Live In Anytown

Highway High Fi, 1974

A live anthology culled from three well-known concerts: Hollywood Bowl '64, Philadelphia '64, and Tokyo '66.

Side 1:

- 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

Side 2:

- Can't Buy Me Love

- If I Fell

- I Want To Hold Your Hand

- Boys

- Yesterday

- Nowhere Man

- Paperback Writer

- A Hard Day's Night

- Long Tall Sally

I Dig, Chuck!

Over the weekend of March 14th and 15th, 1964, theatres across the US screened The Beatles' Washington DC concert, supplemented with performance footage of the Beach Boys and Lesley Gore.

WINS disc jockey Murray the "K" Kaufman emceed one of the closed-circuit screenings in New York City, and on his next radio show (probably Monday the 16th), he phoned London to speak with the film's subjects. Ringo was busy on the film set, but Paul and George had time to chat. Here are two more phone chat segments with Paul and George which may originate from this occasion.

Hate To Miss The Train

Location filming for A Hard Day's Night began March 2nd, 1964 at Paddington Station in London. The first scenes shot took place on a train, and The Beatles and co-star Wilfrid Brambell spent the whole first week performing for the cameras while riding the rails through the British countryside.

During that week, Paul and George were interviewed by Australian DJ Roger Henning of Melbourne station 3DB, promoting their upcoming tour in June.

One of the scenes filmed on the train had the boys in a culture clash with Richard Vernon's upperclass passenger. A snatch of rock music heard in the scene (over a transistor radio) was said by producer Walter Shenson to be a Beatle performance, taped specially for the movie. However, a tape of the full song was recently auctioned, and the samples made available aren't exactly their playing style (the drumming in particular).

Hi Ho Silver!

King Kong Records, 1976

CBM's sampler LP of tracks from their Sweet Apple Trax sets.

Side 1:

- Get Back

- Tennessee

- House Of The Rising Sun

- "Commonwealth"

- "Enoch Powell"

- "Get Off!"

- I Threw It All Away

- Mama You Been On My Mind

- Across The Universe

Side 2:

- Honey Hush

- Suzy Parker

- Get Back

- Don't Let Me Down

- I've Got A Feeling

- For You Blue

- Move It/Good Rockin' Tonight

- Two Of Us

- Let It Be

Far East Man

In between their US trip and filming A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles had one week to record newly-penned songs for its soundtrack. The sessions began February 25th, 1964, which also happened to be George Harrison's 21st birthday.

Somehow deemed newsworthy, the event was commemorated at the London headquarters of the Beatles Fan Club. George was photographed and filmed surrounded by mountains of birthday cards and gifts. He was also interviewed by ITV News and BBC News.

Rare Beatles

Russian Disc, ca. 1993

A rare Russian Beatles bootleg (as opposed to a pirate LP), containing excellent-sounding BBC Radio performances, probably taken from Yellow Dog's Beatles At The Beeb LP series.

Side 1:

- I Saw Her Standing There

- Too Much Monkey Business

- I'll Get You

- Lucille

- I Feel Fine

- Carol

- Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

- So How Come (No One Loves Me)

- The Honeymoon Song

Side 2:

- Roll Over Beethoven

- I Got A Woman

- Ticket To Ride

- I Wanna Be Your Man

- She's A Woman

- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)

- She Loves You

- Long Tall Sally

All My Luggage

After arriving at London Airport on the morning of February 22nd, 1964, The Beatles had just 24 hours to rest after their American tour before setting off to work again.

The task at hand was taping an appearance on ABC-TV's Big Night Out, shot at Teddington Studio Centre. As part of the show's opening credit sequence, the group was filmed boating down the Thames, a sequence also covered by ITV for airing on that night's newscast (must have been a slow news day).

The show as aired February 29th opened with a Beatles/Winters brothers sketch, followed by the Thames footage, ending in a customs office scene. In addition to miming several songs, the group also read out purported requests from viewers.

Classified Document Volume Three

Tiger Beat Records, 1988

The third and final volume of Starlight Records' compilation series, generally featuring material that was circulating on tape or video but unbootlegged on LP at the time of issue.

Side 1:

- Kansas City

- I Want You (She's So Heavy)

- I've Got A Feeling

- Dig It

- All Things Must Pass

- The Long And Winding Road

- Save The Last Dance For Me

- George on The David Frost Show

- Help!

