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THE SILVER BEATLES. THE COMPLETE DECCA AUDITION. How cool is that?
THE BEATLES. THE DECCA TAPES: THE DEFINITIVE EDITION...PITCH CORRECTED AT LAST. Another version of the famed audition for Decca consisting of all covers
THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS (10) This is an exhaustive collection of Beatles performances and related stuff from numerous BBC appearances. The early stuff is of the lowest quality but improves greatly. The vast majority in perfect sound. Features numerous in studio appearances, intro's and revelry. It's really quite amazing stuff.
RADIO-ACTIVE. VOLUMES 1-6. Remastered Edition (6) Another mighty collection of the BBC appearances. Lots of glib studio chat and great music.
SPICY BEATLE SONGS. Okay souvenier - best remembered for the William Stout cover art sort of in the R Crumb like tradition. A mish mash of BBC stuff and others, fun I guess.
SWEDISH RADIO SHOW. October 24, 1963. Perfect sound.
BAGGY SWEEGIN' USA. February 11, 1964, Washington, DC. Consists of the DC show and then numerous interview clips, promos, tidbits etc from Beatlemania. A hoot.
300,000 BEATLE FANS CAN'T BE WRONG. June 12, 1964, Adelaide, Australia and some bonus tracks from Melbourne a few days later. Soundboard along with interviews with the band - including the substitute drummer for Ringo on this tour. Great stuff.
SILVER LINING. Eclectic mix of interview clips and a couple of rare broadcast performances.
THE ULTIMATE LIVE COLLECTION V. September 3, 1964 (Afternoon Show) Indianpolis State Fair. Smashing performance - certainly an amazing sounding show. And so early in. The singing is great, the energy is infectious.
ULTIMATE LIVE MASTERS. Contains excellent stuff from the October 24, 1963 Stockholm show, December 7, 1963 Liverpool and January 19, 1964 Paris show. Amazing.
THE ED SULLIVAN SHOWS. In case you didn't know they performance over 20 songs over a handful of appearances on Ed Sullivan. All here.
PLAZA DE TOROS DE LAS VENTAS. July 2,1965. Madrid Spain. Pretty good sounding show especially considering it's vintage. This is at the Bull Fighting Ring in Madrid - I've seen it man.
LIVE IN PARIS 1965. August 1,1965 Afternoon and Late shows. Terrific sounding shows and the young lads kicking it up.
PIECE DE RESISTANCE. August 18, 1965. Atlanta, Georgia. Great soundboard show. Some goofy stage chat and sloppy playing, but lots of fun.
ACETATES. 14 Fine alt versions. Tasty treat.
FROM US TO YOU (2) Fun collection of BBC performances - a bunch of R&B covers and the like.
ANOTHER SESSIONS...PLUS. Solid collection - Shot gun chronologically running from 62's "Besame Mucho" to 1982's mono edit of "One after 909."
EVERY LITTLE THING (2) Invaluable set. Essential. Contains Beatles For Sale sesions, the complete album in Stereo, alt mixes, outtakes.
THE COMPLETE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION. The fabs are a mighty silly bunch as evidenced by their annual Christmas messages to their fan club.
STARS OF '63. October 24, 1963. Stockholm, Sweden. Extraordinary sound quality - hard to believe this was recorded over 40 years ago. Wow.
HARD DAYS & NIGHTS (2) An encyclopedic offering of Hard Days Night related material; outtakes, demo's, German versions, chat, excellent set.
AUSTRALIAN TOUR 1964 (2) A neato piece of history. The center is the Afternoon & evening June 17, 1964 shows in perfect soundboard quality. Includes interviews, news broadcasts and the opening act sets for the shows.
SHEA 1965. I assume taken from the filmed release. Perfect sound.
AUGUST 19, 1965 (2) Houston, Texas. The identical afternoon and evening sets are fab soundboarders. Great MC intros' mayhem ensues.
THE ALTERNATE BEATLES FOR SALE (2) Enjoyable set of outtakes, alt versions and live tracks.
SOUL SESSIONS (2) All sorts of studio outtakes, fits and starts from the Rubber Soul era.
selections from REVOLVING. After trade I subsequently figured out, that this is a one disc highlights version of the 2 disc boot, Revolving.
MIXOMATOSIS. VOLUME 2. "A Further collection of previously unheard mixes and isolations.
