No roadies, no vocal stage monitors, no ear monitors, no guitar pedals, no backup row of instruments, ready to play in case of a broken string, no banks of backing vocalists, No fireworks, no smoke, no string section, no huge video screens, no spotlights or stage lighting,, No electronic guitar tuners, no synthesizers, no digital mixing board, no Guitar techs, no amp techs,, no personal assistants, no make up and hair, no costume, bodyguards, masseuses, lawyers, drivers, personal chefs…. ….. am I leaving anything out?

For those who dog Ringo, he was absolutely the PERFECT drummer (temperament and skill) for the Beatles.

The 16-year-olds in this audience are now 76 (in 2024).

I am almost 68 years old, and I never saw the Beatles live. This was an incredible show to see and now I feel as if I have gotten to see them live. They were the REAL DEAL! Musically, vocally and personally. Love the Beatles 4EVR

Being able to play anywhere near in time AND in harmony, in the middle of a screaming arena, without stage monitors is miraculous. These guys were road-worn pros after a solid year of European Beatlemania, as well as a thousand gigs in noisy, crappy clubs in the previous 5 years. Ringo’s steady time also allowed them, if necessary, to just count beats and get to the chorus together. A solid drummer is often overlooked, but SO essential. Remember, he probably couldn’t hear the other guys, so he had to count and just watch for visual cues. These guys were experts at generating amazing excitement without pyro, rotating drums, OTT costumes or stage lighting. Truly the greatest band in the world at the time.

Set List: 2:17 Roll Over Beethoven 4:46 From Me To You 7:31 I Saw Her Standing There 10:54 This Boy 13:44 All My Loving 16:39 I Wanna Be Your Man 19:47 Please Please Me 22:11 Till There Was You 24:20 She Loves You 28:06 I Want To Hold Your Hand 31:32 Twist And Shout 35:12 Long Tall Sally

Man….trial by fire! Two mics that they have to move themselves between four singers. NO monitors with deafening, screaming fans, UN-miced drums and amps…..Those many years of clubs gigs sure paid off. Amazingly good, considering all that.

I love Paul's awkward song introductions, then the song starts and it's like a punch in the gut. Even with the very crude stage technology, when the Beatles started preforming it's a transforming experience. They were way beyond any other artist and sixty years later, this performance is still valid and inspirational.

It blows my mind that they had such primitive live gear and no stage monitors.. girls screaming insanely loud, some of the vocal mics not even working half the time, janky rotating drum riser, drum set on the verge of falling apart.. half the songs the amps are turned away from them and aren't even mic'd up and they still killed it and never missed a beat. Such raw energy! The Beatles had such a punk rock mentality. I can't stress to the ppl who dont play shows on how stressful it is to not be able to hear yourself playing in a live mix, and these guys nailed it.

Can you IMAGINE being in that Audience watching this LIVE?!!

No egos at this time, just friendship, & respect for individual talent. True musicianship.

The funny thing is that they are still # 1 today in 2024. Unbeatable !

Ringo's beating those drums like they owe him money : )

Makes me aware of their signature manners. The shared microphones, the bows, the head shaking.

I second, cleanest version yet. If a kid of today wants to know what was so big about The Beatles, they need to watch this.

Kinda brings you to tears what a beautiful simple innocent bygone era. I was 10 years old when I first heard them on the radio and it was shocking how it affected kids our age. It turned me into a drummer. Super talented guys. Long live Paul & Ringo!!!

Today, May 2, 2024, Paul is now 81, Ringo 83, George 81(53) and John 83(40) 🎧❤️🔥Great upload 🙏My mom looks similar to her at 05:51 in 1964, she started working as a ticket lady or the lady in the box office for a cinema here in Davao City. 🍺

No crowd ever reacted to a rock band the way they reacted to The Beatles! Just look at expressions of facination and disbelief that their actually infront of The Beatles ! This was a hyper euphoria and those kids had a good time!

