Contra Band Music

1985, Savage Records Largely unreleased Star-Club tapes, in untampered form. Side 1: - A Taste Of Honey - Till There Was You - Where Have Yo...

BEATLE CRUSADES, FANS WAIT IN THE RAIN Published in The Ottawa Journal, Wednesday, June 4, 1969 By David Yates Dressed in all-white suits, B...

Moon Child Records, 1982 A repackaging of Get Back and Watching Rainbows . Side 1: - I'm Ready/Save The Last Dance For Me - Don't L...

The Beatles Brian Matthew traveled on the first few stops of The Beatles' 1965 North American tour, recording interviews for the BBC Rad...

NEMS, 1985 The first Beatleg I ever purchased, and still one of the best, mostly drawing on rare material from the radio series Sgt....

British TV maven David Frost had The Beatles on his various radio and TV shows numerous times, most famously as a group performing "Hey...

King Records, 1984 The second in Yellow Dog's mid-80s trilogy of Get Back session boots, and probably the best, especially the multitra...

Ah, Ed Rudy. If he was the Fifth Beatle, I am the Fifth Rutle. The nadir of his cash-in albums was also the last. After two decent interview...

BRF Records, 1984 Highlights from an audience recording of the recent The Beatles In Abbey Road multimedia show. Side 1: - I Saw Her Standi...

By request, a few unbootlegged chat fragments from various BBC Radio shows. "Side By Side" (recorded 4/1/63) - intro to "A T...

Shalom, 1983 Now that's more like it! Yellow Dog's version of a bootleg which introduced the world to the so-called "Boardroom ...

August 21st, 1966 saw The Beatles play concerts in two cities: Cincinnati by day (to make up for the previous night's rainout), and St. ...

King Records, 1983 Actually a Yellow Dog release, with the debut of some lengthy and not too inspiring sessions from Apple Studios, January ...

By request, a TV interview with John McGregor, recorded October 31st, 1964 at the Ipswich Gaumont during the Autumn UK tour: Ipswich

Alternative Record Company, 1983 A crappy Brazilian copy of No. 3 Abbey Road NW8 , chopped up and missing some material. Side 1: - You Never...

The Hit Heard Round The World

NEMS, 1982 A decent collection of "psychedelic era" Beatles outtakes (mostly 1967-1968), and the first appearance of the title tra...

The Beatles' final tour hit Boston on August 18th, 1966 for an evening concert at Suffolk Downs race track. Here are some news reports a...

BAG Records, 1982 One of the earliest NEMS Beatlegs, compiling the best of John Lennon's rarities and studio alternates. Side 1: - As Ti...

A couple of Xmas-themed goodies, recorded December 20th, 1963 during rehearsals for The Beatles Christmas Show : Day By Day (aired 24 Decem...

ORO Records, 1982 Another sampler of songs from the 1982 radio special The Beatles At The Beeb . Side 1: - Please Mr. Postman - I'll Be ...

On May 19th, 1966, The Beatles spent all afternoon at EMI Studio 1 videotaping promotional clips for both sides of their new single, "P...

Circle Records, 1982 Half Get Back material (copied from the LP Her Majesty ) and half BBC Radio material, including some rare early perfor...

As requested, here is Paul's appearance on the Here's To Veterans disc, both in its super-rare original form and the more common la...

Dream Lab, 1982 A nice sampling of numbers from 1982's The Beatles At The Beeb radio special. Side 1: - Soldier Of Love (Lay Down Your ...

On June 25th, 1967, The Beatles represented Great Britain and recorded their new single, "All You Need Is Love", live in front of ...

Sweet So und, 1981 A copy of The Dream Is Over , Vol. 1 and 2 , which was a copy of the obscure Vegemite LP. Contains material fro...

On December 11th, 1969, John and Yoko used the Royal Premiere of The Magic Christian to drum up some publicity for their latest cause, the 1...

No label (Audifon), 1981 Also issued as Johnny And The Moondogs - Silver Days , this LP offered an upgrade of the Swedish radio concert and ...

Between taping Around The Beatles and an episode of From Us To You , The Beatles flew to Scotland and squeezed in concerts in Edinburgh and...

Quarter Apple, 1981 Similar to No. 3 Abbey Road NW8 , but with some "Get Back" rehearsals and solo performances tossed in (along w...

During their August, 1964 visit to Southern California, The Beatles rented a secluded mansion in Bel-Air from British actor Reginald Owen. A...

Dream, 1982 An album of mediocre-quality, but rare at the time, BBC Radio performances. Five Chuck Berry covers. Great cover, too! Side 1: -...

On August 13th, 1966, The Beatles returned to Detroit for two shows at Olympia Stadium. DJ Kenny Everett, traveling on the tour for Radio Lo...

White Knight, 1980 A mixed-bag compilation largely borrowed from Audifon LPs, with some obscure promos and radio spots thrown in. Side 1: - ...

The hearts of thousands of young ladies were broken on February 11th, 1965, when Ringo married Maureen Cox. The following day, the newlyweds...

Audifon, 1979 One of the first Beatlegs with studio outtakes, in this case half rough mixes from Abbey Road and half a Donovan/Paul McCartn...

By request, here are some of Murray The "K"'s interviews from The Beatles' second New York visit on August 28th, 1964: Meu...

Instant Analysis, 1974 As advertised, the soundtrack to the film Let It Be , and the first in a series of Cinelogue albums covering all The...