Product ReviewsLive at the BBC by The Beatles (CD, Jun-2001, 2 Discs, Capitol)

The fab four invade America, 30 years later!

In 1994, 30 years after the Beatles first arrived on American soil, the 30th anniversary of this historic milestone was realised with the release of the double-disc set "Live At The BBC", a unique chapter in Beatles history. Included are brief snippets of spoken dialogue mixed together with a rare treasure trove of classic music - nearly 30 of these songs were never recorded by the group at a proper EMI session, being issued here for the first time. All tracks were aired only on BBC radio broadcasts in the UK, from 1963 to 1965. What is amazing about this album is the significant number of cover tunes they performed which are only available here. Songs from Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, the Coasters, Arthur Alexander, Elvis Presley, the Shirelles, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Little Eva, Carl Perkins, Larry Williams, Lenny Welch, The Miracles and The Crickets, among others, are well represented in this album, showing a musically diversified area of the Beatles as a superb cover band by paying tribute to other artists that, no doubt, inspired them in the first place. Only one cover song - Carl Perkins' "Lend Me Your Comb" - was not issued in this album, although it should have been. Of course, they also performed recordings of their own material for the BBC: "Thank You Girl", "I Saw Her Standing There", "Can't Buy Me Love", "I Wanna Be Your Man", "All My Loving", "Things We Said Today", "She's A Woman", "I Feel Fine", "I'm A Loser", "Ticket To Ride" and "Love Me Do" are all given first-rate treatment. There is a special version of "Honey Don't" with lead vocals by John Lennon. And, what a thrill it is to actually have the first real Beatles song ("I'll Be On My Way") available after so many years. Subsequently, "Live At The BBC" was Grammy nominated for Best Historical Album, but did not win. "Live At The BBC" is a perfect example of the enduring legacy of the Beatles, presenting them with a very special chapter in the history of their stellar career. It is a definitive "must-have" album for Beatles fans of all ages.Read full review...

The Beatles were the best!

If you like the Beatles you will love this CD. A big reason the early Beatles were so good is that they had fun and liked making music together. They were always practicing and performing and improving their God given talent. Performing live for the BBC you are able to hear how good they really were! Read full review...

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You musst own this CD

This is a great CD. Yes it is Mono. Yes, they are live proformances. This is what the Beatles were without all the hype and commercial trappings. Just try and think of a group with as much individual talent ( none of this Supergroup stuff either). Everyone of them sings lead. Everyone of them write music. These guys didn't just show up one day in 1962. They had been playing togather for years before fame. This CD shows how well they fit togather - knew each other. The range of material on this CD remarkable - Rockabilly, country, rhythm and blues, and old standards. If you are older than 55, you must own this CD.Read full review...

Good

Collection of the early Beatles playing live. Mostly covers of 1950's American top 40 radio..

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Live At The BBC

Track listing
DISC 1:
1. Beatle Greetings
2. From Us To You
3. Riding On A Bus
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, A
10. Sure To Fall (In Love With You)
11. Some Other Guy
12. Thank You Girl
13. Sha La La La La!
14. Baby It's You
15. That's All Right (Mama)
16. Carol
17. Soldier Of Love
18. Little Rhyme, A
19. Clarabella
20. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
21. Crying, Waiting, Hoping
22. Dear Wack!
23. You Really Got A Hold On Me
24. To Know Her Is To Love Her
25. Taste Of Honey, A
26. Long Tall Sally
27. I Saw Her Standing There
28. Honeymoon Song, The
29. Johnny B Goode
30. Memphis, Tennessee
31. Lucille
32. Can't Buy Me Love
33. From Fluff To You
34. Till There Was You

DISC 2:
1. Crinsk Dee Night
2. Hard Day's Night, A
3. Have A Banana!
4. I Wanna Be Your Man
5. Just A Rumour
6. Roll Over Beethoven
7. All My Loving
8. Things We Said Today
9. She's A Woman
10. Sweet Little Sixteen
11. 1822!
12. Lonesome Tears In My Eyes
13. Nothin' Shakin'
14. Hippy Hippy Shake, The
15. Glad All Over
16. I Just Don't Understand
17. So How Come (No One Loves Me)
18. I Feel Fine
19. I'm A Loser
20. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
21. Rock And Roll Music
22. Ticket To Ride
23. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
24. Kansas City / Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
25. Set Fire To That Lot!
26. Matchbox
27. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
28. Love These Goon Shows!
29. I Got To Find My Baby
30. Ooh! My Soul
31. Ooh! My Arms
32. Don't Ever Change
33. Slow Down
34. Honey Don't
35. Love Me Do


Details
Playing time: 130 min.
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution
Recording type: Live
Recording mode: Mono
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Great Live Versions

The BBC has done a fine job of capturing Live presentations of the Beatles without any crowd noise. It makes a real difference while listening to it.

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Another addition to my Beatle collection

I like this Cd because it shares a behind the scenes look and listen to how they ham it up inside the studio with the person interviewing them.
It also is an anthology Cd set that I needed to add to my personel collection.
I have all the other anthology series. I just needed this one.
This Cd has alot of music they did in england and music that I had never heard before. The music they have on this Cd was music they did before making it big in the states.Read full review...

Beatles Live at the BBC

What can you say about this CD. It's the Beatles! We discovered recently that the copy my husband has had for a couple of years was messed up pretty bad and would not play. The finish on the CD was coming off in places and in the places that it was coming off it would not play the music. I bought the CD to replace the one that was messed up.Read full review...

The Beatles - Live at the BBC 2-disc CD

The sound quality is excellent. Purchased as a curiosity mainly to complete my 1987-era Beatles CD collection.

The Beatles are great good to hear some live songs

Very good cd sound quality is good

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