The Beatles on DVD: 7 December 1963

The Beatles on DVD: 7 December 1963

A. Title: Juke Box Jury.
Location: Palladium, London. Country: England.
Date: Saturday 7 December 1963. Aired: Saturday 7 December 1963.

The Beatles are the sole members of the jury. At least part of the show, audio of which is available, is rumoured to have survived.


Source: [Currently unavailable.]

B.a. Title: It’s the Beatles!
Location: Empire Theatre, Liverpool. Country: England.
Date: Saturday 7 December 1963. Aired: Saturday 7 December 1963.

Excerpts from "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Money (That’s What I Want)" (spoken intro only) and "Twist and Shout".
Fab’s Collectors Items, Vol. 1 (first capture) has the longest dub, at 2:42, but the MCP release is smoother.

Fellow collector Robert M. has informed me that MMR’s Empire Theater, Liverpool 63.12.07
is a higher-quality source for this footage (and was in fact copied over for the Fab release).


Source: BEA-131-D. "Yesterdays, Vol. 1" (MCP) (2:28)

B.b. Title: It’s the Beatles!
Location: Empire Theatre, Liverpool. Country: England.
Date: Saturday 7 December 1963. Aired: [Master tape].

The best source, running 9:25, features an incomplete "I Want to Hold Your Hand",
"Money (That’s What I Want)", "Twist and Shout", "From Me to You" (reprise) and "Harry Lime (Third Man Theme)".

The shorter one (first capture), which is extremely fragmented, has snippets of "From Me to You",
"I Saw Her Standing There", "All My Loving", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Till There Was You", "She Loves You",
"I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Money (That’s What I Want)" and "Twist and Shout".

Other, artificially-extended versions, obtained by looping audience shots over a more complete
audio recording, are also available on the source DVD.



Source: BEA-068-D. "Collectors Items, Vol. 1" (Fab) (9:25 + 2:43)

C.a. Title: Reuters.
Location: Empire Theatre, Liverpool. Country: England.
Date: Saturday 7 December 1963. Aired: Monday 9 December 1963.

The third capture is taken from a good quality re-broadcast. Fellow collector
Robert R. writes that this footage was in fact shot by an NBC crew.


Source: Beatles at the Stadium

C.b. Title: Reuters.
Location: Empire Theatre, Liverpool. Country: England.
Date: Saturday 7 December 1963. Aired: Monday 9 December 1963.


Source: Pop Movies

C.c. Title: Reuters.
Location: Empire Theatre, Liverpool. Country: England.
Date: Saturday 7 December 1963. Aired: Monday 9 December 1963.

Captures from three re-broadcasts on the NBC network.


Source: Katie at Night