Please click the link below requesting Capitol/Apple Record to
release the Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl on official CD format...

http://www.petitiononline.com/cap1977/petition.html

To: Apple/Capitol Records

Re: THE BEATLES AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL

WHEN RELEASED, IT WAS THE BEATLES FIRST ALBUM TO HIT THE NUMBER 1
SPOT IN SEVEN YEARS AND WAS TO BE THEIR LAST FOR THE NEXT SEVENTEEN!

The Beatle concerts were historically and culturally important in
the mid-sixties as they struck at the very nerve of what
became "Beatlemania" in the USA. Many Beatle fans flocked to these
concerts just to get a glimpse (and possibly hear?) the Beatles
perform. Two such American concerts were combined together and
released on an LP format by Capitol and EMI known as "The Beatles At
The Hollywood Bowl." The album was released on May 6, 1977 in the UK
and made the No. 1 spot for one week (June 18th, 1977) and charted
for 17 weeks on the hit parade.

In the Beatles Anthology book, John Lennon revered the "Hollywood
Bowl" concert as one of his favorite performances: "The Hollywood
Bowl was marvelous. It was the one we all enjoyed the most. I think,
even though it wasn't the largest crowd -- because it seemed so
important, and everybody was saying things. We got on, and it was a
big stage, and it was great. We could be heard in place like the
Hollywood Bowl, even though the crowd was wild: good acoustics."
(page 150)

According to music expert Graham Calkin, "The Hollywood Bowl
concerts a year apart were recorded by Capitol Records using a three-
track recording system. The 1964 concert recording engineer was Hugh
Davies and the 1965 was Pete Abbott which were produced by Voyle
Gilmore under the supervision of George Martin." The idea of
releasing the concert back then were "technically disappointing"
said Graham and so the idea was shelved for a lengthy
period. "Finally, the Capitol president Bhaskar Menon discovered the
tapes and asked George Martin to give them another listen. George
was impressed with the electric atmosphere and raw energy and set to
work in January 1977 enhancing and transferring the performances to
modern multi-track tapes. They did no redubbing of voices or
instruments."

As you can see these concert performances are indeed unique. "The
Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl" was an official release which became
part of the Beatle musical cannon. Sadly, though, since the
introduction of digital technology, neither Capitol/EMI nor Apple
have never issued this concert on a CD platform. With the release
of "The Beatles - The Capitol Albums Vol. 1", we feel the time is
now right to raise this issue requesting the Executives at Capitol
and Apple and have them release the "Hollywood Bowl" on CD using the
latest technology. Please give your support by signing the petition
which will be forwarded on to them in due course.

John Whelan
Ottawa Beatles Site
http://beatles.ncf.ca/