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List Price: $19.95 | | Publisher: North Shore Publishing
Salesrank: 114563
Released: April 1, 2007 |
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Editorial Review:
Banned following their 1964 concert at Public Hall, a scheduling change brought The Beatles back to Cleveland in 1966 for the first outdoor show of their final tour. The results at Municipal Stadium were the same - but on a much larger scale. The uncontrollable hysteria of Beatlemania reached a fever pitch as thousands of fans poured from their seats and crashed over police lines to be near their British Idols. "The Beatles In Cleveland" brings to life two of the wildest, out-of-control concerts in Beatle - and rock - history. Follow behind the scenes dealings by Cleveland's rival Top 40 radio stations to bring John, Paul, George and Ringo to the city, then grab a front row seat for back stage and on stage excitement through eyewitness accounts from the promoters, concert MC's, deejays, journalists, opening acts and fans, along with rare, never-before published photos, video stills and memorabilia. A concert by The Beatles was not just about the music, but also the emotions stirred by the most influencial group in the history of popular music.
The Beatles In Cleveland: Memories, Facts & Photos About The Notorious 1964 & 1966 Concerts Reviews:
It's Only Rock-n-Roll 
2008-08-04 - It was a pair of watershed events in the vast history of 1960s pop culture; The Fab Four performing in concert in Cleveland, Ohio. And they were gigs to remember.
Police ordered the September 1964 event in Public Hall temporarily stopped as a number of the 10,000 fans rushed the stage. The fallout from the raucous atmosphere had a major political consequence; city leaders banned pop music concerts.
But flip the concert disc over to 1966 and the band was back for an August show in the cavernous Municipal Stadium. The first outdoor concert of the tour was temporarily stopped when an estimated 2,500 of the more than 20,000 fans in attendance rushed the stage.
With recollections from top Cleveland DJ's - Jack Armstrong, Jerry G. Bishop, Johnny Canton, Harry Martin - media members like Jane Scott of The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, musicians and fans, author Dave Schwensen provides an outstanding oral history of the radio stations vying to be part of the events, the publicity leading to the performances and the lasting impressions left on those involved with the shows, from the stage to the stands.
Reading as if the tours took place only a few years ago, it is a great reminder of the days when one band paved the path to major national tours and stadium shows, with some of the craziness that happened behind-the-scenes making the wild response from the fans seem tame.
There are places I remember . . .
2008-07-25 - While conducting an internet search to find information about the Beatles August 14, 1966 concert in Cleveland, I happened upon this book. What a find! Even though I was only 13 years old when I attended the concert, it has remained one of the most exciting events of my life. The author weaves the story of both the 1966 and 1964 concerts through his own recollection of the event and a host of people personally involved with the concert (disc jockeys, promoters, reporters, etc.), and places the story in the context of the events of the 60s. It magically transported me back to that special day and helped me understand the experience, thus enriching my memories of the event. Anyone who loves the Beatles will enjoy the book as it relays conversations with them and observations of them by the various people involved with the event.
yeah, yeah, yeah 
2007-11-29 - with parents unwilling to take me to the these cleveland gigs, i can only read about the concert mayhem through this book. with a narrative compiled from cleveland radio/tv media types of the time, with one sounding like a really pissed off guy today, and possibly back then, as he recounts his involvement during the beatles' cleveland tour stops. photos are very low quality scanned images or still frames of film footage from a local cleveland tv station. it's an ok read recounting the behind the scene tour machinations involving the band's first and final US tours as they blew into cleveland like a lake effect snow storm. despite the ever increasing time since their final release, and should you have lived in or near cleveland and managed to get to see these appearances during the reign of the beatles, this book may ignite memories of the time.
Beatles in Cleveland
2007-11-29 - I really enjoyed the book as it gave me details on this historic event, one that I was too young to remember.
A Lot of Interesting Information
2007-10-10 - This one is a keeper. So much detail went into this topic to produce this book and it is a gem. Written and researched by a true Beatlemaniac who was there. Dave has managed to track down and interview everyone who was connected to these two concerts. The DJS, reporters, opening acts and fans who attended. Through emails he was able to add another dimension to his book by letting fans share their stories of both historical shows, especially the one in 1966. He even interviewed the real estate agent who provided the group with a very groovy, fully furnished, (in their favorite colors!) mobile trailor to stay in while they were waiting to go on stage. The backstage recollections from the djs who got to spend time with them in that trailor, were interesting. Also recollections from opening acts like Barry Tashien of the Remains were a welcome addition. I would like to buy his book so I can read about the entire 1966 American tour. There is so much to say about this very intersting group of British singers from Liverpool, that I wish other insiders would share their memories of other tours and concerts. Enough of those phony, shallow, so called biographies that never get the story right because the author wasn't there and hardly knows the Beatles. There should be more books like this.