- Open-End Interview With The Beatles

- "The History Of Rock And Roll"

- Only You

Side 2:

- Don't Let Me Down

- Two Of Us

- Corrina, Corrina

- Yesterday

- Girlfriend/I Lost My Little Girl/Upon A Hill

- Tequila

- Junior's Farm

Good Day, Sunshine

After a full week of sun, surf, and sand, The Beatles bid a reluctant farewell to Miami Beach on February 21st, 1964.

Before departing, they taped a farewell message to the citizens of Miami and the listeners of WQAM-AM. The Maysles film crew captured Paul, George, and Ringo goofing around in their Deauville Hotel rooms as they packed their belongings.

While Murray the K had already been recalled to New York, Ed Rudy was still hanging around; he interviewed Neil Aspinall on the flight to Kennedy Airport, and got some last words from Ringo before the boys jetted back across the Atlantic.

Welcome The Beatles

MARC, 1976

A Japanese Beatleg containing the first appearance of the July 1st, 1966 ("light suits") Budokan performance, along with some material from a TV documentary covering the Tokyo concerts.

Side 1:

- interview w/E. H. Eric

- Welcome Beatles

- Rock And Roll Music

- She's A Woman

- If I Needed Someone

- Day Tripper

Side 2:

- Baby's In Black

- I Feel Fine

- Yesterday

- I Wanna Be Your Man

- Nowhere Man

- Paperback Writer

- I'm Down

Please donate to the relief efforts in Japan.

Miami Is What's Happenin', Baby!

On February 13th, 1964, The Beatles left snowy New York for the sunny climes of Miami Beach, where they performed a second time on the Ed Sullivan Show. Local radio station WQAM-AM covered events at the airport when 7,000 fans created a mini-riot in greeting the quartet.

As they rehearsed for the show and tried to soak up the sun, The Beatles had to deal with the likes of Ed Rudy and Murray The "K", who taped segments for his Swingin' Soiree show throughout the week.

Kum Back

no label, 1970

The Beatleg industry started with this modestly-packaged disc, which was distributed in early January, 1970. The material, unreleased songs from the Get Back sessions, was revelatory at the time, four months prior to Let It Be, but quickly wore out its welcome when repackaged dozens of different ways.

Side 1:

- Get Back

- The Walk

- Let It Be

- Teddy Boy

- Two Of Us

Side 2:

- Don't Let Me Down

- I've Got A Feeling

- The Long And Winding Road

- For You Blue

- Dig A Pony

- Get Back

New York Miscellanea

During their first visit to New York City, The Beatles enthusiastically recorded radio station IDs and promos for nearly every disc jockey in the city, before Brian Epstein put a stop to the practice.

Here is a collection of radio spots for WMCA-AM, featuring jingles and hype for various "Good Guy" deejays. Ed Rudy even talked them into promoting him as "The Fifth Beatle" in a series of clips included on his Radio Pulsebeat LPs.

Rudy also spoke with Mal Evans and Ed Sullivan over the course of the week, and CBS News filmed interviews with fans around the city. Winding up this collection of miscellaneous recordings is an excerpt of the "Year In Sound" LP released by Collier's Encyclopedia early in 1965, with a couple of Beatle interview clips of unknown vintage (but most likely from February 1964).

Live At The BBC 1962-65

Continuing Saga Records, 1987

A highly listenable LP compiling all but the last four musical performances from the 1982 US version of the Beatles At The Beeb radio special.

Side 1:

- From Us To You

- The Hippy Hippy Shake

- Memphis, Tennessee

- Please Mr. Postman

- Some Other Guy

- Too Much Monkey Business

- Do You Want To Know A Secret

- I'll Be On My Way

- Crying, Waiting, Hoping

- Pop Go The Beatles

- To Know Her Is To Love Her

- Don't Ever Change

- That's All Right (Mama)

Side 2:

- Carol

- Soldier Of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)

- Lend Me Your Comb

- Clarabella

- A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues

- Matchbox

- Sure To Fall (In Love With You)

- Lonesome Tears In My Eyes

- Sweet Little Sixteen

- Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees)

- I Just Don't Understand

Side 3:

- So How Come (No One Loves Me)

- I Got A Woman

- I Got To Find My Baby

- The Honeymoon Song

- From Us To You

- All My Loving

- Roll Over Beethoven

- Till There Was You

- I Wanna Be Your Man

- Can't Buy Me Love

- This Boy

- Long Tall Sally

Side 4:

- Rock And Roll Music

- And I Love Her

- A Hard Day's Night

- Things We Said Today

- I'll Follow The Sun

- She's A Woman

- I Feel Fine

- Johnny B. Goode

- Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey!

