Live From Canada 1964: Montreal September 8th

The Beatles played two shows at the Montréal Forum on September 8th 1964, a matinee at 4pm and an evening performance at 8pm and at 6pm they held a press conference for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from the Forum’s stage. A local newspaper had reported that somebody was going to kill Ringo, so instead of staying the night in Montréal, they flew out straight after the evening show and arrived at Key West at 3.30am where hundreds of fans were awaiting them. After a day off in Miami, the group performed at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida the following night.

We have done the best we possibly could with these admittedly lo-fi yet important historical recordings. The source is AM radio and there is considerable distortion on the vocals. The broadcast was faded out halfway through A Hard Day's Night so the last two songs of the show, I Want To Hold Your Hand and Long Tall Sally were not transmitted.

Side One

1.             Twist And Shout  

2.             You Can't Do That              

3.             All My Loving       

4.             She Loves You    

5.             Things We Said Today      

6.             Roll Over Beethoven          

7.             Can't Buy Me Love

Side Two

1.             If I Fell

2.             Boys      

3.             A Hard Day's Night             

4.             Montréal Press Conference

5.             Larry Kane Interviews Backstage

6.             Toronto Press Conference