CAZ-34

Z'OUT FROM A BRICK HOME OR CHURCH ON A LAKE, BOATS DOCKED, CHURCH BELLS RINGING IN BACKGROUND AS CAMERA PANS SCENERY AT BEAUTIFUL PARK AND LAKE.

Z'OUT TO NICER SCENERY, TREES, GRASSY PARK BY THE LAKE, HOMES ARE SEEN ON OTHER SIDE OF LAKE.

LONG SHOT OF A VIADUCT OR BRIDGE IN BG, CARS GOING ACROSS,PEOPLE WALK ON GRAVEL PATH YOU CAN HEAR THE CRUNCHING OF THEIR FEET ON THE GRAVEL..

A GUY IN A KAYAK ON THE LAKE PADDLING

A DUCK FLOATING IN THE WATER.

CUT TO SET UP FOR AN INTERVIEW ABOUT TO HAPPEN, SOUND CHECK AND LIGHTING CHECK.

PARSONS TALKS WITH OFF CAMERA INTERVIEWER ABOUT WORKING WITH EMI FOR MANY YEARS. HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HE RELAYED EVERYTHING FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES FOR THE BEATLES SPECIAL. HIS ROLE WAS TO REPLAY THE SOUND ONTO THE VIDEO TAPE WHICH OVER THE YEARS HAD SUFFERED FROM BEING REPLAYED OVER AND OVER. HE RELAYED EVERYTHING FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES ONE GENERATION DOWN.

PARSONS DISCUSSES HIS ROLE AS A TECHNICIAN RATHER THAN A PERFORMING MUSICIAN, AND HIS ROLE AS A MUSICIAN IS MORE OF THE WRITING OF THE MATERIAL. HE TALKS ABOUT ENGINEERING THE PINK FLOYD ALBUM AND HOW IT WAS THE LAUNCHING PAD OF HIS CAREER.
***HF-YTV APRIL 2020***

PARSONS DISCUSSES HIS WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH EMI, PILOTING THE NEW STATE OF THE ART SOUND BOARD IN THE CONTROL ROOM (@ABBEY ROAD STUDIO), THE NEW ALBUM HE'S WORKING ON AND THE BIT OF SECRECY AROUND IT. INTERVIEW IS COMING TO AN END AND HE TALKS ABOUT WHAT ROCK AND ROLL MEANS TO HIM - THE FINAL QUESTION IN EVERY INTERVIEW BY MTV.

"OFF CAMERA" INTERVIEWER, CAMERAMAN AND ALAN PARSONS CASUALLY TALK AMONGST THEMSELVES, AND MICS AND CAMERAS ARE REMOVED - THEY TALK ABOUT MTV, VEEJAYS, AND THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE TIME AND TOSS AROUND DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT POSSIBILITIES TO COME.

HANDWRITTEN POSTER "BEATLES WE LOVE YOU" WITH SIGNATURES ALL OVER IT, TRAFFIC RUSHING BY

Z'IN FRONT ENTRANCE OF STUDIO MAN WITH TWO KIDS, EMI ABBEY ROAD STUDIO SIGN ABOVE FRONT DOOR.

MAN EXITING BUILDING COMING DOWN FRONT STEPS.

PEOPLE COMING OUT OF ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS ARE ASKED BY INTERVIEWER IF THEY JUST WATCHED THE SHOW.

(CUT TO INSIDE ABBEY ROAD STUDIO) SIGN ON BTR-3 STEREO TAPE RECORDER INDICATING IT WAS USED FOR ORIGINAL BEATLES RECORDING 1962-63. C/U OF THE TAPE RECORDER.

SIGN ABOVE BTR-1 MONO TAPE RECORDER - THE EARLIEST EXAMPLE OF A CONSOLE MONO RECORDER IN USE AT ABBEY ROAD. C/U OF THE EARLY EQUIPMENT

PAN OVER TO PIANO ON OTHER SIDE OF ROOM.

A HOFFNER VIOLIN BASS, 1964, SIMILAR TO THE ONE USED BY PAUL MCCARTNEY.
GUITAR IS HELD UP TO CAMERA SHOWING PAUL MCCARTNEY'S SIGNATURE ON BACK.

WS AUDITORIUM FILLED WITH SEATS AND CHECKERED RED CLOTHED TABLES - BEATLES POSTERS ADORN THE WALLS.

GIRL WEARING BEATLES T SHIRT IS BEHIND THE REGISTER IN THE SOUVENIER SHOP AT ABBEY ROAD. WALLS ARE COVERED IN BEATLES PICTURES, ALBUM COVERS AND PHOTOS. SHE TALKS WITH INTERVIEWER ABOUT THE POPULAR ITEMS SHE'S SELLING, IE T SHIRTS, NAME PLATES (SHOWN ON WALL), PINS, PHOTOS, ETC..
PAN OF THE ITEMS ON THE WALLS.

INTERIOR SCREENING ROOM, HUGE B&W POSTERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL BEATLES ON THE WALLS.

OUT ON THE STREET, THREE YOUNG BOYS ARE ASKED BY INTERVIEWER WHAT THEY LIKED BEST ABOUT "THE BEATLES AT ABBEY ROAD" PRESENTATION THEY HAD JUST VIEWED.

YOUNG ITALIAN GIRL TALKS WITH INTERVIEWERS ABOUT THE SHOW. OTHER FANS INTERVIEWED OUTSIDE THE STUDIO ARE ASKED ABOUT WHAT THEY LIKED ABOUT THE SHOW.

RITCHIE INTRODUCES THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS BAND TO THE MTV INTERVIEW CREW OUTSIDE ABBEY ROAD.

MTV INTERVIEWER TALKS WITH UNIDENTIFIED BRITISH MALE (TALKING HEAD) ABOUT THE BEATLES PRESENTATION AND HOW AMAZING IT WAS, THEIR MUSIC SO AHEAD OF ITS TIME, THE UNRELEASED AMAZING RECORDINGS, THE EARLY ON VIDEOS OF PENNY LANE AND STRAWBERRY FIELD THAT DOESN'T LOOKED DATED COMPARED TO VIDEOS OF THE DAY.