Andrew, you’ve re-energized my passion for collecting Beatles music ! Can’t wait to see the next year’s videos for as we well know, it never really ends with the Fab Four ! Great job, my friend !
Missed opportunity to call this A Collection of Parlogram Oldies. Congratulations on a great Beatles channel and year. I hope the future brings us a Rubber Soul box, a home for early Beatles rarities be it AI stereo remixes or a revisiting of Anthology and a home for more Get Back footage (personally I think the best fit would be on a Criterion edition of the original Let it Be film.)
Watching this, I can see that I started watching your channel with the February episode on Rarities. I watched almost all of them after that, making this perhaps my favorite channel on UA-cam. With the influx of so much new-to-me information, my interest in the Beatles is higher than it has been since I was a kid in the 70s!
Great Compilation Andrew! Thanks again for all your hard work. Your videos are genuinely a highlight in any week. BTW You’ve definitely convinced me that I need to track down a second pressing of the German MMT vinyl. I guess it’s in huge demand? I can’t see any on your website. Don’t suppose you have such a thing as a waiting list for particular items? Best, Rob
Andrew, “it’s been a fab year. Thank you for the jelly babies…but we’ve gone right off them…” A wonderful retrospective! I wish you a great Christmas and a heck of a gear new year!🥳 Thank you many times over, and my best to you and your family n’friends. Cheers mate!🍷
Unique approach, unique style, unique presentation, impeccable research and always enhanced by the personal touch. It's been a pleasure watching the channel this year. Best, going forward.
Thank you Andrew for all your work, passion and knowledge you pass on to your viewers through these wonderful videos. Interesting thing, I've been a fan of The Beatles for almost 50 years now and just today I realize that the "Mount Rushmore" photo as released on Love Songs, The Beatles are positioned in the reverse to Robert Freeman's photo used for With The Beatles. Even the shadowing is on the opposite side.
A great video with the highligths of your productions during this year. Instructive, entertaining, full of details. A real guide for true fans and those interested in the Beatles' music. Congratulations, Andrew!
BRAVO Andrew! Thanks to you and Parlogram Beatle fans globally can share your contemporary presentations giving The Beatles History a fresh look!🇬🇧I've enjoyed your UA-cam channel for this past year and intend to continue wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!🌲😄
I will say Andrew, I’ve been enjoying this channel since I found it in October 2020, and I enjoy the knowledge you provide in each one! Thank you very much! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I’ve been watching since 2018, and look forward to your videos every weekend! I’ve called Andrew the Mark Lewisohn of Beatles vinyl, and I stick by that. His knowledge of their vinyl catalogue is unmatched.
I have really enjoyed following your channel Andrew. I've learnt so much about the Beatles from you. I love your in-depth dives into the recording side of the band’s work. Your look back on the Hayes factory was amazing. Thanks again for a fantastic channel
Thanks to you Andrew! This is easily the most informative and entertaining Beatles channel on You Tube! Have enjoyed all of your videos this year, always something to look forward to each Sunday. .
Hi Andrew, I'm just watching your synopsis of the last year which I'm sure will be greeted with enthusiasm from all of us Beatles fans......Absolutely brilliant compilation you've put together of some of your videos over the last year.....I'd like to wish you a very Happy Christmas in the coming weeks and I think you've definitely earned yourself a few pints of Guinness.......All the best to you for 2023 🍷👍👌
Wow, what a fascinating summary of a great volume of work that 2022 has turned out to be. Congratulations Andrew. You quite often ask for viewers to leave comments if they can answer a question you’ve raised. Perhaps you could do a video on some answered questions. I’ve got a question: you mention the Rockband project. Have you done a video about that?
Hi Andrew I seen all the videos of 2022. I have learnt so much and chased a few records as a consequence. Hope you have a great holiday season and a great 2023
hi Andrew I believe i saw all the content of this year and put a comment on a few and go back and watch them again with regularity. thanks for all your work and look forward to next year, have a great xmas and happy new year, this was typed with my own finger
Andrew, thank you, sir, for all of the Beatles information and enjoyment you have given us throughout the past year. Hope to hear more from you in the coming year. HAPPY HOLIDAYS my friend !!!
I really enjoy all of your films, very informative. I especially enjoy your Abbey Road anecdotes and stories about how the Beatles albums were put together. Looking forward to what you will bring in 2023.
