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The Mersey Sound: 14:54/ It's The Beatles: 8:33/ A Degree Of Frost: 5:151 Not
Only...But Also: 8:39/ Tonight: 4:43/ Morecambe And Wise: 3:07
Here we have the opportunity to hear The Beatles in some of their earliest television
appearances. The Mersey Sound' was filmed at Little Theatre in Southport, England,
between August 27-30, 1%3. Twist and Shout and She Loves You were live recordings
while Love Me Do was mimed. The show aired October 9, 1963, on BBC1.
`It's The Beatles' was taken from an afternoon taping session on December 7, 1963 at the
Empire Theatre in Liverpool. It was transmitted on BBC1 later in the day. On this show
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The Beatles sang an altered version of I Want To Hold Your Hand, Money, Twist and hot
Shout and performed an instrumental version of From Me To You and a bit of Third Man
Theme. 'A Degree Of Frost' featured Paul McCartney being interviewed by David Frost 1'1 It
at TV Centre in London on April 15, 1964, and was transmitted on BBC1 on September -
1, 1964.
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`Not Only...But Also' guested John Lennon with Dudley Moore and Norman Rossington 2- 1
on their comedy show. John's poem Deaf Ted was read as a film interpretation by the ) '-
three men. The show was recorded November 20, 1964 and November 29, 1964, and
transmitted on BBC1 on January 9, 1965. 'Tonight' featured John Lennon reciting his 1,1c
poems General Erection and The Magic Dog. The show was transmitted live from Lime
Grove Studios in London on June 18, 1965.
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`Morecambe And Wise' has The Beatles making mad with comedians Eric and Ernie. 6
The original show aired in 1964 but was recorded December 2, 1963 at Elstree Studios
in Borehamwood. The Beatles performed This Boy, All My Loving, and I Want To Hold
Your Hand, and as a finale the group sings On Moonlight Bay. All but All My Loving
would be released on The Beatles ANTHOLOGY 1 in 1995. All My Loving can be found
on Yellow Dog's HOLLYWOOD BOWL COMPLETE (YD-034) released on CD in
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The title of this disc comes from the DJ at the Washington concert who introduced a band
member as, "In case you don't know, that's Ringo Starr". Clever fellow. This disc con-
sists of three shows available on videotape. The first track from 'Shindig' is the
undubbed version and is only available on this disc. It was not on the videotape. The
sound quality for the 'Shindig' and 'Drop In' shows are excellent. The Washington con-
cert is only fair as the tape of the concert itself was never very good. In addition, as with
the video of the Washington show, Twist And Shout is cut short because the original film
crew ran out of tape before the concert's final number. This Spank release comes in a nice
color slipcase and includes a 28-page booklet with excellent liner notes and some rare
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CD in THE ED SULLIVAN SHOWS
Beat (BEAT CD 011-2)2CD 1994
Source: Ed Sullivan TV/film Sound
Quality: Excellent
Rating: *•**
An excellent collection of nearly all The Beatles appearances on Ed's 'Really Big Shew.'
Missing are the film clip soundtracks of Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever
(February 12, 1967) and Two Of Us (February 15, 1970). Also, only a portion of the
Miami rehearsal tape is included on this disc. The sound quality is quite good and is
taken from video. The quality on a few of the tracks do sound a bit muffled (Hello
Goodbye), but overall it is more than satisfactory. Probably the best sound quality of this
material can be found on Yellow Dog's box set, THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION VOL.
1. That set will be reviewed later in the book.
The Shea Stadium material was added because Ed himself introduced The Beatles at the
show. These songs are from the film soundtrack.
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All My Loving+! Till There Was You+/ She Loves You+/ I Saw Her Standing There+/ I
Want To Hold Your Hand+/ This Boy++/ All My Loving++/ From Me To You++/
Twist & Shout*! Please Please Me*/ Kansas City; Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey**! I'm A
Loser**! Boys**/ I Fell Fine+*/ I'm Down+*/ Act Naturally+*/ Ticket To Ride+*!
Yesterday/ Help!+*/ Dizzy Miss° Lizzy/ Can't Buy Me Love°
R: Exm except **Gm. 5: +Ed Sullivan Feb. 9 '64. ++Sullivan Show rehearsal Feb. 15
'64. *Sullivan Show Feb. 23 '64 except **Shindig Jan. 20 '65. +*Sullivan Show Sept.
12 '65. °Shea Aug. 8 '65. C: Dec.
