Thursday, December 31, 2009

Live In Washington D.C.



CBM, 1974

The bootleg debut of the Washington kinescope, from an audience screening, paired with a repressing of side 2 from an earlier CBM LP (Live In Europe & US TV Casts)

- Roll Over Beethoven
- From Me To You
- I Saw Her Standing There
- This Boy
- All My Loving
- I Wanna Be Your Man
- Please Please Me
- Till There Was You
- She Loves You
- I Want To Hold Your Hand

- Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey!
- I'm A Loser
- Boys
- Hey Jude
- Revolution

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Ready Steady Go!


From 1963-1965, The Beatles made several appearances on Associated-Rediffusion's live TV pop music series, Ready Steady Go!


Their first visit was October 4th, 1963, when they were interviewed by host Keith Fordyce and guest hostess Dusty Springfield. They also performed three songs, participated in a Helen Shapiro number, and Paul judged a Brenda Lee miming contest.



Their return visit followed a triumphant American trip, and Keith Fordyce presented them with an award for occupying the top 3 slots on Billboard's Hot 100 chart (soon to be the top 5). In addition to the usual song performances, they judged a Beatle artwork contest, chatted with Cathy McGowan, and John introduced an Alma Cogan number.



The Beatles' final group appearance on Ready Steady Go! was to promote Beatles For Sale. This time, they stuck to miming songs and brief interviews with Fordyce and McGowan, largely drowned out by screaming fans.



John and George dropped by in April, 1965 to chat with Cathy McGowan (no video or audio has surfaced yet), and joined in with the rest of the guests singing Adam Faith's "I Need Your Loving" over the closing credits.


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Vancouver 1964



TMOQ, 1974

A thorough document of the August 22nd, 1964 press conference and concert, from a local radio station's broadcast and excellent-quality soundboard tapes.

- Vancouver press conference

- press conference cont.
- CKNW concert coverage

- CKNW coverage cont.
- Twist And Shout
- You Can't Do That
- All My Loving
- She Loves You

- Things We Said Today
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Can't Buy Me Love
- If I Fell
- Boys
- A Hard Day's Night
- Long Tall Sally

Monday, December 28, 2009

Ben Hair



On March 19th and 20th, 1964, during the filming of A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles were interviewed by Lyn Fairhurst for the BBC Radio series Movie-Go-Round. Here are some of those interviews from a June 27th, 1970 rebroadcast on Film Time:


Sunday, December 27, 2009

Let It Be - Live




Silver Greatest, 1971

A copy of one of the earliest bootlegs, Silver Album (second edition), compiling tracks from various Get Back acetates and singles.

- Don't Let Me Down
- Dig A Pony
- Get Back
- For You Blue
- Two Of Us

- Dig It
- Let It Be
- The Long And Winding Road
- One After 909
- Across The Universe

Friday, December 25, 2009

Another Beatles Christmas Interview



Here's a rare but atrocious-quality Beatle Chrimble interview with Atlanta DJ Paul Drew, recorded backstage at the Hammersmith Odeon during December 1964's Another Beatles Christmas Show.


Thursday, December 24, 2009

Youngblood



Audifon, 1978

Side 1 consists of fair-quality (but rare at the time) BBC Radio performances. Side 2 has an off-air TV recording of It's The Beatles from December 7th, 1963.

- Too Much Monkey Business
- The Hippy Hippy Shake
- Sweet Little Sixteen
- Devil In Her Heart
- A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Sure To Fall (In Love With You)
- Youngblood
- Crying, Waiting, Hoping
- Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey!
- I Forgot To Remember To Forget

- From Me To You
- I Saw Her Standing There
- All My Loving
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Boys
- Till There Was You
- She Loves You
- This Boy
- I Want To Hold Your Hand
- Money (That's What I Want)
- Twist And Shout
- From Me To You (reprise)

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Anybody from the press here?



On June 26th, 1966, The Beatles' final world tour reached Hamburg, West Germany. What should have been a happy return to their old stomping grounds began with a disappointing press conference rife with inane questions. As you can hear in this full 20-minute recording, John is particularly grumpy about the bizarre interrogatives posed by reporters:


If you want to learn more about the 1966 German tour (everything there is to know about it, in fact), check out this new book by Thorsten Knublauch:


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

In The Lap Of The Gods And The Hands Of The Beatles



Wizardo, 1975

Mostly copied from TMOQ's Spicy Beatles Songs; supplemented by the David Frost version of "Hey Jude" and the B-side of "Have You Heard The Word".

