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Sound: Excellent soundboard

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

3/8/62: Dream Baby, Memphis,Tennesee, Please Mr. Postman 6/15/62: Ask Me Why, Besame Mucho, A Picture of You 1/26/63: Some Other Guy, Keep Your Hands Off My Baby, Beautiful Dreamer 3/16/63: I Saw Her Standing There, Misery, Too Much Monkey Business, I'm Talking About You, Please Please Me, Hippy Hippy Shake 4/7/63: From Me to You 4//18/63: Twist and Shout, From Me to You 5/13/63: Side By Side Theme, Long Tall Sally, A Taste of Honey, Chains, Thank You Girl, Boys 5/25/63: I Saw Her Standing There, Do You Want to Know a Secret, Boys, Long Tall Sally, From Me to You, Money (That's What I Want) 6/3/63: Please Please Me, I Saw Her Standing There

Comments: This is the first volume in the bootleg release of all but 40 tracks recorded by The Beatles and for the most part sounds great! The first two dates are when Pete Best was still with them and the drumming is noticeably stiff but by the time Ringo joined, the sound has improved greatly. The old rock and roll numbers sound great, and the sound being quite good for 35+ year old recordings helps add to this special feel. Paul's bass in particular seems way ahead of any other at the time and the dual guitar parts add a great touch. Tight vocal harmonies never hurt either. This is a great start to this series of recordings!

Sound: Excellent soundboard

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

6/4/63: Pop Go The Beatles, Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby, Do You Want to Know a Secret, You Really Got a Hold On Me, Misery, Hippy Hippy Shake, Pop Go The Beatles 6/11/63: Too Much Monkey Business, I Got to Find My Baby, Youngblood, Baby It's You, Till There Was You, Love Me Do 6/18/63: A Shot of Rhythm and Blues, Memphis,Tennesee, A Taste of Honey, Sure to Fall (In Love With You), Money (That's What I Want), From Me to You 6/23/63: Some Other Guy, A Taste of Honey, Thank You Girl, From Me to You 6/24/63: Too Much Monkey Business, Boys, I'll Be On My Way, From Me to You 6/25/63: Anna (Go to Him), I Saw Her Standing There, Boys, Chains, P.S. I Love You, Twist and Shout

Comments: The sound is really great and the performances are really energetic and spirited, especially the covers. George in particular manages to create a different and exciting solo in different takes of the same song, and Ringo and Paul are a very solid, swinging rhythm section. The vocals are great as always and the more obscure original material sounds good in a live setting.

Sound: Excellent soundboard

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

6/29/63: I Got to Find My Baby, Memphis,Tennesee, Money (That's What I Want), Till There Was You, From Me to You, Roll Over Beethoven 7/4/63: A Taste of Honey, Twist and Shout 7/16/63: That's Alright Mama, There's a Place, Carol, Soldier of Love, Lend Me Your Comb, Clarabella 7/21/63: I Saw Her Standing There, A Shot of Rhythm and Blues, There's a Place, Twist and Shout 7/23/63: Sweet Little Sixteen, Nothin' Shakin', Love Me Do, Lonesome Tears In My Eyes, So How Come (No One Loves Me) 7/30/63: Memphis,Tennesee, Do You Want to Know a Secret, Till There Was You, Matchbox, Please Mr. Postman, Hippy Hippy Shake

Comments: The performances are very good, especially a great version of Soldier of Love and a rocking Sweet Little Sixteen! The originals sound good too, and this is valuable as a snippet of this material live when it could still be heard and wasn't being drowned out by screaming fans.

Sound: Excellent soundboard

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

8/8/63: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You, Crying,Waiting,Hoping, Kansas City/Hey!Hey!Hey!Hey!, To Know Her Is to Love Her, The Honeymoon Song, Twist and Shout 8/13/63: Long Tall Sally, Please Please Me, She Loves You, You Really Got a Hold On Me, I'll Get You, I Got a Woman 8/18/63: She Loves You, Words of Love, Glad All Over, I Just Don't Understand, A Devil In Her Heart, Slow Down 8/24/63: Long Tall Sally, She Loves You, Glad All Over, I'll Get You 8/27/63: Ooh! My Soul, Don't Ever Change, Twist and Shout, Anna (Go To Him), A Shot of Rhythm and Blues

Comments: Some more excellent and rare cover versions. This also must be one of the earliest versions of She Loves You ever played to the public. The playing is as good as always although there are some disturbing letters sent in from fans, including a bomb threat to John if he doesn't sing a song the fan wanted! There are a lot of songs done here that would show up on albums between mid 1963 and the end of 1964 and also a lot of great, energetic material that gave an idea of their pre-Beatlemania stage act.

