THE BEATLES ‘ON AIR - LIVE AT THE BBC VOLUME 2’ AND ITS
ACCLAIMED, REMASTERED PREDECESSOR, ‘LIVE AT THE BBC,’
AVAILABLE NOW FOR GLOBAL DIGITAL PRE-ORDER
Both Volumes to Make Their Global Digital Debuts on November 11,
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In 1994, The Beatles’ Live at the BBC was released to worldwide acclaim - hitting number one in the U.K., number three in the U.S. and selling more than five million copies within six weeks. The new companion to The Beatles’ first BBC collection, On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2, is available now for digital pre-order exclusively on iTunes (www.iTunes.com/TheBeatles). On Air will be released on Monday, November 11; the Mastered for iTunes LP includes a 48-page booklet.
On Air’s 63 tracks, none of which overlaps with The Beatles’ first BBC release, include 37 previously unreleased performances and 23 previously unreleased recordings of in-studio banter and conversation between the band’s members and their BBC radio hosts.
Newly remastered, The Beatles’ Live at the BBC will also make its global digital debut on November 11 exclusively on iTunes. Sounding and looking better than ever, Live at the BBC’s Mastered for iTunes LP is also available now for pre-order exclusively on iTunes (www.iTunes.com/TheBeatles). This first collection of the group’s BBC sessions mixed versions of their hits with a treasure trove of 30 songs The Beatles performed on air but never released on record in the 1960s. The compelling track list ranges from a rare performance of the little known Lennon-McCartney original “I’ll Be On My Way” to covers of classic rock ’n’ roll and contemporary rhythm and blues songs. At the time of its original release, Live at the BBC was hailed by Rolling Stone as “an exhilarating portrait of a band in the process of shaping its own voice and vision.” It earned a GRAMMY® Award nomination for Best Historical Album.
In the studios of the British Broadcasting Corporation, The Beatles performed music for a variety of radio shows. Live at the BBC and On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2 present the sound of The Beatles seizing their moment to play for the nation. Thrilled to hear these exciting recordings again, Paul McCartney said, “There’s a lot of energy and spirit. We are going for it, not holding back at all, trying to put in the best performance of our lifetimes.”
Ten of On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2’s songs were never recorded by the group for EMI in the 1960s, including two making their debuts with the new release: The Beatles’ direct-to-air performance of Chuck Berry’s “I’m Talking About You” and a rocking cover of the standard “Beautiful Dreamer.” On Air also includes different versions of six rarities heard on the 1994 BBC collection: Little Richard’s “Lucille,” Chuck Berry’s “Memphis, Tennessee,” Chan Romero’s “The Hippy Hippy Shake,” Ray Charles’ “I Got A Woman,” and two songs they learned from records by Carl Perkins, “Glad All Over” and “Sure To Fall.”
The Beatles’ tribute to the BBC’s most important pop show of the early ’60s – “Happy Birthday, Dear Saturday Club” – is another surprise. As John Lennon recalled in 1980, “We did a lot of tracks that were never on record for Saturday Club – they were well recorded, too.” Paul remembers, “We’d been raised on the BBC radio programs. One of the big things in our week was Saturday Club – this great show was playing the kind of music we loved, so that was something we really aspired to.”
Between March 1962
and June 1965, no fewer than 275 unique musical performances by The Beatles were
broadcast by the BBC in the U.K. The group played songs on 39 radio shows in
1963 alone. Ringo Starr said in 1994, “You tend to forget that we were a
working band. It’s that mono sound. There were usually no overdubs. We were
in at the count-in and that was it. I get excited listening to them.” On their
busiest BBC day, July 16, 1963, The Beatles recorded 18 songs for three editions
of their Pop Go The Beatles series in fewer than seven hours.
The group played 88
distinct songs in their BBC sessions – some were recorded many times; others
performed just once. At the time, three national BBC stations provided all
daytime radio broadcasting in the U.K. Only the Light Programme network might
occasionally play a record. Most broadcast music was live music. Consequently,
to promote their releases, The Beatles had to play live at the BBC. “Everything
was done instantly,” remembered George Harrison, “But before that, we used to
drive 200 miles in an old van down the M1, come into London, try and find the
BBC and then set up and do the program. Then we’d probably drive back to
Newcastle for a gig in the evening!”
On Air - Live at the
BBC Volume 2 also features BBC
recordings of 30 well-loved songs from The Beatles’ catalogue, including five
number ones and other favorites such as: “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Twist And
Shout,” “Do You Want To Know A Secret,” “Boys,” “Please Mister Postman,”
“Money,” “And I Love Her,” and “If I Fell.”
Like its critically
acclaimed predecessor, On Air includes audio of The Beatles talking to
DJs Brian Matthew and Alan Freeman and Pop Go The Beatles hosts Lee
Peters and Rodney Burke. When first broadcast, pop fans were amazed to hear
such witty irreverence on the rather formal BBC and it is great fun to hear
these extracts now. In addition, On Air releases, for the first time,
the group’s candid interviews for the Pop Profile series recorded in
November 1965 and May 1966.
Live at the
BBC
was assembled by George Martin in 1994 and On Air - Live at the BBC
Volume Two was compiled and researched by producers Kevin Howlett and Mike
Heatley. Both albums have been meticulously mastered by engineers Guy Massey
and Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios. The booklets for both collections
include Kevin Howlett’s essays on the history of The Beatles’ BBC radio sessions
and his detailed commentaries on all of the tracks.
The Beatles: On
Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2
1. And Here
We Are Again (Speech)
2. WORDS OF
LOVE
3. How About
It, Gorgeous? (Speech)
4. DO YOU
WANT TO KNOW A SECRET
5.
