Contra Band Music

Santa Claus, 1984 A very obscure picture disc chock full of rare (at the time) BBC Radio performances. Side 1: - Besame Mucho - Some Other G...

March, 1964 was one of the busiest months in The Beatles' career. They began on March 1st with an EMI recording session, spent the next ...

CBM, 1974 The nearly-complete soundtrack to the film Yellow Submarine . This is from a US TV broadcast, so "Hey Bulldog" is absent...

On August 29th, 1965, The Beatles visited the Los Angeles headquarters of their US label. At the Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, radio, ...

Swingin' Pig, 1989 Issued simultaneously with the CD version, this LP contains a major upgrade of the Stockholm radio concert from Octo...

Ringo's first major film role was Youngman Grand in the movie adaptation of Terry Southern's novel The Magic Christian . He and co-s...

Berkeley, 1975 Not the Decca Audition, but BBC Radio performances in the familiar form of Yellow Matter Custard . Side 1: - I Got A Woman - ...

August 14th, 1966 saw The Beatles' last tour visit Cleveland for a concert at Cleveland Stadium. Prior to the show, they were interviewe...

no label, 1986 A bizarre amalgam of solo rarities, promo discs, TV and radio commercials, and "for others" sessions. Side 1: - No ...

On April 27th, 1964, The Beatles rehearsed their TV special Around The Beatles in front of an audience at Wembley TV Studios. 4,000 miles a...

CBM, 1972 Pirated from the Apple Fan Club LP, or equally likely copied from TMOQ's Complete Christmas Collection: 1963-1969 . Side 1: - ...

This blog began almost a year ago with bits of Beatle studio chatter compiled from the Beatles On Record TV special and the CD remaster min...

Bornoby Records, 1981 An interesting mixture of BBC Radio tracks, TV performances, mono mixes, outtakes, and other miscellanea, although not...

John and Yoko's first joint TV appearance was on LWT's Frost On Saturday , taped August 24th, 1968 in front of a somewhat bemused au...

CBM, 1974 The first Beatleg LP appearances of the title track (branded with "exclusive" voice-overs from a KRIZ-AM broadcast) and ...

On October 31st, 1963, The Beatles were preparing to fly back to London from Stockholm, having completed a highly successful tour of Sweden....

Pumpkin Eater Wreckords, 1977 Audifon's copy of Yellow Matter Custard , using the original TMOQ stampers. Side 1: - I Got A Woman - Glad...

While his bandmates recorded "I Me Mine" and overdubs on "Let It Be" and "For You Blue" in London, John Lennon...

CBM, 1973 Contra Band's copy of the TMOQ disc Outakes 1 , a collection of Pop Go The Beatles and Saturday Club performances. Volume ...

George became the third married Beatle on January 21st, 1966 when he wed Patricia Boyd at Epsom register office in Surrey. The newlyweds fac...

BEEB Transcription, 1988 Another double album full of amazing full-fidelity studio outtakes, released alongside Volume 3 & 4 . Side 1: -...

In February, 1965, filming for Help! began on location in the Bahamas. The Beatles and co-star Eleanor Bron flew from London to Nassau on t...

BEEB Transcription, 1988 One of the best and most important Beatlegs ever, released by Yellow Dog simultaneously with Volume 5 & 6. Unif...

On February 6th, 1968, Ringo stepped into the spotlight without his bandmates by making a solo appearance on British TV. Along with Spike Mi...

Napoleon, 1973 A bizarre early Beatleg, one of the first in a deluxe cover. Half is a mangled version of the Hollywood Bowl concert (with ...

Another request, and another Montreal Bed-In telephone interview. This time, John and Yoko (and Timothy Leary) spoke with New York disc jock...

TMOQ, 1971 One of the most famous early Beatlegs, Yellow Matter Custard contained 14 numbers from the summer 1963 BBC Radio series Pop Go T...

The Beatles' only visit to New Zealand took place in late June, 1964, towards the end of their Australasian tour. After performing in We...

Bulldog, 1987 A pedestrian reissue of the common June 30, 1966 Budokan performance. What made this unique is that (for a time) it was able t...

Paul was the last Beatle to be interviewed by Brian Matthew for BBC Radio's Pop Profile . Their conversation was taped May 2nd, 1966 and...

Highway High Fi, 1974 A TMOQ hodge-podge, with (in reverse order) half of the Hollywood Bowl concert, some common BBC cuts, the Smothers Bro...

By request, here are two telephone interviews with John Lennon from his 1969 Montreal Bed-in. Village Voice journalist Howard Smith had cov...

Beeb Transcription, 1988 Sort of a companion to the Beatles At The Beeb LP series (though not from Yellow Dog), this LP was the first to in...

Although they passed on "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "From Me To You", and "She Loves You", USA...

Instant Analysis, 1987 Actually Starlight Records using old CBM/Instant Analysis labels. No new Beatle tracks here, but plenty of solo mater...

Since their first visit to New York in February 1964, WABC disc jockey "Cousin" Bruce Morrow had been interviewing The Beatles. By...

CBM, 1973 The precursor to the famed Five Nights In A Judo Arena . Pressed from the same tape of the June 30, 1966 Budokan concert, but the ...

By request, here are Ringo's two final recorded interviews as a Beatle, promoting his Sentimental Journey album in March 1970. First is...

Wizardo, 1975 Not studio outtakes, as the insert claims, but BBC Radio recordings copied from earlier Beatlegs and sorted chronologically. S...

February 9th, 1964 was perhaps the most important day in The Beatles' career. But apart from their triumphant performance on The Ed Sull...