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Post by Bobber on Feb 9, 2015 8:45:40 GMT
We're now halfway through the set and up to the last Beatles BBC music session. Although they would continue be interviewed on radio over the next five years, their music would soon become too complex to reproduce in a three hour BBC session. Aside from this, the advent of pirate radio stations free from restrictions on playing records meant that, strictly speaking, BBC radio was no longer essential to The Beatles' homeland success. Their last bank holiday special bore a different and rather cumbersome title but was otherwise identical in format to the four From Us To You shows. The guests included The Lorne Gibson Trio (who had appeared in two Pop Go The Beatles episodes), The Ivy League (later to become Badfinger) and The Hollies (whom John despised but one of the most popular British bands of the time). The Beatles' contribution is good but engineer Keith Bateson (who had worked on Pop Go The Beatles) recalls that by this stage the novelty was starting to wear off and he wasn't surprised when they never returned. The Hollies turn in a terrific set, including a roaring version of the old rock classic Stay. John plays electric keyboard on The Night Before, the only other occasion on which they performed this song, and Paul overdubs some onto Dizzy Miss Lizzy. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby and Honey Don't both benefit from some nifty Chet Atkins inspired guitar work from George, providing more evidence of The Beatles continuing musical development. The Top Of The Pops interview was specially recorded for that show and bundled together with material from the last few music sessions. It is not known exactly where or when this was taped. The mention of Buckingham Palace is interesting - perhaps the news hadn't been announced when this conversation took place, since it is difficult to imagine Brian Matthew failing to mention it otherwise. Was George dropping a hint? The World Of Books illustrates the difference in the BBC's approach to interviewing to that of the other media. Whereas the newspapers were content to ask banal questions about hairstyles, the BBC wanted to probe deeper. John is clearly delighted to be taken seriously for once and reveals quite a lot about his thought processes and influences. This is the longest version of this interview to ever appear. Pop Profile was another Transcription Service series pressed onto disc for overseas broadcasters. All four Beatles were interviewed separately and once again were served up more probing questions than the type they were accustomed to. These are the complete (albeit brief) episodes. The official release omitted the theme music. The last track is an early sighting of a man who would become a key feature of The Beatles BBC radio output in the future. www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FEVOYuoRrpcTomorrow: The Beatles Abroad.
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Post by Bobber on Feb 10, 2015 9:10:10 GMT
With The Beatles no longer willing to do music sessions, the BBC was left to come up with this bank holiday special via their own resources. It weaved together interviews recorded by Brian Matthew during the first part of the 1965 US tour with The Beatles' own records. The interviews are quite interesting and capture their views on most aspects of life and also their impressions of the Shea Stadium concert. This complete version even includes the news break and has been restored by upgrading the music with better sources. Also included is the Transcription Service version of the show, which omitted the music and concentrated soley on the interviews (although it omitted some of them). This is the version used in various retrospectives over the years, the master tape to the original broadcast being long gone. Following this are some unused interviews with Brian Matthew. www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2Fuk1pwDtkMWTomorrow: The Beatles return to Saturday Club for their final two appearances.
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Post by Bobber on Feb 11, 2015 8:27:50 GMT
We kick off this time with the Fabs' Christmas Day 1965 appearance on Saturday Club, although it had been recorded almost a month earlier. This isn't the actual broadcast but rather the unedited session tape which was discovered at the Transcription Service library in the late 80s. This is really classic stuff as The Beatles take off Juke Box Jury, their Cavern fans, and deliver an accapella version of the Saturday Club theme. This version is longer than any that has previously appeared, and now includes some fascinating fly-on-the-wall material where The Beatles discuss amongst themselves their rehearsal plans for the upcoming UK tour, as well as other matters. The next day John and George recorded their Pop Profile interviews, which were included on the previous volume. A good six months later it was Paul and Ringo's turn. Ringo sounds a little lost, but the Paul interview reveals the changes in attitude and taste that he was going through at this time. The same morning they had all recorded an appearance for the 400th edition of Saturday Club, and while they did not sing they had much of interest to say, with George revealing that it is Paul playing guitar on Paperback Writer, "trying to sound like Jeff Beck". Brian Matthew gently needles them about not being as accessible as they used to be, prompted by the fact that their UK media appearances had dwindled alarmingly in 1966. This interview was also edited down and distributed by the BBC Transcription Service, but the missing sections have been restored here from off air tapes. The interview with Paul by David Frost is another revealing insight into the major changes in attitude that were affecting all the Beatles at this time. Unfortunately the same can't be said for The Lennon & McCartney Songbook which was an ill-conceived attempt to pander to "serious" music audiences by highlighting all the non-pop artists who had covered their songs. John plainly thought it was a stupid idea and derailed the interview by being uncooperative, while Paul seemed flattered but still a little suspicious. The interview with producer Derek Chinnery confirms that it hadn't really worked out the way he'd planned. It was Chinnery who taped and preserved this programme for posterity, but it was also taken up as usual by the Transcription Service who whittled it down and gave it a new title. Both versions are included here. www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FzrVV3JDkkHNote that I have also included a patch for V11, an extended outtake of I'll Follow The Sun kindly donated by one BZ member yesterday. Simply paste it over the top of the old file.
