@@gordonowen1 I'm sorry you took my comment that way mate.. I was mearly expressing my sheer jealously of your AMAZING experience.. 👍👍👍 Take care good fellow. Respect
Whilst in my first job at an oil pipeline company in Saville Row before moving onto Uni I was a few doors away from No.5 aka ‘Apple Label’. I never knew when the Beatles were there as it was quiet and np crowds (as with Abbey Road) of fans. The only clue to them being present was John Lennon's Rolls Royce Silver Cloud, but being him it was painted lime green, tinted windows, and a ‘v’ TV aerial on the front of the roof. Our messenger came up to us excitedly to say the Fab 4 were on the roof commonly accessed by staff and people in other buildings during lunch breaks. We went up to hear there presence. I knew nothing of why there were doing this (that it was their last performance together as a band), or the calamity the music was causing in the Row, Regent Street, and resonating as far as nearby Picadilly Circus. With all that was going on I did not realise it was being filmed until I saw the full version of the film (plus some friends phoning me), spotting me on the roof close to the band. The shorter version of the film shows the bans from my side so not showing me. Some friends have now stumbled on some extracts and recognised me (a bit more of a wig in those days). Amazing what you can find almost 5 decades later - pre-internet!
Sorry but Lennon never ever had a green roller His roller was a phantom 5, not a silver ghost. And Apple was number 3, not 5. I think you're ripping this pish here
@@wanderer1955 a good mate of mine , a musician himself, and a big Beatles fan also, has photographs, of which I have seen, of him up there...around the 80s , he even had hair then 😂
I have the "Beatles - Get Back" 3 disc Blu-ray box set and it is totally amazing and awesome. I love the fact it was produced in Dolby Digital TrueHD 7.1. It sounds great with my Klipsch 7.1 Surround Sound speaker system.
I was there when the Beetles did their unexpected Roof Top gig at 5 Saville Row. I started my career with gap year and was working for an oil pipes design company in what was then called Gosham House, 7-8 Saville Row, W1.
I guess looking back it was cool. The venue at 3 Saville Row did not have a high profile and unlike films shown with a host of fans standing outside locations, it was relatively quiet. The Beatles were not normally seen, and the only clue to their presence would be a Rolls Royce silver Cloud parked outside - (except being John Lennon he ad it sprayed lime green), with a ‘v’ area on the roof and tinted windows.
They were memorable days not just in terms of this special event but of the whole attitude I those days which was one of respect and yo some extent discipline with travel on the Underground not the hustle and bustle that this generation how down become accustomed to, wags were weekly, mini skirts era, and punctuality was a must.
An era of almost anything goes, with ‘kipper ties’, wide lapels, not quite yet flair trousers unless of a previous era, mini skirts, and floral ‘flower power’ print designs in bright colours which was a totally revolutionary change at that time from the traditional and conservative colours.
I've been a policeman for almost 30 years and I often wondered if i was dispatched to the roof top on that day what would I have done? Simple, I would have requested an encore. I've often wondered, what ever happen to the brass plaque the read "APPLE" that was posted to the left of the front door to #3 Savile Row?
Yes, the Brass Plaque, I remember that it was there when the building was left derelict, wish I'd of prized it off the wall now. I did consider it!! Damn it !!!
At the time I had no ides of chaos the gig had on Regent Street & Piccadilly until a few ears later when I saw a film, which showed this. There was a rumour that there had been complains, not east from the Civil Service office down the other end of the road in Saville Row.
The cops that were sent to Apple studios that day were put in a no win situation. They could have either done nothing (and lost their jobs) or shut down the concert and become a villain in Rock & Roll History.
It was a warm afternoon and it was common for staff in many of the adjacent bullrings to sit in the sun on the rooftop to simply sunbath and relax doing breaks. I, with other staff, were alerted by our messenger that the Beetles were setting up on the Roof so a number of us went up to see what was happening. The rooftops were rather precarious - days before Health & safety and the divides between each building block and edges, as I recall were simply protected but scoffed frames.
It was actually a very cold afternoon. The years have a way of making memories fade...perhaps you could review those memories, if you were really actually there.
