum, Murray!