Live: Sheaken, Not Stirred (Purple Chick PC-171/72)
DISC ONE [67:54] :
Shea Stadium, New York, NY – 15 August, 1965
1: intro (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)
2: Twist And Shout (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)
3: She’s A Woman (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)
4: I Feel Fine (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)
5: Dizzy Miss Lizzy (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)
6: Ticket To Ride (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)
7: Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)
8: Can’t Buy Me Love (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)
9: Baby’s In Black (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)
10: I Wanna Be Your Man (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)
11: A Hard Day’s Night (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)
12: Help! (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)
13: I’m Down (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)
14: outro (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their Career)Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, GA – 18 August, 1965
15: intro (piece de resistance: Atlanta ‘65)
16: Twist And Shout (piece de resistance: Atlanta ‘65)
17: She’s A Woman (piece de resistance: Atlanta ‘65)
18: I Feel Fine (piece de resistance: Atlanta ‘65 + Vinyl To The Core)
19: Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Vinyl To The Core + piece de resistance: Atlanta ‘65)
20: Ticket To Ride (piece de resistance: Atlanta ‘65)
21: Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (piece de resistance: Atlanta ‘65)
22: Can’t Buy Me Love (Lennon-McCartney) (piece de resistance: Atlanta ‘65)
23: Baby’s In Black (Lennon-McCartney) (piece de resistance: Atlanta ‘65)
24: I Wanna Be Your Man (Lennon-McCartney) (piece de resistance: Atlanta ‘65)
25: intro (piece de resistance: Atlanta ‘65)
26: Help! (Lennon-McCartney) (piece de resistance: Atlanta ‘65)
27: I’m Down (Lennon-McCartney) (piece de resistance: Atlanta ‘65)
DISC TWO [74:15]:
Sam Houston
Coliseum, Houston, TX – 19 August, 1965 (afternoon)
1: intro (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
2: Twist And Shout (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
3: She’s A Woman (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
4: I Feel Fine (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
5: Dizzy Miss Lizzy (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
6: Ticket To Ride (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
7: Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
8: Can’t Buy Me Love (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
9: Baby’s In Black (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
10: I Wanna Be Your Man (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
11: A Hard Day’s Night (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
12: Help! (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
13: I’m Down (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
14: outro (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1) Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX – 19 August, 1965 (evening)
15: intro (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
16: Twist And Shout (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
17: She’s A Woman (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
18: I Feel Fine (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
19: Dizzy Miss Lizzy (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
20: Ticket To Ride (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
21: Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
22: Can’t Buy Me Love (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
23: Baby’s In Black (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
24: I Wanna Be Your Man (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
25: A Hard Day’s Night (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
26: Help! (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
27: I’m Down (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
28: outro (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
Original source notes: “Volume eight in the ‘you probably already have most of this’ live collection. The beginning of the Beatles’ second U.S. tour marked the start of their performing decline. Purple Chick discs: fan created NEVER FOR SALE!!!
You know the drill. Just a little audio tweaking where necessary. Probably most noticeable in the Atlanta show. Also, this might be the first time the Atlanta tape has appeared glitchless”.
Purple Chick has a reputation for being the label of choice for hardcore Beatle fans and has released 9 double volumes of live Beatles concerts beginning with “Live 01 – Star Club”, Live 02 – Before America”, “Live 03 – Conquering America”, “Live 04 – Adelaide Reaction”, “Live 05 – Seattle Down”, “Live 06 – Convention Hall Wisdom”, “Live 07 – Les Beatles En Europe”, “Live 08 – Sheaken, Not Stirred” + “Live 09 – Bowled Over” [PC- /158/159/160/161/162/163/164/165/166/167/168/169/170/171/172/173/174] of which “Adelaide Reaction”, “Convention Hall Wisdom”, “Les Beatles En Europe”, “Sheaken, Not Stirred” + “Bowled Over” see their release on original silver label issue with PC-171/72 being reviewed here.
The mere thought of a Purple Chick release on silver label issue must seem abhorrent and an aberration to this loyal fan base. I say once again, what we have here is potentially the best of both worlds although it is necessary and fair to emphatically state once again that Purple Chick had nothing to do with this development and, hence, did not sell out here. There have been ample releases of live Beatles performances captured in varying sound quality on Yellow Dog, Silent Sea, DarthDisc, Dr. Ebbetts, Great Dane Records, Secret Trax and VigOtone labels to name just a few.
I compared PC-171/72 with “The Beatles – U.S.A. Vol. 2 Live Anthology: Tour Of America 1965” on MBE [MBE-009-0021/2] label release. PC-171 offers a cleaner and less distorted Shea 8-15-65 as opposed to an abrasive sounding MBE-009-0021 that exhibits marked increased gain. PC-171 delivers Atlanta 8-18-65 a bit cleaned up with some distortion and more enhanced bass compared to MBE-009-0021 that has more gain and distortion present in the mix. PC-172 turns in a toned down sounding afternoon Houston 8-19-65 compared to MBE-009-0022 which exhibits increased gain, brightness and a more pulsating bass. PC-172 evening Houston 8-19-65 sounds tinny as opposed to MBE-009-0022 which packs more punch with enhanced bass and overall gain and an in your face mix.
Purple Chick has applied its wizardry in trying to clean up some of these shows but, unfortunately, the impact and excitement associated with these live performances is at times diminished due to the reduced gain/volume and lack of punchiness as compared with MBE. I do, however, take a preference to Purple Chick’s Atlanta 8-18-65 mix and to their Shea 8-15-65 mix as well.
When all is said and done, PC-171-72 reflects a successful tweaking of some of these recordings and comes with thick + tasteful inserts and graphics which serve to enhance Purple Chick’s hand in providing some of their patented sonic reproductive magic once again.
