Beatles Cd - Radio Years At The BEEB

Beatles Cd - Radio Years At The BEEB
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Beatles Cd - Radio Years At The BEEB
28 cover versions performed by The Beatles for BBC Radio.

The Radio Years at the Beeb: An interesting collection of 28 cover versions.

Legend has set the date of Wednesday March 7, 1962 as The Beatles' very first live appearance on BBC Radio. The program, which was called 'Teenagers' Turn', was recorded at the Manchester Playhouse and hosted by one long-forgotten Ray Peters. The boys, with Pete Best on drums, recorded a set of four songs: Dream Baby, Memphis Tennessee, Please Mr. Postman and Hello Little Girl. The first three of these were broadcast the following day.

It was to be the first in a long and productive series of successful radio-spots by a young and promising quartet, soon to be nationally announced as the Fab Four. Everything was live, as the Beeb didn't like playing scratchy records. Thanks to that, The Beatles created a rich recorded list of rare and alternative, sometimes one-off, studio performances. In just three years, The Beatles gigged live on fifty two different BBC Radio shows, singing ninety different songs.

Thirty two of these songs were Lennon-McCartney originals, hot hits or new album tracks they wanted to promote, the others being cover-versions of mostly Americam rythm and blues tunes: Too Much Monkey Business, Keep Your Hands Of (sic) My Baby, Soldier of Love, Ooh My Soul, Clarabella, Lonesome Tears In My Eyes, Carol and Don't Ever Change. Thirty six of the songs were never released on any of their commercial discs.

The boy's final BBC live appearance was on Monday June 7, 1965. The programme was called 'The Beatles Invite You To Take A Ticket To Ride', a holiday special broadcast plugging their newly-released single and forthcoming new album 'Help!'. Recorded at London's Piccadilly Theatre, the show was hosted by Denny Piercy, another long-forgotten soul.

From there on, the Fab's unique Beeb career was doomed to go straight down memory lane. Enjoyable shows like 'Saturday Club', 'Easy Beat', 'Side By Side', 'Pop Go The Beatles' and 'From Us To You' disappeared; we would have never heard them again if it had not been for some dedicated home-tapers. Over the years, naughties have thankfully plugged this rich vault of saved BBC broadcast tapes for the release of dozens of quick-selling pirate albums. Don't we all remember legendary vinyl put-outs like 'Yellow Matter Custard', 'The Lost Beebs', 'Youngblood', 'A Parlophone Rehearsal Sessions', 'Wonderful Picture Of You', 'Top Of The Pops' and, more recently, the nine-CD strong boxed set: 'Complete BBC Collection' by the Italy-based Great Dane Records?

On this first disc of box volume three in The Ultimate Collection, Yellow Dog you will hear an interesting collection of 28 coversongs played by The Beatles, and recorded by the BBC during 1963 for "Pop Goes The Beatles". Most songs are from writers and artists they particularly liked themselves, studied to fill the many hours on stage at The Cavern and Hamburg clubs like The Indra, The Kaiserkeller and the Top Ten. The disc also features covers of Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins and Buddy Holly originals, hits in the making and long-forgotten fifties originals. The boys' repertoire seemed limitless. All 28 tracks now available in the best ever sound quality so far.

Core collection Track identified Version validated Lyrics available Version details available Audio excerpt available Participants list available 1. Too Much Monkey Business (Berry) 2:19

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #02 1 Jun 1963 BBC.19.01 The Beatles Presenter: Lee Peters Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 11 June 1963

2. I Got To Find My Baby (Berry) 2:19

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #02 1 Jun 1963 BBC.19.02 The Beatles Presenter: Lee Peters Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 11 June 1963

3. Youngblood (Leiber/Stoller/Pomus) 2:26

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #02 1 Jun 1963 BBC.19.03 The Beatles Presenter: Lee Peters Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 11 June 1963

4. Baby It's You (David/Bacharach/Williams) 2:44

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #02 1 Jun 1963 BBC.19.04 The Beatles Presenter: Lee Peters Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 11 June 1963

5. A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues (Thompson) 2:29

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #03 1 Jun 1963 BBC.20.01 The Beatles Presenter: Lee Peters Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 18 June 1963 Shows 2 & 3 were taped on the same day, with #3 recorded first

Happy Birthday (Hill/Hill)

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Pop Go The Beatles #3 1 Jun 1963 BBC.20.02b The Beatles Recorded for Paul's 21st birthday

Presenter: Lee Peters Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 18 June 1963 Shows 2 & 3 were taped on the same day, with #3 recorded first

