Solo Beatle Rarities Vol 1

1. Title: Carousel - "This Is Not Here" Press Conference
Type: TV Raw Footage
Filming Location: Everson Museum & Hotel Syracuse, Syracuse, New York
Filming Date: October 9th 1971
Broadcast Date: October 1971?
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 50:43 Minutes
Notes: An organisation called "Portable Channel" videotaped John & Yoko`s entire 50 minute press conference at the Everson Museum on October 8, 1971 along with
footage of John & Yoko,Ringo and others walking around the exhibition and interviews with John & Yoko.
The black and white video-taped footage was possibly initially shown on the local PBS TV station WXXI, in Rochester, New York with whom "Portable Channel" were
affiliated with.
Soon after the Syracuse PBS station WCNY-TV showed some of this footage in their TV series "Carousel". It is unknown how much was broadcast. The 50 minute, black and
white, raw video tape of the entire press conference has recently emerged but part 2 of this video that includes the footage of Ringo as well as interviews with
John & Yoko is still held in their archives.
2. Title: The Guiness Book Of Records Award
Type: TV News
Filming Location: Les Ambassadeurs Club, London, England
Filming Date: October 24th 1979
Broadcast Date: October 24th 1979
Country Of Broadcast: UK/Europe
Duration: 15:15 Minutes
Notes: Raw colour footage by Reuters news of the Guinness ceremony showing Paul & Linda arriving and chatting with the other guests.
Paul is then awarded a unique rhodium disc for being the most successful popular music composer of all time.
The ceremony was held in London and Paul also gave a few interviews after the ceremony.
3. Title: Les Rendez-Vous Du Dimanche
Type: TV Show
Filming Location: Paris, France
Filming Date: September 18th 1976
Broadcast Date: September 19th 1976
Country Of Broadcast: France
Duration: 13:15 Minutes
Notes: Back on the promotional trail, Ringo was interviewed on this French TV show.
Apart from the interview his promo videos for "Hey Baby" and "You Don`t Know Me at All" were shown.
4. Title: Ravi Shankar`s Music Festival From India With George Harrison & Don Ellis
Type: TV Special
Filming Location: Los Angeles, USA
Filming Date: Mid-Late October 1975
Broadcast Date: March 1976
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 32:54 Minutes (George`s Interview Segments: 14:41)
Notes: After trying to get the "Ravi Shankar`s Music Festival From India" concert film distributed for the past year without any success an offer came from the Los
Angeles TV station KCET to screen some segments from the film with the proviso that George do a personal interview that would be broadcast as well.
George agreed and in October 1975 George flew to Los Angeles and filmed an interview with Jazz musician Don Ellis.
The interview was broadcast, in colour & with a stereo simulcast on radio along with 3 excerpts from the Ravi concert film.
This TV presentation was broadcast in March 1976. In the early 2000`s a average quality black and white copy of the TV special turned up and then Don Ellis uploaded
a copy from his own master tape, in colour, onto the "archive.org" website.

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