Unfortunately, in those days we did not have mobiles, let alone ones with built in camera or video so regrettably was never able to record the events as we might these days.
My understanding was that this was a reasonably un-rehearsed thing, with a band that had not been playing live for a good few years by then. So to expect some errors would be normal. It happens even with great preparation. It really captured the times though. I also understand that the police were instructed to bring it to an end, but they didn't, although I believe they did say "10 more minutes" at one stage, which coincided with what would have been a natural end anyway. The cops problem was that the streets were gridlocked in an ever increasing circle. The keyboard player mentioned was, of course Billy Preston.
They'd been rehearsing for about a month by this stage so they were pretty well prepared. The whole Get Back project was supposed to end with a full proper concert, they couldn't agree to do that so this was a compromise to be able to bring it to a conclusion and have a good way to end the film.
Noise complaints seem to come more from the Civil Service offices at the other end of Saville Row with the nearest Police station I guess dealing as it was, (and remains) in the same street.
I went there in 2003. And spoke to a guy who worked in the building, but not when the Beatles had it. He said a Japanese band contacted him and asked if they could make a video on the roof, "like the Beatles man"!! He gave them permission and they arrived and set up their equipment and started playing. What the guy who worked there didn't know was the Japanese band was a heavy metal band. They played so loud it started shaking the entire VERY OLD building. He had to rush to the roof to tell them to stop before the building collapsed.
At the time the Beatles did there gig on the roof, (other than perhaps themselves), no one knew it was going to happen so was spontaneous. No one realised that this was the point of break up and the last time they were to perform together.
@gordonowen1 There is indeed a Plaque to mark this place. It has a green background with white lettering. I have a photo of myself holding this Plaque. INSIDE number 3 Savile Row ( Apple ) Unfort, this is where the good news ends. This plaque is going up on the wall of the building, but god knows when.
The Sound was great even though loud. Until I saw the actual films years later of the occasions those of us in Saville Row had not visual or knowledge of the impact it has in adjacent Regent Street to Piccadilly Circus and the only thing I vaguely recall was the police with loud hailers try to ask them to stop.
@@coldeb8911 Well, it was supposed to be spontaneous, so the authorities would not get there in time to stop it. By the time H&S officers arrived, it would have been over. There was some rebellion in it - ''we'll do it if we like, sod the consequences'. The public were also climbing on roofs and up ladders, they risked their lives as well.
They do not. The entrance at street level has been remodeled several times since 1969, and is actually now an Abercrombie & Fitch store. Yes...in Savile Row.
it appears as though the scenery has changed quite a bit that's for sure. Also, if the man with the camera had looked down he would have noticed that most of all the white people are gone too
@@GustafGouda Ill think youll find he was referring to the people on the pavement Old Chap ;) P.S. Billy Preston was much appreciated, Even on the roof ;)
He wasn't being racist. England was always a majority white country. Now, there's many people from many non-white countries, that wouldn't have been there in the 60s. Lots of immigration legal and illegal in England. Chill out, man.
Aaron Feldman Aaron Feldman Aw man. Would’ve liked to hear how it was. Well, see you in another ten years unless he suddenly comes back. It’s been nice. Also, glad to see a still active user after 10 years- a true user, I have to say
@@Joshinwithya1973 I'm curious as to why the new owners of the building changed the exit to the roof, which is somewhat reconfigured to its placement back in '69. If others know something of the building's history, both before and after The Beatles' tenure there, let us know.
An unassuming day - the event was not expected. In the warm summer days it was common to have lunch on the roof of other buildings. The front of Apple Label was never deluged with fans - always quiet - I guess people did not know whether the Beatles were in or not. I only knew when they were there when John Lennon parked his Rolls Royce outside but the acoustics were such I never heard them playing. One of our staff came down to tell us the Beatles were setting up on the Roof - we have no knowledge of why or the significance of the occasion. We went onto the roof where they had quickly started to play. Given that some filming was done I guess they must have pre-planned the event so rehearsed to make this their final performance together. You can imagine that we the size of the speakers the sound was loud - clearly so as I later leant it could be heard at the other end of Saville Row where there was a Government Office and West End Central Police Station (still there today). It is in retrospect see film and photos that I learn of the disruption it caused in surrounding streets especially in Regent Street & Piccadilly. Memorable afternoon!