Practice.

On the morning of February 12th, 1964, The Beatles posed for photos near the US Capitol, then boarded a train bound for New York City.

As they had on the way down, Albert and David Maysles filmed the antics on the train journey, although only Ringo (and to some extent George) had much energy left for clowning around. There is also a brief clip of John noticing some Nazi graffiti in the elevator at Penn Station upon their arrival.

They had scant time to relax at the Plaza before being driven to Carnegie Hall for their second US performance. Ed Rudy was there with his Radio Pulsebeat microphone, capturing their arrival and fans' reactions (including Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller) after the 7pm concert.

First U.S. Show

no label, 1980

Ah, how clever! In conjunction with the Washington DC posts, here comes a bootleg of the Washington Coliseum concert!

Think again. This LP has nothing to do with that show, and in fact none of it is from US shows. It's a repressing of an earlier album, December 1963, containing the It's The Beatles! TV concert and some BBC Radio performances overdubbed with screaming for no good reason.

Side 1:

- From Me To You

- I Saw Her Standing There

- All My Loving

- Roll Over Beethoven

- Boys

- Till There Was You

- She Loves You

Side 2:

- This Boy

- I Want To Hold Your Hand

- Money (That's What I Want)

- Twist And Shout

- From Me To You (reprise)

- Rock And Roll Music

- Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

- I'll Follow The Sun

- Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey!

Washington Part 2

As soon as The Beatles had left WWDC's remote radio booth, Carroll James spoke with a couple of female fans/faithful listeners. James then took the stage of the Coliseum to introduce the opening acts, while Murray the "K" was backstage snagging a pre-concert interview with Ringo.

The performance itself couldn't have gone any better (the recently-unearthed complete video recording is proof positive of that), so it must have been a severe comedown when the group was obliged to follow it up with a visit to the British Embassy as the guests of Sir David Ormsby Gore.

The party started on a silly note as John managed to convince a TV reporter he was Beatle Eric, but the room was filled with the kind of tedious, high society snobs who were anathema to John (in particular) and his bandmates. Not making matters better were Ed Rudy and his cadre of Radio Pulsebeat correspondents asking inane questions and capturing exchanges between Ringo and a British military man.

The last straw came when 18-year-old gate-crasher Beverly Markowitz snipped off a lock of Ringo's hair. Four fed-up and physically drained Beatles soon returned to their hotel rooms, having survived another day in the madhouse that was America.

Washington Part 1

With a steady winter snow falling on the afternoon of February 11th, 1964, The Beatles and company rode the rails from New York to Washington DC, with the Maysles film crew shooting documentary footage along the way.

They arrived at Union Station around 3pm, and were greeted by Ed Rudy and hundreds of fans. After checking in at the Shoreham Hotel, the party drove to the Washington Coliseum, site of their first American concert that night. On the stage (a boxing ring), Brian Somerville presided over a brief press conference followed by some TV news interviews for CBS and NBC.

Bill Seaby and Paul Palmer then interviewed the Beatles individually for WCAO-AM, and John taped a couple of promos for WMUC-AM. After one last interview with Carroll James, the Beatles retired to their dressing room in preparation for the big concert. More on that in the next blog post!

Silver Album

Jarris, 1970

Probably the second Beatleg ever, mostly containing Get Back acetate #2 (the one aired on WBKW in Buffalo in the fall of 1969). "Get Back" and "Don't Let Me Down" are copied from the single, and "Across The Universe" is the standard WWF version.

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

The Shoes

The events surrounding The Beatles' magical appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show of February 9th, 1964, are covered in an earlier blog post.

