A famous black-and-white Beatles performance has been colourized for the first time.
In 1967, The Beatles were part of the first-ever global satellite broadcast, a very new thing for the time. They gathered a bunch of friends in Studio One at Abbey Road (then known as EMI Studios) and performed “All You Need is Love” live for the planet as part of a BBC show called Our World. In the audience was Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Keith Moon, Marianne Faithfull, and many others.
It’s said that 400 million people in 26 countries saw the performance. Although the vocals were live, the music was pre-recorded, just in case. Hey, the tech was brand-new. And to broadcast in colour? Impossible.
This past Thursday (June 25, the 59th anniversary of the event) was Global Beatles Day. Just in time for that, a colourized version of the “All You Need is Love” broadcast was made available for the first time.