It is unfortunate that there is no plaque to mark that the Beetles were even at this location. They would be there regularly and I vividly recall John Lennon used to park his car outside - a pale green Rolls Royce silver cloud with very dark tinted widows and a ‘V; aerial on the front centre of the roof.
Please to see that a Blue Plaque has been erected to the external wall of 5 Saville Row to commemorate the building used as Apple Label by the Beatles.
And there we have it..from the horse's mouth...they had no intention of arresting anyone, in fact, Ray Dragg ( the other policeman in another youtube clip) said they didn't even have the power to arrest them and would have been in serious **** if they did 😂...but love the fact that Ken here was obviously a Star struck Beatles Fan as well as one of the Boys in Blue 😊
Hello great vid got a question how did they manage to get all that equipment on the roof ? up the stairs or some other way ? when the Beatles played there ?
Their equipment wasnt very big. I would imagine Ringo's drums would be the biggest thing to take up there. The Beatles never had stadium sized equipment. They always played little venue's using small Amps. Stadium equipment never came along till the 70s. When they played Shea stadium they used the stadium tannoy system. The Beatles were the first band ever to play in a stadium. Nobody had thought of it before. Hence no stadium sized amps.
People up on the roof in those days was no uncommon and people tended to sunbath during lunch hours. Health & Safety was not a focused issue at that time and the only divide below you and the ground were the scaffolding poles barrier that you see in the movie.
ok, police to John Lennon,"then where ya going sir?" John,"inside to get warm." ..."no ur not, I'll take u down if u wanna get warm." Oh, then she's ur bldg is she paul? ...yes sir by police order.
Interestingly enough when I think back, despite the fame and popularity of the Beetles, their front entrance was not generally shrouded by hundreds of fans and was relatively quite, unlike what we might of expected with hundreds of women outside waiting to catch a glimpse and get their autographs!
What we have here is a couple of toe-rags. Slime. Stay free. By the way ... Are you sitting comfortably? 🤔 Early January 1970, I had written a song, and contacted Apple HQ, requesting a meeting with John (Lennon) to discuss my wee song. I was given a time and date (it was on a Saturday) when John, at that time, frequented Apple HQ. Long story short: I arrived circa 9am. I was welcomed by a beautiful young lady (I was approaching my 19th birthday at the time). I was informed that John occasionally did not appear until noon. I waited until 11.30am and, tired of waiting (there's a song title in there), I left ... Idiot! On the way out, I noticed a metal dustbin full of edited tapes from the studios. I thought about taking some, or all, of the tapes, but thought I might appear as a 'scrounger'. After having flown down to London on the midnight, standby ticket, flight (£3.00), I then trudged my way to Victoria Coach Station and travelled back to Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. There are not many days that pass without me thinking: 'What a clown was I? What if?' Many more details available upon request. Stay free. Rab 🍻 😎 🌠
3.15 "Despite my instructions to arrest the beatles....." Does anyone believe this? Or is he just full of embellishments and inaccuracies like many suggest his book is?
