[MikeV]

Boston at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) 1997 $45.

[Chi-Town]

Originally Posted by DougB

Was that Jagger and Richards in the freaky costumes?

Not nearly as freaky as the patrons. News cameras were filming people as they came in. The craziest that I saw was a scantily clad girl with another in tow on a choker leash. The bartender didn't even look up. Only in Vegas.

[RedChariot]

The Dave Clark 5 in Newark, NJ. 1964? During the British invasion. Lived in Edison, NJ at the time. My father drove me and a friend there and waited outside the whole time till we came out. Price? Who remembers!

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

thought you might like this.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=777UEHKyka4

That's a great clip. The reporter said the biggest fear was that it would turn into an uncontrollable orgie. Can you imagine if it did? At some point the reporter would need to announce “You can all relax now, they seem to have the orgie under control; news at 11.”

[bkcunningham1]

If you purchase a Florida resident annual pass to the Disney theme parks for $519 or the Epcot after 4 p.m. pass for $190, you can see a large variety of concerts at Epcot. The upcoming lineup for the Food and Wine Festival has some new groups playing this year. We go every year and love the mini concerts. They are just right for us.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/en...beat-concerts/

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

[quote=tomwed;918040]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

I don't recall ticket prices except the $5.50 that I paid to see The Beatles, from the fifth row in 1966.

Could you tell us more about the Beatles concert? [if you don't mind me asking]

I grew up in Revere Massachusetts which abuts East Boston. Logan Airport is in East Boston. The city line between Revere and East Boston runs right through the middle of Suffolk Downs Racetrack which is where The Beatles played. Contrary to many reports I've read, they were not in the middle of the oval infield. The stage was erected at the finish line of the track. In fact a friend of mine and I went to the track that afternoon to watch them build the stage. We also helped set up chairs in front of the grandstand.

My father was on the Revere Police Department. The department was offered the best seats in the place either for nothing or a discounted price. I remember the price on the ticket was $5.50 but father got it for me so I don't know what he paid. It was fifth row center which was still not all that close to the stage. There was about thirty yards or so from the fence in front of the first row to the stage so I was about 35-40 yards back. That was about as close as anyone got.

I remember the opening acts, The Ronettes, Barry and the Remains (who I knew) Bobby Hebb, Sounds Incorporated and the Circle.

When The Beatles came on there was the loudest cheer I'd ever heard in my life. They launched into Rock and Roll Music and I almost couldn't even make it out. I heard the rest of the set very clearly and wondered what all the fuss was about with people saying that they couldn't hear them.

I found out years later that Barry Tarsian from the Remains recommended that they use a sound company in Medford Mass called Hanley Sound. Hanley had all of the latest state of the art equipment. They had two massive speaker arrays on wither side of the field. I learned afterward that John Lennon said that that was the first time they had heard themselves in a long time and that he wanted Hanley to do the rest of the tour.

A band that I was in back then used Hanley quite often and we gave them an autographed photo to hang on the wall. We always got excited when we went in there and saw our signed photo hanging on the wall next to a signed photo of The Beatles.

Anyroad, the show was great. They sounded great. I remember being disappointed that John and George were playing Epiphone Casinos. I expected to see the Rickenbacker and Gretsch that they usually played.

A kid climbed over me, jumped over the fence and got up onto the stage and touched each one of them. The cops gather him up and put him back into the audience where he was immediately assaulted by hundreds of fans who wanted to touch him.

Years later I found out something I will never forgive my father for. The chief of police in Revere was told that he could invite some of the officer's kids to come back stage and meet The Beatles. My father told him that I wouldn't be interested.

My father also worked the detail at the track that night and told me that they drove right by him on the way to their dressing room.

I don't know what else I can tell you about the concert but ask anything that you want and I'll try to answer it for you.

[Halibut]

The best concert I ever saw was Neil Young at San Jose Center For The Performing Arts in the late 70s. Tickets were $12, which the Dept. of Labor tells me is $47 in today's money.

I'm not sure why I enjoyed the show so much because the guy was stoned out of his mind and has never had the best of voices, but he had such a rapport with the audience that it drew everyone in. I remember my hands were actually sore from clapping so hard. I wasn't high myself, either.

[Beechie]

What a great post. I was weaned on the Beatles at such an early age but it was my sister that actually got to go to the 1966 Beatles concert at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Her recollection of that concert was very poor acoustics and non-stop fans screaming.