A testament to their amazing talents. No monitors, no prep of sound mix, screwed up stage and drum riser. Ringo like a machine always on beat, fantastic. That’s what playing to rowdy crowds five hours a night in Germany for weeks gets you!

Ringo was the beast at this gig. His best playing. Improvise, energetic, hard picking, he is great. And all this on the floating stage!

To all you wonderful Beatles fans who now view this. It is a true connection of what made them so great. 🥰🦋🌹🇦🇺

LOL the kids dragging the amps around the stage, that drum kit shaking like a boat, great times! Fucking heroes!

Performed on pure muscle memory, they could barely hear themselves. Amazing live band.

They made me want to play guitar and at 67, I still do!

The good old days when a whole show could fit neatly on one lp.

They were all good, but George stood out there in the guitar world in those days in terms of his compositional skills, sophistication, creativity and variety of styles. Everything from beautiful gut string playing on “and I love her” to unique slide playing on the later albums. On and on. When you sing the song to yourself, on many of the songs you will include the guitar riff as you hum it to yourself because it has become a part of the song itself. Not easy. Not to mention he was a terrific songwriter and singer. The Beatles were a once in a lifetime combination of talents without a doubt.

I’m a Gen Xer and for my 5th birthday my parents brought me a record player and copy of Meet The Beatles. Damn I played that record all the time! I became a good student because of this band! Very good report card = a Beatles’ record. Good times!

They had to turn the drum kit around themselves to face the rest of the audience but the amps remained facing the other direction! So not only no floor monitors but now they are barely hearing their instruments from the back of the amps! The mic on the left was never brought up in volume. It's maddening! It's like a crew set up the stage and went home! And the Beatles kept a great attitude!

This is the number one Band in the world 🌍🌍🌍

Ringo was an absolute beast back there!

I love how it's the hugely anticipated first Beatles concert in the United States, and they open up with a cover tune and with George singing lead. 🎸

amazing to even play under those conditions.

I literally grew up watching the Beatles the same year they conquered America from the crib in 1964 and loved their music from day one. They are one of the greatest bands of all-time, period!!!

This is true showmanship! These guys played that show with mostly their own songs! They ramped up the energy after each, and every song! Their musicianship was spectacular for that time period! Their stage energy was off the charts as they were smiling, and having fun! These were the days when gimmicks wouldn't get you very far. Your Band had to be this good in those days because, gimmicks weren't gonna save you. Talent, and very hard work can get you a long way!! How often do you get that much at Concerts these days?

They sound GREAT! All these years later. Right on key amidst all the screaming fans...

I Want To Hold Your Hand. Arguably the best pop song ever recorded. Perfection.

There will never be another Beatle's ❤...Sadly

Ringo was unleashed on this tour, I've never saw him playing so hard as he did it here‼️

What professionals these guys were at so young an age. It was hot, loud, mics not working. Ringo kept the guys in line beating the hell of the drums and cymbals. All my loving was great with George joining in eith Paul on vocals. Of course this boy all singing in harmony. I remember the Beatles on Ed Sullivan first time. Everyone was watching. You had to be there. I was 8 years. I will never forget those days.

George's guitar work here is fantastic

9:12 Holy crap, Ringo just went into overdrive.

It's a great achievement to be able to play so flawlessly in this hellish noise, without monitors and with a lousy sound system!

No words to describe this... goosebumps started on my arms, now running all the way down my back 😱 The picture and sound is insane...WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

Being able to play like this without monitors is simply crazy amazing. Crazy that they're in time and tune vocally as well as they are. Amazing.

Anyone who says Ringo isn't a great drummer needs to really re-evaluate their opinion!!!

The world's first rock band. Pure Talent and a few instruments. This is magic.