Are you sitting comfortably? 🤔 Early January 1970, I had written a song, and contacted Apple HQ, requesting a meeting with John (Lennon) to discuss my wee song. I was given a time and date (it was on a Saturday) when John, at that time, frequented Apple HQ. Long story short: I arrived circa 9am. I was welcomed by a beautiful young lady (I was approaching my 19th birthday at the time). I was informed that John occasionally did not appear until noon. I waited until 11.30am and, tired of waiting (there's a song title in there), I left ... Idiot! On the way out, I noticed a metal dustbin full of edited tapes from the studios. I thought about taking some, or all, of the tapes, but thought I might appear as a 'scrounger'. After having flown down to London on the midnight, standby ticket, flight (£3.00), I then trudged my way to Victoria Coach Station and travelled back to Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. There are not many days that pass without me thinking: 'What a clown was I? What if?' Many more details available upon request. Stay free. Rab 🍻 😎 🌠
What did the Beatles do? About 4 or 5 songs- they did Get Back tree Times the first two were very sloppy then they did I Dig A Pony John Fucked up the chords the timing and words so then they did Dont Let Me Down that was very bad Phil Spector could not even save it to put it on the album John Really fucked up bad on that one One After 9090 & I'v got a Feeling were the best as far as being tight BUT Phil Spector really helped out all the songs in the studio making them sound better then they really were
Glyn John's originally produced Let It Be not Phil Spector; all he done was to add the choir and orchestrations that Paul and George Martin hated. Also, Dig a Pony, the one after the 909, and I've Got a feeling were recorded from that awful rooftop concert you refer too! Don't let me me down was originally on the album but was omitted due to the need for a b-side to Get Back. Also omitted was Teddy Boy - later an addition to Paul's solo album.
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I was next door at 7-8 Saville Row (then called Gosham House) on the Roof when this all happened and saw it face-to-face live!!!
wow mate!!!
Some people have all the luck!!! Congrats!!
Show off
@@dragonoftheeast7572 Sad comment - merely stating accurate facts as I experience.
@@gordonowen1 I'm sorry you took my comment that way mate.. I was mearly expressing my sheer jealously of your AMAZING experience.. 👍👍👍 Take care good fellow. Respect
And it is now...the 50th Anniversary. Time flies.
When you're having fun ............
Ah the greatest concert that never finished... what a gem.
It was finished.
@@shahaffiq5860 what does that even mean lol
@@kleber7563 They never performed together again? Finished!
Whilst in my first job at an oil pipeline company in Saville Row before moving onto Uni I was a few doors away from No.5 aka ‘Apple Label’. I never knew when the Beatles were there as it was quiet and np crowds (as with Abbey Road) of fans. The only clue to them being present was John Lennon's Rolls Royce Silver Cloud, but being him it was painted lime green, tinted windows, and a ‘v’ TV aerial on the front of the roof.
Our messenger came up to us excitedly to say the Fab 4 were on the roof commonly accessed by staff and people in other buildings during lunch breaks. We went up to hear there presence. I knew nothing of why there were doing this (that it was their last performance together as a band), or the calamity the music was causing in the Row, Regent Street, and resonating as far as nearby Picadilly Circus.
With all that was going on I did not realise it was being filmed until I saw the full version of the film (plus some friends phoning me), spotting me on the roof close to the band. The shorter version of the film shows the bans from my side so not showing me.
Some friends have now stumbled on some extracts and recognised me (a bit more of a wig in those days). Amazing what you can find almost 5 decades later - pre-internet!
Your very lucky. Could you tell me what it was like? To see them?
Yes elaboration please!! Details, anecdotes-don’t be shy!!
Sorry but Lennon never ever had a green roller
His roller was a phantom 5, not a silver ghost.
And Apple was number 3, not 5.
I think you're ripping this pish here
"its been done"
I gotcha, azu! and, amen.
Said George in The Simpsons.
The greenhouse is still there. What’s in it I wonder🤷🏼♀️
Kurt Cobain
It's not a greenhouse. It is a skylight for a stairwell.
Don't let me down!!!
Brings back memories. I been up there TWICE!
how to get up there?!
@@susancorgi You can't it's now private.
@@susancorgi Via the elevator.
@@wanderer1955 a good mate of mine , a musician himself, and a big Beatles fan also, has photographs, of which I have seen, of him up there...around the 80s , he even had hair then 😂
@@coldeb8911 😁
Wow.. just wow. What an experience that would have been!
I have the "Beatles - Get Back" 3 disc Blu-ray box set and it is totally amazing and awesome. I love the fact it was produced in Dolby Digital TrueHD 7.1. It sounds great with my Klipsch 7.1 Surround Sound speaker system.
I was there when the Beetles did their unexpected Roof Top gig at 5 Saville Row. I started my career with gap year and was working for an oil pipes design company in what was then called Gosham House, 7-8 Saville Row, W1.