The following afternoon, after partying well into the night at New York nightclubs and sleeping late. the group assembled at the Plaza Hotel's Terrace and Baroque Rooms to meet the press. Fascination with the Fabs was at a fever pitch, and the day was an exhausting whirlwind of radio, newspaper, magazine, and newsreel interviews, posing for photos, accepting gold records, and pressing the flesh.

Circulating recordings from the event include an Associated Press newsreel interview, a filmed chat with a CBS News reporter, and more stolen moments from Ed Rudy's tape recorder during a cocktail reception. Most enlightening are Fred Robbins's lengthy one-on-one conversations with John, Paul, and George for his Radio Luxembourg show Assignment: Hollywood.

Reunion Nonsense

ZAP, 1976

Part of the "amendment" compilation series, half from the Melbourne radio broadcast, and half poor quality BBC Radio cuts and other broadcasts.

Side 1:

- All My Loving

- She Loves You

- Till There Was You

- Roll Over Beethoven

- Can't Buy Me Love

- This Boy

- Long Tall Sally

Side 2:

- Soldier Of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)

- I Got A Woman

- Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey!

- Some Other Guy

- Lend Me Your Comb

- Carol

- Lucille

- The Hippy Hippy Shake

- Shout!

- Memphis, Tennessee

Get Well, George!

George woke up on the morning of February 8th, 1964 with an elevated temperature and flu symptoms. Bedrest was ordered, so he stayed in the Plaza Hotel while his bandmates took publicity photos in Central Park.

Before they departed, John and Ringo spoke via telephone with Bud Ballou of WOLF-AM in Syracuse. The Maysles brothers followed John, Paul, and Ringo to Central Park and on their limo trip to CBS Studios, filming all the while.

Meanwhile, George manned the phones from bed, chatting with self-proclaimed "fifth Beatle" Ed Rudy and WSPR-AM's Jack Diamond. By late afternoon, he was declared well enough to join the others and Ed Sullivan to pose for photos (Neil Aspinall had stood in for him during camera rehearsals). Back at the Plaza that night, all four called in to Murray's Swingin' Soiree show and schooled him in British teenage lingo.

The votes are in!

Thanks to everyone for participating in my poll. It seems that nearly 3/4 of you like the blog just the way it is. Most of the rest of you would like to see more interviews. So I think I'll follow the course suggested by a commenter and add an extra spoken recording from time to time in the usual rotation. In the immediate future, the interview posts will be jam-packed as I post all the recordings from the first US tour, so everyone wins!

Tour Years

Eva Records, 1982

Three sides of this LP are worthless, being incomplete copies of the Liverpool Empire, Houston, and Tokyo concerts copied from earlier bootlegs. But side 2 contained the first vinyl pressing of the Beatles Sing For Shell TV soundtrack, from a June 1964 Melbourne concert.

Side 1:

- From Me To You

- I Saw Her Standing There

- Roll Over Beethoven

- Boys

- Till There Was You

- This Boy

- I Want To Hold Your Hand

- Money (That's What I Want)

Side 2:

- You Can't Do That

- All My Loving

- She Loves You

- Can't Buy Me Love

- Twist And Shout

- Long Tall Sally

Side 3:

- She's A Woman

- Dizzy Miss Lizzy

- Ticket To Ride

- Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

- I Wanna Be Your Man

- A Hard Day's Night

- Help!

Side 4:

- Rock And Roll Music

- Day Tripper

- Baby's In Black

- I Feel Fine

- Yesterday

- Nowhere Man

- I'm Down

Four Elvis Presleys

Pan Am flight 101 landed at New York's Kennedy Airport just before 1:30 pm on February 7th, 1964. The four Beatles stepped off the plane and squinted into the midday winter glare, scarcely believing what they saw.

Thousands of wailing, sobbing, waving teenagers. AMERICAN teenagers, lined up six deep just to welcome them to the New World! Also present were dozens of media representatives, from newspapers, radio stations, newsreel companies, magazines, and television, capturing the spectacle in words, sounds, and photos, and waiting to hear what the long-haired quartet had to say.

Plenty, as they found out in an exhilarating and chaotic press conference, held in the Pan Am lounge and haphazardly presided over by Beatles press officer Brian Somerville. Outside, it was the fans' turn to speak, to the Mutual Broadcasting System, newsreel stringers, and WINS-AM radio's Paul Parker.

