The Beatles played two shows at the Montréal Forum on September 8th 1964, a matinee at 4pm and an evening performance at 8pm and at 6pm they held a press conference for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from the Forum's stage. A local newspaper had reported that somebody was going to kill Ringo, so instead of staying the night in Montréal, they flew out straight after the evening show and arrived at Key West at 3.30am where hundreds of fans were awaiting them. After a day off in Miami, the group performed at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida the following night.
We have done the best we possibly could with these admittedly lo-fi yet important historical recordings. The source is AM radio and there is considerable distortion on the vocals. The broadcast was faded out halfway through A Hard Day's Night so the last two songs of the show, I Want To Hold Your Hand and Long Tall Sally were not transmitted.

Tracklisting

Side One
1. Twist And Shout
2. You Can't Do That
3. All My Loving
4. She Loves You
5. Things We Said Today
6. Roll Over Beethoven
7. Can't Buy Me Love
Side Two
1. If I Fell
2. Boys
3. A Hard Day's Night
4. Montréal Press Conference
5. Larry Kane Interviews Backstage
6. Toronto Press Conference


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Thirteen tracks recorded for the BBC, ranging from a funky Get Out My Life Woman (as the Jaybirds) to an early version of the Woodstock-featured classic I'm Going Home. Five of these tracks were not included on any of the band's studio albums. The LP highlights jazz, blues and acoustic influences, which would dimin-ish as the band's driving blues-rock became internationally successful. Sound quality ranges from sound-board to very good and the release includes full recording details and extensive sleeve notes.

Tracklisting

Side One

1. Love Until I Die
2. Don't Want You Woman
3. Sometimes I Feel Like Going Home
4. Haven't Seen No Whiskey
5. Rock Your Mama
6. Portable People
7. I May Be Wrong
Side Two
1. Woman Trouble
2. No Title Blues
3. I'm Going Home
4. Get Out My Life Woman (Instrumental)
5. Yes It's Me (Instrumental)
6. My World Fell Down



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Appearances on the BBC played a crucial part in the extraordinary UK success enjoyed by Focus in 1972-73. Their live performances on TV's The Old Grey Whistle Test and radio's Sounds Of The '70s were much discussed at the time, and laid the foundation for a trio of hit singles in Sylvia, Hocus Pocus and House Of The King, all included here. Seven tracks showcase their distinctive mix of flute, keyboards and guitar with occasional yodelling. Sound is excellent throughout and the release comes with full recording details and extensive sleeve notes.

Tracklisting

Side One
1. Sylvia
2. House Of The King*
3. Eruption
4. Hocus Pocus
Side Two
1. Hocus Pocus
2. Improvisation on Anonymous II*
Recording quality Excellent except * which are still Very Good


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Live recordings of Humble Pie featuring both Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton are rare. These seven tracks, record-ed in excellent quality by the BBC, show Humble Pie in their element onstage. The setlist includes cover versions such as Four Day Creep, Hallelujah I Love Her So and I Walk On Gilded Splinters which were not included on any studio LP. Comes with full recording details and extensive sleeve notes.

Tracklisting

Side One
1. Four Day Creep
2. I'm Ready
3. Live With Me
4. Stone Cold Fever
Side Two
1. Hallelujah I Love Her So
2. I Walk On Gilded Splinters
3. The Sad Bag Of Shakey Jake
Recording Quality Excellent Throughout



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20,000 fans were there for The Beatles' first appearance in Canada at the open-air Empire Stadium, Vancouver. The boys' set lasted just under half an hour and they forgot to play 'I Want To Hold Your Hand'. The show was broadcast live by local radio station CKWX and the engineer only got the balance right on the fourth song, the vocals on the previous songs had too much distortion. It almost didn't happen as the airline pilot didn't have the correct paperwork for entering Canada, and the group only got to the venue at 9.15pm. The fans loved it but the critics were less impressed. "Seldom in Vancouver's entertainment history have so many paid so much for so little" said Jack Wasserman, covering for Owl Prowl radio show.

Tracklisting

SIDE ONE
1. Introduction
2. Twist And Shout
3. You Can't Do That
4. All My Loving
5. She Loves You
6. Things We Said Today
7. Roll Over Beethoven
8. Can't Buy Me Love
9. If I Fell

SIDE TWO
1. Boys
2. A Hard Day's Night
3. Long Tall Sally
4. Vancouver Press Conference


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Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll and The Trinity are today best known for their hit recording of Dylan's then-unreleased This Wheel's On Fire which is included here, together with covers of songs by the Staple Sisters, Nina Simone, Donovan, Mose Allison and David Ackles. Add in some band-written originals and you have twelve cool tracks mixing jazz, r'n'b, psyche and pop. All songs were specially recorded for the BBC, sound quality is excellent throughout.
Comes with full sleevenotes.

Tracklisting

Side One

1. This Wheel's On Fire
2. A Kind Of Love-In
3. Shadows Of You
4. Why [Am I Treated So Bad]
5. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
6. Interview


Side Two

1. Season Of The Witch
2. The Road To Cairo
3. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
4. Old Jim Crow
5. I'm Not Talkin'
6. Shadows Of You



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On Tuesday 3rd September 1963, the Beatles recorded all eighteen tracks for the last three Pop Go The Beatles shows. The venue was the Aeolian Hall in Mayfair, used by the BBC for the recording and broadcast of concerts and recitals. The standout track here is a very confident sounding Misery with Duane Eddy-style ending.
Along with From Me To You and Till There Was You from that session, we include here the rock'n'roll instrumental ver-sion of Pop Goes The Weasel that started and finished each show. Also featured on this EP is a seasonal medley ver-sion of Eddy's Shazam plus some a cappella tunes sung by the boys for Saturday Club on 17th December 1963, in-cluding All I Want For Xmas and You Were Made For Me.

Tracklisting:

Side One

1. Pop Go The Beatles
2. From Me To You
3. Misery
4. Requests

Side Two

1. Till There Was You
2. Pop Go The Beatles
3. Shazam
4. All I Want For Christmas
5. Requests


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During the first week in August 1963, the Beatles were touring in Lancashire, so they fulfilled their obligation to record the tracks for episodes 11 and 12 of Pop Go The Beatles at the BBC's Playhouse Theatre in Hulme, South Manchester on August 1st. From Me To You, I'll Get You and Money were broadcast as part of show #12. Also recorded on August 1st was a rousing version of Twist & Shout that was broadcast on show #11. George solos blues-style on the custom-ary, instrumental version of Pop Goes The Weasel that started and finished each show.

Tracklisting

Side One
1. Pop Go The Beatles
2. From Me To You
3. I'll Get You

Side Two

1. Money
2. Twist & Shout
3. Pop Go The Beatles


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