The Beatles North American Concert Tickets - 7

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles - August 23, 1964

Box White $ 7.00 Promenade 1 - 1,226 seats, # 10-975
Box Pink $ 7.00 Promenade 2 - 1,548 seats, # 1020-1870
Reserved Powder blue $ 6.50 Promenade 2 - 754 seats, sections D-E, benches
Reserved Orange $ 5.50 Promenade 3 - 4,574 seats, sections F-K
Reserved Purple $ 4.50 Promenade 4 - 4,501 seats, sections L-P
Reserved Blue $ 3.50 Promenade 5 - 3,605 seats, sections Q-U
Reserved $ 3.00 Promenade 6 - 1,050 seats, sections V-X

Press Credential

Copy of a letter and envelope from Eric Seith that was sent to the Capitol Records art department in 1977, explaining the date errors on the Hollywood Bowl LP cover.

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles - August 29, 1965

Box White $ 7.00 Promenade 1 - 1,226 seats, # 10-975
Box Lt. blue $ 7.00 Promenade 2 - 1,548 seats, # 1020-1870
Reserved Green $ 7.00 Promenade 2 - 754 seats, sections D-E, benches
Reserved Rose $ 6.00 Promenade 3 - 4,574 seats, sections F-K
Reserved Buff $ 5.00 Promenade 4 - 4,501 seats, sections L-P
Reserved Orange $ 4.00 Promenade 5 - 3,605 seats, sections Q-U
Reserved Grey $ 3.00 Promenade 6 - 1,050 seats, sections V-X

Four different original tickets from the 1965 Hollywood Bowl show, quite different from the ones that Capitol invented for the LP cover in 1977. Previously one of the rarest Beatles concert tickets, until 1999 when more than 20 near mint copies turned up. However, there are still some variations that are extremely scarce. Any of the Bowl tickets are highly desirable due in part to their historical significance.

Early ticket designs used for the cover of the Hollywood Bowl album.

These are two Hollywood Bowl tickets from non-Beatle concerts in 1975 that Capitol used for ideas in the design of the Beatles tickets for the album cover.

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles - August 30, 1965

Box White $ 7.00 Promenade 1 - 1,226 seats, # 10-975
Box Lt. blue $ 7.00 Promenade 2 - 1,548 seats, # 1020-1870
Reserved Green $ 7.00 Promenade 2 - 754 seats, sections D-E, benches
Reserved Rose $ 6.00 Promenade 3 - 4,574 seats, sections F-K
Reserved Buff $ 5.00 Promenade 4 - 4,501 seats, sections L-P
Reserved Orange $ 4.00 Promenade 5 - 3,605 seats, sections Q-U
Reserved Grey $ 3.00 Promenade 6 - 1,050 seats, sections V-X

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Empire Stadium, Vancouver B.C., August 22, 1964

Reserved (North-East) White $ 5.25
Reserved (North-East FIELD) Lt. yellow $ 5.25
Reserved (North-West FIELD) Lt. yellow $ 5.25
Reserved (South-East) Lt. green $ 3.25
Reserved (South-West) Blue $ 3.25
Reserved (South-West) Pink $ 4.25

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Balcony Lt. blue $ 5.00
Balcony White $ 4.00
Behind stage Yellow $ 3.00
Loge Pink $ 5.00
Main floor Green $ 5.00
Orchestra Dark Blue $ 4.00
Orchestra Orange $ 5.00

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Convention Center, Las Vegas - August 20, 1964

Las Vegas is one of only a few U.S. cities in which full unused tickets have not yet turned up in collector's hands. Even stubs are fairly difficult to come across. The Beatles were paid $25,000 for the 2 shows, with no percentage of the gross. There was no promotion for the show other than radio coverage and newspapers.
8,408 people were put in an Arena designed to hold 7,500 people per show. Patrons were put behind the stage to make this possible, and the fire laws were taken to the Nth degree as far as spacing between aisles and seating.
One of the inducements for the Beatles to come to Las Vegas was that they wanted to see Las Vegas. What they saw was the airport, a limousine, a hotel, the Convention Center, the hotel, a limousine, and the airport. Because the Beatles wouldn't be seeing any of Las Vegas, slot machines were brought up to their suite for them. It wasn't a manner of win or lose, they just wanted to see what it was like.

The prices:

Afternoon (4:00)
Balcony Orange $ 2.20
Balcony Red $ 3.30
Balcony Brown $ 4.40
Main floor Blue $ 4.40
Main floor Lt. Orange $ 5.50
Main floor White $ 5.50
Evening (9:00)
Balcony Orange $ 2.20
Balcony Red $ 3.30
Balcony Brown $ 4.40
Main floor Blue $ 4.40
Main floor Lt. Orange $ 5.50
Main floor White $ 5.50

The photos used on the two Capitol picture sleeves above were taken from the 1964 Las Vegas concert.

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Cow Palace, San Francisco - August 19, 1964

On August 19, 1964 the "Fab Four" began their one month tour of Canada and the United States at the Palace.

Dress Circle $ 6.50

Box Seat

Reserved

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Carnegie Hall, New York - February 12, 1964

The Beatles played two 35-minute shows at Carnegie Hall, at 7:00pm and 9:30pm. Capitol Records had planned to record both shows and release a live album. In a letter to Carnegie Hall dated February 3rd, 1964, Capitol agreed to provide letters of permission from Brian Epstein and Sid Bernstein for tape recording the show. They also agreed to pay Carnegie Hall $300 to record the event, and another $300 to use "Recorded at Carnegie Hall" on an album cover. Capitol had already planned the placement of the recording equipment, but at the last minute was prevented from doing so by the American Federation of Musicians union.

Parquet White $ 5.50

First Tier Box Red $ 5.50

The Beatles At Carnegie Hall U.K. magazine

Deauville Hotel Mau Mau Club, Miami - February 16, 1964 (Ed Sullivan Show)

General Admission Blue Complimentary Rehearsal

Guest letter from the Casablanca hotel offering two complimentary tickets to their guests for the main show at 8:00pm. The Versailles hotel also offered free tickets, but for the dress rehearsal.

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Washington Coliseum, Washington D.C. - February 11, 1964

Arena Pink $ 4.00

Arena Purple $ 3.00

Orchestra Rust $ 3.00

Orchestra Yellow $ 2.00

Also sold:

Arena Light green $ 2.00
Orchestra Lt. Blue $ 4.00

This was the Beatles first-ever concert in North America, and unused tickets for this show are among the most sought after of all Beatles tickets.

Newspaper ad and ticket for the closed-circuit telecast - March 15, 1964