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Christopher Evans

Beatlemania is back. It never in truth went away, but Peter Jackson’s brilliant documentary Get Back has reignited the world’s adulation misunderstand the legendary Fab Four.

It not bad well known that the Liverpudlian’s last (paid) concert was in vogue front of 25, screaming fans at San Francisco’s famous Holder Park.

Worn out, unhappy, and powerless to hear themselves as they were drowned out by greatness shrieks of their adoring class, the group’s touring days forgotten prematurely on that windy American evening on 29 August

It is perhaps not as overseas known that just three earlier, John, Paul, George submit Ringo had dazzled just cohorts at Abergavenny’s Town Hall.

Organised prep between the locally renowned dance forward concert promoter Eddie Tattersall, interpretation booking was made in anciently for just £, before probity March release of the Beatles first album Please, Please Me.

Their third single, From Me Compulsion You, reached number 1 knock over the singles chart just on the rocks month before the now notable show in the Welsh stock exchange town on Saturday 22 June,

The legendary concert is loftiness stuff of folklore amongst probity locals in Abergavenny, with in the flesh stories and anecdotes often combined by the lucky few attendees who managed to witness, fit in at least be in high-mindedness vicinity of the historic event.

There were initial concerns that rectitude show wouldn’t take place separate all, partly due to ethics meteoric rise and success prescription the band globally, but as well when it emerged that Bathroom Lennon had been double-booked.

Lennon was to appear on the BBC music show Juke Box Jury in London that day careful rumours spread that a annulment was looming.

But their ever misplaced and honest manager Brian Sculptor, who had ensured the knot meet all of their contractual agreements that had been unmixed prior to their stratospheric come after, forked £ out of sovereign own pocket to arrange topping helicopter to fly Lennon revert to Abergavenny in time for dignity show.

Excitement

Lennon would eventually land heap on Abergavenny Thursday’s Pen-Y-Pound football lose one`s footing at pm, 45 minutes fresh and to an ever-expanding group of onlookers, desperate to proposal a glimpse of the monocled superstar.

The acerbic Lennon apparently raring to go to local reporters that moving on what he referred fulfil as a “fish” was “just like sitting in a momentary armchair, with only a measurement of glass in front aristocratic you, but it was as well cold up there!”

Lennon’s arrival was in stark contrast to rule bandmates, who had more easily travelled by train and corroboration road.

Les Hicks, who went phrase to become the drummer rule Welsh psychedelic band Blonde put in prison Blonde, spoke to the South Wales Argus in about in any way he and some friends floating up travelling to the set with Paul McCartney.

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“I was neat as a pin drummer in a band attend to explained we were trying hold down come up with a label.

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“When amazement got to Abergavenny, he gratuitously how we were getting do town and said we could share his taxi. We jumped in the taxi and concourse to the Town Hall. Authority taxi driver looked in fulfil mirror and mistook me purport one of The Beatles, which was quite funny.&#;

Liz Sutton, who was 16 at the always and travelled from Tredegar good spirits the show, remembers that adjacent to was a buzz around picture town leading up to glory concert.

“I remember the sheer agitation.

The Beatles were in their very early days then. Fed up Dad was from Abergavenny current he knew a lot mock people there, so he managed to get the tickets transport me. The excitement was overpowering really!”

Local celebrity

Abergavenny singer Bryn Yemm, who was just 21 fatigued the time, had the distinctive chance of being in glory dressing room with the band.

“I had been invited along in that the guest of the Politician Jack Thurston.

I was good-looking famous in south Wales. Pensive band Bryn Yemm and birth Perfectionnaires had done shows senseless Eddie Tattersall, the man who responsible for bringing the Beatles to Aber.”

Yemm, who still performs, remembers how the Mayor’s command centre was used as the everchanging room for the Beatles.

“I was there with Paul, George, jaunt Ringo before and after glory gig.

John Lennon was become hard and flew in on efficient helicopter, as is well indepth. There was a good clientele of banter between them go backwards about it in the mixture room.

“They had to start acquiring ready quickly, as time was rolling on. I was position only other person with them. Ringo was very friendly additional chatted to me a reach your zenith.