GOCo MICE *Beatles
Sorry? Who are the Beetles???
It’s Beatles
Wasn't it 3 Saville Row?
"did we pass the audition?"
What a history place!
I guess looking back it was cool. The venue at 3 Saville Row did not have a high profile and unlike films shown with a host of fans standing outside locations, it was relatively quiet. The Beatles were not normally seen, and the only clue to their presence would be a Rolls Royce silver Cloud parked outside - (except being John Lennon he ad it sprayed lime green), with a ‘v’ area on the roof and tinted windows.
nicely rendered vine of a story vignette especially from the person that was in instrumental in stopping the concert
They were memorable days not just in terms of this special event but of the whole attitude I those days which was one of respect and yo some extent discipline with travel on the Underground not the hustle and bustle that this generation how down become accustomed to, wags were weekly, mini skirts era, and punctuality was a must.
Ive been up there in 1977 👍
Not one of the greatest bands, officer. It's THE greatest band.
Ken's memory is off a bit regarding where George was standing.
Yep one of the greatest concerts ever
Maybe the first Beatle concert were listeners could actually hear the music.
An era of almost anything goes, with ‘kipper ties’, wide lapels, not quite yet flair trousers unless of a previous era, mini skirts, and floral ‘flower power’ print designs in bright colours which was a totally revolutionary change at that time from the traditional and conservative colours.
I've been a policeman for almost 30 years and I often wondered if i was dispatched to the roof top on that day what would I have done? Simple, I would have requested an encore. I've often wondered, what ever happen to the brass plaque the read "APPLE" that was posted to the left of the front door to #3 Savile Row?
It will be worth a fortune who ever has it
Yes, the Brass Plaque, I remember that it was there when the building was left derelict, wish I'd of prized it off the wall now. I did consider it!! Damn it !!!
Wherever it is and the owner can prove its authenticity, it's worth quite a bit of dosh!!
At the time I had no ides of chaos the gig had on Regent Street & Piccadilly until a few ears later when I saw a film, which showed this. There was a rumour that there had been complains, not east from the Civil Service office down the other end of the road in Saville Row.
The cops that were sent to Apple studios that day were put in a no win situation.
They could have either done nothing (and lost their jobs) or shut down the concert and become a villain in Rock & Roll History.
It was a warm afternoon and it was common for staff in many of the adjacent bullrings to sit in the sun on the rooftop to simply sunbath and relax doing breaks. I, with other staff, were alerted by our messenger that the Beetles were setting up on the Roof so a number of us went up to see what was happening.
The rooftops were rather precarious - days before Health & safety and the divides between each building block and edges, as I recall were simply protected but scoffed frames.
Warm afternoon!! it was the end of January it was a Cold Day, I know I was down in Savile Row looking Up.!! I wish I'd been up there.
Warm??? It was January you numptie. No sunbathing in January in London.
It was actually a very cold afternoon. The years have a way of making memories fade...perhaps you could review those memories, if you were really actually there.
I can't believe The Beetles ripped off The Beatles with a rooftop concert.
"lets all go up on the roof, then we can all go home".....THE END
Unfortunately, in those days we did not have mobiles, let alone ones with built in camera or video so regrettably was never able to record the events as we might these days.
*Fortunately
Definitely fortunately not unfortunately.
very cool
My understanding was that this was a reasonably un-rehearsed thing, with a band that had not been playing live for a good few years by then. So to expect some errors would be normal. It happens even with great preparation. It really captured the times though. I also understand that the police were instructed to bring it to an end, but they didn't, although I believe they did say "10 more minutes" at one stage, which coincided with what would have been a natural end anyway. The cops problem was that the streets were gridlocked in an ever increasing circle. The keyboard player mentioned was, of course Billy Preston.
They'd been rehearsing for about a month by this stage so they were pretty well prepared. The whole Get Back project was supposed to end with a full proper concert, they couldn't agree to do that so this was a compromise to be able to bring it to a conclusion and have a good way to end the film.
