60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
6/30/66 - The Beatles played the first of three concerts at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Japan.
The concert was filmed with The Beatles wearing black suits. The following day's first performance was also filmed, this time with The Beatles wearing white suits. Both films, although of high quality, do NOT show them at their best performance-wise. They have been widely circulated now for decades. (I believe this first aired as a Japanese television special at the time)
See links below to watch the entire concert for Day 1 (June 20th) and Day 2 (July 1st)
PLEASE NOTE: You may want to fast-forward thru some pretty horrific opening acts!
And there is a very annoying sound drop-off in the first show … but then again as previously mentioned, these do not represent The Beatles at their concert best! (Consider them more for historical value)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-PqoAqmyS0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxRAN9CIwAo
Also on 6/30/66 – Future Heavyweight Heavyweight Champion of the World Mike Tyson is born
