These would be a fun listen. It's notable, too, that the interview was conducted by broadcaster/humorist Jean Shepherd, whose tales inspired the classic 1983 film "A Christmas Story."
Info via Omega Auctions:
Five Sony C-90 cassette tapes, containing a complete recording of an interview conducted by American journalist Jean Shepherd with The Beatles in late October 1964. A much abridged transcript of the recording would be appear in the published article, which appeared in Playboy magazine, Feb 1965.
Notably the tapes also include recordings made by Jean Shepherd at the Beatles' concert at the Exteter ABC, with recordings of the crowd and performance interspersed with Shepherd's commentary. Shepherd would interview the group at their Torquay hotel following the concert.
The full interview lasts for approx 1h40. There are approx 15 minutes of recordings from the concert. Snippets of songs heard inc Money, Can't Buy Me Love, Things We Said Today, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You, If I Fell, I Wanna Be Your Man.
The Beatles eventually warm up into good form during the interview despite a somewhat frosty initial exchange. Notable quotes / features inc: Lennon and McCartney talking about their parents, joking about buying sunset strip or even (Lennon) 'buying America', McCartney using less than sanitary language to describe a hostile journalist and making a quip about marrying Ringo.
October 2024 will be the 60th anniversary of the recording. There are no other published examples of these recordings.
You can read the published interview here.
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