WINS's coverage was at the forefront, thanks to disc jockey Murray the "K" Kaufman, who caused trouble at the press conference by hogging the spotlight, and then interviewed the group in their Plaza Hotel suite while his colleague Jim Gordon covered the scene in the streets below. Naturally, the newsreel teams also followed the crowds to the Plaza.

The stunned but increasingly wearied Beatles, including an ailing George Harrison, then chatted via international phone call with Brian Matthew, back in London taping an insert for the next morning's Saturday Club. The Maysles brothers were also present, filming the phone call and other activity in the hotel rooms for their remarkable documentary, What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA.

No wonder the main impression John, Paul, George, and Ringo had of America was mass media oversaturation. This was only day one!

Twice In A Lifetime

no label, 1987

One side of pirated solo Macca tracks, and one side of mostly Lennon interviews.

Side 1:

- Twice In A Lifetime

- Write Away

- Tough On A Tightrope

- It's Not True

- Wanderlust

Side 2:

- That'll Be The Day

- Love Me Do

- Words Of Love

- Let It Be trailer

- Give Peace A Chance

- The KYA 1969 Peace Talk

- Man Of The Decade

The Calm Before The Storm

The Beatles' Paris visit ended February 5th when they flew to London, enjoying only one full day off in their home country before jetting off again to America.

At London Airport, they filmed an interview for ITV News and spoke with a female reporter, reflecting on their French concerts and looking forward to the potentially career-defining US trip.

Dig It!

no label, 1970

One of the rarer early Beatlegs [matrix XCQ-1A/B], basically just a copy of the far more common Kum Back, squashed from stereo into mono. The highlight is the 5-minute "Dig It", sounding clearer than the version more easily found on the Silver Album.

Side 1:

- Get Back

- Teddy Boy

- Two Of Us

- Dig A Pony

- Let It Be

Side 2:

- Don't Let Me Down

- I've Got A Feeling

- For You Blue

- Dig It

- Get Back

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I can continue alternating the needledrops of old vinyl Beatlegs with vintage interviews and spoken recordings, or focus on one or the other more (or exclusively). What would you like to see? Vote now, or add your own comments and ideas to this post. The poll will close a week from today.

Hypodermic Clusters

With anticipation reaching a fevered pitch in the USA for The Beatles' visit, particularly after "I Want To Hold Your Hand" topped the Billboard and Cash Box charts, several American reporters made the pilgrimage to Paris towards the end of January, 1964.

Group W radio correspondent Bernard Redmont recorded an interview with the group at the George V hotel for broadcast on Chicago's WIND-AM, in a program entitled Fake or Phenomenon. Portions of the interview were also used in a WINS New York special hosted by Murray the "K" (much more on him soon).

Battle

no label, 1971

Half of an earlier Beatles boot (Last Live Show) and half Rolling Stones outtakes.

Side 1:

- Looking Tired

- Tell Me Baby

- Down In The Bottom

- Stewed And Keefed

- Hi-Heel Sneakers

Side 2:

- Twist And Shout

- I Feel Fine

- Dizzy Miss Lizzy

- Ticket To Ride

French Twist

On January 14th, 1964, 3/4 of The Beatles left London Airport bound for Le Bourget airport, Paris. Upon their arrival, they spoke to a radio reporter and explained Ringo's temporary absence.

They played a warm-up show in Versailles the next night, then began a residence at L'Olympia in Paris, performing alongside Sylvie Vartan and Trini Lopez for 15 days through February 4th. On opening night, January 16th, they were interviewed by Michel Lemaire for a Belgian radio series, Les Moins de 20 ans.

Their most notable Paris interview was conducted in their suite at the Hotel George V on the afternoon of January 24th. American Forces Network radio reporter Harold B. Kelley waited patiently for the late-risers to sit for an interview, George still in his hotel bathrobe, aimed at introducing the lads to an American audience in preparation for their imminent US visit. It was broadcast the following day on Weekend World.

In Atlanta Whiskey Flat

TMOQ, 1971

Another iteration of the Philadelphia concert, this one a reissue of TMOQ's version, which itself was copied from the Whiskey Records original.

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

- If I Fell

- I Want To Hold Your Hand

- Boys

- A Hard Day's Night

- Long Tall Sally

You Wrecked Me Gag, You Fool!