Andrew, When you spoke of The Hollywood Bowl, which stands on my native soil, something you said got my attention. That something is, and I quote, “Today, it’s the home of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra”. This is a true statement, but as you also rightly point out, the place opened as a concert venue in July, 1922. At that time, the place did not have its own namesake orchestra. The City of Los Angeles (of which Hollywood is a part; there IS no “City of Hollywood”) is what actually surrounds Hollywood and The Bowl. Originally, Hollywood was a small farm town located West of Downtown Los Angeles, and was annexed by the City of Los Angeles many, many years ago. When The Bowl opened, it didn’t have its own Orchestra, and The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra was just a dream! So where DID that famous orchestra come from, anyway? I’m so glad you asked, as it’s an interesting, albeit LONG story. Please bear in mind that in the 1920’s, the entirety of planet Earth was ANALOGUE (or “analog” for short). It seems that once a viable system was developed for exhibition of “The Talkies” (movies with synchronized sound), as opposed to what was found in your neighborhood movie theater, known as ‘Silent Movies’ (which were never really silent from the outset… they were always shown accompanied by the music of at least a piano or an organ, all the way up to and including a full symphony orchestra beneath the screen), the first widely distributed sync sound system was being developed at the behest of a man by the name of Harry Warner (yes, Harry was one of the original five Warner Brothers, and stop getting ahead of the story!). Despite the apathy toward sync sound displayed by Jack L. Warner (ostensibly the chief Warner Brother), Harry and some well-chosen technical people conducted their work on the system IN SECRET. It came to be known as “Vitaphone” (a modern combination of two ancient Latin words, “vita” (with a LONG “I”, as in the word “bright”) and meaning “life”, combined with the Latin word “Phone”, meaning “sound” or “sounds”, this newly coined word to name this new synchronized sound-for-film system literally means “The Sounds Of Life”. It worked like this: a feature film consists of more than one reel of film projected on a screen, exactly like its “silent” counterpart. However, a Vitaphone projector was built with something extra: a TURNTABLE! And it came complete with a tone-arm and cartridge (which contained the stylus or “needle”, just like today’s turntables). What was NOT like today’s turntables was this little oddity: the record played from NEXT TO THE CENTER LABEL, TOWARD THE OUTSIDE OF THE RECORD! Why would they make it THIS way, instead of the same as the millions of Victrolas that had been manufactured and sold by then? All I’ve been able to find are these two reasons: 1) If you should somehow get your hands on one of these records WITHOUT having the Vitaphone projector OR the film, chances were you wouldn’t know how to make a Vitaphone record play. Instead, you’d most likely try to play it like a standard record, and all this would do is make the stylus head for the OUTSIDE of the record and fall off the edge! 2) Record stores were instructed right on the record’s label NOT to sell or otherwise distribute a Vitaphone record. Instead, there were instructions and the address of where to send that record back to The Vitaphone Corporation (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.). A reel of 35 millimeter film (the standard for theaters) ran about 10 minutes long. The Vitaphone system worked like this: the projectionist would cue the film to a “flash frame” (the film was black until the actual picture on a given reel started, except for the “countdown” (standardized worldwide by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers), and when you ran the film, it would count backwards from 10 down to 2, then go to black until the picture started. Each number would stay on the screen for ONE (and only one) second. At the end of the countdown, there would be only one frame of the number 2, then it would go to black and stay there for the remainder of that two seconds. For the Vitaphone process, during that two seconds of black, would be the flash frame. The projectionist would “cue” the film so that the flash frame would be right behind the projector’s lens. Then, the record would be cued to a “sync pop” which the projectionist could hear through a small speaker built into the projector. Part of the genius of the System was that the turntable had NO motor. Instead, it was turned by the projector motor, via a cable like the one used to turn the speedometer in a car - the steel cable was housed in a sheath, so nothing could interfere with the rotation of the cable. Once the film and the record were “cued”, all the projectionist had to do was hit the “run” switch, and both the film and the turntable would start together. Once this happened, that reel would stay synchronized with the record until it got to the end of the reel. At this point, the projectionist would do a “changeover” to the other projector next to the first one, and when the changeover process was complete, the audience would then be watching and listening to the second projector, prepared for this moment in advance. If the changeover was done correctly, the whole thing was seamless. The audience would be blissfully unaware that they were now seeing and hearing a completely separate film and record. By this method, a movie could be made that ran any length, and the expertise of the projectionist kept the audience from ever noticing how many reels and records had played from the time the movie started until it ended. What does all this have to do with the Hollywood Bowl? I’m getting to that!! In order to prove that this Vitaphone thing would work, Harry Warner had to make a “proof of concept” film. Part of doing so involved the hiring of musicians to make an orchestra of whatever size Harry had in mind. So he set about hiring all the virtuosi he needed (“virtuosi” is the plural of “virtuoso”, an Italian term meaning the absolute best there is, and usually applied to musicians). Remember, Jack Warner (whose iron thumb was on every aspect of what the studio did) was against all this from the beginning! So exactly HOW Harry Warner was able to pull all this off without Jack noticing the money being spent on it, I have no idea. Once it was proven that this inherently difficult thing had been done, Warner Bros. had to make a feature film using the System. If you’ve heard of the 1928 movie, “The Jazz Singer”, starring