A Two Hour Public Radio Special fromProducer Paul Ingles
and Public Radio International
When The Beatles arrived in the United States in February of 1964, no one could have anticipated the impact the band would have on the history of popular music and pop culture. Tens of millions of Americans remember their first experiences of hearing the Beatles on their radios, seeing them on television or the movies. A smaller number saw one of their concerts on The Beatles ground-breaking first U.S. tour. Beatle John Lennon used to characterize it like a hurricane with the Beatles trying to keep themselves in the relatively calm eye.
Producer Paul Ingles will be taking public radio listeners back into both the hurricane and its eye in this two hour special.
The Beatles In America - 1964 was fed to public radio stations June 29, 2004. Many stations scheduled it for the July 4th holiday weekend. After all, what better way to mark America's independence from Britain than spotlighting the moment in time when Britain stole a bit of America's heart back? Some will schedule it for Labor Day weekend to mark the exact 40th anniversary of the band's multi-city U.S. tour. Others will play it throughout the remainder of 2004. Call your local public radio station for the date and time in your area. The show is exclusively available to Public Radio International affiliates through November 30, 2004. All public radio stations will have access to the special in December of 2004. Any stations missing the feed may either contact their PRI representative at (612) 338-5000 or producer Paul Ingles at (505) 255-1219. The program is a lively montage of rarely heard archival audio, concert recordings, and new interviews with fans and reporters who were being swept along into the frenzy back then. Some recordings that will be featured haven't been heard publicly for forty years. These are from reporters Larry Kane and Art Schreiber who traveled along on most every stop of the 1964 tour and had remarkable access to the band. Their interviews really capture their wonder and humor and thoughtful analysis of the madness that was swirling around them. And while listeners will also hear some analysis from historians and authors, it won't weigh down the sheer fun and excitement that the special hopes to convey. Naturally, there is plenty of Beatle music from 1964 as well. And while you'll hear their hits, in true public radio tradition, you'll also hear some of the lesser heard gems from those first albums that many fans wore through. |
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