Contra Band Music

CBM, 1974 The first, and for a long time, only, issue of the afternoon Paris concert from June 20th, 1965. Side 1: - Twist And Shout - She...

Disc jockey Tom Clay of CKLW-AM in Windsor, Ontario flew to London early in April 1964 to visit The Beatles at Twickenham Studios during fil...

Stash Records, 1988 Compilation of Beatles covering their favorite artists - one side each for Buddy Holly/Carl Perkins/Chuck Berry/...

On December 6th, 1966, in the midst of extended sessions for "Strawberry Fields Forever", The Beatles took time out to record some...

Audifon, 1978 Side 1: - Watching Rainbows - Madman - Mean Mr. Mustard/Madman - Blackbird - Honey Hush - Stand By Me - Hare Krishna Mantra - ...

Here is another of the many interviews John Lennon and Yoko Ono gave from their room in Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel during the May...

King Records, 1983 The second album in Yellow Dog's early 80's Get Back trilogy. Some fun Chuck Berry covers from Apple Stu...

The Beatles' only performances in Montréal took place September 8th, 1964 at the Forum (at 4:00 pm and 8:30 pm). It was the last stop pr...

Alternative Record Company, 1983 Sloppily-designed compilation with a handful of Beatles/Lennon outtakes, a song from Tokyo, a few Get Back ...

A few weeks into the prolonged "White Album" sessions, Paul flew to America to promote Apple Records and meet with Capitol executi...

Zakatecas, 1976 Pretty much a sampler from Sweet Apple Trax and Yellow Matter Custard , with some Christmas bits and "Some Other Guy...

Cleveland disc jockey Jerry G. Bishop would accompany The Beatles on their August 1965 North American tour, but a few months earlier, he had...

no label, 1981 Perhaps Audifon's best-selling title, the "Black Album" was a three-disc set of Get Back rehearsals packaged a...

" Marsha Albert, 55, was a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Silver Springs, Maryland, when she first heard the Beatles on a CBS television rep...

Tuna Records, 1980 Yet another issue of the 1965 Houston concert, this one brought to you by Charlie the Tuna. Side 1: - Twist And Shout - S...

By request, here is a recording of David Wigg interviewing Ringo for the BBC Radio series Scene And Heard . The conversation was taped in th...

Indra, 1987 Yellow Dog's issue of the less-than-thrilling "Beatals" home recordings from early 1960. Most of the set is rambli...

This is one of my favorite John Lennon interviews. In the autumn of 1966, John traveled to Germany and Spain to film a supporting role in Ri...

Moriphon, ca. 1981 Side one contains stereo tracks from the One To One benefit concert. Side two features extracts from one of John's f...

On November 20th, 1963, Pathe cameras came to The Beatles' concert at the ABC Cinema in Manchester to film a full-color newsreel, The Be...

Starlight, 1988 "Upgraded" version of the classic TMOQ boot, mastered from the newer high-quality tapes used on Yellow Dog's B...

A low point in John Lennon's career was the January 1969 Get Back sessions at Twickenham, and perhaps the low point of that period was ...

Beat, 1995 A Japanese colored vinyl release of "Get Back" material that was one of the last Beatleg LPs produced (although they ha...

The Beatles held two press conferences in the state of Texas. The first took place at Dallas Memorial Auditorium on September 18th, 1964, n...

"Parlophone", 1988 Well-designed package of demos and outtakes from 1967, complete with lyrics on the back cover! Side 1: - Sgt. P...

The Beatles' first visit to Philadelphia took place on September 2nd, 1964. Prior to their concert at Convention Hall, they were intervi...

Gnat, 1983 The TMOQ original, with plenty of new material from the "Boardroom tape" and other sources. Side 1: - Come And Get It -...

Volume 1 is SOLD OUT Volume 2 is down to 8 copies! Volume 3 still available but going fast... Volume 4 should be out early in 2011. Make has...

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Wizardo, 1975 Disc one condenses CBM's Cinelogue V: Magical Mystery Tour from 2 discs down to one (omitting "I Am The Walrus"...

On June 30th, 1966, The Beatles performed their first concert in Japan. On the way down from their suite to a press conference at the Tokyo ...

Berkeley, 1976 The dirt-common Hollywood Bowl concert, copied from TMOQ's version. Side 1: - Twist And Shout - You Can't Do That - A...

The Beatles' first press conference on US soil was by far the most covered and one of the more energetic, spontaneous, and chaotic of th...

Parlophone, 1980 First bootleg appearance of two lengthy mixes of "What's The New Mary Jane" from a November 1969 acetate - th...

Audience response to John and George's 1967 appearance on The Frost Programme was so well-received that Frost invited them back on Octo...

Why Not, 1989 A 12" picture disc EP (the other side does have a picture of The Beatles, trust me) whose contents are copied from an ear...

After the twin triumphs of Sgt. Pepper and "All You Need Is Love", The Beatles were bound to hit a fallow patch, especially after...

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...