Vaudeville star and U.S.D.A. Prime ham Al Jolson, was that feature film. If you saw the lines around the block to see “Star Wars” back in the day, and thought they were ridiculously long, they were nothing compared to those for “The Jazz Singer”. EVERYONE wanted to see and hear this new “talking and singing” movie! And the result? Warner Bros. had to start making movies utilizing this process. It turned out that movies with synchronized sound were NOT just a fad. “BUT WHAT ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL?” I hear you saying. Okay. Here, finally is the answer… but if I hadn’t told you all this, you’d never have understood exactly how momentous the creation of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra really was. Since Warner Bros. had put in the time and money to prove their Vitaphone process would actually work, the Studio realized they had all these musicians on their payroll. And as musicians who play together tend to do, they all became friends. So, when this big talking and singing movie was amazing audiences, someone from the City of Los Angeles realized they’d just opened this immense outdoor concert venue. After some talking and figuring out was done, it turned out that the very same orchestra which played for the HUGE Warner Bros. stars all day long would magically become the L.A. Philharmonic after daytime work hours. Yes, the same amazing musicians who would be playing for Humphrey Bogart and Bugs Bunny by day, would be playing Bach, Beethoven and Brahms by night at the Bowl! Of course, the Vitaphone system only lasted a few years. As soon as business people discovered something like this could and did make money, both RCA and Western Electric set about coming up with their OWN film sound systems, each of which put the soundtrack right on the film. This eliminated the unwieldy aspects of Vitaphone. But that name didn’t just disappear. The Vitaphone Corporation became the releasing company for Warner Bros. films! Ed Ryba Lifetime Member, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Hollywood Section. 21 December, 2022 (One HUNDRED years and six months after the opening of the Hollywood Bowl!) Be sure to visit the Radio London website to read all about the British Offshore Radio “Pirates”, which came into existence because the BBC REFUSED to play Rock & Roll records! www.radiolondon.co.uk
It's been a great year for my Beatles vinyl collection, that's for sure.. I've learned a ton and you've inspired me to finally complete the In Mono set, which I started on in 2017, along with all the best sounding, recommended UK/German stereo LP's, Comps, Singles Collection, Fan Club Xmas boxset, etc. ☑️ Your channel is been a treasure trove of info, so thank you, Andrew for all your hard work! Looking forward to future videos and learning more about my favorite group. 🍻 Happy Holidays to you and yours!
Yellow submarine was on the TV when I came in, within two minutes I was having my first trip with no drugs. My sister knew that I was high as a kite, but didn't know I was sober like I had never been. Now I know how to flashback at will, but that was my first time. It was the songs not the art alone. They told us "You can be anything you want, but they didn't tell me that I couldn't be Paul McCartney"
I discovered your channel this year and it became my favourite one instantly. Waiting impatiently for your newest video became my new beloved sunday afternoon routne. I wish you a very merry xmas and a happy new year, dear Andrew! Stay lucky and healthy. I'm looking forward to your content in 2023. Best regards from Germany. Fab4eva!
My only Beatles stories are as follows: I went to two All-Starr concerts. At the first one, I went to meet the band after the show and possibly met a few of the members but can only recall meeting John Entwhistle. Ringo didn't show for the meet & greet, even though there were only about a dozen, if that many of us, there. At the second show in the early `90's, I went with my fiance. Because the venue was WAY out in the sticks, not that many people showed up! We had tickets for seats about 10 rows back from the stage but, as there were a lot of seats close up, Ringo invited everyone to come up front. So, we did (some of us.) My future ex-fiance & I got to sit in the front row and could see right up Ringo's nose! (He's got 27 hairs in his left nostril and 32 in his right.) Eventually, he sang, "Photograph", as he is wont to do at these concerts and, when the song started, I sang along with him but, directed the first line to the future Madame Ex. At the end of the first line, I bent over (she was 17" shorter than me) and kissed her and, when I looked at the stage a second later, there stood Ringo pointing straight at me with a huge smile on his face!! Just before he left the stage at the end of the show, I tossed a copy of my band's brand new e.p. up to him but, either he didn't see it or didn't care and stepped right on it as he left the stage! I asked one of the security guys to reach up and get it back for me and he did so, I have a copy of my own single that was stepped on by Ringo!! In the late `90's, I got a "job" helping to run sound at a local venue where a lot of famous people played (We even played there several times). One of the acts I helped run sound for was Julian Lennon! After the show, I helped one of his roadies tear down the drums. (Drumming is MY madness, too!) I didn't get to meet Julian after the show but, he left a huge water bottle on the stage that he hardly drank from and I decided to take it and, even walked home with it after the show (about an 8 mile walk) and kept it in my room. I lost it 3 years ago when my ex-sisters had me evicted from my own house so they could sell it!! The guy I was working with that night, Joe Kelly, saw that Julian left his cigarette lighter on the stage so, Joe took that. A few months later, Joe was murdered. I don't think the police ever found out who killed him. And, about 10 years ago, I wrote Mark Lewisohn to ask a question about a Beatles song. He said he didn't know the answer. I still haven't been able to find out and I suppose only Paul & Ringo can tell me, now! Chances are incredibly slim that I'll ever get to ask them!
> Parlogram Holiday Record Plays Where is Tiny Tim playing "Nowhere Man? I was promised Tiny Tim. Seriously, thanks so much for all your hard-yet-certainly-rewarding work this year. Your videos have been a highlight of each week for me. Thanks to your glowing recommendation, I now have a MMT German 3rd pressing set to arrive this coming week. Looking forward to what the channel's 2023 has in store.
