Beatles/At the Beeb 1963-1965

Between March 1961, before their debut, and June 1965, after their debut, The Beatles performed nearly 300 songs live over a total of 52 times, in BBC studios and theaters with audiences. For The Beatles, TV and radio appearances were important promotional opportunities for record sales, and they must have been as essential as the band's live performances. In the 1960s, the number of hours that radio stations could air records per day was strictly limited by the union. That is the reason for the large amount of live performances on the BBC. The reason why enthusiastic fans and collectors find special value in BBC live recordings is probably the uniqueness of the songs they performed. In fact, in 1963, when the band appeared most frequently on BBC radio, a large number of cover songs that were not recorded were played and aired on BBC programs. These songs were the repertoire that the band liked to play at the Star Club in Hamburg and the Cavern Club in Liverpool before their debut. These precious programs were basically only broadcast once at the time, and were hardly noticed until the BBC special "THE BEATLES AT THE BEEB" was broadcast in March 1982 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the band's first appearance on BBC Radio. Unfortunately, the master tapes that had already been broadcast were erased and reused for other programs due to budgetary constraints at the time, so when the BBC itself realized the importance of the sound sources and searched the station's archives in later years, the preservation conditions of most of the programs were very poor and there was almost no material left. This long-awaited release, the Complete BBC Tapes, has been more meticulously revised and worked on in terms of the contents, with an emphasis on the maximum possible upgrades and longer recording times than before, and has attempted to restore and record the original broadcasts from the time the live performances were performed in the best possible condition in the order of their broadcast. This is the final volume of a total of 16 discs from Vol.1 to Vol.4. I would highly recommend adding this to your collection as it is the definitive BBC recording. DISC One Saturday Club 5th Birthday Edition, Oct. 5, 1963 Complete and Unedited from Master Tapes, Hour 1 Host: Brian Matthew 01. Saturday Jump & Brian Matthew 02. C'mon Everybody (Eddie Cochran) 03. Jazz Song (Kenny Ball) 04. South (Paddy Ligfhtfoot) 05. That's Rock And Roll (Joe Brown) 06. Spanish Gypsy Dance (Joe Brown) . Do You Love Me (Brian Poole) 08. There's A Great Day A-Coming (Tommy Roe) 09. Big Man (Kathy Kirby) 10. Stay Right Here (Kathy Kirby) 11. Wake Up Little Susie (The Everly Brothers) 12. Baby What You Want Me To Do (The Everly Brothers) 13. Roy Orbison Interview 14. Only The Lonely (Roy Orbison) 15. News at 10.30 16. Can't Get Enough of Your Kisses (Frank Ifield) 17. Frank Ifield Interview 18. Funny How Time Slips Away (Frank Ifield) 19. Del Shannon Interview 20. Runaway (Del Shannon) 21. I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles) 22. Memphis, Tennessee (The Beatles) 23. Happy Birthday Saturday Club (The Beatles) 24. Telegram 25. The Girl Sang The Blues (The Everly Brothers) 26. Hey Little Girl (Ray Sharp) 27. Ricky Nelson Message 28. Fools Rush In (Ricky Nelson) 29. Medley (Kenny Ball) 30. Acker Bilk Interview 31. Fanlight Fanny (Clinton Ford) DISC Two Saturday Club 5th Birthday Edition, Oct. 5, 1963 Complete and Unedited from Master Tapes, Hour 2 Host: Brian Matthew 01. Sally Ann (Joe Brown) 02. Autumn Leaves (Joe Brown) 03. Take Good Care of My Baby (Bobby Vee) 04. Dance On (Kathy Kirby) 05. I Wish You Love (Kathy Kirby) 06. Everybody (Tommy Roe) 07. Tommy Roe Interview 08. The Fo lk Singer (Tommy Roe) 09. The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Andy Williams) 10. Everly Brothers Interview 11. Walk Right Back (The Everly Brothers) 12. All I Have To Do Is Dream (The Everly Brothers) 13. Wolverton Mountain (Frank Ifield) 14. I'm Confessin' (Frank Ifield) 15. News at 11.30 16. I'll Get You (The Beatles) 17. She Loves You (The Beatles) 18. Welcome GOS listeners 19. Brenda Lee Message 20. Dum Dum (Brenda Lee) 21. Send in your requests 22. 