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Lost Beatles' Interview Tape Airs on BBC Radio |
Contributed By: Ali Rachman
Created On: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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The Beatles were at the height of their immense popularity when the tape was recorded at Scottish Television studios on April 30, 1964.
The band had recently toured America, winning huge audiences on the Ed Sullivan show and shooting to the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
The interview was only broadcast in Scotland and sat in a film canister until it was discovered by film historian Richard Jeffs, who was astonished to find the familiar Liverpudlian accents of the Beatles on the tape. It was not immediately clear who owned the garage or why the film was there.
The audio portion of the tape was found to be still usable for radio broadcast, allowing the British Broadcasting Corp. to showcase its interview 44 years after it was recorded.
On the nine-minute tape, Lennon describes the fateful day in rock-and-roll history when he first encountered McCartney. Both were unknown teenagers at the time.
The BBC posted a notice on its Web site indicating that the precious tape, and a number of others found at the same time, are now being kept in a temperature-controlled warehouse to protect them from the ravages of time.
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