Beatles Press Conference

The Beatles Press Conference was held backstage before The Beatles 1965 concert in Minneapolis, America. The conference was broadcast live on local radio station WDGY-AM, who provided the microphone, which was passed around the reporters, who wanted to ask questions. The conference lasted for nearly 30 minutes, and excerpts of this were captured by newsreel cameras and subsequently pressed onto numerous legitimate and bootleg LP's.

Links To Peel
Peel who at the time was known by his real name John Ravenscroft, was working for radio KOMA in Oklohoma, the sister station of WDGY-AM. According to the book, Way Beyond Compare: The Beatles' Recorded Legacy, Volume One, 1957-1965, Peel being from the same geographic area of the Beatles, was interviewed briefly by reporters. When the conference begins, Peel tries to wow the group with his Merseyside connection, announcing that he learned from Paul McCartney's aunt that a school is being built near his house. Paul unimpressed, simply mumbles that he likes schools. After the conference, Peel was so embarrassed by the interview that he threw his recording of the interview before returning to the station, telling them that the tape had been 'stolen' by a jealous rival.