Contra Band Music

After two concerts in Blokker on June 6th, 1964, John, Paul, George, and Jimmy flew back to London Airport the next morning. Joining them on...

Odeon, 1986 EMI's unreleased Sessions album first appeared in Europe on a Yellow Dog bootleg late in 1985. Early the next year, NEMS (...

From Copenhagen, The Beatles flew to Amsterdam early in the afternoon of June 5th, 1964. Their arrival was covered by AVRO Radio's Joop ...

TMOQ, 1972 Not outtakes, but BBC Radio performances from Pop Go The Beatles . This and Outakes 1 were initially sold separately, then packa...

When Ringo succumbed to an attack of pharyngitis and tonsilitis during a June 3rd, 1964, photo shoot, it was panic stations time in the Beat...

Live Records, 1971 The Beatles' real last live show, at Candlestick Park in 1966, would not appear on a bootleg until 1984. This early B...

After seven months of nonstop activity, The Beatles were grateful to have most of May, 1964 free for vacations. Paul and Ringo took their gi...

Dreamlab, 1978 A.K.A. Liverpool Alive! , this is a copy of the LP December 1963 , featuring the soundtrack of BBC-TV's televised Liverpo...

As noted in an earlier blog post , The Beatles were in Scotland at the end of April, 1964, visiting Edinburgh on the 29th and Glasgow on the...

Box Top Records, 1986 TMOQ's repressing of an Audifon original from seven years prior. Side 1: - Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight - He...

On April 28th, 1964, The Beatles spent all day at Wembley Studios rehearsing for and then videotaping a TV special, Around The Beatles . Bac...

Contra Band Music, 1972 The first bootleg to contain a (non-Nagra) studio outtake, although it's only 2 and a half minutes of the 6 and ...

April, 1964 finished up at a furious pace for The Beatles, as they finished filming A Hard Day's Night . The 23rd was spent filming at ...

Circuit Records, 1982 The complete soundtrack to Let It Be , taken from a then-recently-released home video release. Side 1: - Paul's Pi...

To promote A Hard Day's Night in America, an exclusive outtake from the film ("You Can't Do That", shot March 31st at the...

Slipped Disc Records, 1979 A TMOQ knockoff of a CBM title from six years earlier. Side 1: - Have You Heard The Word - You Really Got A Hold ...

The Beatles' busy April of 1964 continued with daily filming for A Hard Day's Night at Twickenham and various London locations (suc...

Tobe Milo, 1978 A 7" single from Tobe Milo meant as a taster of their upcoming LP of the same title, containing the complete evening Ho...

On April 3rd, 1964, The Beatles filmed a slightly surreal scene for exclusive use in the A Hard Day's Night movie trailer. Elsewhere o...

Concert Series Records, 1984 Another run-of-the-mill reissue of the June 30th, 1966 Tokyo Budokan concert. Side 1: - Rock And Roll Music - S...

A Hard Day's Night filming continued throughout March, 1964 at Twickenham Studios, where The Beatles were interviewed for Movie-Go-Roun...

Capitol Records, 1979 Not really a Capitol release, of course, but it did inspire Capitol's own Rarities compilation the following year...

Let's see, where was I...? Oh, yes. The Beatles were busy filming A Hard Day's Night in March, 1964. On the 18th and 19th, they rec...

On April 1st, 1964, John Lennon met his estranged father, Alfred, for the first time in 17 years. The brief and unhappy meeting took place a...

Highway High Fi, 1974 A live anthology culled from three well-known concerts: Hollywood Bowl '64, Philadelphia '64, and Tokyo '6...

Over the weekend of March 14th and 15th, 1964, theatres across the US screened The Beatles' Washington DC concert, supplemented with per...

Location filming for A Hard Day's Night began March 2nd, 1964 at Paddington Station in London. The first scenes shot took place on a tr...

King Kong Records, 1976 CBM's sampler LP of tracks from their Sweet Apple Trax sets. Side 1: - Get Back - Tennessee - House Of The Risi...

In between their US trip and filming A Hard Day's Night , The Beatles had one week to record newly-penned songs for its soundtrack. The ...

Russian Disc, ca. 1993 A rare Russian Beatles bootleg (as opposed to a pirate LP), containing excellent-sounding BBC Radio performances, pro...

After arriving at London Airport on the morning of February 22nd, 1964, The Beatles had just 24 hours to rest after their American tour bef...

Tiger Beat Records, 1988 The third and final volume of Starlight Records' compilation series, generally featuring material that was circ...

After a full week of sun, surf, and sand, The Beatles bid a reluctant farewell to Miami Beach on February 21st, 1964. Before departing, they...

MARC, 1976 A Japanese Beatleg containing the first appearance of the July 1st, 1966 ("light suits") Budokan performance, along wit...

On February 13th, 1964, The Beatles left snowy New York for the sunny climes of Miami Beach, where they performed a second time on the Ed Su...

no label, 1970 The Beatleg industry started with this modestly-packaged disc, which was distributed in early January, 1970. The material, un...

During their first visit to New York City, The Beatles enthusiastically recorded radio station IDs and promos for nearly every disc jockey i...

Continuing Saga Records, 1987 A highly listenable LP compiling all but the last four musical performances from the 1982 US version of the Be...

On the morning of February 12th, 1964, The Beatles posed for photos near the US Capitol, then boarded a train bound for New York City. As th...

no label, 1980 Ah, how clever! In conjunction with the Washington DC posts, here comes a bootleg of the Washington Coliseum concert! Think a...