Music History X Podcast · Scott Cardinal
"Beatlemania Hurts Eardrums and Feet". Vintage Article. September 08, 1964
·20 min·1 clip
Barbara Smith describes how the Beatles' 1964 concert was so loud she couldn't hear Paul McCartney speak.
As heard by us
Old Beatles clippings, read aloud and argued with in real time.
This episode turns a 1964 News Journal page into a loose, engaging look at Beatles-era reactions, moving from Barbara Smith's teenage account to letters about the band's haircuts and the arguments around them.
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Press play if you want Beatles lore filtered through a September 8, 1964 newspaper page.
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