Epic! Amazing, no tuners, no auto-tune, no monitors, no in-ears, where's the PA? Maybe a sorrounding house PA ...just 3 amps, an unmiked drum kit, no wonder why Ringo's smashing those drums in perfect timing, how could they hear each other, and be that tight?!!! Anyone who's ever played in a band, live, knows what I'm talking about...unbelievable, what a band, and Paul's vocals on Long Tall Sally are insane, after screaming for 1//2 an hour...

This is the greatest performance I’ve ever seen-. Unbelievable human power!

OMG... no roadies, sound check, monitors, etc. Excellent - Thanks!

I'm 43 yrs old, and to this day I believe this is the greatest band in our history. In color, on a bigger stage, with I believe two more musicians added, to them, and 5 to 6 yrs later they were mind blowing awesome. My dad played in a band for many years, and they played oldies. I was about ten yrs old, and watching him play the drums which is extremely hard, he did a few Beatles solo's. God bless them for what they brought to America. I wasn't born yet, but watching them gives you goosebumps. When someone can do that, they are extremely just great. God bless them, and all their fans.

They weren't 4 guys but a well oiled machine.....No band today could pull off what they did then. No bad notes, great harmony (how could they even hear each other)....they had gigged so much everything was just automatic.....they will be remembered as one of the greatest things of the 20th century. There will NEVER be another BEATLES !!!!!!!

My mom took me and my two brothers to Forest Hills 1964. We couldn’t get in it was sold out so we listened outside.

Four fantastic musicians playing pure music. The Beatles were and still are fabulous

The ecstasy in the audience faces is equal to the sublime performance.

What I see watching this video, is a bunch of kids around my age (back then) having the time of their lives and 4 young man who at that time had no idea of how they were going to change music and our world. Thank you lads! Thanks for posting this piece of history, Pepe.

The quality of performance when faced with the shambolic stage set up is simply staggering. They cut their teeth so thoroughly in Hamburg that they were consummate professionals by this stage. And to think that only two years later they would create "Tomorrow Never Knows" and completely change the landscape of music is crazy.

You have to remember that this was as metal as it got in these days. These guys were badass.

Just think folks....on this night these masterpieces of music were brand new to most of us. How many thousands of times have we heard them now...and they are still the best ever!

THIS is how it’s done…raw talent and a few watts of amplification. Incredible…

I was born Jan 4th 63, and I was barely a year old. This is incredible and just astounding. I used to wonder and ask what the big deal was around Ringo. I believe you really had to be there to appreciate it. This dude was playing his ass off under some very extreme environments. I have in-ears and I can't imagine playing without a monitor. Where's the frigging PA? Unbelievable!

I’m addicted to watching this! Some things I’ve noticed: Paul introduces the 3rd song, “ISHST”, George the 4th, “This Boy” and then Paul introduces every other song except for “She Loves You”, which they go straight into after “Till There Was You”. Only Ringo’s and George’s names are ever mentioned, both by Paul. Drums are rotated 5 times: First, 180 degrees to start the show when amps are facing opposite direction. Second, 180 degrees after three songs. Third, 180 degrees again after three more songs. Fourth, 90 degrees counterclockwise for “I Want to Hold Your Hand”. Finally, 180 degrees for “Long Tall Sally”. 😳

I wonder if any of the audience members watch this now, sixty years later, and recognize themselves.😊

I miss these kinds of performances. Raw, and really playing with no enhancements!! LIVE!!

Who ever said The Beatles weren't good live never seen this show.All those hours playing Hamburg and The Cavern paid off.. I love when the bass kicks in on Roll Over Beethoven. I would love to see Peter Jackson work his magic on this show like he did with Get Back. They were a super tight band live.

What I find most admirable about the Beatles is their meteoric rise/development as artists. How their songs from 1962-64 were so essentially bubblegum pop, and by 1966-7 they had matured so amazingly as musicians & artists. The speed of their development is positively staggering 🙏🎭🎶

I remember those days! I was a little kid but I was so fascinated by them! I love their music as much today as I did then. I also notice things I didn’t notice then, like there must have been a microphone problem on George’s side of the stage. I will always worship them even though they were just 4 humans from Liverpool.