SONGS FROM THE PAST. REMASTERED. VOLUMES 1-5 (5) Terrific set of outtakes mixing chat, covers, snippits et al. Good stuff.
UNFORGETTABLE. Remastered Edition. An odd offering. The first 17 tracks are essentially nonsense, laughter, strange skits, studio chat and then the next 17 tracks are various outtakes, and alt mixes
ARRIVE WITHOUT AGING. Nice Vigotone set, more wonderous stuff sitting on my bookshelf. Highlight: A John home demo of "Strawberry Fields," assorted George Martin commentary, a strange tape from India 1969 with the Beatles & Donovan singing snippets of songs like "Blowin in the wind," "Jingle Bells," "You are My sunshine" and "Hare Chrishna."
SOMETHING EXTRA. A mish mash of outtakes as well as a couple of live cuts from BBC radio in 1963.
FIVE NIGHTS IN A JUDO ARENA. June 30, 1966, Budakan Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Easy to declare that this is one of the very best Beatles live boots. Just a great live show. Awesome.
THE LOST PEPPERLAND REEL. A bunch of Yellow submarine stuff and other assorted goodies.
ALTERNATIVE SGT. PEPPER'S - 25TH ANNIVERSARY TV SPECIAL. The audio of one of those documentary shows featuring interviews with the Beatles and George Martin on the making and recording of the Psychodelic classic.
THE BIGGER THE LOVE. THE GREATER THE HATE. More Sgt Pepper stuff - various cuts, clips, takes et al.
1968 DEMOS. Some of the demos for the White Album. Hear why they really were a studio band.
WHITOLOGY. Amazing collection. Just love the accoustic demo's of "Piggies" and "Glass Onion."
FROM KINFAUNS TO CHAOS. (2) More White Album stuff -- early version of "Jealous Guy" titled "Child of Nature. Second disc is 19 tracks of Chaos: Chatter, meanderings, jams and various takes of "Revolution #1."
ABBEY ROAD OUTAKES. Has the fam
ed alternate version of the long medley. Partial artwork.
A DAY IN THE LIFE. Starts with nine takes of title track - a bit of an overload for these ears.
THE COMPLETE 2CD ROOFTOP CONCERT. (2). Somewhat unlistenable with all sorts of snippets of discussion, among the crewmen etc. Not sure how frequently I'll be listening to this, but a neat one to own.
THE UNSURPASSED MASTERS. VOLUMES 1-7. (7) Considered to be the gold standard of Beatles outtakes.
ULTRA RARE TRAX. VOLUMES 1-6 (6) Individually packaged with commentary on each track, some phenomal music throughout.
12 BAR ORIGINAL. 23 instrumental tracks - no vocals.
GONE TOMORROW, HERE TODAY. 14 of the 21 tracks are outtakes & run thru's of "Blackbird."
ARTIFACTS. (5). Again individually packaged, chronologically, a treasure trove of rarities.
GET BACK. This was traded to me as the Glyn Final Compilation but it doesn't match the artwork. Who Knows?
THE ALTERNATE LET IT BE. 26 terrific tracks pretty much all from Twickendum.
TURN ME ON, DEAD MAN: AUDIO CLUES FROM THE PAUL MCCARTNEY DEATH HOAX. Strange grouping of clips and snippets of songs with those clues of Paul's untimely death.
TUNED TO A NATURAL E. VOLUMES 1-3 (3) Clever output from the Beatles Remixers Group. Taking released, unreleased material and stirring it all up. These lads have bit too much time on their hands though the outcome is well...cool.
THE STEREO WALK. Another odds and sods collection with various outtakes, interviews, acceptance speeches and stuff.
SDRAWKCAB! That's backwards. 23 songs run backwards more listenable that I thought.
MOGGLY RITA. A very nice set of 24 outtakes and alt takes. Enjoyable listen.
THE BEATLES PLAY (WITH) DYLAN. VOLUME 1 -3 These are very cleverly compiled individual discs that cover the relationship between the icons. Lots of interviews clips and songs along with demos etc. Essential.
WORKING ON A GURU. Yet a 4th disc on the Dylan-Beatle connection Some overlap with the others above
THE WHITE ALBUM. DISCUSSED ON NPR. 2008. A one hour NPR show, a discussion on the White album.
WBCN GET BACK REFERENCE ACETATES. Broadcast September 22 1969.. The great passed radio station got a tape of the album and played it. A nostalgia piece when radio stations existed.