After their Juke Box Jury appearance, The Beatles finished 1963 performing in cities such as Doncaster, recording two BBC Radio specials, and performing a nightly Christmas show at the Astoria Cinema in London.

They rang in 1964 by conducting an open-ended interview for Capitol Records, who had released their single "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the United States the day after Christmas. Sometime early in the year, they also sat for a lengthy interview for an overseas radio series, Bulletin From Britain.

On January 5th, George and Ringo recorded a special insert for the BBC Radio series The Public Ear, in the show's "Air Mail" segment. It took two takes to get right, as the first had George blowing Ringo's prepared joke. The "wrecked" take was actually used in the January 12th broadcast, while the "correct" take finally saw the light of day in in the 1972 radio special The Beatles Story.

Snap Shots

Gnat Records, 1984

A decent compilation of Lennon-centric material, group and solo; mostly copied from earlier bootlegs.

Side 1:

- Some Other Guy

- Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

- Honey Don't

- Twist And Shout

- Lady Marmalade

- Be My Baby

- Angel Baby

- John reads commercials on KHJ-AM

Side 2:

- "All I Want Is You"

- Bad Boy

- Almost Grown

- Child Of Nature

- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

- Help!/Please Please Me

- Madman

Side 3:

- Mother

- Cold Turkey

- Slippin' And Slidin'

- Stand By Me

- Imagine

Side 4:

- Whatever Gets You Thru The Night

- I'm The Greatest

Hit Hit Hit Hit

After John's successful if controversial appearance on Juke Box Jury, it was natural for BBC TV to request all four Beatles to fill the show's panel. The network got a 2-for-1 deal by staging the show in Liverpool at the Empire Theatre, followed by the taping of a live performance in the same venue.

Both shows aired later that night, December 7th, 1963, first Juke Box Jury and then the concert special, It's The Beatles! The group watched both telecasts backstage at their Liverpool Odeon show, dismayed by the shoddy sound and camerawork on the latter recording.

The Beatles [Beacon EP]

Beacon, 1978

One of the many discs to cash in on the Deccagone releases, this time an EP pairing two of the earliest singles in that series.

Side 1:

- Hello Little Girl

- Three Cool Cats

Side 2:

- Memphis, Tennessee

- Love Of The Loved

Kenneth Sodd

On November 25th, 1963, The Beatles taped a mimed performance of their new single, "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"This Boy" for use on two Granada TV shows, Late Scene Extra and Scene At 6.30. They were also interviewed, along with Liverpool comedian Ken Dodd, by host Gay Byrne. Only a few minutes of the sometimes salty interview were used in the finished broadcasts, but the full 15-minute recording has survived.

The Very Best Of The Beatles' Rarest Number Seven

TKRWM, 1976

A repackaging of ZAP's earlier title, Liverpool Flash, containing a mix of live, BBC, and studio material.

Side 1:

- Paperback Writer

- A Hard Day's Night

- From Me To You

- From Us To You

- Have You Heard The Word

- Get Back

- I Want To Hold Your Hand

- Long Tall Sally

- Words Of Love

- Get Back (reprise)

Side 2:

- Honey Hush

- Johnny B. Goode

- Act Naturally

- I'm Down

- Love Me Do

- Money (That's What I Want)

- Dig A Pony

- The Hippy Hippy Shake

- She Loves You

Much Too Common For Me

The Beatles (Police Protection)

46. Sir C. Taylor asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give instructions that the Beatles should no longer receive police protection in the London area from their admirers.

Mr. Woodhouse : It is the duty of the police to take any necessary steps to prevent disorder or breaches of the peace, whatever the nature of the occasion. The steps to be taken in relation to any particular event in the Metropolitan Police District must be for the Commissioner of Police to decide.

Source: http://yourdemocracy.newstatesman.com/parliament/home-department/HAN6000521

The above point was raised in the House Of Commons on November 21st, 1963 by Sir Charles Taylor, MP for Eastbourne. The Beatles were performing that evening at the Carlisle ABC, and were asked about the matter in an interview filmed prior to the first house.

BONUS:

Here are a couple of recordings from John's personal tape archive, recorded circa autumn of 1963. First is Cynthia conversing with baby Julian, followed by a reading of "The Clinic", presumably an unpublished verse of John's, from the same tape.