- Have You Heard The Word
- Futting
- Don't Let Me Down/Those Were The Days
- Cottonfields
- Twist And Shout
- Dizzy Miss Lizzy
- You Really Got A Hold On Me
- Roll Over Beethoven

- All My Loving
- I Wanna Be Your Man
- From Us To You
- Long Tall Sally
- A Hard Day's Night
- Things We Said Today
- By George! It's The David Frost Theme
- Hey Jude

Monday, December 21, 2009

Mad Mel



Australian DJ "Mad" Mel met The Beatles during their June 1964 trip Down Under, and presented them with with a 10-metre long scarf knitted together by listeners. By August, Mel had transferred to Canada, where he worked for CFUN in Vancouver. Here is a recording Mel made in Seattle, August 21st, 1964:


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Live At The Shea Stadium



Benbecula, 1973

Not Shea, but a copy of the Hollywood Bowl concert, minus two songs. The "3 never published songs" are "Please Don't Bring Your Banjo Back" and "Everywhere It's Christmas" from the 1966 Xmas flexi, and the first true stereo issue of "What's The New Mary Jane".

- Twist And Shout
- You Can't Do That
- All My Loving
- She Loves You
- Things We Said Today
- Roll Over Beethoven

- Can't Buy Me Love
- A Hard Day's Night
- Boys
- Long Tall Sally
- Pantomime: Everywhere It's Christmas
- What's The New Mary Jane

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Top Gear



On November 17th, 1964, The Beatles assembled at the Playhouse Theatre in London to record music and chat for BBC Radio's Top Gear.

During the session, Ringo accepted a phone call from American DJ Murray The "K":



Here are some outtakes from the musical portion of the session:



And here is some alternate chat with Brian Matthew, not heard in Top Gear but used in a BBC Overseas program, Top Of The Pops. A small portion of this has never been bootlegged:


Friday, December 18, 2009

Cavern Club



CBM, 1973

Off-air TV recordings from Around The Beatles, The Ed Sullivan Show, and The Beatles At Shea Stadium.

- Love Me Do/Please Please Me/From Me To You/She Loves You/I Want To Hold Your Hand
- Can't Buy Me Love
- Long Tall Sally
- She Loves You

- Act Naturally
- Can't Buy Me Love
- Baby's In Black
- Help!
- I'm Down
- Twist And Shout
- I Feel Fine
- Dizzy Miss Lizzy
- Ticket To Ride

Thursday, December 17, 2009

MBEatles



On June 11th, 1965, it was reported that The Beatles would be made Members of the British Empire. The following day, they assembled at Twickenham Studios, where post-production of Help! was taking place, to speak with radio, TV, and print reporters about the honours:




The Beatles went to Buckingham Palace October 26th to receive their medals from Queen Elizabeth; afterwards a press conference was held at the Saville Theatre:


Further interviews were conducted at the Saville that afternoon:


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Homogenized Beatles



Avocado, 1970

A very early Beatleg. One side of pirated singles (plus the WWF version of "Across The Universe"), one side lifted from Kum Back.

- Across The Universe
- The Inner Light
- Let It Be
- Don't Let Me Down
- Get Back
- I'm Down
- Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)

- The Walk
- Teddy Boy
- Two Of Us
- I've Got A Feeling
- The Long And Winding Road
- For You Blue
- Dig A Pony

(Side 2 link now corrected)

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

D.C. PC



The Beatles' final US tour reached the nation's capital on August 15th, 1966. In a smelly locker room deep in the bowels of DC Stadium, the usual pre-concert press conference was held. Here's a rare recording of the event:


Monday, December 14, 2009

No Obvious Title



ZAP, 1976

A mèlange of earlier boots, and the first "amendment" in a series of repackaged material.

- Nowhere Man
- Get Back
- What's The New Mary Jane
- All My Loving
- The Walk
- Teddy Boy
- Maxwell's Silver Hammer
- Besame Mucho

- You Really Got A Hold On Me
- Do You Want To Know A Secret
- Love Me Do/Please Please Me/From Me To You/She Loves You/I Want To Hold Your Hand
- "Get Off!"
- Those Were The Days
- Cottonfields
- You Can't Do That
- A Hard Day's Night

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Flying to Sydney



Interviews with an unknown reporter during the flight from New Zealand to change planes in Sydney, bound for the final concerts in Brisbane:


Friday, December 11, 2009

Have You Heard The Word?



no label, 1973

Copy of a CBM bootleg; half Let It Be soundtrack, half material from the 1972 BBC Radio series The Beatles Story. Plus the fabulous title track, of course!

