Speaking about the find, Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn comments, “The opportunity that this tape presents, which is completely out of the blue, is fantastic because we hear them just on the cusp of the breakthrough into complete world fame. And at that point, all audience recordings become blanketed in screams.”He adds, “So here is an opportunity to hear them in the U.K.
The mic picks up the mostly-male audience shouting out requests and, crucially, the BBC adds, the recording isn’t drowned out by screaming, a hallmark of “Beatlemania.” Bloomfield, who kept the recording safe through the years, but hadn’t revealed its existence until now, is now 70. “I think it’s an incredibly important recording,” adds Lewisohn, “and I hope something good and constructive and creative eventually happens to it.”, their twelfth and final studio album, the legend, and the myth continues to grow.