So is good see reviews of yours videos in this year and remember some passage as stayed without a lost point.The next year probably coming more news about this group yet.Uchino of Japan.I see you Andrew.
aNDREW, love this video here AND every single video you have ever made... truly my go to about everything Beatles. Man, i thought i was presice and a true fan but you raise the bar on all of that.... truly a brother in arms Beatles wise. Do a mccartney ;and Wngs next IF you get the chance. Listen, still love the beatles after 50 years ( yes,, a decade older than you.... or a 2nd generation fan) but i dont have a thing over you brother. ASIDE from being a christian fellow now which is my first love obviously, these lads still hold a special place in my heart and well.... have been AND will always be family i guess. I used to live,breath, eat,sleep beatles back in the 70's which is kinda silly now looking back but , it served its purpouse AND got me through some pretty dark times as a teenager. Perhaps this is why we fans are so in love with the boys...... family and refuge of some kind. ps. in a time of disco and punk, the beatles and thier 60's WAS a lifesaver for me . Luv you brother and thank you again for all you hard diligent work you put into these absolutly FAB videos. take care
@@Parlogram hey, anything and everything Beatles or Beatles related is just fine by me. Can still never get enough even at my old age now. Wings, Beach Boys, Early Stones (pre-'1970) and early Floyd (pre-1983) are still my favs above all. Something magical about those times. Being a semi- pro writer- musician myself here across the pond back in the day, i appreciate the work and the commitment that goes into each and every detail. Again, thank you
Hey. I love your videos. Vox AC30s are 30 watts. AC100s are 100 watts. I don't know what the Beatles had at the Hollywood Bowl but I thought you'd appreciate the clarification. Cheers
Hi Andrew, I have an interesting copy of Hay Jude L.p. it's on the Apple label CPCS 106 matrix dead wax cpcs -106 - A , has a Pari Member Approved stamp on the label, have owned this since the 1980s Cover it much the same but does say made and printed in the Philippines, The quality of the album is excellent. Would it be anything special ? Very enjoyable and informative videos as always Paul from Australia
The 1 album like the single Now and Then have such awful sleeves, they are not going to attract new fans on first glimse. A bit like the terrible butcher babies sleeve.
I think the public when they saw the Beatles in Abbey Road and, the hey Jude albums were semi-shocked at how grubby looking they were. They just look like homeless people instead of the most famous pop group in the world
Love the intro! Only true Beatles fans have memorized the banter on the Beatles Christmas messages.
"Copyright, Johnny!!"
Andrew, you’ve re-energized my passion for collecting Beatles music ! Can’t wait to see the next year’s videos for as we well know, it never really ends with the Fab Four ! Great job, my friend !
My pleasure, Nick! Lots more to come in 2023
Missed opportunity to call this A Collection of Parlogram Oldies. Congratulations on a great Beatles channel and year. I hope the future brings us a Rubber Soul box, a home for early Beatles rarities be it AI stereo remixes or a revisiting of Anthology and a home for more Get Back footage (personally I think the best fit would be on a Criterion edition of the original Let it Be film.)
That intro was brilliant!! Thanks for all these amazing videos Andrew, can’t wait to see what’s to come in 2023.
Andrew your narration is as warm as Horlicks & as mind expanding as LSD
0:03 Have you ever seen Andrew and John Lennon in the same room at the same time? Exactly!
Watching your videos is a gift like (re)discovering a world once thought to be known by heart.
Watching this, I can see that I started watching your channel with the February episode on Rarities. I watched almost all of them after that, making this perhaps my favorite channel on UA-cam. With the influx of so much new-to-me information, my interest in the Beatles is higher than it has been since I was a kid in the 70s!
Thanks for watching, David!
Seen them all! Everyone are fascinating, so thanks Andrew, keep em coming 👍
Thanks Graham, will do!
THE BEATLES, BABY...Proud to support this channel.
Thank you, Sir!
Great Compilation Andrew! Thanks again for all your hard work. Your videos are genuinely a highlight in any week. BTW You’ve definitely convinced me that I need to track down a second pressing of the German MMT vinyl. I guess it’s in huge demand? I can’t see any on your website. Don’t suppose you have such a thing as a waiting list for particular items? Best, Rob
Thanks Robert. For a German MMT, email me at: andrew@parlogramauctions.com
Andrew, “it’s been a fab year. Thank you for the jelly babies…but we’ve gone right off them…”
A wonderful retrospective! I wish you a great Christmas and a heck of a gear new year!🥳
Thank you many times over, and my best to you and your family n’friends.
Cheers mate!🍷
Thank you so much, mate! All the best to you and yours too.
I love this series. Well done!
Thank you, Tom!
New Orleans jazz was well excerpted for release in the USSR.
Quite a backlog! Thanks. Looking forward to your 2023 posts!
Unique approach, unique style, unique presentation, impeccable research and always enhanced by the personal touch. It's been a pleasure watching the channel this year. Best, going forward.
Wow, thank you!
Thank you Andrew for all your work, passion and knowledge you pass on to your viewers through these wonderful videos. Interesting thing, I've been a fan of The Beatles for almost 50 years now and just today I realize that the "Mount Rushmore" photo as released on Love Songs, The Beatles are positioned in the reverse to Robert Freeman's photo used for With The Beatles. Even the shadowing is on the opposite side.
Thanks for watching!