- Have You Heard The Word
- You Really Got A Hold On Me
- The Long And Winding Road
- Maxwell's Silver Hammer
- Jazz Piano Song
- Besame Mucho
- Octopus's Garden
- I Me Mine
- Don't Let Me Down

- I Forgot To Remember To Forget
- Twist And Shout
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Long Tall Sally
- Dizzy Miss Lizzy
- Lucille

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Cuddly Ken meets Gorgeous George



Reporting for Radio London, legendary DJ Kenny Everett travelled with The Beatles on their final North American tour. Here's his interview with George in New York City, August 23rd, 1966:


Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Studio Sessions Volume Two



CBM, 1973

By request, one of the earliest collections of BBC Radio performances. This one is copied from TMOQ's Outakes 2, and contains songs from Pop Go The Beatles.

- She Loves You
- Words Of Love
- Devil In Her Heart
- Anna (Go To Him)
- Money (That's What I Want)
- There's A Place

- Honey Don't
- Chains
- I Saw Her Standing There
- Sure To Fall (In Love With You)
- Lucille
- Boys

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

So Long Ago

1940-1980

Here's John promoting Walls And Bridges in a phone conversation with WABX in Detroit, September 27th, 1974. Topics include "Steel And Glass", UFOs, deportation, Harry Nilsson, and the possibility of a tour.


Monday, December 7, 2009

Complete Christmas Collection: 1963-1969


TMOQ, 1971

A pirate of the Apple LP The Beatles Christmas Album. They'd like to thank you for a wonderful year.


Sunday, December 6, 2009

Jack of Diamonds



Disc jockey "Jack Diamond" (aka "Sandy Beach") was able to record two telephone conversations with George Harrison during The Beatles' first US trip. From the studios of WSPR-AM in Springfield, Massachusetts, he called George at the Plaza in New York on February 8th, and at the Deauville Hotel in Miami on the 16th:


Saturday, December 5, 2009

For The Last Time


Aftermath, 1976

A hodge-podge of Get Back, BBC Radio, and live tracks (Hollywood Bowl and Tokyo). "I Need You" is lifted from the Help! soundtrack.

- Let It Be
- Dizzy Miss Lizzy
- Sie Liebt Dich
- Honey Don't
- Sure To Fall (In Love With You)
- I Need You
- For You Blue

- Twist And Shout
- You Can't Do That
- All My Loving
- If I Needed Someone
- Day Tripper
- She Loves You
- Things We Said Today
- Roll Over Beethoven

Friday, December 4, 2009

Jim Stagg interviews



Disc jockey Jim Stagg covered all three Beatles North American tours, first for Cleveland's KYW and then for Chicago's WCFL.

Here are a number of his reports and interviews from the August-September 1964 tour for KYW:



Thursday, December 3, 2009

Away With Words






By request, here is a truly wretched and rightfully obscure bootleg from 1975. It's the soundtrack to a multi-media presentation that traveled the US in the mid-70's to mixed reviews (see above). It's particularly pointless without the accompanying visuals, so unless you are morbidly curious, I would recommend only downloading side 6, which contains a number of unrelated interviews and recordings from BBC Radio, circa 1969-70.


Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Sour Milk Sea


A truncated but clearer and sparser mix of George's "Sour Milk Sea" demo for Jackie Lomax was broadcast this week on BBC radio. As it's lacking the layer of overdubs heard on John Lennon's copy of the Esher demos, it reinforces my theory that most of the demos were done independently and then copied/overdubbed at a group session, resulting in the versions we know from John's tape. I hope Olivia and Dhani release more of these soon!




Move Over, Dad



Audio of a rare TV interview filmed November 13th, 1963 in Plymouth for Westward Television. The interviewer is Stuart Hutchinson.


Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Live In Europe & US TV Casts

CBM, 1972

One of CBM's earliest releases, with off-air TV recordings from the Munich concert, Shindig and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

- Rock And Roll Music
- Baby's In Black
- I Feel Fine
- Yesterday
- Nowhere Man
- I'm Down

- Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey!
- I'm A Loser
- Boys
- Hey Jude
- Revolution

Monday, November 30, 2009

Murray the "K" in the Bahamas

The sound quality of these interviews is fair at best, but I've had two requests to post them, so here are some rare recordings of disc jockey Murray Kaufman chatting with the boys on the set of Help! during the week of March 2nd-9th, 1965:



Sunday, November 29, 2009

L. S. Bumble Bee

CBM, 1973

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's title track, a sampling of the Let It Be soundtrack, some TV performances, and the first LP appearance of any Decca audition material.