1919 March (Kenny Ball) 23. Sheila (Tommy Roe) 24. A Picture of You (Joe Brown) 25. Finnegan's Ball (Clinton Ford) 26. Got A Lot of Living To Do (Kathy Kirby) 27. I Remember You (Frank Ifield) 28. Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers) 29. Lucille (The Beatles) 30. Cliff Richard Interview 31. Living Doll (Cliff Richard) 32. See You Next Week DISC Three Top Of The Pops 1964 - 1965 (from the original transcription discs) Host: Brian Matthew Top Of The Pops, Show 00, Week 48, 1964 01. Opening Theme and link 02. Long Tall Sally 03. A Hard Day's Night 04. Things We Said Today 05. Closing Theme and sign off Top Of The Pops, Show 04, Week 52, 1964 06. Opening Theme and link 07. I'm A Loser 08. She's A Woman 09. I Feel Fine 1 0. Closing Theme and sign off Top Of The Pops, Show 08, Week 03, 1965 11. Opening Theme and link 12. I'll Follow The Sun 13. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby 14. I Feel Fine 15. Closing Theme and sign off Top Of The Pops, Show 15, Week 10, 1965 16. Opening Theme and link 17. Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! 18. Honey Don't 19. Rock And Roll Music 20. Closing Theme and sign off Top Of The Pops, Show 32, Week 27, 1965 21. Opening Theme and link 22. Dizzy Miss Lizzy 23. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby 24. Ticket To Ride 25. Closing Theme and sign off Extra Trax from 1963 26. Beautiful Dreamer (Saturday Club #1, 26/01/63, upgraded) 27. Going Up? (Easy Beat #1, 07/04/63, Speech) 28. Memphis, Tennessee (PGTB #03, 18/06/63, AM source only) 29. Roll Over Beethoven (Saturday Club #7, 21/12/63, upgraded) Saturday Club #7, 21/12/63, "New Tape" from Parlogram upgrades 30. Till There Was You (The Beatles, upgraded, incomplete) 31. We Are In Love (Adam Faith & The Roulettes) 32. Soon You'll Be Leaving Me (The Roulettes) 33. Money (Bern Elliot & The Fenmen) 34. Fools Rush In (sung by an unknown male vocalist) 35. Made For Me (Adam Faith & The Roulettes ) 36. Roll Over Beethoven (The Beatles, upgraded, incomplete) DISC Four uke Box Jury (BBC-TV), December 7, 1963 Rec: December 7, 1963, 2:30 - 3:15 p.m. Location: Empire Theatre, Liverpool Producer: Neville Wortman Host: David Jacobs Broadcast: December 7, 1963, 6:05 - 6:35 p.m. 01. Hit And Miss (John Barry) 02. I Could Write A Book (The Chants) 03. Kiss Me Quick (Elis Presley) 04. The Hippy Hippy Shake (The Swinging Blue Jeans) 05. Did You Have A Happy Birthday (Paul Anka) 06. The Nitty Gritty (Shirley Ellis) 07. I Can't Stop Talking About You (Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme) 08. Do You Really Love Me Too (Billy Fury) 09. There! I've Said It Again (Bobby Vinton) 10. Love Hit Me (The Orchids) 11. I Think Of You (The Merseybeats) 12. Hit And Miss (John Barry) It's The Beatles (BBC-TV), December 7, 1963 Rec: December 7, 1963, 3:45 - 4:30 p.m. Location: Empire Theatre, Liverpool Producer: Neville Wortman Broadcast: December 7, 1963, 6:05 - 6 :35 p.m. 13. From Me To You 14. I Saw Her Standing There 15. All My Loving 16. Roll Over Beethoven 17. Boys 18. Till There Was You 19. She Loves You 20. This Boy 21. I Want To Hold Your Hand 22. Money 23. Twist And Shout 24. From Me To You Instrumental From Us To You #2 (from BBC Archive Source) Rec: February 28, 1964 BBC Piccadilly Theatre, London Producer: Bryant Marriott Host: Alan Freeman 25. From Us To You - Intro Theme (edited) 26. All My Loving 27. Till There Was You 28. Roll Over Beethoven 29. I Wanna Be Your Man 30. Can't Buy Me Love 31. From Us To You - Outro Theme (edited)