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of the Want To Hold Your Hand (Feb. 9 '64)
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(Hello You/ I Want To Hold Your Hand (Feb. 16 '64)
this 53: Twist & Shout; Please Please Me; I Want To Hold Your Hand (Feb. 23 '64)/ Kansas
City; I'm A Loser/ Boys (Shindig Jan. 20 '65)
54: I Feel Fine/ I'm Down/ Act Naturally/ Ticket To Ride/ Yesterday! Help! (Sept. 12
`65)
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All My Loving/ Till There Was You/ She Loves You/ I Saw Her Standing There/ I Want
To Hold Your Hand/ She Loves You/ This Boy/ All My Loving/ I Saw Her Standing
There/ From Me To You/ I Want To Hold Your Hand! Twist And Shout/ Please Please
Me/ I Want To Hold Your Hand! Twist And Shout/ Roll Over Beethoven/ I Wanna Be
Your Man/ Long Tall Sally
5: Tracks 1-5 Ed Sullivan show Feb. 9 '64. Tracks 6-11 Ed Sullivan show Feb. 16 '64.
Tracks 12-14 Ed Sullivan show Feb. 23 '64. Tracks 15-18 London Apr. '64. C: ECD.
I Want To Hold Your Hand/ This Boy/ All My Loving/ Money (That's What I Want)/
Twist and Shout/ Please Mr. Postman/ Skits/ All My Loving/ I Wanna Be Your Man/ Till
There Was You/ Please Mr. Postman/ I Want To Hold Your Hand
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The sound quality of the 'Palladium' tracks is so-so here. The best source for this mate-
rial is RULING QUEEN ELIZABETH...THE BEATLES LIVE IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM 1962-65 (Bulldog Records: BGCD-11112). This 2CD set was released in
1990 from Italy. Contraband Music released their own version of the above LP in 1975
to no one's benefit.
Finally, I have not listed ABC MANCHESTER (Wizardo, WRMB 361) which also
claims to contain Val Parnell's 'Sunday Night At The London Palladium' of October 13,
1963, because they ARE NOT on this disc. You can, however, find Get You on
ANTHOLOGY 1 and Twist And Shout on BEATLES AT THE BEEB VOL. 7. Two songs
from that program have not been bootlegged at the time of this book. They are From Me
To You and She Loves You. A tape of the entire program is in the hands of a few fortu-
nate collectors.
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M-BEAT MUSIC (IVIBCD 001) CD 1995
Source: Television Reci
Sound Quality: Very good mono
Rating: *** - TO
Total Time: 68:50 0
The 'Around The Beatles' special is also on AROUND THE BEATLES (Wizardo
Records: WRMB 349), READY STEADY GO! (Wind Records, WIND 001), STOCK-
HOLM (Instant Analysis: 4179), STOCKHOLM (Contraband Music: WEC-1040),
S T OC KH O LM & B LAC K P O O L ( S a v a ge Re c or d s : P LD - 6 3 6 5 ) , a n d
STOCKHOLM/BLACKPOOL (Box Top Records). Your best source for the `Around
The Beatles' material is THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION VOL. I on Yellow Dog.
ANTHOLOGYI features stereo versions of Boys, I Wanna Be Your Man, Long Tall Sally
and an edited Shout!.
S: Tracks 1-2 from a news film. Tracks 3-8, 18 from June 5, 1964 Hillegon, Nederland
and broadcast on VARA-TV. (The Beatles mimed and sang along with these tracks.) N ,
R: Vgm. S: As indicated. The 'Ready Steady Go!' performances are mimed and are
available on video.
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RULING QUEEN ELIZABETH IL-THE BEATLES (
LIVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1962-65
BULLDOG RECORDS (BGCD 11112) 2CD 1990 (), 1111
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This is the best collection of these performances you will find. The sound quality is quite
good and the songs are in the correct order. Some Other Guy was partially broadcast on
ANTHOLOGY and is also available on ARTIFACTS. The Some Other Guy (acetate ver-
sion) can be found on THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION VOL. I on Yellow Dog Records,
The 'Royal Variety Show' of 1963 can also be found on THE BEATLES AT THE
BEEB 7 (BEEB Transcription) and on BY ROYAL COMMAND (7 inch EP on
Deccagone) ANTHOLOGYI also contains She Loves You, Till There Was You, and Twist
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And Show from that show. Additionally, this set is available as a picture-CD set. Highly
recommended. Related titles: ABC MANCHESTER (Wizardo WRMB 361) LP,
DECEMBER 1963 (Roaring Records ODD FOUR) LP.
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