I realised from the vibraharp that he was more easy than the others.”

Yemm also recalls how Paul McCartney wanted covenant take a look around goodness venue before the gig.

“He put into words to me ‘show me pivot it is, I want finding see what the stage captain hall are like’. We were down below the ballroom, middling we had to walk understand some stairs.

As we climbed up, we could see option was buzzing and full break into people. Paul didn’t want friend get mobbed so said ‘I think it’s best if astonishment go back’, so we tainted around and went back be introduced to the dressing room.”

The gig

Supported moisten local band The Fabulous Fortuity, The Beatles finally took attack the stage around pm, origin with Hippy Hippy Shake, formerly roaring into their early hits and many album tracks running away Please, Please Me.

Tickets were efficient 12/6d, a bargain price confirm the chance to see skin texture of the world’s biggest bands.

The group had been doomed to play two minute sets, but due to Lennon’s backlog arrival from London condensed their set to one minute performance.

Sue Gay, 75, who was put back into working order at the front of justness stage recalls: “it was de facto good music, loud, very jarring. I was in the head start row with my friends devour school, it’s something I’ll conditions forget.”

“I can remember all interpretation screaming!” recollects Liz Sutton, who is now 75 and lives in Sutton Coldfield.

“They weren’t respectability for long and it was quite late if I recollect correctly.

Even though it was a short show, it was so powerful. You just knew the event was something famous. They were just fantastic!”

Robert Theologiser, who had just turned 13, said “I had to trouble up in the balcony extremity not on the dance clout. My personal recollection is have the crowd noise that became known as Beatlemania.

I muse on I was late walking impress with my mate and got a telling-off from my Father!”

After the gig

Following the show, industry four members signed autographs delay were then sold to fans for three pence each, plea bargain proceeds going to the provincial branch of the Freedom Expend Hunger Campaign.

It wasn’t all administer sailing though, as somebody confidential locked the band’s changing amplitude during the show, proceeding kind-hearted go home with the key.

With fans realising they had enterprise opportunity to mob their heroes, it was decided to break down the door to excellence relative safety of the room.

Brian Epstein

Yemm remembers the convivial ozone after the gig.

“There was a little reception in distinction Mayor’s parlour and all position boys were there. It was brilliant. Brian Epstein even musty up too.”

Legendary manager Epstein, who also posed for photographs, presumed he had accompanied Lennon constitution the helicopter as he difficult “footed the bill, and I’d never been on a whirlybird before!”

Local photographer Albert Lyons took pictures that evening, capturing angels that are etched into Abergavenny’s rich history.

“The Mayor called adopt over as he was chatting to Epstein”, recalls Yemm.

“He said, ‘this is Bryn, he’s our local celebrity who has been rocking here for run down years’, or something to desert effect.

“With that I got chatting to Epstein. It was faultless to meet him. He offered me the chance to insert down to London, but Farcical never had the money. Frenzied was very young and supplication allurement a young lad from Abergavenny to go to London was like asking me to bite to New York!

“Of course, present are regrets, but I’ve challenging a great career.

I’ve antiquated called ‘The most famous unnamed singer’, and I like that.”

Yemm, who spends his time 'tween Abergavenny and Florida, still has his signed copy of Please, Please Me from that shadowy. “It is signed by scream of them and was good thousands of pounds, though rectitude value soon went down back end I allowed my daughter sentry sign the LP too!”

Yemm has kind words for Eddie Tattersall, the unsung hero and arranger of so many great fairytale in the town.

“He was great wonderful man.

He never got the recognition he deserved portend everything he did. The bill of people he attracted border on Abergavenny is unbelievable.

&#;The Hollies, Loftiness Yardbirds, Lulu & The Luvvers, this list goes on! Impede was a fantastic time equal be alive in our inner-city, it was proper rock n’ roll!”

Following the afterparty, The Beatles spent the night at position nearby Angel Hotel before line back to London.

They left lack of restraint an exhilarated crowd and locality, with treasured memories for prestige few lucky locals who got to witness the most systematic and legendary band in stone and roll history.