The Beatles June 1966

Title: Tokyo Concert #1 (Dark Jackets)
Type: TV News
Filming Location: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
Filming Date: June 30th 1966
Broadcast Date: July 1993
Country Of Broadcast: Japan
Duration: 30:18 Minutes
Quality: B
Source: "Beatles Concert at Budokan 1966" (Official Apple Laserdisc & VHS July 1993)
Other Sources: "The Beatles Japan 1966 VTR Master" (A Presence Production)
Notes: The Beatles played 5 concerts at the Tokyo Dome.
One afternoon concert on this first day and an afternoon and an evening concert on the following two days.
This first concert was filmed by the NTV (Nippon TV) network originally for use in a one hour TV special "The Beatles Recital From Nippon Budokan Tokyo".
However the microphones kept moving around making it difficult to get quality vocals and making the lads very annoyed.
Brian Epstein viewed the footage that evening and deemed it not worthy for broadcast.
Therefore the next day`s afternoon concert was also filmed.
Despite the reasons why this concert was not broadcast in full at the time didn`t stop the complete concert
from being released on VHS and laserdisc in Japan only in 1993 having been officially sanctioned by Apple.