LUCILLE
6. Hey, Paul…
(Speech)
7. ANNA (GO
TO HIM)
8. Hello!
(Speech)
9. PLEASE
PLEASE ME
10.
MISERY
11. I’M
TALKING ABOUT YOU
12. A Real
Treat (Speech)
13.
BOYS
14. Absolutely
Fab (Speech)
15.
CHAINS
16. ASK ME
WHY
17. TILL THERE
WAS YOU
18. LEND ME
YOUR COMB
19. Lower 5E
(Speech)
20. THE HIPPY
HIPPY SHAKE
21. ROLL OVER
BEETHOVEN
22. THERE’S A
PLACE
23. Bumper
Bundle (Speech)
24. P.S. I
LOVE YOU
25. PLEASE
MISTER POSTMAN
26. BEAUTIFUL
DREAMER
27. DEVIL IN
HER HEART
28. The 49
Weeks (Speech)
29. SURE TO
FALL (IN LOVE WITH YOU)
30. Never
Mind, Eh? (Speech)
31. TWIST AND
SHOUT
32. Bye, Bye
(speech)
33. John - Pop
Profile (Speech)
34. George -
Pop Profile (Speech)
35. I SAW HER
STANDING THERE
36. GLAD ALL
OVER
37. Lift Lid
Again (Speech)
38. I’LL GET
YOU
39. SHE LOVES
YOU
40. MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE
41. HAPPY
BIRTHDAY DEAR SATURDAY CLUB
42. Now Hush,
Hush (Speech)
43. FROM ME TO
YOU
44. MONEY
(THAT’S WHAT I WANT)
45. I WANT TO
HOLD YOUR HAND
46. Brian
Bathtubes (Speech)
47. THIS
BOY
48. If I
Wasn’t In America (Speech)
49. I GOT A
WOMAN
50. LONG TALL
SALLY
51. IF I
FELL
52. A Hard Job
Writing Them (Speech)
53. AND I LOVE
HER
54. Oh, Can’t
We? Yes We Can (Speech)
55. YOU CAN’T
DO THAT
56. HONEY
DON’T
57. I’LL
FOLLOW THE SUN
58. Green With
Black Shutters (Speech)
59. KANSAS
CITY/HEY-HEY-HEY-HEY!
60. That’s
What We’re Here For (Speech)
61. I FEEL
FINE (STUDIO OUTTAKE)
62. Paul - Pop
Profile (Speech)
63. Ringo -
Pop Profile (Speech)
The Beatles:
Live at
the BBC
(Remastered)
1. Beatle
Greetings (Speech)
2. FROM US TO
YOU (OPENING)
3. Riding On
A Bus (Speech)
4. I GOT A
WOMAN
5. TOO MUCH
MONKEY BUSINESS
6. KEEP YOUR
HANDS OFF MY BABY
7. I’LL BE ON
MY WAY
8. YOUNG
BLOOD
9. A SHOT OF
RHYTHM AND BLUES
10. SURE TO
FALL (IN LOVE WITH YOU)
11. SOME OTHER
GUY
12. THANK YOU
GIRL
13. Sha La La
La La! (Speech)
14. BABY IT’S
YOU
15. THAT’S ALL
RIGHT (MAMA)
16.
CAROL
17. What Is
It, George? (Speech)
18. SOLDIER OF
LOVE
19. A Little
Rhyme (Speech)
20.
CLARABELLA
21. I’M GONNA
SIT RIGHT DOWN AND CRY (OVER YOU)
22. CRYING,
WAITING, HOPING
23. Dear Wack!
(Speech)
24. YOU REALLY
GOT A HOLD ON ME
25. TO KNOW
HER IS TO LOVE HER
26. A TASTE OF
HONEY
27. LONG TALL
SALLY
28. I SAW HER
STANDING THERE
29. THE
HONEYMOON SONG
30. JOHNNY B
GOODE
31. MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE
32.
LUCILLE
33. CAN’T BUY
ME LOVE
34. From Fluff
To You (Speech)
35. TILL THERE
WAS YOU
36. Crinsk Dee
Night (Speech)
37. A HARD
DAY’S NIGHT
38. Ringo?
Yep! (Speech)
39. I WANNA BE
YOUR MAN
40. Just A
Rumour (Speech)
41. ROLL OVER
BEETHOVEN
42. ALL MY
LOVING
43. THINGS WE
SAID TODAY
44. SHE’S A
WOMAN
45. SWEET
LITTLE SIXTEEN
46. 1822!
(Speech)
47. LONESOME
TEARS IN MY EYES
48. NOTHIN’
SHAKIN’
49. THE HIPPY
HIPPY SHAKE
50. GLAD ALL
OVER
51. I JUST
DON’T UNDERSTAND
52. SO HOW
COME (NO ONE LOVES ME)
53. I FEEL
FINE
54. I'M A
LOSER
55.
EVERYBODY’S TRYING TO BE MY BABY
56. ROCK AND
ROLL MUSIC
57. TICKET TO
RIDE
58. DIZZY MISS
LIZZY
59. KANSAS
CITY/HEY-HEY-HEY-HEY!
60. Set Fire
To That Lot! (Speech)
61.
MATCHBOX
62. I FORGOT
TO REMEMBER TO FORGET
63. Love These
Goon Shows! (Speech)
64. I GOT TO
FIND MY BABY
65. OOH! MY
SOUL
66. Ooh! My
Arms (Speech)
67. DON’T EVER
CHANGE
68. SLOW
DOWN
69. HONEY
DON’T
70. LOVE ME
DO
71. FROM US TO
YOU (CLOSING)
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