BEATLES Original 1965 CONCERT Ticket STUB Odeon Hammersmith, London

  

Here is a super nice BEATLES stub from January 7th, 1965 at the Odeon Hammersmith, London, UK. 1965 Beatles stubs are very hard to find and and sought after. Without a doubt foremost on a collector's wish list.

It doesn't get much better than this! What a find, a super nice specimen!!! Deal in vintage authentic items. The Beatles performed a series of Christmas concerts for the second year running calling them Another Beatles Christmas Show which ran from Christmas Eve 1964 to Saturday January 16th 1965. Nigel and I travelled up to London by train, and made our way to Hammersmith. When we reached the theatre we were greeted by an amazing sight. There were crowds of girls outside screaming at anything that moved inside the building. If a person' s shadow was seen at an upstairs window, it must have been made by a Beatle, so the girls erupted, it was mayhem. We eventually made our way inside, found our seats, and waited for the curtain to rise. On the show with the Beatles were Freddie and the Dreamers, Sounds Incorporated, Elkie Brooks, The Yardbirds, Michael Haslem, The Mike Cotton Sound, and Ray Fell. The show was compered by DJ Jimmy Saville. The Beatles appeared in a couple of sketches, but in my diary I wrote that the show, in general, was a bit boring until it was time for the main attraction.

The sound was good with the Beatles performing a great set, even better than at Luton, last November, and they were now including tracks from their latest album Beatles For Sale which had been released a month earlier. One thing I found rather annoying was that during the Beatles set; Jimmy Saville found it necessary to watch the show from the side of the stage, not behind the curtains but in full view of the audience. This really pissed me off and I guess he was just trying to show off to everyone that he was close to the Beatles; they were now so big that it gave great kudos if one was seen to be their friend. Eric Clapton was still playing guitar with the Yardbirds and it was probably at this show that he and George Harrison met for the first time, in a friendship that would last until George died in 2001. I noticed that John Lennon was playing a Rickenbacker Fireglow 1996 guitar tonight instead of his custom built Jetglow 325 model.

This was apparently because he had damaged his 325 by dropping it. The 1996 was one of the first series of Rickenbacker Guitars imported into this country by Rose Morris. Please leave me a good positive comment so that I know everything is fine, I will reciprocate. Thank you for shopping at ClaudeUSA. The item "BEATLES Original 1965 CONCERT Ticket STUB Odeon Hammersmith, London" is in sale since Friday, April 14, 2017. This item is in the category "Entertainment Memorabilia\Music Memorabilia\Rock & Pop\Artists B\Beatles\Concert Memorabilia". The seller is "claudeusa" and is located in Orlando, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States, all countries in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia.

• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Format: STUB