The surviving members of the Fab Four spent much of the 1990s belatedly reuniting to document, promote, and occasionally awkwardly burnish their unparalleled pop music legacy. This double-disc anthology of live-in-the-studio performances originally recorded specifically for the BBC during the most frantic years of early Beatlemania was the first chapter in that effort and the first issuance of previously unreleased Beatles recordings since the late '70s. In many ways, it remains the most artistically revealing. Capturing them at their early '60s live-performance peak, these recordings pay homage to both the band's eclectic musical influences (including Chuck Berry, Phil Spector, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Larry Williams, the Coasters, and the Shirelles), and to the enthusiastic and generous sense of musical discovery and the pop proselytizing that accompanied them. A number of the Fabs' own '62-'65 singles and album tracks are also featured, but they mostly take a back seat to the generous collection of previously unreleased cover songs included here. The band's brisk, often irreverent sense of humor also comes to fore in the intros, interviews, and between-song banter. An indispensable part of any true Beatlemaniac's collection and a superb introduction to the roots of a musical legend.
CONDITION: NEW! Marked down notched lower left corner.
TRACK LISTING
1
Beatles Greetings (Live At The BBC For "The Public Ear" / 3rd November, 1963)
2
From Us To You (Live At The BBC / Opening Theme From "From Us To You" / 1964)
3
Riding On A Bus (Live At The BBC For "Top Gear" / 26th November, 1964)
4
I Got A Woman (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 13th August, 1963)
5
Too Much Monkey Business (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 10th September, 1963)
6
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (Live At The BBC For "Saturday Club" / 26th January, 1963)
7
I'll Be On My Way (Live At The BBC For "Side By Side" / 24th June, 1963)
8
Young Blood (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 11th June, 1963)
9
A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 27th August, 1963)
10
Sure To Fall (In Love With You) (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 18th June, 1963)
11
Some Other Guy (Live At The BBC For "Easy Beat" / 23rd June, 1963)
12
Thank You Girl (Live At The BBC For "Easy Beat" / 23rd June, 1963)
13
Sha La La La La! (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 11th June, 1963)
14
Baby It's You (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 11th June, 1963)
15
That's All Right (Mama) (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 16th July, 1963)
16
Carol (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 16th July, 1963)
17
What Is It, George? (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 16th July, 1963)
18
Soldier Of Love (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 16th July, 1963)
19
A Little Rhyme (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 16th July, 1963)
20
Clarabella (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 16th July, 1963)
21
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 6th August, 1963)
22
Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 6th August, 1963)
23
Dear Wack! (Live At The BBC For "Saturday Club" / 24th August, 1963)
24
You Really Got A Hold On Me (Live At The BBC For "Saturday Club" / 24th August, 1963)
25
To Know Her Is To Love Her (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 6th August, 1963)
26
A Taste Of Honey (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 23rd July, 1963)
27
Long Tall Sally (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 13th August, 1963)
28
I Saw Her Standing There (Live At The BBC For "Easy Beat" / 20th October 1963)
29
The Honeymoon Song (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 6th August, 1963)
30
Johnny B Goode (Live At The BBC For "Saturday Club" / 15th February, 1964)
31
Memphis, Tennessee (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 30th July, 1963)
32
Lucille (Live At The BBC For "Saturday Club" / 5th October, 1963)
33
Can't Buy Me Love (Live At The BBC For "From Us To You Say The Beatles" / 10th March, 1964)
34
From Fluff To You (Live At The BBC For "From Us To You Say The Beatles" / 10th March, 1964)
35
Till There Was You (Live At The BBC For "From Us To You Say The Beatles" / 10th March, 1964)
36
Crinsk Dee Night (Live At The BBC For "Top Gear" / 16th July, 1964)
37
A Hard Day's Night (Live At The BBC For "Top Gear" / 16th July, 1964)
38
Ringo? Yep! (Live At The BBC For "From Us To You Say The Beatles" / 30th March, 1964)
39
I Wanna Be Your Man (Live At The BBC For "From Us To You Say The Beatles" / 30th March, 1964)
40
Just A Rumour (Live At The BBC For "From Us To You Say The Beatles" / 30th March, 1964)
41
Roll Over Beethoven (Live At The BBC For "From Us To You Say The Beatles" / 30th March, 1964)
42
All My Loving (Live At The BBC For "From Us To You Say The Beatles" / 30th March, 1964)
43
Things We Said Today (Live At The BBC For "Top Gear" / 16th July, 1964)
44
She's A Woman (Live At The BBC For "Top Gear" / 26th November, 1964)
45
Sweet Little Sixteen (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 23rd July, 1963)
46
1822! (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 23rd July, 1963)
47
Lonesome Tears In My Eyes (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 23rd July, 1963)
48
Nothin' Shakin' (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 23rd July, 1963)
49
The Hippy Hippy Shake (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 30th July, 1963)
50
Glad All Over (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 20th August, 1963)
51
I Just Don't Understand (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 20th August, 1963)
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