On January 30, 1969, The Beatles staged their final live performance on the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters in London’s Savile Row. I think the reason for the rooftop session was to generate a little excitement. They were sick of just playing the same tunes over and over again. They just wanted to get a solid performance recorded, and I think that, until they did go on the roof, they hadn’t really achieved that. Or at least they didn’t think that they had. They announced it just the night before. It was just, “Let’s go up on the roof tomorrow morning.” So we worked late into the night to get it happening. Part of my job was to run multiple cables from the basement up to the roof.Alan Parsons – From “And In The End” by Ken McNab. Glyn (Glyn Johns) sent me out to buy some pantyhose to stick over the mics to minimize the wind noise. I walked into this department store and said, “I need three pair of pantyhose. It doesn’t matter what size.” They thought I was either a bank robber or a cross-dresser.Alan Parsons – Interview with Guitar Player magazine. That was one of the greatest and most exciting days of my life. To see The Beatles playing together and getting instant feedback from the people around them, five cameras on the roof, in the road, it was just unbelievable. The only regret I have is that I intentionally set up behind all the cameras on the roof, so there is not one picture of me up there!Alan Parsons – From “And In The End” by Ken McNab. The Beatles: Get Back (documentary by Peter Jackson) - TimestampsWatch The Beatles: Get Back here on Disney+ 1:26:48 — Alan Parsons on the roof helping set up Ringo’s drums. (orange shirt, suit jacket) He’s later seen (1:30:50) standing on stage right with the sound/recording crew. Timestamps & Annotations from - the-beatles-get-back-time-coded-and-annotated STREAM
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