THE BEATLES
Recorded live at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan
Friday, July 01st, 1966 (afternoon show)
Color pro-shot video released by an anonymous label as "BUDOKAN 1sth JUNE 1966 - 2020 REMASTER."
DVD 1 is "restored original version" & DVD 2 is "Restored Broadcast Version."
Lineage (best guess): Nippon pro-shot color video -> ? -> bootleg DVD -> VIDEO_TS folder on my SSD
Used: DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 and my Plextor optical drive with a little help from my friends: MD5Summer and VLC Media Player to get screenshots, create checksums and screenshots
GSpot analysis of DVD 1 VTS_01_4:
Video Codec: NTSC / MPEG2 / 7359kbps / 4:3 / 720x480
Audio Codec: DVD_LPCM_AUDIO
DVD 1 (Restored Original Version)
01. introduction
02. opening act #1
03. opening act #2
04. opening act #3
05. opening act #4
06. opening act #5
07. opening act #6
08. Rock & Roll Music
09. She's A Woman
10. If I Needed Someone
11. Day Tripper
12. Baby's In Black
13. I Feel Fine
14. Yesterday
15. I Wanna Be Your Man
16. Nowhere Man
17. Paperback Writer
18. I'm Down
GSpot analysis of DVD 2 VTS_01_1:
Video Codec: NTSC / MPEG2 / 7843kbps / 4:3 / 720x480
Audio Codec: DVD_LPCM_AUDIO
DVD 2 (Restored Broadcast Version)
01. documentary
02. introduction
03. opening act #1
04. opening act #2
05. opening act #3
06. opening act #4
07. opening act #5
08. opening act #6
09. Rock & Roll Music
10. She's A Woman
11. If I Needed Someone
12. Day Tripper
13. Baby's In Black
14. I Feel Fine
15. Yesterday
16. I Wanna Be Your Man
17. Nowhere Man
18. Paperback Writer
19. I'm Down
Bonus track:
20. All You Need Is Love (b'cast from EMI Studios 06/26/1967)
According to Wikipedia, "...the first show on 1 July, when they wore Hung On You-designed grey suits with thin orange stripes [was] filmed in colour by Nippon TV." [*For 40+ years, due to the poorer-quality footage circulating in the collectors' underground, this concert was often referred to as "the light suits show" and the June 30st performance as "the dark suits show." This was the easiest way of differentiating the two video recordings, which were otherwise identical in length, setlist & lethargic performance. The show most-often appearing in the old 1970s LP bootlegs featured the 30th June "dark suits" concert recording & my LP copy on the Pig's Eye label (ContraBand Music?) was the 1st bootleg LP I ever purchased. This, the "light suits show," I purchased on a VHS bootleg for $35 in the mid-80s. I wonder if I still have that old tape?]
The Beatles' stage was 8' high (which means Ringo's platform was probably 11' high!) Each concert performed in front of now-iconic image of the band in front of a blue backdrop having The Beatles in large orange letters, each letter having a single row of lightbulbs outlining it.
There were no "floor seats" available at this show, either as an audience-control measure, or to facilitate the Japanese TV cameras or perhaps as a symbol/concession of respect to the "sacred" dojo floor of the Budokan. The Beatles were the first western pop music group to perform a concert in the Great Hall, only to receive asternation of Japanese ultranationalists. Only the reserved seats on 1st and 2nd tier were sold and concertgoers were threatened with ejection from the arena for not remaining in their seats.