MYNORTHWEST BLOG

The Beatles’ 1964 Seattle set list

Aug 21, 2014, 8:50 AM | Updated: 12:25 pm

When The Beatles played the Seattle Center Coliseum, now KeyArea, their set barely lasted 30 minutes. (MOHAI, The Timothy Eagan Collection)

(MOHAI, The Timothy Eagan Collection)

In case you weren’t one of the lucky few who got to see The Beatles when they came to Seattle in 1964, you can sleep easy knowing you didn’t catch their finest show.

The band that led the British invasion played the Seattle Center Coliseum, now KeyArea, and their set barely lasted 30 minutes, according to the Seattle PI.

An author of a “definitive book on Beatles bootlegs” said, according to the PI, the bootleg recording of the Seattle show was the worst of the complete or near-complete shows form that tour.

Ouch.

So instead of listening back the bootleg recording from 1964, we thought we’d offer up the studio-recorded versions of their set list, with a bonus video of the cover, “Long Tall Sally.”

1. Twist and Shout

2. You Can’t Do That

3. All My Loving

4. She Loves You

5. Things We Said Today

6. Roll Over Beethoven

7. Can’t Buy Me Love

8. If I Fell

9. I Want To Hold Your Hand

10. Boys

11. A Hard Day’s Night

12. Long Tall Sally

MyNorthwest Blog

satellites, night sky...

Bill Kaczaraba

Opinion: With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world

American author Max Ehrmann wrote a poem in 1921. It was distributed in a Christmas card in 1933,

4 months ago

Gingerbread House...

MyNorthwest Staff

KIRO Newsradio wins Bonneville Gingerbread House competition

In a tradition unlike any other, the second annual Bonneville Seattle Gingerbread House competition was fierce between multiple departments.

4 months ago

recount election king...

Bill Kaczaraba

Kaczaraba: It took an election for me to figure out I don’t live in Edmonds

I was excited to get to vote on Edmonds mayor because I had been seeing signs all over the neighborhood. But it was not to be.

6 months ago

All-Star Game T-Mobile Park...

Bill Kaczaraba

Kaczaraba: MLB All-Star Game a picture perfect day for Seattle

What we witnessed this week was a spectacular Seattle. Homeless encampments were gone. Sidewalks were power-washed. There were even baskets with flowers hanging.

9 months ago

summer solstice...

Bill Kaczaraba

Kaczaraba: Summer solstice brings season of concerts, hikes

The summer solstice has come and gone, ushering in everyone's favorite season across the Pacific Northwest.

10 months ago

Seattle Sonics...

Bill Kaczaraba

Could Seattle Sonics 2.0 be on the horizon?

With the NBA Finals in full swing, league Commissioner Adam Silver is talking about a possible revival of the Seattle Sonics.

11 months ago

The Beatles’ 1964 Seattle set list