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Post by Amadeus on Feb 12, 2015 20:21:39 GMT
Thanks again for all this. I had the '93 version, then the '04 Purple Chick version, but this is the first time I've enjoyed listening to it all from end to end. All the extra stuff that puts it into context and the stuff that happened after they were done doing sessions.
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Post by Bobber on Feb 13, 2015 13:49:11 GMT
A bizarre greeting from John for The Kenny Everett Show kicks off today's collection. Then it's over to the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards with John and Paul and their old friend Brian Matthew, who also returned to Abbey Road with them to record a short interview for his Top Of The Pops radio series. Here they make it perfectly clear that the old order is gone and they are now purely a studio band, an extraordinary development considering their extensive touring schedule throughout the previous years. Brian seems somewhat bemused and puzzled by this new attitude, but takes it in his stride and goes along with the Beatle humour which is still very much unchanged. Next up is the first of many appearances with Kenny Everett, the zany radio pioneer who had defected to the BBC from offshore pirate station Radio London. Radio 1 replaced the old Light Programme and was modelled squarely on the format set by the pirates and US stations across the Atlantic, except of course that there was no advertising. The Beatles felt right at home with Kenny's offbeat sense of humour and unconventional attitude, and these are undoubtedly the weirdest free-form interviews they would ever put down on tape. Kenny was particularly fond of creating radio jingles for his programmes, so for Where It's At he joined Paul at the piano in a little ditty that went "Kenny Everett and Chris Denning, all together on the wireless machine", which was frequently used to plug the show. Occasionally doubt has been cast over the authenticity of this track, with some suggesting that Kenny actually performed it alone, however the matter is settled here beyond any reasonable doubt: at the end of track 16 Chris Denning can clearly be heard to say, "Come on, sing Paul!" Scene And Heard was a magazine style series which would prominently feature The Beatles during their later years and serve a valuable role in documenting their ever changing attitudes. The first appearances were by George and Ringo, who gave listeners the lowdown on Magical Mystery Tour and their views on life. George is suddenly deeply immersed in religion, something that of course would continue to shape his life from now on. Another important radio pioneer was John Peel, who would take over the hosting of Top Gear and play an important role in breaking many new British bands. In December 1968 John brought his new love interest Yoko Ono onto his late night show Night Ride and they discussed various matters and played some of John's favourite records, as well as airing for the first (and only?) time a long extract from their Two Virgins lp (omitted here for the sake of listener sanity!) Lastly is one of Everett's raw interview tapes recorded at Abbey Road studios, and another appearance of Paul's jingle. The ditty "Goodbye Kenny, see you in the morning" which Ringo sings is based on the Butlins goodnight jingle, "Goodnight campers, see you in the morning". Ringo must have heard this played over the holiday camp's PA system many times when he played there. www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FGGZyHHvDOG
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Post by The End on Feb 13, 2015 23:43:17 GMT
Silly question but do you know if the first 9 volumes are available anywhere else?
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Post by Amadeus on Feb 14, 2015 1:45:40 GMT
Silly question but do you know if the first 9 volumes are available anywhere else? Whoa! They're gone already??? Well listen, I have no room for FLAC so I've been converting to mp3. If you don't mind that, I can put them in the box. It's not like they're audiophile.