Noise complaints seem to come more from the Civil Service offices at the other end of Saville Row with the nearest Police station I guess dealing as it was, (and remains) in the same street.
I went there in 2003. And spoke to a guy who worked in the building, but not when the Beatles had it. He said a Japanese band contacted him and asked if they could make a video on the roof, "like the Beatles man"!! He gave them permission and they arrived and set up their equipment and started playing. What the guy who worked there didn't know was the Japanese band was a heavy metal band. They played so loud it started shaking the entire VERY OLD building. He had to rush to the roof to tell them to stop before the building collapsed.
At the time the Beatles did there gig on the roof, (other than perhaps themselves), no one knew it was going to happen so was spontaneous. No one realised that this was the point of break up and the last time they were to perform together.
the camera and production crew did not spontaneously appear so there must have been a large number of people who knew it was going to happen
And they went on to record Abbey Road so it wasn't the last time they performed together.
@@scottandrewbrass1931 it was the last time they played in public, they also did very little work as a foursome after this performance
Their gig.
@gordonowen1 There is indeed a Plaque to mark this place. It has a green background with white lettering. I have a photo of myself holding this Plaque. INSIDE number 3 Savile Row ( Apple ) Unfort, this is where the good news ends. This plaque is going up on the wall of the building, but god knows when.
I have been told the plaque is now on the front of the building although I haven't been back to see for myself.
Could someone put statues there for memorabilia
Where is the Post Office Tower?
A few miles away off Tottenham Court Road.
@@gordonowen1 I mean u can’t see it
I'd love to step foot up there!!
The Sound was great even though loud. Until I saw the actual films years later of the occasions those of us in Saville Row had not visual or knowledge of the impact it has in adjacent Regent Street to Piccadilly Circus and the only thing I vaguely recall was the police with loud hailers try to ask them to stop.
Bollocks!
To get up there today you have to go up a building a few doors down from the Apple office and then walk across the roofs to the concert venue.
Obviously The Beatles had no fear of heights, that ledge looks so scary, it was only blocked by a simple single rail.
😂...yeah..could you imagine if they had the type of H&S then that we have now ...it would never have happened would it ? 😂
@@coldeb8911 Well, it was supposed to be spontaneous, so the authorities would not get there in time to stop it. By the time H&S officers arrived, it would have been over. There was some rebellion in it - ''we'll do it if we like, sod the consequences'. The public were also climbing on roofs and up ladders, they risked their lives as well.
Going to London for my birthday this upcoming spring and I really want to see this building while I’m over there. Do they grant access to the rooftop?
TheDudeMinds89 I don't think so.
They do not. The entrance at street level has been remodeled several times since 1969, and is actually now an Abercrombie & Fitch store. Yes...in Savile Row.
Nope
The green house is still there lol
I have been inside the buidling since as it is a store but I have not been in any rear garden.
Does anyone know that that silver lined structure is on the adjoining roof with the black metal frame?
would have been nice to see some wider shots. Nothing against them but no one is really interseted in the guys. We just want to see the roof top.
You can watch the Beatles on the roof top. On the Related videos
Ken is in the black coat. Met him last night after a little interview at the Ivy Club!
it appears as though the scenery has changed quite a bit that's for sure. Also, if the man with the camera had looked down he would have noticed that most of all the white people are gone too
Back then there even was a black man ON the Roof - Billy Preston, and he was great. So shut your ugly hole, you fucking racist pig.
@@GustafGouda
Ill think youll find he was referring to the people on the pavement Old Chap ;)
P.S. Billy Preston was much appreciated,
Even on the roof ;)
There was also a Japanese woman on the roof.
He wasn't being racist. England was always a majority white country.
Now, there's many people from many non-white countries, that wouldn't have been there in the 60s. Lots of immigration legal and illegal in England. Chill out, man.
this happened exactly 10 years ago
Hello great vid which one is Ken ?
@gordonowen1: Gordon, tell us more of your impressions of that day.
Did he ever tell you more of his impressions of that day?
@@Joshinwithya1973 Not that I've yet seen.
