September 1983
THE ABBEY ROAD SHOW 1983 |
ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, LONDON |
REVIEW
Early 1981, I used to go out with a mate for a pint on Friday night, well actually at least five nights a week. He worked in a local factory and it seemed every Friday night we used to bump into a mate from his works along with his brother in law.
One particular Friday I wore a Wings'79 sweatshirt, Phil the brother in law commented on it and asked 'are you a Beatles fan? It was then I noticed he was wearing a couple of small Beatles badges on his jacket.
Over the coming weeks Friday night changed from talking football night to talking Beatles night and eventually the two workmates called off their Friday night out with us!
One of the first Beatles events I went to with Phil was the Beatles at Abbey Road Show in September 1983, the first time fans had been let into Abbey Road and the Beatles famous Studio 2.
It was an amazing experience as we roamed around Studio 2, playing the original keyboard used on 'We Can Work It Out., sat at a replica Beatles drum kit, did backing vocals into microphones actually used by the Beatles themselves.
The highlight though was two 45 minute films packed with unreleased Beatles songs never heard in public and here we were in the Beatles Studio 2 with a huge bank of speakers playing these future classics.
The highlight was undoubtedly the premier of the acoustic version of 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps', you could hear a pin drop in there. Remember this was 1983, it wouldn't be officially released until 1996 on Anthology Vol.3.
This was the first of many Beatles adventures with Phil including Beatles Days, Conventions in Liverpool, Beatles Fanzines and gigs.... but Abbey Road Show will always be a highlight for me but little did I know that the following year we went to an event that changed my Beatles life...
One particular Friday I wore a Wings'79 sweatshirt, Phil the brother in law commented on it and asked 'are you a Beatles fan? It was then I noticed he was wearing a couple of small Beatles badges on his jacket.
Over the coming weeks Friday night changed from talking football night to talking Beatles night and eventually the two workmates called off their Friday night out with us!
One of the first Beatles events I went to with Phil was the Beatles at Abbey Road Show in September 1983, the first time fans had been let into Abbey Road and the Beatles famous Studio 2.
It was an amazing experience as we roamed around Studio 2, playing the original keyboard used on 'We Can Work It Out., sat at a replica Beatles drum kit, did backing vocals into microphones actually used by the Beatles themselves.
The highlight though was two 45 minute films packed with unreleased Beatles songs never heard in public and here we were in the Beatles Studio 2 with a huge bank of speakers playing these future classics.
The highlight was undoubtedly the premier of the acoustic version of 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps', you could hear a pin drop in there. Remember this was 1983, it wouldn't be officially released until 1996 on Anthology Vol.3.
This was the first of many Beatles adventures with Phil including Beatles Days, Conventions in Liverpool, Beatles Fanzines and gigs.... but Abbey Road Show will always be a highlight for me but little did I know that the following year we went to an event that changed my Beatles life...
Eddie M