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Post by The End on Feb 14, 2015 2:43:34 GMT
Yep the first 9 have gone - serves me right for dilly dallying!! If no one has the FLACs, the MP3 versions would be great, cheers!!
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Post by Mr Kite on Feb 14, 2015 15:34:52 GMT
Silly question but do you know if the first 9 volumes are available anywhere else? Whoa! They're gone already??? Well listen, I have no room for FLAC so I've been converting to mp3. If you don't mind that, I can put them in the box. It's not like they're audiophile. Nice one Amadeus ( Nice Avater !) I also have dilly dallied But I have them now . Thanks .
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Post by Bobber on Feb 15, 2015 16:31:56 GMT
I have them all. I'll upload it later.
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Post by Bobber on Feb 15, 2015 16:33:47 GMT
Now at the end of the long and winding road we suddenly have three volumes worth of interviews from 1969-70. David Wigg from Scene And Heard interviewed the individual Beatles extensively during this time and caught on tape their opinions on most everything including their future together. Although the original shows are long gone, Wigg issued some of his tapes on vinyl in the 1970s and lots more were preserved in the Top Of The Pops radio series. This has allowed them to be recontructed using off air tapes as a template. Also featured is another of John's weird Kenny Everett interviews and Paul talking on Radio Merseyside (the BBC recently having been granted permission to establish local radio networks). The thing that struck me about these interviews is that while it's apparent they've all developed outside interests, there seems to be no indication of The Beatles coming to an end and plenty of optimism about the future. Even George says - in March 1969 - that he "can see The Beatles sticking together forever". www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FOPZVd2j00WOkay, now for other matters. As I said previously the final volume in this set is an ntsc DVD. Since it totals 4gb I'm having to upload it a bit at a time, so there are 8 parts all which you'll have to download before you can unzip it. Here is part 1: www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FgbUYc2cVjYI will post the other seven parts over the next four days. The Mersey Sound was included as audio on V6 but here you can actually watch it. Included are The Beatles parts only. It's The Beatles as I said only exists because it was used for editing practise and so there are lots of bits missing and you can see regular splices in the tape. The Grandstand segment is great, not just for the airport coverage but also the terrifically funny interview (and where Ringo actually uses his malapropism, "tomorrow never knows"). Panorama is a very interesting profile of Brian Epstein, including interviews with the amn himself which show just what a unique individual he was in a business largely populated by hucksters. Paul's interview with David Frost is intruiging, especially seeing him separated from the other three and faced with an adult audience. He seems very coy but has one or two interesting things to say about the songwriting. Not Only But Also from 1965 has some amusing material and shows that John, if he had not become a Beatle, could easily have fitted in with the new breed of British comedians who were storming the tv screens at this time. An interview for Tonight by contrast shows his more thoughtfull side, although at this early stage he still seems reluctant to take his work completely seriously. Our World is the complete B&W version with the show introduction and spoken preamble, including the original live audio rarely heard when this clip is seen. The Release interview heralds the era in which John suddenly became far more vocal in his opinions and more willing to consider his work as serious art. It's nice to see him and Victor Spinetti together as Spinetti was a huge admirer of John and sang his praises at every opportunity.
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Post by Bobber on Feb 15, 2015 16:34:34 GMT
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Post by Bobber on Feb 15, 2015 17:06:31 GMT
Here are vols 1-10, vols 18 & 19 (Saturday Club 5th Anniversary Special discs 1 & 2 respectively), and vol 20 (BBC Beatles Night Special). All other volume links are still active. mega.co.nz/#F!ds8QHa5C!lU38Zj0VHBjG6V6xy4ekKw
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Post by Bobber on Feb 16, 2015 8:54:35 GMT
This is another special edition documenting the group's appearances on the weekly radio series Top Of The Pops, aired in most places on earth except the UK. Our old mate Brian Matthew is in charge, but those of you who listened to the complete Saturday Club will hardly recognise him here as he sounds like someone has slipped a couple of tubes of Prellies into his English Breakfast tea. These shows boasted the cream of British pop talent and preserved for posterity a huge chunk of the radio archive which would otherwise be gone forever, because fortunately the Transcription Service diligently kept a file copy of each disc in its library. Ex-radio station copies (along with hundreds of other TS discs) also regularly pop up on auction sites (try popspike if you're interested). The shows consisted only of interviews and BBC sessions, which were mostly drawn from Saturday Club and Top Gear (which shared the same theme tune). The Beatles early appearances will be familiar to anyone who has followed the various incarnations of The Beatles At The Beeb retrospectives throughout the years, however here they are presented with the linking material by Brian Matthew intact. Once The Beatles stopped doing music sessions the show suffered a huge blow and lost its biggest draw card, however it continued to keep them in the limelight by including interviews recorded for Saturday Club and (on part 2) Scene And Heard. Show 42 is interesting as it actually plays the "darts" version of the song Help! from the film. www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FmAqEYfKHLuAnd continuing on from yesterday, here are parts 4 and 5 of the dvd: 4 www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2F8mkFsQZZMY5 www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FVAkUY8ISYUHere are parts 1-3 again for those who missed them: www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FgbUYc2cVjYwww.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FBur3KsAE5Jwww.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FRNP0iRg1D3Remember: you need all eight parts before you can unzip the dvd. Then you simply click on the first file.