Aaron Feldman Aaron Feldman Aw man. Would’ve liked to hear how it was. Well, see you in another ten years unless he suddenly comes back. It’s been nice.
Also, glad to see a still active user after 10 years- a true user, I have to say
@@Joshinwithya1973 I'm curious as to why the new owners of the building changed the exit to the roof, which is somewhat reconfigured to its placement back in '69. If others know something of the building's history, both before and after The Beatles' tenure there, let us know.
An unassuming day - the event was not expected. In the warm summer days it was common to have lunch on the roof of other buildings. The front of Apple Label was never deluged with fans - always quiet - I guess people did not know whether the Beatles were in or not. I only knew when they were there when John Lennon parked his Rolls Royce outside but the acoustics were such I never heard them playing.
One of our staff came down to tell us the Beatles were setting up on the Roof - we have no knowledge of why or the significance of the occasion. We went onto the roof where they had quickly started to play.
Given that some filming was done I guess they must have pre-planned the event so rehearsed to make this their final performance together.
You can imagine that we the size of the speakers the sound was loud - clearly so as I later leant it could be heard at the other end of Saville Row where there was a Government Office and West End Central Police Station (still there today).
It is in retrospect see film and photos that I learn of the disruption it caused in surrounding streets especially in Regent Street & Piccadilly.
Memorable afternoon!
It is unfortunate that there is no plaque to mark that the Beetles were even at this location. They would be there regularly and I vividly recall John Lennon used to park his car outside - a pale green Rolls Royce silver cloud with very dark tinted widows and a ‘V; aerial on the front centre of the roof.
The plaque is there now.
Please to see that a Blue Plaque has been erected to the external wall of 5 Saville Row to commemorate the building used as Apple Label by the Beatles.
Ken,s deffo on the bottle there lad (Hair dye)
As we say in the Pool Lar ;)
And there we have it..from the horse's mouth...they had no intention of arresting anyone, in fact, Ray Dragg ( the other policeman in another youtube clip) said they didn't even have the power to arrest them and would have been in serious **** if they did 😂...but love the fact that Ken here was obviously a Star struck Beatles Fan as well as one of the Boys in Blue 😊
Hello great vid got a question how did they manage to get all that equipment on the roof ? up the stairs or some other way ? when the Beatles played there ?
Their equipment wasnt very big. I would imagine Ringo's drums would be the biggest thing to take up there. The Beatles never had stadium sized equipment. They always played little venue's using small Amps. Stadium equipment never came along till the 70s. When they played Shea stadium they used the stadium tannoy system. The Beatles were the first band ever to play in a stadium. Nobody had thought of it before. Hence no stadium sized amps.
@@wanderer1955 Still, carrying a Fender Rhodes Mk I up the stairs (for Billy Preston) is not quite a job I would fancy.
@@waterloo13 I would. No problemo at all.👍 And I would gladly pay the Beatles to carry their stuff up too ( but don't tell them)
Same way Paul Inder, Les Warner, Me and Julian Lennon did when we played there in 1981.....
Man just to be on that roof
I been up there twice!! 2003. 2010.
Once a copper, ALWAYS A COPPER!
"Fantomas was the Beatles,and Ken commissaire Juve".
I got try to pay someone to let me go there, i dont care i need to be there
This police men dont know wich history concert they were
What!!!
This is not a coherent sentence. Try again.
Got the positions of where the Beatles were standing wrong though. Haha
People up on the roof in those days was no uncommon and people tended to sunbath during lunch hours. Health & Safety was not a focused issue at that time and the only divide below you and the ground were the scaffolding poles barrier that you see in the movie.
Do you guys get sun in January in London?
Sunbath!!! it was a cold day in January.
"get a tan from standing in the English rain"
@@varunpandey1484 It can be sunny in January, but not warm. You can have bright winter sun.
@gordonowen1: Oh, do tell us more of your memories of that day.
ok, police to John Lennon,"then where ya going sir?" John,"inside to get warm." ..."no ur not, I'll take u down if u wanna get warm." Oh, then she's ur bldg is she paul? ...yes sir by police order.
Is it posibele zu visit the roof?