BEST BOOTLEG. Outstanding collected material on a single disc. Alot of good stuff on itl
SIR GEORGE MARTIN. THE RECORD PRODUCERS. (2) BBC Radio 6 Broadcast. September 5, 2009. Good stuff, SIr George Interview with various clips and rare music. I tacked on an NPR Podcast on the Beatles Box Set remasters.
THE MAKING OF LET IT BE...NAKED. WCBS FM BROADCAST. November 13, 2003. Nice little radio show with interviews with living Beatles on the project.
********** solo material ********
George:
BEWARE OF ABKCO. These are studio demos for the All Things Must Pass album. Mostly acoustic, with an occasional aside to an engineer/producer before George goes into the song. Sweet singing Beatle, many feel the best solo disc from the Fabs.
ALL THINGS MUST PASS DEMOS. About an hour of Demo's, acoustic demos, alt takes.
LIVING IN THE ALTERNATE WORLD. Various outtakes and alt mixes from the afore mentioned solo album which I remember buying as a young lad.
THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH - APPLE ACETATE. It's really mostly Dylan's set with 2 George songs and then a low fidelity George interview.
LIVE LONG BEACH ARENA 1974. October 10, 1974. Sounds like a mono audience taping, but I still enjoyed it.
LOS ANGELES GREAT WESTERN FORUM. NOVEMBER 12, 1974, LA, CA. Soundboard. I listened to this show and then the Baton Rouge Show right after each other. On this I'll just comment, WTF do you get Ravi Shankar on this one, ugh.
BATON ROUTE 1974. November 26, 1974 (2) Baton Route, Louisiana. First off, George has lost his voice and it's a messy jumble of a tour with Ravi Shankar, Billy Preston and a cast of a thousand. With that said, I think it's a noble failure. He was going with something, it just didn't always work. The sound of the band assembled isn't so bad, it's that he's wasn't really a capable frontman and knew it.
CONCERT FOR GEORGE. November 29, 2002. A good audience recording that requires the ears to adjust a little though it seemed to fade and get a little inferior on the last couple of tracks. You do get Ringo + Paul + Eric + Lynde + Petty + Preston + even Michael Palin.
John:
THE LOST HOME TAPES 1965-1969 (2) A hodgepodge of song snippets, tones, instrumentals and silliness.
MOTHER. Various studio outtakes. Imperfect messy sounds, but still pretty good.
LISTEN TO THIS (2) A generous selection of outtakes and rehearsals from 1973-1974.
COME ON, LISTEN TO THIS (2) About 50% of these two discs are multiple takes of "Whatever Gets You Through The Night." The other stuff is quite good.
JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND. LOVE. These are 18 studio takes of the song with plenty of studio chat. If you like this sort of thing, it's rather good.
IMAGINE - ALL THE OUTTAKES. (3) Cripes, that's 3 discs worth, I mean 6 version of the title track. A bit more than I need, but you do get alot of neat stuff and plenty of studio chatter as well.
THE DREAM IS OVER PEG BOY. Demo's, outtakes & alternate takes from the dead Beatle. Has an unreleased medly of rock tunes that are kind of cool.
PLASTIC ONO BAND 1968-1970 (4) Generous collection of alt takes, mixes, demos etc. Awesome.
1971 ST REGIS HOTEL & HOTEL SYRACUSE. September 1971 & October 9, 1971. The first is Lennon just playing and singing into a casette with Yoko in the background. The Hotel Syracuse is a party with Ringo singing "Yellow Submarine" and untold others singing and clapping along. Talk about fly on the wall stuff.
ACOUSTIC MASTERPIECES. 25 Tunes collected, alot of nice stuff.
JOHN AND PAUL. A TOOT AND A SNORT. Think of this band: Stevie Wonder on piano, Harry Nilson on background vocals, Jesse Ed Davis, Bobby Keyes, May Pang. Sound good, it's not. You do get quite a bit of studio chat, Lennon complaining about the equipment and offering a toot and a snort...
FUFILLING THE FANTASIES. DOUBLE FANTASY SESSIONS. VOLUME 1. 21 Outtakes from the ill fated album.
ONE TO ONE CONCERT REHEARSAL & KBFH EXCERPTS. Fun little set as there is really isn't very much in terms of live material et al for this Beatle.
Paul:
THE SOUNDCHECK SONGS (4) Thoroughly enjoyable - I assume that some of this is rehearsals as the performances are just too clean and precise to be purely soundchecks. A few funny one off types of things, but mostly very good sounding, fully actualized performances.
