The Beatles - Big Night Out! 1963, 1964 & 1965 (2009)DVD9

goodliife · August 5, 2011

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DVD5 x 2 | ISO | 4.45 GB + 3.48 GB + 75 MB

English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | 720x480, 525x60 4:3

Rock & Roll | Misterclaudel | MCCD 125/126

“ Great collection of the Beatles' British television appearances for the "Big Night Out" and "Blackpool Night Out" shows. Contains both the original and remastered sound with vastly better picture quality than on other releases. Overall, it's a nice document of the band's best touring era while signed to a major label. This does not include the audio CD as it wasn't available to me. ”

“ This is a must have as it puts together all available Big Night Out and Blackpool Night Out audio and video elements into one nice, tight, complete package. For me it’s essential and I highly recommend acquiring this nice set.

DVD #1 contains: Big Night Out 1963: The complete show with original audio and remastered audio: From Me To You (short version), She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There (lip-synced performances)

What’s notable here is it is the complete show that includes other guest performers -- which puts the show and the early 60’s in the UK into a better perspective. Though I tend to skip right through these other performers and head right to the Beatles! The audio is a bit shaky here and kind of quivers. The "remastered" audio option is just the stereo record version of these songs and sounds wonderful -- but it doesn’t work for me as they originally lip-synced with open mikes on the audience, so there are girls screaming making it more believable. The remastered audio lacks the audience screams and feels fake. At least you have the option of not using the "remastered audio" selection.

Big Night Out 1964 includes two sources: Source A, film version (Kinescope) and Source B, video version: Comedy sketches, All My Loving, Till There Was You (short version), Please Mister Postman, I Want To Hold Your Hand. Also offered is an alternate audio “remastered source) being they also lip-synced this performance.

Source A is a very nice and clean kinescope of this performance. I get a kick out of watching Paul screw up and forgetting the record version has his yelps and screams on "I Wanna Be Your Man" and cracks up and looks at George as they come out of the guitar solo. Hey, they’re only human! Source B is from a glitchy video. One in which I never knew existed. Boy, if only Misterclaudel could get a hold of a better source closer to the first generation tape! This is one source I’ve never known about, so it’s a nice addition to my collection. Last is a Big Night Out ITV news film rounding things out for this show. Yeah I did enjoy the sketches too, but it's the musical performances by the Beatles which I'm interested in most.

DVD #2 contains: Blackpool Night Out 1965: TCR version, no TCR version and a composed version: Intro, I Feel Fine, I’m Down, Act Naturally, Ticket To Ride, Yesterday, Help, Closing Theme.

This one’s a live performance and if I’m correct, their last live appearance on TV in England until the NME ’66 show. The Beatles premiered "Yesterday" sung live by Paul. "Opportunity knocks", says George when introducing Paul. Classic. It’s a top notch performance by the Fabs but I find it falls a bit flat as the audience seems not to be made up entirely of Beatles fans. For me, I prefer the identical set list done on the Sullivian show. There seems to be a bit more of spark with louder screaming girls. Then again, what’s available for this BNO show is from kinescope and could benefit (like the Sullivan show), if we had a video source. But, no matter, The TCR version is excellent. I enjoyed most, the composed version that wipes the TCR out…not perfectly, but done well enough to suffice and be the version of preference when viewing this disc.

The disc also has a bonus feature previewing upcoming Misterclaudel releases. -Beatle Bob

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