The Beatles Play Shea

By: James Woodall

Narrated by: Christopher Price

The Beatles' third tour of North America was nearly a year in the planning. By late 1964, manager Brian Epstein knew that they were not only the biggest act in his stable: they had become the biggest act on earth. America worshipped them. Somewhere different for the start of this tour, in New York - somewhere appropriately massive - had to be found.

It was: a baseball stadium in Flushing, Queens. On August 15, 1965, The Beatles played the concert of their lives there. This is that story. Here also are the huge strides in writing, musicianship, and recording the group made in the 12 months or so leading up to Shea Stadium. Some of this was played at the gig but little above the screams was heard. The Beatles at Shea 50 years ago remains, nonetheless, a watershed 1960s moment: the climax in the live career of the greatest quartet the world has known.

©2015 James Woodall (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

An interesting but short book on The Beatles

T book is brief but here's an interesting if you see the events of the Shea Stadium concert. I quite enjoyed it.

Horrible reading of interesting information

It was very tedious listening to the reader speak in small clumps of words always ending in a descending tone with extra pauses in every sentence. Interesting facts I was unaware of.

Pretty good!

Just was expecting something additional like pieces of their music. All is all it was a good historical piece of information about them. Well done and the narrator was very good!

Vivid and gripping

Woodall, unlike may others who have written about The Beatles, focuses on the bands music, performances, and recordings leading up to and including the epic concerts at Shea Stadium. He is incredibly insightful about their songwriting and brings to life the way they worked together as a band in those early years. This is not a long book but it is excellent.

Wow. This story about the Beatles is awesome.

Great review of the band. Extremely detailed with plenty of insight into the beginning and the end of the band. Worth hearing.