Contra Band Music

Lemon Records, 1970 One of the earliest Beatlegs, sort of a hybrid of Kum Back (albeit in mono) and the Silver Album . Does not contain ...

On September 13th, 1965, Ringo and Maureen Starkey welcomed their first child into the world. Zak Starkey was destined to become a drummer l...

CBM, 1973 The first bootleg containing the evening Paris concert of June 20th, 1965. Now found in far superior quality on both videotape and...

April 23rd, 1964 was a busy day for John Lennon and his bandmates. After partying the previous night at the Ad-Lib Club with DJ Murray ...

CBM, 1973 The original and still the only source of the January 1964 Palladium performance. The Big Night Out show on side 2 does circulat...

From March 25th - 31st, 1969, John and Yoko entertained newspaper, magazine, radio, TV and newsreel reporters from their bed in Room 902 of ...

CBM, 1973 The first (but not best-quality) appearance of the mysterious title track, as well as the two atrocious-sounding BBC cuts. Also tw...

By request, here are some more of Kenny Everett's interviews from the August 1966 North American tour (exact dates unknown): Kenny w/The...

no label, 1989 A cool little green vinyl EP sent to subscribers of Belmo's Beatleg News one Xmas, mostly consisting of unbooted (at the...

On November 29th, 1963, The Beatles' Autumn Tour stopped at the ABC Cinema in Huddersfield for two performances. Backstage between shows...

O.T.M.O.Q. Records, 1989 Despite the cover, this red vinyl LP has nothing to do with the 1966 Munich concert. Side 1 and the first couple of...

"In 1968 Robin Cruikshank’s small design company began working for Apple. At that time its management included Neil Aspinal, Peter Brow...

Stash Records, 1988 Compilation of solo rarities and pirated tracks, with a couple of OOPS'ed Beatles tracks and one curiosity: an appar...

In 1965/66, Brian Matthew recorded four individual interviews, one with each Beatle, for Pop Profile , a BBC Transcription Service program d...

Why Not Records, 1989 Pedestrian reissue of the Washington DC concert kinescope of February 11th, 1964, missing the truncated "Twist An...

In mid-November, 1967, The Beatles were busy editing and scoring their TV spectacular Magical Mystery Tour . The soundtrack double EP was is...

Beatles as Mounties? Why not, indeed? Why Not, 1989 Side 1: - Twist And Shout - You Can't Do That - All My Loving - She Loves You - Thin...

The Beatles' tour blew into the windy city on August 20th, 1965 for two concerts at Chicago's Comiskey Park. Associated Press camera...

Magic Dwarf, 1988 A Swingin' Pig EP containing the first Beatleg appearance of the October 1963 Drop In TV performance from Stockholm....

In 1967, George never missed a chance to talk about his twin passions of Indian music and spirituality. Early in December, he sat down with ...

Drexel Records, 1988 Those who couldn't afford the Swingin' Pig CDs, or didn't have the equipment to play them on, were probably...

June 11th, 1964 was a big day for Beatle fans Down Under, as the group (minus Ringo and plus Jimmy Nicol) first arrived on Australian soil. ...

Drexel, 1988 US equivalent of Meet The Beeb! , compiling the earliest and rarest BBC radio broadcasts, from different (sometimes superior an...

As part of the promotion for the new Plastic Ono Band single, "Instant Karma!", John and Yoko were interviewed by David Bellan for...

Rubber Soul, 1988 A compilation of mostly-common tracks, although the spoken material on side 2 is unusual. And no, "The Walk" isn...

Apart from Shea Stadium, the August 18th Atlanta concert was probably the highlight of The Beatles' 1965 tour, thanks to the state-of-th...

Core, 1988 Yellow Dog's follow-up LP to The Real Case Has Just Begun , this time featuring only Twickenham recordings. Side 1: - Another...

On October 9th, 1963, BBC Television broadcast The Mersey Sound , a documentary on the exploding pop music scene in Liverpool. Naturally, Th...

Instant Analysis, 1987 Another live Starlight compilation copied from other bootlegs, including concerts in Paris (1964), the Royal ...

Despite all the controversy surrounding John's offhand remarks about Christianity, the concerts in Memphis, Tennessee went largely as pl...

Instant Analysis, 1987 Starlight Records, using the old CBM moniker Instant Analysis, issued this LP of the June 1965 Palais des Sports conc...

John, Paul, George, and Jimmy Nicol flew from Sydney to Adelaide on June 12th, 1964. After checking in at the South Australian Hotel, they m...

Pre Beatle Records, 1988 Spelling error in the title aside (Sutcliffe), this was an exciting LP at the time of release. It's the US equi...

Here is a very silly interview with four (likely stoned) Beatles, Help! producer Walter Shenson and reporter Sandy Lesberg. It was recorded...

Wind Records, 1987 As the title suggests, this LP offers the soundtrack to several TV performances: Ready Steady Go! on side A, and Around ...

Legendary British comic actor Frankie Howerd crossed paths with The Beatles numerous times, from early meetings in 1963 (see above) to Hower...

no label, 1985-86 A mish-mosh of mono mixes, BBC and Get Back tracks, and outfakes, with oodles of misinformation on the back cover track li...

The Beatles' fifth appearance on Top Of The Pops was also their last with new musical content. Episode #32, aired the week of July 3rd,...

"TMOQ", 1987 Not a true Trademark of Quality LP, the highlight of this compilation was the acetate of "A Day In The Life...

The Beatles' fourth appearance on Top Of The Pops came in episode #15, broadcast the week of March 6th, 1965, while the boys were in th...