The Beatles fans' screams. 'Live Beatles' and 'Studio Beatles' had become entirely different beasts." The band's concert at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on 29 August was their last commercial concert. It marked the end of a four-year period dominated by almost nonstop touring that included over 1,400 concert appearances internationally. Freed from the burden of touring, the Beatles embraced an increasingly experimental approach as they recorded "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", beginning in late November 1966. According to engineer Geoff Emerick, the album's recording took over 700 hours. He recalled the band's insistence "that everything on "Sgt. Pepper" had to be
The Final Solution (American band) Fosselius, Knickerbocker, and Slick all going on to work in filmmaking. Despite never recording during their existence, the Final Solution has gained attention as psychedelic rock from San Francisco also received re-interest. In 1987, a live rendition of "So Long, Goodbye" appeared on "Pebbles, Volume 22". Another song, "Bleeding Rose", is featured on a flexi-disc along with the first issue of the San Francisco fanzine "Cream Puff War", in 1991. Tapes of the Final Solution live at the Matrix in 1966 are also available, albeit unofficially. Incidentally, the performance was almost not recorded as the group was a last-minute replacement