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The Beatles at Shea—How the First Stadium Concert Was Recorded

By Matt Hurwitz ⋅ Published: 01/12/2017 ⋅ Updated: 08/18/2025

When the Beatles played the first stadium concerts ever at Shea Stadium in 1965, a team of recording pros—and 55,600 screaming fans losing their...

Live Sound

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 09/01/2008 ⋅ Updated: 07/30/2025

The Beatles held the first stadium concert ever at New York's Shea Stadium in 1965; 43 years later, hometown hero Billy Joel sent the...