Contra Band Music

A few random Ringo clips from early 1970. First, an audio recording of a press conference held at Los Angeles International Airport January ...

Liquid Recordings, 1984 A clear vinyl reissue of an Audifon title from 1981 which upgraded the so-called "white suits" Tokyo conce...

On August 31st, 1965, The Beatles concluded their summer 1965 tour with two chaotic concerts at San Francisco's Cow Palace. News cameras...

Smilin' Ears, 1977 Copied from three EPs: Twickenham Jams , Get Together , and Television Outtakes . Side 1: - Honey Hush - Stand By Me ...

A few short requested items: Amsterdam press conference, June 5th, 1964 Auckland Town Hall balcony, June 25th, 1964 Rhein-Main-Flughafen, Fr...

Ruthless Rhymes, 1977 Starts off shaky with 4 outfakes on side A, but does contain the bootleg debuts of the Abbey Road outtakes, Paul/Dono...

David Wigg interviewed all four Beatles individually for BBC Radio's Scene And Heard several times between 1969 and 1973. His sole inte...

Ruthless Rhymes, 1977 Must have blown a few minds when it was released, but it turned out that half the LP was other artists (The Fourmost, ...

On September 6th, 1964, The Beatles visited Detroit, the city where most of their favorite music of the past year originated. After the firs...

Ruthless Rhymes, 1978 Not an EMI rehearsal, but the BBC session tapes from the July 17th, 1964 recording of From Us To You . This 10" L...

Here are a few recordings of John promoting and reading pieces from his second book, A Spaniard In The Works , in 1965. June 16: The World O...

Smilin' Ears, 1977 8 Decca audition cuts lifted from singles, with BBC Radio performances and other filler. Side 1: - Searchin' - Li...

By request from a reader who was there , here is The Beatles' press conference in Essen, West Germany, on June 25th, 1966: Essen press c...

POD, 1980 A decent mix of new tracks (George's rough mixes, the One Hand Clapping , From Us To You , and Nagra recordings), upgrades (...

On July 28th, 1964, The Beatles flew from London to Stockholm, Sweden. Before deplaning at Arlanda Airport, they spoke with their old pal Kl...

ZAP, 1976 Another of the "Amendment" compilations, featuring Hollywood Bowl on shuffle play and the Munich TV broadcast. Side 1: -...

Following the marathon "White Album" sessions in 1968, George and Pattie Harrison flew to Los Angeles on October 16th. The next se...

CBM, 1974 Side 1: - Let It Be - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - Be-Bop-A-Lula - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - Hi-Heel ...

Not much to say about this one; by request, from August 28th, 1965: San Diego press conference

CBM, 1974 One of two double album sets released simultaneously, featuring the first samples of the massive cache of Nagra "Get Back...

Norddeutscher Rundfunk radio co rrespondent Dieter Bröer conducted at least two Beatle-related interviews in 1964. On March 31st, scenes fo...

TAKRL, 1974 First issue of the June 30th, 1966 Tokyo concert. One of the better sounding bootlegs of the early 1970s. Side 1: - Rock And Rol...

On September 13th, 1967, The Beatles were on location in Newquay filming Magical Mystery Tour . BBC Radio dispatched Miranda Ward to the Atl...

Slipped Disc, 1979 A copy of an early TMOQ bootleg, with stereo cuts from Kum Back and mono copies of "One After 909" and "D...

On August 13th, 1965, The Beatles returned to New York City to begin their second North American tour: Airport arrival As with their previou...

Whiskey Records, 1971 Not "Wiskey Flats", of course, but the first appearance of the Philadelphia concert of September 2nd, 1964: ...

Back in 1964 Art Schreiber was news director at KYW-AM in Cleveland, which was owned by the Westinghouse Broadcast Network. Schreiber often ...

CBM, 1974 The bootleg debut of the Washington kinescope, from an audience screening, paired with a repressing of side 2 from an earlier CBM ...

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

TMOQ, 1974 A thorough document of the August 22nd, 1964 press conference and concert, from a local radio station's broadcast and excelle...

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...

Silver Greatest, 1971 A copy of one of the earliest bootlegs, Silver Album (second edition), compiling tracks from various Get Back acetat...

Here's a rare but atrocious-quality Beatle Chrimble interview with Atlanta DJ Paul Drew, recorded backstage at the Hammersmith Odeon dur...

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 ...

On June 26th, 1966, The Beatles' final world tour reached Hamburg, West Germany. What should have been a happy return to their old stomp...

Wizardo, 1975 Mostly copied from TMOQ's Spicy Beatles Songs ; supplemented by the David Frost version of "Hey Jude" and the B-...