- L.S. Bumblebee
- Don't Let Me Down
- Maxwell's Silver Hammer
- Two Of Us
- I've Got A Feeling
- Oh! Darling/Just Fun
- One After 909
- Across The Universe
- Dig A Pony

- Save The Last Dance For Me/Don't Let Me Down
- Suzy Parker
- Yesterday
- Love Of The Loved
- Hey Jude
- All You Need Is Love

Saturday, November 28, 2009

"A Hard Day's Night" Open-End Phone Interview



A rare interview to promote A Hard Day's Night, first issued to radio stations in July, 1964 under the unwieldy title "Special Transatlantic Open-End Telephone Conversation" (United Artists SP-2298).

This copy is from a 1990 picture disc which uses a tape of the promo record being aired on WFUN-AM in Miami:




Friday, November 27, 2009

"Mary Jane"


no label, 1973

A bootleg of a bootleg (CBM's The Never Released Mary Jane). The only unusual item is the interview on side 1, from a broadcast of an Ed Rudy open-end interview disc, with the questions dubbed in by a French DJ. Also included are "People Say" and "I'm Walking", both sides of a single by the mysterious "John and Paul".

- What's The New Mary Jane
- Shout!
- Ed Rudy phone interview w/George (ca. 8 February 1964)
- People Say
- You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

- Long Tall Sally
- A Hard Day's Night
- Things We Said Today
- I'm Walking
- Sie Liebt Dich

Actual Beatle Chat

Since this is beatlechat.blogspot.com, I might as well post some rare interview material here from time to time.

First up is Camie McKay of Radio Canadian Army Europe chatting with Ringo, Paul, and George during a press conference in Essen, West Germany on June 25th, 1966:


If you have any requests for hard-to-find Beatle interviews, let me know at dinsdalep@aol.com, and I'll do my best to post them here.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Rare Beatles


CBM, 1974

Mostly BBC Radio cuts, augmented with a few mimed TV performances, and a bit of the soundtrack to A Hard Day's Night.

- Johnny B. Goode
- Shout!
- Pop Go The Beatles
- You Really Got A Hold On Me
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Happy Birthday, Saturday Club
- This Boy
- Twist And Shout
- I Want To Hold Your Hand

- Roll Over Beethoven
- All My Loving
- I Wanna Be Your Man
- From Us To You
- Tell Me Why
- If I Fell
- I Should Have Known Better

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Dr. Robert...?


Wizardo, 1976

Posted by request. A mix of UK stereo Revolver cuts, pirated B-sides, and outfakes. "Peace Of Mind" is a bit clearer here than elsewhere.

- I'm Only Sleeping
- What's The New Mary Jane
- The Inner Light
- And Your Bird Can Sing
- Peace Of Mind
- You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

- Doctor Robert
- Blue Jay Way
- L.S. Bumblebee
- Penny Lane
- I'm Down
- Have You Heard The Word

Friday, November 20, 2009

Some Other Guy


CBM, 1973

The Cavern film, a few BBC cuts, two solo TV appearances, an outtake, an outfake, and Around The Beatles again (this time from the US broadcast, with American announcer). The Tony Barrow interview is still rare, for what that's worth.

- Some Other Guy
- Lucille
- Boys
- Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)
- Act Naturally
- Tony Barrow phone interview w/Jerry G. Bishop

- From Us To You
- Shout!
- What's The New Mary Jane
- Across The Universe
- Twist And Shout
- Roll Over Beethoven
- I Wanna Be Your Man
- Long Tall Sally

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Abbey Road Revisited


CBM, 1973

One side of Ed Sullivan Show performances and one side of Kenny Everett and The Beatles Story tracks.

- From Me To You
- Twist And Shout
- This Boy
- I Saw Her Standing There
- She Loves You
- I Want To Hold Your Hand
- Please Please Me
- All My Loving

- You Really Got A Hold On Me
- Have You Heard The Word
- Don't Let Me Down/Those Were The Days
- Mean Mr. Mustard
- All Together On The Wireless Machine
- Step Inside Love
- Nice Time
- Cottonfields
- Twist And Shout
- Dizzy Miss Lizzy

Virtual Beatlegmania

So let's say you have a few hundred old vinyl boots digitized for the purpose of writing some books. But once that's done, what do you do with all the needle-drops? Given that 99.9% of the material is available in far superior quality from tape sources, when will you ever pull them out to listen again?

Rather than let the recordings rot unloved on a shelf, I've decided to share them with the world via this blog. To simulate the original vinyl listening experience, no pops and clicks have been removed; no track markers have been inserted to separate songs. In other words, all I could be bothered to do was upload one file per LP side, exactly as the needle hit the grooves 15-35 years later.