No its a private company there now
It was pretty stupid doing a concert in a rooftop in cold winter.
That's why the concert was so great.
Badly shot video.
It was of its day!
Interestingly enough when I think back, despite the fame and popularity of the Beetles, their front entrance was not generally shrouded by hundreds of fans and was relatively quite, unlike what we might of expected with hundreds of women outside waiting to catch a glimpse and get their autographs!
Beatles
What we have here is a couple of toe-rags. Slime. Stay free. By the way ...
Are you sitting comfortably? 🤔 Early January 1970, I had written a song, and contacted Apple HQ, requesting a meeting with John (Lennon) to discuss my wee song.
I was given a time and date (it was on a Saturday) when John, at that time, frequented Apple HQ.
Long story short: I arrived circa 9am. I was welcomed by a beautiful young lady (I was approaching my 19th birthday at the time). I was informed that John occasionally did not appear until noon.
I waited until 11.30am and, tired of waiting (there's a song title in there), I left ... Idiot! On the way out, I noticed a metal dustbin full of edited tapes from the studios. I thought about taking some, or all, of the tapes, but thought I might appear as a 'scrounger'.
After having flown down to London on the midnight, standby ticket, flight (£3.00), I then trudged my way to Victoria Coach Station and travelled back to Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.
There are not many days that pass without me thinking: 'What a clown was I? What if?'
Many more details available upon request.
Stay free. Rab 🍻 😎 🌠
It's the police fault who went upstairs at the Apple rooftop to stop the concert.
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I was there on the rooftop 50 years ago sitting next to Paul mccartney taking pictures....
In my past life
Probably 🤔
Do not remember you - I must have been close as I was behind Ringo at one stage!
Nobody was sat next to Paul
@@gamingwithcallum6087 read my comment again👍
According to Policeman who was on the roof that day Ray Dagg this guy is telling lies. He was never on the rooftop. Terrible to be so dishonest.
3.15 "Despite my instructions to arrest the beatles....." Does anyone believe this? Or is he just full of embellishments and inaccuracies like many suggest his book is?
I was unaware of Police presence on the roof until I saw this film years later.
Yeah. I believe him
Ur so luccky to see them singing personally no effort at all wow when all seeing watching singing their fans down....oh love the band
Are you sitting comfortably? 🤔 Early January 1970, I had written a song, and contacted Apple HQ, requesting a meeting with John (Lennon) to discuss my wee song.
I was given a time and date (it was on a Saturday) when John, at that time, frequented Apple HQ.
Long story short: I arrived circa 9am. I was welcomed by a beautiful young lady (I was approaching my 19th birthday at the time). I was informed that John occasionally did not appear until noon.
I waited until 11.30am and, tired of waiting (there's a song title in there), I left ... Idiot! On the way out, I noticed a metal dustbin full of edited tapes from the studios. I thought about taking some, or all, of the tapes, but thought I might appear as a 'scrounger'.
After having flown down to London on the midnight, standby ticket, flight (£3.00), I then trudged my way to Victoria Coach Station and travelled back to Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.
There are not many days that pass without me thinking: 'What a clown was I? What if?'
Many more details available upon request.
Stay free. Rab 🍻 😎 🌠
I’d love to hear more, Rab! If you could message me or anything.
What did the Beatles do? About 4 or 5 songs- they did Get Back tree Times the first two were very sloppy then they did I Dig A Pony John Fucked up the chords the timing and words so then they did Dont Let Me Down that was very bad Phil Spector could not even save it to put it on the album John Really fucked up bad on that one One After 9090 & I'v got a Feeling were the best as far as being tight BUT Phil Spector really helped out all the songs in the studio making them sound better then they really were
Glyn John's originally produced Let It Be not Phil Spector; all he done was to add the choir and orchestrations that Paul and George Martin hated. Also, Dig a Pony, the one after the 909, and I've Got a feeling were recorded from that awful rooftop concert you refer too! Don't let me me down was originally on the album but was omitted due to the need for a b-side to Get Back. Also omitted was Teddy Boy - later an addition to Paul's solo album.