The Beatles June 1964

Title: Live In Melbourne, Australia Evening
Type: TV Special Raw Footage
Filming Location: Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Filming Date: June 17th 1964
Broadcast Date: July 1st 1964
Country Of Broadcast: Australia
Duration: 22:51 (Raw); 56:59 Minutes (Original Broadcast); 28:17 (Re-Broadcast)
Quality: B (Raw); C (Original Broadcast); A- (Re-Broadcast Beatles segment only)
Source: "Melbourne Meltdown Vol 2" (Lord Reith)
Other Sources: "The Beatles Rarities 1962-1967" (BA Productions)

Notes: Cameras from the Australian Channel 9 recorded the sixth and final show of the Melbourne leg of the world tour. It was
screened on 1 July 1964 as an hour-long special, The Beatles Sing For Shell, named after the oil company which sponsored the broadcast.

Nine of The Beatles Melbourne performances were included in the show: "I Saw Her Standing There", "You Can`t Do That", "All My
Loving", "She Loves You", "Till There Was You", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Can`t Buy Me Love", "Twist And Shout", and "Long Tall
Sally". During the final song a male audience member rushed onto the stage to shake John Lennon’s hand.

The Beatles manager Brian Epstein had initially agreed to allow Channel 9 to show just 12 minutes of the performance. However,
after watching the recording an hour after the show he had a change of heart and increased the limit to 20 minutes.

In the end 22 minutes of The Beatles were included, the rest of the hour being footage of Australian and international
performers. The only song from the set not broadcast was "This Boy".