PAUL MCCARTNEY/THE WINGS. WINGS OVER LOS ANGELES. June 22 & 23, 1976, Los Angeles, California. If you want to pinpoint the end of his songwriting creativity it's covered right here when Paul introduces his new single "Silly Love Songs" This is a subpar,though remastered,soundboard show. A bit too much wings and not enuf Beatles.
PAUL MCCARTNEY & THE WINGS. THE COMPETE 1990 GLASGOW CONCERT. Superb soundboard recording - a bit Wings heavy for my tastes, but still some nice performances.
BACK TO THE BIG EGG. (2) March 7, 1990, Tokyo. Fab soundboard from Macca and a great performance to boot. My version has 2 discs though the art lists a 3rd containing bonus tracks.
BERKELEY CONCERT 1990 (2) April 1, 1990. Berkeley, California. Terrific show another great soundboard.
UNPLUGGED. 1991. From MTV? Not sure, regardless this is good stuff. Varied setlist from "Blue Moon of Kentucky" and "San Francisco Bay Blues" to Beatles stuff. Clearly inspired.
THE NEW WORLD TOUR (2) June 15, 1993, Charlotte, North Carolina. Soundboard recording of a very good show, maybe a tad slick.
PAUL MCCARTNEY, ELVIS COSTELLO & FRIENDS. A ROYAL PERFOMANCE. This is a fundraiser for the Royal Academy of Arts which Macca basically hosts. A bunch of classical musicians perform along as well as backing Paul on a couple of cool Beatles tunes. Excellent sound and even Prince Charles takes to the mic for a couple of words.
LIVE VIDEO. From Paul's last tour, camcorder. Don't have source info and don't ask me to copy.
OCTOBER 25, 2002 (3) While simply an acceptable recording, this is a real charmer. First off, its three discs of largely the material YOU would want to hear if you went to a Paul McCartney concert. He's in great spirits, sounds great and is having fun
NOVEMBER 2, 2002. Mexico City, Mexico. Super show, Paul!! Hey he's a rock god and don't forget it. Absolutely fantastic show. Love.
SAN PETERSBURG SOUNDBOARD. June 20, 2004. St. Petersburg, Russia. Awesome recording, no make that epic. I wish commercial recordings sounded as good. Great. Wow. Crowd chants "We Love You" throughout.
OCTOBER 25, 2007 (2) London. I gotta tell ya, this is really good. He still can sing. I even liked some of the tunes I didn't know. Exceded my expectations.
JULY 20, 2008 (3) Superb offering - from a TV broadcast - this is high quality stuff!!!
AUGUST 5, 2009 (2) Fenway Park, Boston. An okay taping, but one of the most memorable shows I have personally EVER attended.
AUGUST 6, 2009 (2) Fenway Park, Boston Mass. Good recording - not perfect but frankly sounds better here than it did for me when I attended the previous night's show. I love Paul McCartney. Love him!
IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. June 2, 2010, Washington, DC. So Paul get the Gershwin Prize at the White House. It' a tribute show with Stevie Wonder, Jack White, Elvis Costello, Emmylou, Jerry Seinfeld etc doing the tribute thing along with Obama and then Paul does a couple too. Perfect sound.
HYDE PARK 2010 (2) June 27, 2010. Nice little 16 song show - skip "My Love" and "Let 'em In" and its a blast blast blast.
UP AND COMING TOUR 2010 (2) November 10, 2010. Buenos Aires. Soundboard. What is more entertaining that a generous Paul McCartney show? Not much.
APOLLO. (2) December 13, 2010. Sirius radio broadcast from the Apollo Theater in Harlem in New York City. I would have loved an unedited version, but this is great stuff. There's an equipment failure that Paul has some fun with. A warm, lively performance.
RIngo:
(2) Holmdel, New Jersey. You have in the band: Mark Farner, Randy Bachman Billy Preston, John Entwistle, Felix Cavliere. Rock 'n roll is supposed to be fun, last time I checked.
MAY 28, 1997 (2) Newark, Delaware. Fun. Peter Frampton in the band, what's cooler than that.
JULY 19, 2006 (2) Boston, Mass. First tune clipped, but shit he's a Beatle. A mediocre audience taping which has it's ups and downs. You get Sheila E, Rod Argent & Edgar Winter in the band - but also Billy Squier and Richard Marx, ugh.
