The Beatles - Live At The BBC

Artist:

Beatles (The)

UPC:

724383179626

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Description:

LIVE AT THE BBC is a 2-CD set containing 69 live tracks, all of which are previously unreleased. Also included is a 48-page booklet with track-by-track annotations and essays by Derek Taylor and Kevin Howlett.
The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr.
Producers include: Bryant Marriott, Bernie Andrews, Terry Henebery, Ian Grant, Ron Belchier.
Compilation producer: George Martin.
Recorded live between 1962 and 1965. Includes liner notes by Derek Taylor & Kevin Howlett.
Digitally remastered by George Martin.
LIVE AT THE BBC was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album.
Liner Note Authors: Derek Taylor; Kevin Howlett.
Recording information: Aeolian Hall Studios, London, England (01/22/1963-05/26/1965); BBC Paris Theatre, London, England (01/22/1963-05/26/1965); Broadcasting House Concert Hall, London, England (01/22/1963-05/26/1965); Maida Vale Studios, London, England (01/22/1963-05/26/1965); Piccadilly Theatre, London, England (01/22/1963-05/26/1965); Playhouse Theater, Manchester, England (01/22/1963-05/26/1965); Playhouse Theatre, London, England (01/22/1963-05/26/1965).
Unknown Contributor Role: The Beatles.
Although the guitars are often electric, LIVE AT THE BBC is, essentially, the Beatles Unplugged--yanked out of the recording studio, gathered around a few microphones and encouraged to show off their raw craft, naked voices and rock`n`roll roots. MTV didn`t exist in the early `60s, but the BBC did, and between March 1962 and June 1965 (a period that spans their first four albums and takes them from the simplicity of "Love Me Do" to the complexities of "Ticket To Ride") the Beatles performed 52 times on England`s national radio network. Although they had honed their craft in British and German rock clubs, the Beatles were mostly known as a studio band, and the radio shows served as a sort of behind-the-curtains glimpse of the studio wizards.
Most of these performances are covers of early rock, pop and country songs, and the scope of them is wider and deeper than the covers the Beatles put on their albums. There are obvious influences--Chuck Berry, Elvis and Little Richard rockers, and traditional pop ballads--along with lesser-known pop footholds that hint at how/where the Beatles bridged the gap between rock`s teen-age years and its adulthood. They covered soul singer Arthur Alexander only once on their original records ("Anna"), but twice here, and the combination of R&B drive and complex pop changes that fuels both "Soldier Of Love" and "A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues" gives away one of the primary sources of Beatles style. John Lennon`s vocal on "I Just Don`t Understand," an Ann-Margret pop song, foreshadows the downbeat folk-rock with which the Beatles made their mark in the mid-`60s.
A baker`s dozen of Lennon/McCartney originals are spread through the set, including one, a jangly folk-rocker titled "I`ll Be On My Way," that they never recorded. The John-Paul-George harmonies are in full bloom, as is the Beatlesque sense of humor. There`s one terribly obvious overdub, but the rest of LIVE AT THE BBC sounds like rock`n`roll`s greatest living-room sessions.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Beatle Greetings
2. From Us to You - (previously unreleased)
3. Riding on a Bus
4. I Got a Woman - (previously unreleased)
5. Too Much Monkey Business - (previously unreleased)
6. Keep Your Hands off My Baby - (previously unreleased)
7. I`ll Be on My Way - (previously unreleased)
8. Young Blood - (previously unreleased)
9. Shot of Rhythm and Blues, A - (previously unreleased)
10. Sure to Fall (In Love With You) - (previously unreleased)
11. Some Other Guy - (previously unreleased)
12. Thank You Girl
13. Sha la la la La!
14. Baby It`s You
15. That`s All Right (Mama) - (previously unreleased)
16. Carol - (previously unreleased)
17. Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms) - (previously unreleased)
18. Little Rhyme, A
19. Clarabella - (previously unreleased)
20. I`m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) - (previously unreleased)
21. Crying, Waiting, Hoping - (previously unreleased)
22. Dear Wack!
23. You Really Got a Hold on Me
24. To Know Her Is to Love Her - (previously unreleased)
25. Taste of Honey, A
26. Long Tall Sally
27. I Saw Her Standing There
28. Honeymoon Song, The - (previously unreleased)
29. Johnny B. Goode - (previously unreleased)
30. Memphis - (previously unreleased)
31. Lucille - (previously unreleased)
32. Can`t Buy Me Love
33. From Fluff to You
34. Till There Was You

DISC 2:

1. Crinsk Dee Night
2. Hard Day`s Night, A
3. Have a Banana!
4. I Wanna Be Your Man
5. Just a Rumor
6. Roll over Beethoven
7. All My Loving
8. Things We Said Today
9. She`s a Woman
10. Sweet Little Sixteen - (previously unreleased)
11. 1822!
12. Lonesome Tears in My Eyes - (previously unreleased)
13. Nothin` Shakin` (But the Leaves on the Trees) - (previously unreleased)
14. Hippy Hippy Shake, The - (previously unreleased)
15. Glad All Over - (previously unreleased)
16. I Just Don`t Understand - (previously unreleased)
17. So How Come (No One Loves Me) - (previously unreleased)
18. I Feel Fine
19. I`m a Loser
20. Everybody`s Trying to Be My Baby
21. Rock & Roll Music
22. Ticket to Ride
23. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
24. Medley: Kansas City/Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!: Kansas City / Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
25. Set Fire to That Lot!
26. Matchbox
27. I Forgot to Remember to Forget - (previously unreleased)
28. Love These Goon Shows!
29. I Got to Find My Baby - (previously unreleased)
30. Ooh! My Soul - (previously unreleased)
31. Ooh! My Arms
32. Don`t Ever Change - (previously unreleased)
33. Slow Down
34. Honey Don`t - (previously unreleased)
35. Love Me Do

Album Information

Release Date:

06/04/2001

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

British Invasion

Label:

Capitol

Catalog Number:

CDPCSP 726

Original Release Year:

1994

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Live

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

Runtime:

130 : 0

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