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)

Side 1:

- 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

Side 2:

- Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey!

- I'm A Loser

- Boys

- Hey Jude

- Revolution

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.

October 4th, 1963

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.

March 20th, 1964

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.

November 27th, 1964

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.

April 16th, 1965

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.

Side 1:

- Vancouver press conference

Side 2:

- press conference cont.

- CKNW concert coverage

Side 3:

- CKNW coverage cont.

- Twist And Shout

- You Can't Do That

- All My Loving

- She Loves You

Side 4:

- Things We Said Today

- Roll Over Beethoven

- Can't Buy Me Love

- If I Fell

- Boys

- A Hard Day's Night

- Long Tall Sally

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:

Movie-Go-Round

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.

Side 1:

- Don't Let Me Down

- Dig A Pony

- Get Back

- For You Blue

- Two Of Us

Side 2:

- Dig It

- Let It Be

- The Long And Winding Road

- One After 909

- Across The Universe

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.

Enjoy!

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.

Side 1:

- 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

Side 2:

- 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)

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:

Hamburg press conference

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:

http://www.bravo-beatles-blitztournee.de/

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".

Side 1:

- 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

Side 2:

- 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

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:

Paul, George, and "Mad" Mel

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".

Side 1:

- Twist And Shout

- You Can't Do That

- All My Loving

- She Loves You

- Things We Said Today

- Roll Over Beethoven

Side 2:

- 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

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":

Ringo and Murray

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

"I Feel Fine" false start

"I Feel Fine" single-tracked vocal prior to overdub

studio chat

"I'll Follow The Sun" rehearsal

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:

A Long Nose

Cavern Club

CBM, 1973

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

Side 1:

- 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

Side 2:

- 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

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:

British Calendar: News w/George Yateman

Associated Press

BBC News w/Hugh Moran

ITV News w/Richard Linley

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:

Press conference

Further interviews were conducted at the Saville that afternoon:

Reuters w/Robert Dougal

ITV News

French radio

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.

Side 1:

- 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)

Side 2:

- 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)

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:

D.C. PC

No Obvious Title

ZAP, 1976

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

Side 1:

- Nowhere Man

- Get Back

- What's The New Mary Jane

- All My Loving

- The Walk

- Teddy Boy

- Maxwell's Silver Hammer

- Besame Mucho

Side 2:

- 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

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:

June 28, 1964

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!

Side 1:

- 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

Side 2:

- I Forgot To Remember To Forget

- Twist And Shout

- Roll Over Beethoven

- Long Tall Sally

- Dizzy Miss Lizzy

- Lucille

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:

Kenny and George

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.

Side 1:

- She Loves You

- Words Of Love

- Devil In Her Heart

- Anna (Go To Him)

- Money (That's What I Want)

- There's A Place

Side 2:

- Honey Don't

- Chains

- I Saw Her Standing There

- Sure To Fall (In Love With You)

- Lucille

- Boys

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.

WABX interview

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.

Side 1 (1963-1966)

Side 2 (1967-1969)

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:

George at the Plaza

George's promo for Jack Diamond

George at the Deauville

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.

Side 1:

- 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

Side 2:

- 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

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:

San Francisco press conference, August 18th

Derek Taylor in San Francisco

San Francisco Hilton, August 19th

Departing Seattle, August 22nd

Paul in Vancouver, August 22nd

Empire Stadium, Vancouver, August 22nd

George + John in Baltimore, September 13th

various interviews

various press conferences

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.

Side 1

Side 2

Side 3

Side 4

Side 5

Side 6

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!

"Sour Milk Sea"

Move Over, Dad

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

Move Over, Dad

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.

Side 1:

- Rock And Roll Music

- Baby's In Black

- I Feel Fine

- Yesterday

- Nowhere Man

- I'm Down

Side 2:

- Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey!

- I'm A Loser

- Boys

- Hey Jude

- Revolution