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- Name
- Live at the BBC
- Type
- live
- Longtype
- / compilation album
- Artist
- The Beatles
- Released
- 30 November 1994
- Recorded
- 22 January 1963 – 26 May 1965, United Kingdom
- Genre
- Rock and roll
- Length
- 133:37
- Language
- English
- Label
- Apple 31796
- Producer
- George Martin
- Reviews
- Allmusic Rated 4.5/5 link Blender Rated 2/5 link Robert Christgau B+ link Rolling Stone Rated 4/5 link
Live at the BBC was the first official release of previously unissued material by The Beatles since Let It Be from 1970, except for The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl and, arguably, the reedits included on Rarities, appearing in November 1994 on Apple Records, catalogue number CDP 7243 8 31796 2 6. It includes tracks from the multitude of recordings they made for radio shows at the BBC during 1963 through 1965. In the sequence of Beatles issues, this set approximates a picture of the group prior to their rise to fame, during the period of 1960 to 1962 when they were first and foremost live performers concentrating on a repertoire centered on fifties rock, featuring 38 such numbers.
History
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby" and "That's All Right (Mama)", which sound unusually tinny and distant. This problem plagues to an even greater degree the band's pre-1962 recordings made outside of professional studios, justifying release of these tapes from a historical standpoint: see Live at the Star Club issued on vinyl in the 1970s. Many of these recordings had been heard on the BBC Radio 1 documentary series The Beeb's Lost Beatles Tapes, which commenced in 1988. Since the album's release, the (almost) complete BBC sessions have surfaced in equal or, in many cases, superior quality on bootlegs, missing just a few speech links and parts of songs. The most recent edition is the ten discs published by the Purple Chick organization, and upgraded in 2004. There are six recordings of Beatles' performances of unreleased numbers that George Martin deemed too poor for the album: Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)", from The Beatles' very first radio broadcast (8 March 1962), featuring Pete Best on drums; The Coasters' arrangement of "Bésame Mucho" and Joe Brown's "A Picture of You" (15 June 1962), also with Best on drums; Slim Whitman's "Beautiful Dreamer" (26 January 1963); and Chuck Berry's "I'm Talking About You" (16 March 1963). "Lend Me Your Comb" by Carl Perkins from the 16 July 1963 broadcast, was also omitted. It did, however, appear on Anthology 1 (1995). The version of "Baby It's You" from this collection was released as a CD-single, and also on vinyl, on 20 March 1995, with three other BBC performances that are not included in the collection. Original 1994 pressings of the CD incorrectly list "So How Come (No One Loves Me)" as "Top So How Come (No One Loves Me)" on the back insert of the jewel case. That error was corrected in the 2001 reissue.
Personnel
George Harrison – vocals, guitar John Lennon – vocals, guitar Paul McCartney – vocals, bass guitar Ringo Starr – vocals, drums Category:1994 albums Category:Albums produced by George Martin Category:Apple Records albums Category:BBC Radio recordings Category:Compilation albums Category:Double albums Category:English-language albums Category:Live albums Category:The Beatles albums de:Live at the BBC (The Beatles) es:Live at the BBC (álbum de The Beatles) fi:Live at the BBC (The Beatles) fr:Live at the BBC (album des Beatles) ja:ザ・ビートルズ・ライヴ!! アット・ザ・BBC it:Live at the BBC (Beatles) ka:Live at the BBC (ბითლზის ალბომი) nl:Live at the BBC pt:Live at the BBC (The Beatles)
Tracks
Comments
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PeterR on 16th Aug 10:
“I love this collection. Wonder if there will ever be a. "volume 2"”
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IracheCorn on 30th Jul 10:
“I'm listening to it in this moment!! n.n”
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PaulRamon65:) on 30th Jul 10:
“Love this album:). Listenin to it right now:) listening to it straight this past wk”
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ilovepaul11 on 16th Jun 10:
“THIS IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE ALBUM. I LISTEN TO IT EVERY NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ☮ ☮ ☮ ☮ ☮ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆”
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GeorgeHarrisonObsession on 16th Jun 10:
“oh my gosh honeymoon song is soooo amzing you wont believe it!!!”
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stars_♥ on 14th Jun 10:
“DANG John was FINE Well, they all were. Great album. I really want this cd!! I want it for my birthday or Christman!!”
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Revolver123FOUR on 11th Jun 10:
“Those teenage girls were SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Retarded.”
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Navy Joe's Joe joe on 1st Jun 10:
“One of my favorites....love the blending of Rock nRoll and that of Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Chan Romero....this one is very special...a must have for any fan.For me track 4 and 19, and 27 "combines the rocker.. to the roller".”
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Nice Mr. Ketchup on 28th May 10:
“Today, it's very hard to find this album here in Brazil.
But I want it!
I want it so bad!” -
johnlennonobsession on 25th May 10:
“Wow I want this album, I need it :O”
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