Its insane how good they sound in these circumstances

This February 11 1964 Washington Coliseum concert is probably the closest we can have of what The Beatles sounded like at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and also in the clubs in Germany !

George Harrison's guitar was fabulous! Can't get over how they could sing and play under so much screaming. They were geniuses... I wouldn't be able to stand being there watching them. I wish the cameraman would be more specific on showing each musician especially the guitar players, George solo and John Lennon.

Who would have thought back then that 60 years into the future the Beatles legacy actually would get better!? It did with no slow down in sight

The songs.the musicianship. Playing live in such an environment! The harmonies! Masters! These guys were amazing. Puts today’ S performers to shame.

The Beatles have always been pure happiness for everyone.

"For the ones that grew up in this era;We rocked right?There will never be another generation like ours sadly gone for good;Thanks to the Lord we lived-it"

The pure sincerity of those four lads from Liverpool, and how they changed rock n roll forever! The excitement they raised was and is historic!

This has to be Ringo's #1 greatest live performance. His energy levels are off the charts explosive and it's hard to even look at anyone else (and the other three are terrific!). This is a masterclass in pure rock'n'roll drumming.

Agree with the comments about the video quality, the best I've seen of this. You can actually see the jelly beans flying through the air! What a performance with the equipment of the day, including the camera work. They were lucky that rotating platform held up...

George’s guitar comes through so clear. It’s a tone still sought today! Also amazing is the spinning of the drums so they can change for the surrounding crowd, amazing!

Yo 11:55 why do ringos drums go absolutely insane here this is what makes live so special

Such a great performance! These four had TRUE Talent. Their legacy lives on through the triumph of their music. 🎵 ❤

Goosebumps! By far the best concert footage I've ever seen of them.

I love Ringo's playing. He can really stay in the pocket while expressing the song

Think how many future musicians that were created that night. This show is so important to the advancement of music. They rocked!

Truly is amazing on so many levels the sound is as good as it is and they play so in sync. No monitors, nothing mic’d except the voices, unbelievable crowd noise and the sound man did a half as job. Amps facing the other way, spinning the drum riser and not a single complaint from the band. True toros, true talent.

Love the wobbly platform for the drums complete with uneven curtains!

The Beatles in the Raw, The best group from England, Who conquered the world.

thats one rickety drum riser they must have nailed his set to it otherwise everything wouid have slid off. I never realized Ringo could bash, he could do it all, One of the greatest!

Cuanta Maravilla y Magia❤

That was really really FUN!

Man, I watched the whole video with a smile on my face. Thank you!!!

Crazy to think this is only 40 years away from getting 100 years old.

Funny, but my biggestvof the Beatles was my Dad watching them and saying but one comment, and that was, " They need a haircut"😊 Such was the world back then. Soooo glad to have had the pleasure of being born in time to enjoy the 'Beatles' experience. Nobody can replace them.

The guys were spectacular at that time, playing under those conditions. Inspiring, rock and roll ground-breaking in a historic performance, boys and girls. Perfect. Beatles forever.

I was only a newborn when they broke up but my mom had all the albums, and I grew up listening to them on repeat. Long live The Beatles.

Wow what an amazing RESTORATION! So talented and an amazing service to history/ the world! 😄👍 Thank you for making! 🎶

The GOAT of all goats, cows & horses! Legends!

1:38 John: "MAL! COME TURN THE DRUMS AROUND!"

Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very Heaven!

Do we realize that these vibrant teenagers and young people from 1964 are now over 70, even 80 years old today, in 2024, and that some of them may even have died? Time passes...

Damn Ringo!! He's a Hell of a drummer!!

It's almost impossible to find an early Beatles show without girls screaming till their voices are gone the whole show. What a time to witness the first real boy band. Beatles were smart and lucky to break from this after a couple of years. Thanks for the upload