The Beatles Playing On The Roof

Although few people could see them crowds gathered in the streets below to hear the beatles play.

The beatles playing on the roof.

Ken mansfield on his front row seat to the fabs last public performance. The timing coincided with the lunch hour of many nearby workplaces which led to crowds quickly forming. The beatles played on the roof for just under 45 minutes which engineer glyn johns recorded the audio in the basement and lindsay hogg s cameramen caught the action. Behind the group s final public performance in their final public performance the beatles made history playing on top of the apple studios becoming the most.

The beatles played on a london rooftop in 1969. No one knew the concert staged for the documentary let it be would be the band s final performance. Several of the rooftop performances particularly that of dig a pony were regarded as showing the beatles once again in top form. The beatles january 30 1969 rooftop gig is unforgettable.

They had stopped touring in 1966 but on jan. The beatles rooftop concert marked the end of an era for many fans. The group did record one more album abbey road on which work started the following month but by september 1969 the beatles had unofficially disbanded. But what led up to it is a story on its own.

30 1969 they made history atop the apple corps office building in london s garment district. The beatles rooftop show began at around midday. It wound up being their last show. In this two part series we re exploring why and how.

The beatles rooftop concert.