If you have the Beatlegmania books, you can follow along with my notes as you listen. The files are lossless (FLAC from .aiff) and will remain up for as long as possible. I'll try to upload a few titles each week - if you have a request, drop me a line at dinsdalep@aol.com and I'll try to accommodate it. And please leave comments here on each of the albums! What memories does it bring back? What surprised you as you listened?

We begin with a second-generation TMOQ title from 1974, The E.M.I. Outakes - a melange of commercial alternate mixes, pirated interviews, and most of the Around The Beatles soundtrack.

The E.M.I. Outakes


- Chicago press conference
- What's The New Mary Jane
- Ken Douglas w/Paul
- Penny Lane
- Ken Douglas w/George
- Blue Jay Way
- fan interview
- All My Loving
- Ed Rudy w/Ed Sullivan & Happy Rockefeller
- Sie Liebt Dich

- Ed Rudy w/fans
- Twist And Shout
- Roll Over Beethoven
- I Wanna Be Your Man
- Long Tall Sally
- Love Me Do/Please Please Me/From Me To You/She Loves You/I Want To Hold Your Hand
- Can't Buy Me Love


Thursday, November 5, 2009

Yesterday

June 14, 1965


Same in "The Beatles On Record" and "Help!" mini-doc.

Get Back

January 27, 1969


Included in "The Beatles On Record" and (incomplete) in "Let It Be" mini-doc. Previously bootlegged from Nagra roll 516A.

Unidentified Chat

Clip #1

Various pieces of studio chat from the mini-docs and "The Beatles On Record". If we can identify or come to a consensus on any of these, I'll move them to their own posts. Feel free to comment here on any of them.

From Me To You

date unknown

Included in "The Beatles On Record". Obviously from much later than 1963.

I've Got A Feeling

January 22, 1969


Included in "Let It Be" mini-doc and (buried under narration) in "The Beatles On Record". Previously available in mono from Nagra 418A.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

February 1, 1967


Included in "The Beatles On Record" and (incomplete) in "Sgt. Pepper" mini-doc.

This Boy

October 17, 1963


Same in "The Beatles On Record" and "Please Please Me" mini-doc.

The Fool On The Hill (?)

September 25, 1967


Included in "Magical Mystery Tour" mini-doc and (incomplete) in "The Beatles On Record".

Come Together

July 21, 1969


First two segments in "Abbey Road" mini-doc; all three in "The Beatles On Record".

I Will

September 16, 1968


Included in "The Beatles On Record".

A Day In The Life

February 22, 1967


Included in "The Beatles On Record".

All You Need Is Love

June 25, 1967


Same in "The Beatles On Record" and "Yellow Submarine" mini-doc.

For No One

May 9, 1966


Buried under narration in "The Beatles On Record". Partially bootlegged previously.

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

March 1, 1967


Same in "The Beatles On Record" and "Sgt. Pepper" mini-doc.

Honey Don't (?)

October 26, 1964


Included in "Beatles For Sale" mini-doc (incomplete) and "The Beatles On Record".

Helter Skelter

September 9, 1968


Same in "The Beatles On Record" and "The Beatles" mini-doc.

Polythene Pam

July 25, 1969


Included on "Abbey Road" mini-doc and (censored) in "The Beatles On Record".

You Can't Do That (?)

February 25, 1964


This could be from any session, but it's included after "You Can't Do That" on the "A Hard Day's Night" mini-doc.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

April 1, 1967


Only heard in "The Beatles On Record".

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

September 5, 1968


Included in "The Beatles" mini-doc (slightly incomplete) and "The Beatles On Record". George tries to sing like Smokey Robinson. I think I can hear a call for take 28 in the background.

Ticket To Ride

February 15, 1965


Incomplete in "Help!" mini-doc, complete (but partially buried under Paul's narration) in "The Beatles On Record". This is an edit of the two versions.

And I Love Her

February 26, 1964


Two snippets from "The Beatles On Record". Since they don't sound like the "Anthology 1" take or the final remake, I've placed them here. Lewisohn writes that Ringo swapped drums for bongos midway through the session, and we have "before" and "after" examples in this clip.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

And Your Bird Can Sing

April 26, 1966


Same in "The Beatles on Record" and "Revolver" mini-doc.

No Reply

September 30, 1964


Same in "The Beatles On Record" and "Beatles For Sale" mini-doc.

Eleanor Rigby

April 28, 1966


same in "The Beatles On Record" and "Revolver" mini-doc.

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

October 21, 1965


Complete in "The Beatles On Record", incomplete in "Rubber Soul" mini-doc.

A snippet of this (John saying "Come in when I...") was previously bootlegged.

Baby's In Black

August 11, 1964


Incomplete in "The Beatles On Record", complete in "Beatles For Sale" mini-doc.