Your spoof of the Christmas record put a smile on my face! Absolutely brilliant work... it was Rutles-like! And what a great recap of the year.
Thanks Jimmy!
A great video with the highligths of your productions during this year. Instructive, entertaining, full of details. A real guide for true fans and those interested in the Beatles' music. Congratulations, Andrew!
Much appreciated, Edgardo!
Hard to believe another has gone by. Thank you Andrew for providing information packed and quality in every one of your presentations!
Thank you for your support!
BRAVO Andrew! Thanks to you and Parlogram Beatle fans globally can share your contemporary presentations giving The Beatles History a fresh look!🇬🇧I've enjoyed your UA-cam channel for this past year and intend to continue wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!🌲😄
Thank you, Louis - you too!
Thank you for reviewing the year. My favorite was learning about the numbers on the White albums.
Glad you enjoyed it, Catherine.
I will say Andrew, I’ve been enjoying this channel since I found it in October 2020, and I enjoy the knowledge you provide in each one! Thank you very much! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you for watching!
@@Parlogram No worries! I'll be looking forward to your 2023 content!
Amazing how much you covered this year. Still looking for a MMT 2nd pressing from Germany. Keep up the good work. Learning a lot here.
Thanks Michael. Keep an eye on the website for that German MMT.
I’ve been watching since 2018, and look forward to your videos every weekend! I’ve called Andrew the Mark Lewisohn of Beatles vinyl, and I stick by that. His knowledge of their vinyl catalogue is unmatched.
Thanks very much, Alex!
I have really enjoyed following your channel Andrew. I've learnt so much about the Beatles from you. I love your in-depth dives into the recording side of the band’s work. Your look back on the Hayes factory was amazing. Thanks again for a fantastic channel
Thanks to you Andrew! This is easily the most informative and entertaining Beatles channel on You Tube! Have enjoyed all of your videos this year, always something to look forward to each Sunday.
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Thank you, Stephen!
Wonderful, Andrew! Can't wait for part 2!
Hi Andrew, I'm just watching your synopsis of the last year which I'm sure will be greeted with enthusiasm from all of us Beatles fans......Absolutely brilliant compilation you've put together of some of your videos over the last year.....I'd like to wish you a very Happy Christmas in the coming weeks and I think you've definitely earned yourself a few pints of Guinness.......All the best to you for 2023 🍷👍👌
Thank you, Philip and the same to you. Cheers!
Brilliant! You had a great year sir thank you for all the hard work you put in.
I guess the new audio tech could remove the screaming from the live albums.
Appreciate all you do, Andrew - ta muchly & all the best from Tampa!
Thanks Dennis!
Wow, what a fascinating summary of a great volume of work that 2022 has turned out to be. Congratulations Andrew. You quite often ask for viewers to leave comments if they can answer a question you’ve raised. Perhaps you could do a video on some answered questions. I’ve got a question: you mention the Rockband project. Have you done a video about that?
Wow.. a 'greatest hits of 2022!" What a great idea Andrew. Looking forward to Part 2. :- )
Hi Andrew
I seen all the videos of 2022. I have learnt so much and chased a few records as a consequence. Hope you have a great holiday season and a great 2023
Thank you Edward - you too!
Great summary video. Thanks for all of the amazing content from 2022 and previous years. Looking forward to more great viewing in 2023 and beyond!
Thanks Bill. Lots more to come!
hi Andrew I believe i saw all the content of this year and put a comment on a few and go back and watch them again with regularity. thanks for all your work and look forward to next year, have a great xmas and happy new year, this was typed with my own finger
Andrew, thank you, sir, for all of the Beatles information and enjoyment you have given us throughout the past year. Hope to hear more from you in the coming year. HAPPY HOLIDAYS my friend !!!
Thank you, Scott and the same to you!
I really enjoy all of your films, very informative. I especially enjoy your Abbey Road anecdotes and stories about how the Beatles albums were put together. Looking forward to what you will bring in 2023.
What I learned from this video: Andrew has one hat, one pair of glasses, and a thousand shirts! 🤣j/k Love your videos!
I’m not a Beatles fan.I’m a 80s pop rock.but I always found your video very interesting as a vinyl collector
Thanks Andrew, An excellent recap of 2022. Can't wait to see what you have for us in 2023. Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Thank you, John and the same to you.
Here's to another new year of great videos Andrew🥂
Thank you, Andrew, for this very enjoyable episode. Looking forward to next week and what you have for us. Merry Christmas!!!🎄🎁
Thanks Roger. Same to you!
Andrew,
When you spoke of The Hollywood Bowl, which stands on my native soil, something you said got my attention. That something is, and I quote, “Today, it’s the home of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra”. This is a true statement, but as you also rightly point out, the place opened as a concert venue in July, 1922. At that time, the place did not have its own namesake orchestra. The City of Los Angeles (of which Hollywood is a part; there IS no “City of Hollywood”) is what actually surrounds Hollywood and The Bowl. Originally, Hollywood was a small farm town located West of Downtown Los Angeles, and was annexed by the City of Los Angeles many, many years ago. When The Bowl opened, it didn’t have its own Orchestra, and The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra was just a dream!