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Post by Bobber on Feb 17, 2015 9:22:43 GMT
This volume collects together material from Scene And Heard that was siphoned off for use in TOTP. Also included are two Dibbs Mather interviews from '64 and '65 not heard in the UK but included here because they are transcribed in Howlett's book. Of course, they are much funnier to hear than to read, which makes one wonder why they didn't include a cd of interviews with the book! Also included is a George Martin interview. Probably his earliest interview and therefore likely to be the most accurate. www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FrbhYKAmVrYand part 6 of the dvd: www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FaTJedGLDHt
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Post by Bobber on Feb 17, 2015 11:05:28 GMT
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Post by Bobber on Feb 18, 2015 22:04:39 GMT
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Post by The End on Feb 18, 2015 23:40:31 GMT
Cheers for these Bobber! :-D
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Post by Bobber on Feb 19, 2015 7:53:24 GMT
This is an updated version of V14. The changes are: - an extra minute or so has been added to George's Scene And Heard interview, thanks to a BZ member who spotted it in a radio restrospective some time ago. - the raw Kenny Everett tape has been replaced with a version without the skips. - track 2 has been shortened slightly to remove Penny Lane. The complete segment is available on Top Of The Pops 1 (V22) . - All Together On The Wireless Machine has been upgraded slightly. - Where It's At from May '67 has a few extra bits at the start and end to improve the continuity. - Where It's At from Nov '67 has an extra bit with John talking about Strawberry Fields (removed from V15 which I have also updated), and the bit with Chris Denning at the end has been removed and placed at the end of the bonus version of the show (see below) - a bonus folder is included with the complete 90 minute Where It's At from May '67, the complete120 minute Kenny Everett Show from June 1968, and the recently discovered Magical Mystery Tour feature from Where It's At in late 1967. This last track is a highly edited and "Kenny-fied" version of the John Lennon interview, complete with crazy sound effects and singing from Everett. He also snipped out Chris Denning (whose show it was), prompting a complaint from the man at the end. www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FFZJotCEVVBThere will also be updated versions of V15 and V16, owing to the three Kenny Everett interviews not listed in Howlett's book and overlooked by me. There will be more parts to the dvd tomorrow.
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Post by Bobber on Feb 20, 2015 8:58:46 GMT
Two more updated volumes. The main change is the addition of three "Everett Is Here" interviews from 1969 (tracks 7, 8 and 10) that are not listed in Howlett's book, which is what I used to compile the set. There is some confusion over the dating but the George interview at least was almost certainly broadcast on the 26th of July because the parade he gives a plug to took place on Sunday the 27th according to a newspaper report. Paul's interview seems likely to be from the same day. Thanks to John Winn for clearing that up. Buy his books - you'll not regret it! www.multiplusbooks.com/www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2FuD1L36deP1Here's part 7 of the dvd (only one more to go): www.dereferer.org/?http%3A%2F%2Fwe%2Etl%2Fa3kHdqFlPqRemember: you need all eight parts to unzip it. Tomorrow: we say goodbye to The BBC Archives with V17 - but we go out with a bang! Get out yer old Beatle wigs as we party with the Bootlegzone World Premiere of a lost performance of Love Me Do from Side By Side.
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