Sound: Excellent soundboard

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

9/3/63: From Me to You, Money (That's What I Want), There's a Place, Honey Don't, Roll Over Beethoven 9/13/63: Too Much Monkey Business, Love Me Do, She Loves You, I'll Get You, A Taste of Honey, Hippy Hippy Shake 9/17/63: Chains, You Really Got a Hold On Me, Misery, Lucille, From Me to You, Boys 9/24/63: She Loves You, Ask Me Why, A Devil In Her Heart, I Saw Her Standing There, Sure To Fall (In Love With You), Twist and Shout 10/5/63: I Saw Her Standing There, Memphis,Tennesee, Happy Birthday Saturday Club, I'll Get You, She Loves You, Lucille

Comments: More great and energetic shows with some humorous comments from The Beatles between songs. There are some really great songs here and it's interesting to hear how George never plays a guitar solo the same twice, making each version of a song unique.

Sound: Excellent soundboard

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

10/20/63: I Saw Her Standing There, Love Me Do, Please Please Me, From Me to You, She Loves You 11/3/63: She Loves You 12/21/63: All I Want For Christmas, This Boy, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Till There Was You, Roll Over Beethoven, She Loves You, Crimble Medley 12/26/63: From Us to You, She Loves You, All My Loving, Roll Over Beethoven, Till There Was You, Boys, Money (That's What I Want), I Saw Her Standing There, Tie Me Down Kangaroo,Sport, I Want to Hold Your Hand, From Us to You 2/15/64: All My Loving, Money (That's What I Want), Hippy Hippy Shake, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Roll Over Beethoven, Johnny B. Goode, I Wanna Be Your Man

Comments: Another great batch of live recordings, including some spirited versions of live favorites. All My Loving has some great walking bass by Paul while he sings the melody...wow! The Crimble Medley is funny and they have a lot of fun between numbers.

Sound: Excellent soundboard

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

3/30/64: From Us to You, You Can't Do That, Roll Over Beethoven, Till There Was You, I Wanna Be Your Man, Please Mr. Postman, All My Loving, This Boy, Can't Buy Me Love, From Us to You 4/4/64: Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby, I Call Your Name, I Got a Woman, You Can't Do That, Can't Buy Me Love, Sure to Fall (In Love With You), Long Tall Sally 5/18/64: From Us to You, Whit Monday, I Saw Her Standing There, Kansas City/Hey!Hey!Hey!Hey!, I Forgot to Remember to Forget, You Can't Do That, Sure to Fall (In Love With You), Can't Buy Me Love, Matchbox, Honey Don't

Comments: 1964 is a new phase and The Beatles sound has really matured. There are some rarities, like the live versions of many of the songs form the newly released A Hard Day's Night album, and as always the between numbers chat is funny and illuminating on the practices of recording the radio shows back then.

Sound: Excellent audience

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

7/16/64: Long Tall Sally, Things We Said Today, A Hard Day's Night, And I Love Her, I Should Have Known Better, If I Fell, You Can't Do That 8/3/64: From Us to You, Long Tall Sally, If I Fell, I'm Happy Just to Dance With You, Things We Said Today, I Should Have Known Better, Boys, Kansas City/Hey!Hey!Hey!Hey!, A Hard Day's Night, From Us to You 7/17/64: From Us to You, From Us to You, I'm Happy Just to Dance With You, I Should Have Known Better, I Should Have Known Better

Comments: More rarely played live versions of songs from A Hard Day's Night. There are also several rehearsal takes at the end of this volume showing the group practicing the numbers for the show.

Sound: Excellent soundboard

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

11/26/64: I'm a Loser, Honey Don't, She's a Woman, Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby, I'll Follow the Sun, I Feel Fine 12/26/64: Rock and Roll Music, I'm a Loser, Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby, I Feel Fine, Kansas City/Hey!Hey!Hey!Hey!, She's a Woman, I Feel Fine, She's a Woman 6/7/65: Ticket to Ride, Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby, I'm a Loser, The Night Before, Honey Don't, Dizzy Miss Lizzie, She's a Woman, Ticket to Ride

Comments: This volume includes the final show Th Beatles ever did, and also shows promoting Beatles For Sale. Some of the songs from that album are played live here and wouldn't be on tours, and the final show from 1965 includes some great versions of songs from Help! This whole series is incredibly historic and essential to any collector.