The Beatles February 1964

Title: Live In Washington, District Of Columbia
Type: Concert Film
Filming Location: Washington Coliseum, Washington, District Of Columbia
Filming Date: February 11th 1964
Broadcast Date: March 14th & 15th 1964 (cinema release); November 16, 2010 (iTunes complete concert)
Country Of Broadcast: USA (Original); Worldwide (iTunes)
Duration: 33:00 Minutes (Original); 41:05 Minutes (iTunes)
Quality: C- (original) A- (itunes)
Source: "The Beatles First American Concert" (Hobs)
Other Sources: "The Beatles Washington Coliseum" (Beatles TV)
Notes: The Beatles performed 12 songs to a delirious audience at the Washington Coliseum.
Because the venue was used usually for boxing matches the lads performed "in the round" and therefore had to rotate all their equipment, including Ringo`s drums,
after every couple of songs so that all four sides of the audience could see them from front on - an unique experience that only ever occurred at this venue.
The concert that night at the Washington Coliseum was also filmed by CBS for two days of screenings in American cinemas in March advertised as "The Beatles First American Concert".
The film was a "closed circuit telecast" meaning it was simultaneously beamed to theaters through telephone lines a total of four times over the two days.
The film also included unrelated concert footage of The Beach Boys and Lesley Gore as well.
The copies seen in cinemas for some unknown reason were missing part of "Twist and Shout" and all of the final number "Long Tall Sally".
Luckily in the 90`s the original 2` master tape was found and eventually it was purchased by Apple who issued the complete concert, with the previously missing songs, exclusively on iTunes in 2010.
This complete concert has not yet been officially issued on DVD or Bluray although 3 songs from the concert were included on Apple`s "The Beatles First US Visit" DVD in 2004.
The missing song "Long Tall Sally" was also used in one of the EPK`s for "The Beatles Anthology" in 1995.
Bootlegs of the original cinema version and the iTunes version exist on DVD.