- The surviving members of the Fab Four spent much of the 1990s belatedly reuniting to document, promote, and occasionally awkwardly burnish their unparalleled pop music legacy. This double-disc anthology of live-in-the-studio performances originally recorded specifically for the BBC during the most frantic years of early Beatlemania was the first chapter in that effort and the first issuance of previously unreleased Beatles recordings since the late '70s. In many ways, it remains the most artistically revealing. Capturing them at their early '60s live-performance peak, these recordings pay homage to both the band's eclectic musical influences (including Chuck Berry, Phil Spector, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Larry Williams, the Coasters, and the Shirelles), and to the enthusiastic and generous sense of musical discovery and the pop proselytizing that accompanied them. A number of the Fabs' own '62-'65 singles and album tracks are also featured, but they mostly take a back seat to the generous collection of previously unreleased cover songs included here. The band's brisk, often irreverent sense of humor also comes to fore in the intros, interviews, and between-song banter. An indispensable part of any true Beatlemaniac's collection and a superb introduction to the roots of a musical legend.
- 1. Beatle Greetings [Speech] - The Beatles, Tony Hall 2. From Us to You 3. Riding on a Bus [Speech] - The Beatles, Brian Matthew 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. 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. Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms) 18. Little Rhyme [Speech] - The Beatles, 19. Clarabella 20. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) 21. Crying, Waiting, Hoping 22. Dear Wack! [Speech] - The Beatles, Brian Matthew 23. You Really Got a Hold on Me 24. To Know Her Is to Love Her 25. Taste of Honey 26. Long Tall Sally 27. I Saw Her Standing There 28. Honeymoon Song 29. Johnny B. Goode 30. Memphis 31. Lucille 32. Can't Buy Me Love 33. From Fluff to You [Speech] 34. Till There Was You
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