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An Australian musician has picked up the flea market find of a lifetime after discovering some previously unseen footage of The Beatles performing live in Sydney in 1964.
Greg Perano, who was a founding member of legendary Australian band Hunters & Collectors, paid just $11 for a box of eight-millimetre film at a market in Sydney, only to discover that one of the boxes was inscribed with band’s name and contained close-up footage of The Beatles playing live at Sydney Stadium in 1964.
“I sat down, and I went, ‘the guy’s on stage. He’s filming on stage’,” Perano tells Australian new show A Current Affair. “It’s really good, beautiful black and white, 8mm quality. It just brought back all those memories, because it’s not like a big band now playing up to the cameras.
“It’s a band who look like they’re in a small club really enjoying playing. You see a band in its formative stage where they were really good live.”
The footage was originally shot by Gil Wahlquist, a former music writer for the Sydney Morning Herald who died in 2012. Perano has been given the blessing of Wahlquist’s family to keep the film, which includes silent footage of the band playing their early hit Love Me Do.
“There was that moment where George and Paul, like everyone who watches it, goes ‘woooooooo’, so you know exactly what the song is,” says Perano.
The Beatles’ 1964 world tour included eight shows in Australia and six in New Zealand, where the then 11-year-old Perano lived. During the band’s time in NZ, Perano climbed a hill in Picton, on the north end of the South Island, in the hope that he’d be able to hear the band’s show in Wellington, 100km away at the south end of the North Island.
“We figured if we went up and the wind was blowing right, we might be able to hear some of the concerts,” he says. “So about 12 of us went out, like girls and boys… and one minute, we thought we could hear the Beatles, but it was being played down in the town. Of course we couldn’t hear them, but it was just that we knew that they were 100 kilometres away doing our show.”
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THE BEATLES Rubber Soul (1965 UK first pressing 14-track mono vinyl LP with 'The Gramophone Co' and 'Sold In The UK' label text. The Side One matrix is XEX 579-1, confirming that this is the rare LOUD CUT variant, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some general edgwear and creasing, as well as some light foxing marks to the back but is still in Very Good condition for its many years. The vinyl grades Good, as there are some notable surface hairlines and adeeper hairline mark on side 1, as well as some light crackle. A rare and lesser seen variant of this acclaimed 60s classic! PMC1267) **See 'More Info' for further details on condition** #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever - 1st - Solid - P/S - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £125.00, $153.75, €147.50 (Back In Stock) (arrived 20-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 22, 2025 at 4:12 am
THE BEATLES Strawberry Fields Forever (1967 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, with 'Gramophone Co' & 'Sold In The UK' label text, also including Penny Lane, complete with the rare flipback paper picture sleeve. The thin paper sleeve is in wonderful Excellent condition with only a little natural foxing due to the nature of the white sleeve, otherwise remains unsplit & un-torn. The vinyl is equally triumphant with just a couple of light spindle marks around the centre hole to indicate play. A very nice complete copy of this Fabs essential R5570)
- The Beatles - Rubber Soul - 1st - Loud Cut - G - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $153.75, €147.50 (New Item) (arrived 20-Jan-2025 09:09)on January 22, 2025 at 4:12 am
THE BEATLES Rubber Soul (1965 UK first pressing 14-track mono vinyl LP with 'The Gramophone Co' and 'Sold In The UK' label text. The Side One matrix is XEX 579-1, confirming that this is the rare LOUD CUT variant, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some general edgwear and creasing, as well as some light foxing marks to the back but is still in Very Good condition for its many years. The vinyl grades Good, as there are some notable surface hairlines and adeeper hairline mark on side 1, as well as some light crackle. A rare and lesser seen variant of this acclaimed 60s classic! PMC1267) **See 'More Info' for further details on condition** #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - 1 (One) - 180gm - DeAgostini 2017 - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £39.99, $49.19, €47.19 (New Item) (arrived 20-Jan-2025 09:29)on January 22, 2025 at 4:12 am
THE BEATLES 1 (2017 UK/EU limited edition remastered issue of the 2000 27-track double LP compilation pressed on 180gram Vinyl, re-released as part of the DeAgostini Vinyl Collection series, featuring new stereo mixes by Giles Martin & Sam Okell of every #1 achieved by the band in the UK & US charts. Comes housed in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve complete with the picture inners, large fold-out poster & four portrait postcards. The packaging shows minimal wear and the vinyl has just a few faint scuffs to indicate play)
- The Beatles - Hey Jude - 1976 - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $14.76, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 20-Jan-2025 10:22)on January 22, 2025 at 4:12 am
THE BEATLES Hey Jude (1976 UK issue of the 1968 7" vinyl single with intact four prong centre, also including Revolution, issued as part of 'The Singles Collection 1962-1970', picture sleeve with period colour band shot on the rear. The sleeve shows moderate wear and the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play R5722)
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