Gruga-Halle ,Essen , Germany.
Evening 25 June 1966

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Essen , Evening Show June 25th 1966

Transcript:

This is a word by word transcript of the show with a few annotations. The speeches of the Beatles are not translated because they spoke in a mix of German and English and mainly they just announce the next song and tell who is singing it.

Charlie Hickmann: Yeah! Moment! Moment! Freunde passen Sie auf. Was Wichtiges. Der Kontrast… Wissen Sie, der Kontrast ist nämlich stärker, wenn wir die große Stille anfangen. Die wollen`s wissen und wir wollen`s wissen. Und ich würde vorschlagen, dass wir es so machen – ganz ruhig. Ich darf Ihnen jetzt, um den Bravo-Beatles-Blitztournee zu ihren Höhepunkt zu bringen… danke schön, danke schön…. Ihnen das Größte in die Geschichte des Showbusiness ansagen… die beste Beat-Band der Welt… DIE BEATLES!! …. Komm! Ich höre nichts….!
(Hickman: Yeah, one moment. One moment. Friends, attention. Something important. The contrast, you know the contrast is even bigger if we start the complete silence. They wanna know it and we wanna know it. I would like to ask you that we`ll will do it like this… Very quietly. I may introduce to you – to get the Bravo-Beatles-Blitztour to its climax – the biggest act in show business. The best beat band in the world – THE BEATLES! Come on – I can`t hear you!)

Tuning

Paul: Hello!

Rock`n Roll Music

She`s a woman

Paul: Danke schön! Danke schön! …und Danke schön und guten Abend, everybody, guten AA-bend. Guten Abend. (Feedback) Danke schön. Mmh the nächstes Lied ist ein Lied von unsere Langspielplatte Rubber Soul und the Lied is called If I Needed Someone – GEORGE!

If i needed someone

After 40 seconds Johns microphone falls down. You can hear it. Shortly after you hear sounds of a montage and “one, two” by the sound technican. In between John played errously his guitar because he was pushed away from the microphone by the technican so that he could fix that. After 15 seconds everything is fixed and Paul and John could continue with the singing and without having missed a word - luckily. This scene is captured by 2 amateur films.

John: Ah thank you. Danke schön! We`d like to sing another Lied. And this song is called … (Feedback) Oh, oh. Oh dear…. Hey ho – It`s called - DAY TRIPPER!

Day Tripper (Paul starts verse 2)

Baby`s in black (a lyric error in between – the solo is announced by Paul with „Everybody”)

George: Vielen Dank. Thank you! Next song, nächstes Lied heißt I Feel Fine!

I feel fine

George: Vielen Dank. The next song von die Langspieler Beatles For Sale es heißt Yesterday mit Paul McCartney. (Same mistake as in Munich)

Yesterday

Paul: Thank you.

Paul: Danke schön. Vielen Dank. Und es ist wunderbar, folks, really, Thank you. Danke schön. Und das nächste Lied ist ein Lied von the Langspieler. Und it`s a special special Lied… Speziallied.. And this Lied …
Ringo: Hello.
Paul:…and this Lied
Audience: Ringo, Ringo, Ringo! (The audience really gets wild.)
Ringo: Hey (and drumming on the beat to the shouting)
Paul: This Lied features our Schlagzeuger singing a song called I Wanna Be Your Man – RINGO!

I wanna be your man

Ringo: Thank you, thank you very much!

John: Thank you Ringo! We`d like to do another song that was a single record over here. You don`t understand me? Ok! (Now John speaks in his pseudo japaneese) Ok, the song is called Nowhere Man!

Nowhere man

Paul: Danke schön. Vielen Dank. Yes. This Lied is uns… What? (interruption by his collegues)… unsere neue Schallplatte… something like that... yes here in Essen , in wonderfull Essen . And the song is called Paperback Writer. One two three four

Paperback writer (Paul makes some lyric errors)

Paul: Danke schön, everybody. Vielen Dank. Danke schön, yeah. Und nun this this Lied, this song is unsere letzte Lied... Yes, well have to go. Yes, letzte Lied. And the Lied, the Lied hei…äh (he wanted to say "heißt" = is called) so we say to everybody danke schön and wiedersehn. Goodbye Essen !

I´m down

Last chord – recording ends

 


ID.
Song Comments
C660625B-00
Introduction By Charlie Hickman
C660625B-01
Tuning
C660625B-02
Rock And Roll Music
C660625B-03
Intro xxx
C660625B-04
She's a Woman
C660625B-05
Outro / Intro
C660625B-06
If I Needed Someone Sound Engineer : "One Two"
C660625B-07
Outro / Intro
C660625B-08
Day Tripper
C660625B-09
Intro xx
C660625B-10
Baby's In Black
C660625B-11
Outro / Intro
C660625B-12
I Feel Fine
C660625B-13
Outro / Intro
C660625B-14
Yesterday
C660625B-15
Outro / Intro
C660625B-16
I Wanna Be Your Man
C660625B-17
Outro / Intro
C660625B-18
Nowhere Man
C660625B-19
Outro / Intro
C660625B-20
Paperback Writer
C660625B-21
Intro
C660625B-22
I'm Down
C660625B-23
Outro

Tickets

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Obere Nord-Tribüne

 
   
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DM12

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DM15

 
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DM16.50

 
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North Floor
 
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DM18

   
 
   

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Upper North Stand -Block VIII
 
         
     
 
 
 

DM20

 
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Lower North Stand - Block U
 
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Printed Material

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Programme

75 x100cm
28 x 21.5cm

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CORE
Title
Label
Comments Core
           
           

 

DVD
Title
Label
Comments
    The Beatles Essen To Hamburg
1966 Vol.3
FAB Production
 
2011
    The Beatles Essen To Hamburg
1966 Vol.3
FAB Production
2DVDR
2016

Audio

 

 

CORE   Title
Label
Comments
Core
           

 

CD
  Title
Label
Comments
Date
 
Mything Pieces 3
Non Listed
  1999
 
KAS047
Mything Pieces 3
Bootleg Records
  1999
MCCD108-111
Bravo Beatles - Blitztournee
Misterclaudel
  2008
PC175/176
Far East Men
Purple Chick
  2009
Germany 1966 Disc 2
Lazy Tortosie
   
RMW875
Gruga-Halle, Essen, Germany. June 25, 1966 - Remastered Edition
Remasters Workshop
 
2012
RMW875
Gruga-Halle, Essen, Germany. June 25, 1966 - Remastered Edition - Version 2
Remasters Workshop
  2012
           
           
 
VAL101
Munich 1966 Multiband Remaster
Valkyrie
  2023
 
 
   
HMC066
Live in Essen 1966
His Masters Choice
Complete Concert 2025
 
 
   
 
 
   

 

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25 June 1966 Afternoon
Gruga-Halle ,Essen , Germany
 


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