Harrogate Beatles event to focus on music lauded by Bob Stanley as 'typifying Fab Four's early appeal'
A special Beatles evening in Harrogate will feature classic songs rated by leading music author Bob Stanley as ones that best capture the band's early-career appeal.
Taking place at Starling Independent Bar Cafe Kitchen on Wednesday, April 9, this special Vinyl Sessions event will shine a light on The Beatles in Film - A Hard Day's Night and Help.
Released in 1964, A Hard Day’s Night was the album of the box office hit movie and sold more than four million copies with classic songs including Can’t Buy Me Love, And I Love Her and the title track.
Writing in his bestselling Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé, published by Faber & Faber, Bob Stanley identifies A Hard Day's Night as the album that best captures the band's early-career appeal.
He writes: "If you had to explain the Beatles' impact to a stranger, you'd play them the soundtrack to A Hard Day's Night.
"The songs, conceived in a hotel room in a spare couple of weeks between up-ending the British class system and conquering America, were full of bite and speed.
"There was adventure, knowingness, love, and abundant charm."
The evening, which raises funds for Harrogate Hospital Community Charity, will see vintage audio featuring not one but two classic Beatles albums, a video and a fascinating talk on the historical background.
Released almost a year after A Hard Day's Night, Help! also sold more than four million copies and introduced the world to classic songs such as You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, I've Just Seen A Face, Yesterday and Ticket to Ride.
MC-ed by Vinyl Sessions founder Colin Paine, the video is created by Jim Dobbs while the talk is by ‘Professor of Pop’. Graham Chalmers of the Harrogate Advertiser.
Admission is only £5 (plus Eventbrite booking fee) as the volunteer organisers now use the full Eventbrite secure payment platform or you can pay on the night (cash or card) if places are still available.
Every penny from the event goes to the Harrogate Hospital Community Charity.