So where DID that famous orchestra come from, anyway? I’m so glad you asked, as it’s an interesting, albeit LONG story. Please bear in mind that in the 1920’s, the entirety of planet Earth was ANALOGUE (or “analog” for short). It seems that once a viable system was developed for exhibition of “The Talkies” (movies with synchronized sound), as opposed to what was found in your neighborhood movie theater, known as ‘Silent Movies’ (which were never really silent from the outset… they were always shown accompanied by the music of at least a piano or an organ, all the way up to and including a full symphony orchestra beneath the screen), the first widely distributed sync sound system was being developed at the behest of a man by the name of Harry Warner (yes, Harry was one of the original five Warner Brothers, and stop getting ahead of the story!). Despite the apathy toward sync sound displayed by Jack L. Warner (ostensibly the chief Warner Brother), Harry and some well-chosen technical people conducted their work on the system IN SECRET. It came to be known as “Vitaphone” (a modern combination of two ancient Latin words, “vita” (with a LONG “I”, as in the word “bright”) and meaning “life”, combined with the Latin word “Phone”, meaning “sound” or “sounds”, this newly coined word to name this new synchronized sound-for-film system literally means “The Sounds Of Life”. It worked like this: a feature film consists of more than one reel of film projected on a screen, exactly like its “silent” counterpart. However, a Vitaphone projector was built with something extra: a TURNTABLE! And it came complete with a tone-arm and cartridge (which contained the stylus or “needle”, just like today’s turntables). What was NOT like today’s turntables was this little oddity: the record played from NEXT TO THE CENTER LABEL, TOWARD THE OUTSIDE OF THE RECORD! Why would they make it THIS way, instead of the same as the millions of Victrolas that had been manufactured and sold by then? All I’ve been able to find are these two reasons:
1) If you should somehow get your hands on one of these records WITHOUT having the Vitaphone projector OR the film, chances were you wouldn’t know how to make a Vitaphone record play. Instead, you’d most likely try to play it like a standard record, and all this would do is make the stylus head for the OUTSIDE of the record and fall off the edge!
2) Record stores were instructed right on the record’s label NOT to sell or otherwise distribute a Vitaphone record. Instead, there were instructions and the address of where to send that record back to The Vitaphone Corporation (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.).
A reel of 35 millimeter film (the standard for theaters) ran about 10 minutes long. The Vitaphone system worked like this: the projectionist would cue the film to a “flash frame” (the film was black until the actual picture on a given reel started, except for the “countdown” (standardized worldwide by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers), and when you ran the film, it would count backwards from 10 down to 2, then go to black until the picture started. Each number would stay on the screen for ONE (and only one) second. At the end of the countdown, there would be only one frame of the number 2, then it would go to black and stay there for the remainder of that two seconds. For the Vitaphone process, during that two seconds of black, would be the flash frame. The projectionist would “cue” the film so that the flash frame would be right behind the projector’s lens. Then, the record would be cued to a “sync pop” which the projectionist could hear through a small speaker built into the projector. Part of the genius of the System was that the turntable had NO motor. Instead, it was turned by the projector motor, via a cable like the one used to turn the speedometer in a car - the steel cable was housed in a sheath, so nothing could interfere with the rotation of the cable. Once the film and the record were “cued”, all the projectionist had to do was hit the “run” switch, and both the film and the turntable would start together. Once this happened, that reel would stay synchronized with the record until it got to the end of the reel. At this point, the projectionist would do a “changeover” to the other projector next to the first one, and when the changeover process was complete, the audience would then be watching and listening to the second projector, prepared for this moment in advance. If the changeover was done correctly, the whole thing was seamless. The audience would be blissfully unaware that they were now seeing and hearing a completely separate film and record. By this method, a movie could be made that ran any length, and the expertise of the projectionist kept the audience from ever noticing how many reels and records had played from the time the movie started until it ended.
What does all this have to do with the Hollywood Bowl? I’m getting to that!! In order to prove that this Vitaphone thing would work, Harry Warner had to make a “proof of concept” film. Part of doing so involved the hiring of musicians to make an orchestra of whatever size Harry had in mind. So he set about hiring all the virtuosi he needed (“virtuosi” is the plural of “virtuoso”, an Italian term meaning the absolute best there is, and usually applied to musicians). Remember, Jack Warner (whose iron thumb was on every aspect of what the studio did) was against all this from the beginning! So exactly HOW Harry Warner was able to pull all this off without Jack noticing the money being spent on it, I have no idea.
Once it was proven that this inherently difficult thing had been done, Warner Bros. had to make a feature film using the System. If you’ve heard of the 1928 movie, “The Jazz Singer”, starring Vaudeville star and U.S.D.A. Prime ham Al Jolson, was that feature film. If you saw the lines around the block to see “Star Wars” back in the day, and thought they were ridiculously long, they were nothing compared to those for “The Jazz Singer”. EVERYONE wanted to see and hear this new “talking and singing” movie! And the result? Warner Bros. had to start making movies utilizing this process. It turned out that movies with synchronized sound were NOT just a fad.