To think that Dr Winston O Boogie jr could have gone back stage to meet the Beatles. That missed opportunity would have have scarred me for life.

My earliest concerts would begin in 1970 with a combination of Canadian, American & British Bands such as:
Guess Who, Traffic, The Band, Neil Young, Sha Na Na, April Wine, Burton Cummings, Rolling Stones, Fludd, Edward Bear, Bee Gees (Before Disco), Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Ten Years After, Beach Boys, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Rush, Canned Heat, James Gang, Lighthouse, Crowbar, Chilliwack, Edgar Winter, Hall & Oats, Styx, REO Speedwagon, America, Eagles, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr...that I can remember. Unfortunately, I can not remember the ticket prices for most but I can tell you the The Eagles and Paul McCartney Tickets were both in the $300..00 plus each mostly because they were recent concerts.

Dumbest thing I ever did was sell my labour day 1971 Led Zeppelin Tickets so I could go to the cottage to meet some chick. Sadly...Not a Whole Lotta Love that weekend.

[OldManTime]

Saw Chicago in 1971 Framingham Ma. got in Free at the Montecello

[MinnieM]

Grew up going to the Fillmore East in NY. Was there almost every weekend. Tickets were 3.50-5.50. Every headliner from 1968-1971 played there.

MinnieM

[Kahuna32162]

The first major concert I ever attended was in 1972 at Northern Michigan University. It was Chicago, tickets were $3.50 and I still have the poster from that concert.

Having grow up in the Detroit suburbs, we used to see Bob Seger often for free at school sock hops and the like.

[tomwed]

[quote=Dr Winston O Boogie jr;918110]

Originally Posted by tomwed

Years later I found out something I will never forgive my father for. The chief of police in Revere was told that he could invite some of the officer's kids to come back stage and meet The Beatles. My father told him that I wouldn't be interested.

In this respect, I think us Dads all think alike.

You answered all my questions. I was wondering if you could hear them singing. I just imagined complete chaos with screaming girls crying and going crazy just like you see in the old newsreels.

I enjoy hearing stories like this. Thanks for sharing.

A few months ago I golfed with a guy from Liverpool who was best friends with Paul Mccartney’s younger brother, Mike. Mike was 2 years younger and they all went to the same upper school. He said he did all the same things that the beatles, and all the other teenagers did in liverpool at that time. It was the same gang. I didn’t press but I wish I offered him lunch and drinks just to recount those days.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by MinnieM

Grew up going to the Fillmore East in NY. Was there almost every weekend. Tickets were 3.50-5.50. Every headliner from 1968-1971 played there.

MinnieM

[i envy you. i was just about to paste this in another thread. you made my point exactly]

Forget about how much we have in the bank or our bucket list. When we were young we could take a girl to a great concert and buy “beer” for $20. Young people do not have that opportunity now. Were they undercharging or are they price gouging now?

I understand that artists can’t rely on album or cd sales for their income anymore. I didn’t buy music then and I don’t buy it now. Now with sites like Pandora I listen for free like many others. But I consider myself lucky that concerts were affordable when I was young.

Now that a concert costs the same as a cruise, I’m cruising. I guess I got lucky again.

[EnglishJW]

Originally Posted by MinnieM

Grew up going to the Fillmore East in NY. Was there almost every weekend. Tickets were 3.50-5.50. Every headliner from 1968-1971 played there.

MinnieM

Me too but from NJ - around Woodstock the majority of the acts also performed at the Fillmore East. Also went to many concert in Newark, Asbury Park and Atlantic City NJ, all over The City. Concerts included The Stones, Beach Boys, Four Seasons, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, (Young) Rascals, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Stevie Wonder, Bill Haley, Shirelles, Jimmy Reed, Paul Revere, Peter Paul & Mary, and many more. I have no idea how much those tickets cost. I worked and had the money to pay for them so they couldn't have been too bad.

[al & jane]

Rolling Stones (From the 13th row at the Fox Theater in Atlanta)

Paul McCartney (Once at the Silverdome in Vegas and once on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City)

Bob Dylan (Twice)

The Animals

The Moody Blues

Herman’s Hermits

Paul Revere and the Raiders

Paul Simon

Sheryl Crow

Chicago

The Beach Boys

Peter, Paul and Mary

Jethro Tull

Donovan

The Kingsmen

The McCoys

Joan Baez

John Hammond

Richard Thompson

Gordon Lightfoot

Never paid more than $45 for a ticket and many were free but that’s a long story.