A Taste Of Honey (Marlow/Scott) ᦙ

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #03 1 Jun 1963 BBC.20.03 The Beatles Presenter: Lee Peters Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 18 June 1963 Shows 2 & 3 were taped on the same day, with #3 recorded first

7. Sure To Fall (In Love With You) (Perkins/Claunch/Cantrell) 2:11

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #03 1 Jun 1963 BBC.20.04 The Beatles Presenter: Lee Peters Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 18 June 1963 Shows 2 & 3 were taped on the same day, with #3 recorded first

8. Money (That's What I Want) (Bradford/Gordy) 3:17

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #03 1 Jun 1963 BBC.20.05 The Beatles Presenter: Lee Peters Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 18 June 1963 Shows 2 & 3 were taped on the same day, with #3 recorded first

9. Twist And Shout (Russell/Medley) 3:02

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #04 17 Jun 1963 BBC.23.06 The Beatles Presenter: Lee Peters Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 25 June 1963

10. Memphis, Tennessee (Berry) 2:18

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Saturday Club 24 Jun 1963 BBC.24.02 The Beatles Announcer: Brian Matthew Producer: Jimmy Grant & Bernie Andrews Recorded: 24 June 1963, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Transmitted: 29 June 1963, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

11. That's All Right (Mama) (Crudup) 3:06

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #05 2 Jul 1963 BBC.26.01 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 16 July 1963

12. Carol (Berry) 3:08

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #05 2 Jul 1963 BBC.26.03 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 16 July 1963

13. Soldier Of Love (Lay Down Your Arms) (Cason/Moon) 2:09

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #05 2 Jul 1963 BBC.26.04 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 16 July 1963

14. Lend Me Your Comb (Twomey/Wise/Weisman) 2:20

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #05 2 Jul 1963 BBC.26.05 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 16 July 1963

15. Clarabella (Pingatore) 3:05

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #05 2 Jul 1963 BBC.26.06 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 16 July 1963

16. Matchbox (Perkins) 2:28

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #07 10 Jul 1963 BBC.29.04 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 30 July 1963 Show 6 and 7 were taped on the same day

17. Please Mr. Postman (Holland/Bateman/Gorman/Dobbins/Garrett) 2:17

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #07 10 Jul 1963 BBC.29.05 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 30 July 1963 Show 6 and 7 were taped on the same day

18. The Hippy Hippy Shake (Romero) 1:50

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #07 10 Jul 1963 BBC.29.06 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 30 July 1963 Show 6 and 7 were taped on the same day

19. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) (Thomas/Biggs) 2:31

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #08 16 Jul 1963 BBC.30.01 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 6 August 1963 Shows 8, 9 and 10 were taped on the same day

20. Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Holly) 2:09

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #08 16 Jul 1963 BBC.30.02 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 6 August 1963 Shows 8, 9 and 10 were taped on the same day

21. Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey (Leiber/Stoller/Penniman) 2:46

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #08 16 Jul 1963 BBC.30.03 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 6 August 1963 Shows 8, 9 and 10 were taped on the same day

22. To Know Her Is To Love Her (Spector) 3:22

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #08 16 Jul 1963 BBC.30.04 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 6 August 1963 Shows 8, 9 and 10 were taped on the same day

23. The Honeymoon Song (Theodorakis/Sansom) 1:46

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #08 16 Jul 1963 BBC.30.05 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 6 Aug 1963 Shows 8, 9 and 10 were taped on the same day

24. Long Tall Sally (Johnson/Penniman/Blackwell) 2:37

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #09 16 Jul 1963 BBC.31.01 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 13 August 1963 Shows 8, 9 and 10 were taped on the same day

25. You Really Got A Hold On Me (Robinson) 3:00

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #09 16 Jul 1963 BBC.31.04 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 13 Aug 1963 Shows 8, 9 and 10 were taped on the same day

26. I Got A Woman (Charles/Richards) 2:53

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #09 16 Jul 1963 BBC.31.06 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery Broadcast on 13 Aug 1963 Shows 8, 9 and 10 were taped on the same day

27. Honey Don't (Perkins) 2:53

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #12 1 Aug 1963 BBC.35.05 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery(?) or Ian Grant(?) Broadcast on 3 September 1963 Shows 11 & 12 were taped on the same day

28. Roll Over Beethoven (Berry) 2:21

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #12 1 Aug 1963 BBC.35.06 The Beatles Presenter: Rodney Burke Producer: Terry Henebery(?) or Ian Grant(?) Broadcast on 3 Sep 1963 Shows 11 & 12 were taped on the same day