“BUT WHAT ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL?” I hear you saying. Okay. Here, finally is the answer… but if I hadn’t told you all this, you’d never have understood exactly how momentous the creation of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra really was. Since Warner Bros. had put in the time and money to prove their Vitaphone process would actually work, the Studio realized they had all these musicians on their payroll. And as musicians who play together tend to do, they all became friends. So, when this big talking and singing movie was amazing audiences, someone from the City of Los Angeles realized they’d just opened this immense outdoor concert venue. After some talking and figuring out was done, it turned out that the very same orchestra which played for the HUGE Warner Bros. stars all day long would magically become the L.A. Philharmonic after daytime work hours. Yes, the same amazing musicians who would be playing for Humphrey Bogart and Bugs Bunny by day, would be playing Bach, Beethoven and Brahms by night at the Bowl!
Of course, the Vitaphone system only lasted a few years. As soon as business people discovered something like this could and did make money, both RCA and Western Electric set about coming up with their OWN film sound systems, each of which put the soundtrack right on the film. This eliminated the unwieldy aspects of Vitaphone. But that name didn’t just disappear. The Vitaphone Corporation became the releasing company for Warner Bros. films!
Ed Ryba
Lifetime Member,
Society of Motion Picture
and Television Engineers,
Hollywood Section.
21 December, 2022
(One HUNDRED years
and six months
after the opening
of the
Hollywood Bowl!)
Be sure to visit the Radio London website to read all about the British Offshore Radio “Pirates”, which came into existence because the BBC REFUSED to play Rock & Roll records! www.radiolondon.co.uk
Fascinating. Thanks for posting.
It's been a great year for my Beatles vinyl collection, that's for sure.. I've learned a ton and you've inspired me to finally complete the In Mono set, which I started on in 2017, along with all the best sounding, recommended UK/German stereo LP's, Comps, Singles Collection, Fan Club Xmas boxset, etc. ☑️
Your channel is been a treasure trove of info, so thank you, Andrew for all your hard work! Looking forward to future videos and learning more about my favorite group. 🍻
Happy Holidays to you and yours!
Many thanks and the same to you. Lots more to come in 2023.
Very informative and well done. Thanks Andrew
Glad you enjoyed it.
This video really made my day
Yellow submarine was on the TV when I came in, within two minutes I was having my first trip with no drugs. My sister knew that I was high as a kite, but didn't know I was sober like I had never been. Now I know how to flashback at will, but that was my first time. It was the songs not the art alone. They told us "You can be anything you want, but they didn't tell me that I couldn't be Paul McCartney"
I discovered your channel this year and it became my favourite one instantly. Waiting impatiently for your newest video became my new beloved sunday afternoon routne. I wish you a very merry xmas and a happy new year, dear Andrew! Stay lucky and healthy. I'm looking forward to your content in 2023. Best regards from Germany. Fab4eva!
Thank you for watching and the same to you!
Nice to relive these videos cheers
Thanks for the great content Andrew!
Fantastic channel...love to listen to all the fascinating information
Many thanks, Colin.
Your videos have made me very happy this year! Thank you.
Thank you for watching, Monsieur.
Hi Andrew loved the video on the Beatles keep up the good work you do dave.
My only Beatles stories are as follows:
I went to two All-Starr concerts. At the first one, I went to meet the band after the show and possibly met a few of the members but can only recall meeting John Entwhistle. Ringo didn't show for the meet & greet, even though there were only about a dozen, if that many of us, there.
At the second show in the early `90's, I went with my fiance. Because the venue was WAY out in the sticks, not that many people showed up! We had tickets for seats about 10 rows back from the stage but, as there were a lot of seats close up, Ringo invited everyone to come up front. So, we did (some of us.) My future ex-fiance & I got to sit in the front row and could see right up Ringo's nose! (He's got 27 hairs in his left nostril and 32 in his right.) Eventually, he sang, "Photograph", as he is wont to do at these concerts and, when the song started, I sang along with him but, directed the first line to the future Madame Ex. At the end of the first line, I bent over (she was 17" shorter than me) and kissed her and, when I looked at the stage a second later, there stood Ringo pointing straight at me with a huge smile on his face!! Just before he left the stage at the end of the show, I tossed a copy of my band's brand new e.p. up to him but, either he didn't see it or didn't care and stepped right on it as he left the stage! I asked one of the security guys to reach up and get it back for me and he did so, I have a copy of my own single that was stepped on by Ringo!!
In the late `90's, I got a "job" helping to run sound at a local venue where a lot of famous people played (We even played there several times). One of the acts I helped run sound for was Julian Lennon! After the show, I helped one of his roadies tear down the drums. (Drumming is MY madness, too!) I didn't get to meet Julian after the show but, he left a huge water bottle on the stage that he hardly drank from and I decided to take it and, even walked home with it after the show (about an 8 mile walk) and kept it in my room. I lost it 3 years ago when my ex-sisters had me evicted from my own house so they could sell it!! The guy I was working with that night, Joe Kelly, saw that Julian left his cigarette lighter on the stage so, Joe took that. A few months later, Joe was murdered. I don't think the police ever found out who killed him.
And, about 10 years ago, I wrote Mark Lewisohn to ask a question about a Beatles song. He said he didn't know the answer. I still haven't been able to find out and I suppose only Paul & Ringo can tell me, now! Chances are incredibly slim that I'll ever get to ask them!
Well done! Keep up the great work we all love.
Thank you, Filipe. Will do!
> Parlogram Holiday Record Plays
Where is Tiny Tim playing "Nowhere Man? I was promised Tiny Tim.
Seriously, thanks so much for all your hard-yet-certainly-rewarding work this year. Your videos have been a highlight of each week for me. Thanks to your glowing recommendation, I now have a MMT German 3rd pressing set to arrive this coming week.
Looking forward to what the channel's 2023 has in store.
Thanks for watching, Cap'n!
Hi, Andrew!! You have posted great videos, no doubt about it. Hope next year you keep 'em coming. Bye for now, Nelio.
Thanks Nelio, will do!
Andrew, great information as always. Looking forward to your content in the new year. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Thank you, Chris. Same to you!
Happy Christmas Andrew and all the best for 2023
Thank you and the same to you, Sir.
Thanks for all the great content, Andrew. Happy Crimble and a Very New Year!
Thanks Ed and the same to you!
your videos have been awesome i wish you and your family a very merry christmas and a happy new year
Thank you! You too!
I love the Hey Jude album, along with Yesterday and Today.
You've done such a great job this year! Magic christian and a happy new year to yoooou
Thanks, Jay. Same to you too!
So is good see reviews of yours videos in this year and remember some passage as stayed without a lost point.The next year probably coming more news about this group yet.Uchino of Japan.I see you Andrew.
Thank you for watching, Uchino.
The Love album however is a different kettle of fish I love that album especially the Acapella Because. The sleeve too is unique.
Thank you for enjoyable and informative videos. I'd like you to cover Parlophone Ireland story - I have little knowledge for them.
Great opener!!!
aNDREW, love this video here AND every single video you have ever made... truly my go to about everything Beatles. Man, i thought i was presice and a true fan but you raise the bar on all of that.... truly a brother in arms Beatles wise. Do a mccartney ;and Wngs next IF you get the chance. Listen, still love the beatles after 50 years ( yes,, a decade older than you.... or a 2nd generation fan) but i dont have a thing over you brother. ASIDE from being a christian fellow now which is my first love obviously, these lads still hold a special place in my heart and well.... have been AND will always be family i guess. I used to live,breath, eat,sleep beatles back in the 70's which is kinda silly now looking back but , it served its purpouse AND got me through some pretty dark times as a teenager. Perhaps this is why we fans are so in love with the boys...... family and refuge of some kind. ps. in a time of disco and punk, the beatles and thier 60's WAS a lifesaver for me . Luv you brother and thank you again for all you hard diligent work you put into these absolutly FAB videos. take care
Thanks for watching everything! Some McCartney & Wings content is coming soon.
@@Parlogram hey, anything and everything Beatles or Beatles related is just fine by me. Can still never get enough even at my old age now. Wings, Beach Boys, Early Stones (pre-'1970) and early Floyd (pre-1983) are still my favs above all. Something magical about those times. Being a semi- pro writer- musician myself here across the pond back in the day, i appreciate the work and the commitment that goes into each and every detail. Again, thank you
"Western Pollution" great name for an album... or maybe not!
Is “February 30” at 11:39 a deliberate reference to the wrong date on the Hollywood Bowl sleeve in the previous clip?
If this was 1965, they might've used the 120 watt Thomas Organ produced Vox Super Beatle amplifiers used at Shea Stadium.
Hey. I love your videos. Vox AC30s are 30 watts. AC100s are 100 watts. I don't know what the Beatles had at the Hollywood Bowl but I thought you'd appreciate the clarification.
Cheers
Thanks for the info!
Hi Andrew, I have an interesting copy of Hay Jude L.p. it's on the Apple label CPCS 106 matrix dead wax cpcs -106 - A , has a Pari Member Approved stamp on the label, have owned this since the 1980s Cover it much the same but does say made and printed in the Philippines, The quality of the album is excellent.
Would it be anything special ?
Very enjoyable and informative videos as always
Paul from Australia
Hi Andrew,
Do you have any opinion of half speed master and or Quadraphonic Beatles records?
Have you listened to any available?
Hi Ian, Have you seen our video on the MFSL box set? ua-cam.com/video/f4IuF5yX0oU/v-deo.html&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE
Brilliant that you bought Starting Over nearly a month before. . . . . . . what happened
Gear!
Who collected Beatles royalties in the old CCCP?
Love how the soviets thought girl was traditional folk
8:20 - 8:35 - Is it just me, or is this a big-band rendition of "The Immigrant Song"? 😆 Listen to it, think about it, let me know.
I wonder if Andrew met Giles, would they get along after all the positive and negative criticism???
The 1 album like the single Now and Then have such awful sleeves, they are not going to attract new fans on first glimse. A bit like the terrible butcher babies sleeve.
I think the public when they saw the Beatles in Abbey Road and, the hey Jude albums were semi-shocked at how grubby looking they were. They just look like homeless people instead of the most famous pop group in the world
I had the Beatlemania with the Beatles
The disk itself was on thick heavy vinyl