The Beatles SEALED On Air - Live At The BBC Vol.2 NEW 3 x 180g Vinyl LP Set

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The Beatles - On Air Live At The BBC Volume 2 Triple 180 gram Vinyl LP Set

In 1994, The Beatles’ Live at the BBC was released to worldwide acclaim - hitting number one in the U.K., number three in the U.S. and selling more than five million copies within six weeks. A new companion to The Beatles’ first BBC collection, On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2, will be released Monday, November 11. On Air’s 63 tracks, none of which overlaps with The Beatles’ first BBC release, include 37 previously unreleased performances and 23 previously unreleased recordings of in-studio banter and conversation between the band’s members and their BBC radio hosts.

In the studios of the British Broadcasting Corporation, The Beatles performed music for a variety of radio shows. On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2 presents the sound of The Beatles seizing their moment to play for the nation. Thrilled to hear these exciting recordings again, Paul McCartney said, “There’s a lot of energy and spirit. We are going for it, not holding back at all, trying to put in the best performance of our lifetimes.”

Ten of On Air’s songs were never recorded by the group for EMI in the 1960s, including two making their debuts with the new release: The Beatles’ direct-to-air performance of Chuck Berry’s “I’m Talking About You” and a rocking cover of the standard “Beautiful Dreamer.” On Air also includes different versions of six rarities heard on the 1994 BBC collection: Little Richard’s “Lucille,” Chuck Berry’s “Memphis, Tennessee,” Chan Romero’s “The Hippy Hippy Shake,” Ray Charles’ “I Got A Woman,” and two songs they learned from records by Carl Perkins, “Glad All Over” and “Sure To Fall.”

The Beatles’ tribute to the BBC’s most important pop show of the early ’60s – “Happy Birthday, Dear Saturday Club” – is another surprise. As John Lennon recalled in 1980, “We did a lot of tracks that were never on record for Saturday Club – they were well recorded, too.” Paul remembers, “We’d been raised on the BBC radio programs. One of the big things in our week was Saturday Club – this great show was playing the kind of music we loved, so that was something we really aspired to.”

Between March 1962 and June 1965, no fewer than 275 unique musical performances by The Beatles were broadcast by the BBC in the U.K. The group played songs on 39 radio shows in 1963 alone. Ringo Starr said in 1994, “You tend to forget that we were a working band. It’s that mono sound. There were usually no overdubs. We were in at the count-in and that was it. I get excited listening to them.” On their busiest BBC day, July 16, 1963, The Beatles recorded 18 songs for three editions of their Pop Go The Beatles series in fewer than seven hours.

The group played 88 distinct songs in their BBC sessions – some were recorded many times; others performed just once. At the time, three national BBC stations provided all daytime radio broadcasting in the U.K. Only the Light Programme network might occasionally play a record. Most broadcast music was live music. Consequently, to promote their releases, The Beatles had to play live at the BBC. “Everything was done instantly,” remembered George Harrison, “But before that, we used to drive 200 miles in an old van down the M1, come into London, try and find the BBC and then set up and do the program. Then we’d probably drive back to Newcastle for a gig in the evening!”

On Air also features BBC recordings of 30 well-loved songs from The Beatles’ catalogue, including five number ones and other favorites such as: “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Twist And Shout,” “Do You Want To Know A Secret,” “Boys,” “Please Mister Postman,” “Money,” “And I Love Her,” and “If I Fell.”

Like its critically acclaimed predecessor, On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2 includes audio of The Beatles talking to DJs Brian Matthew and Alan Freeman and Pop Go The Beatles hosts Lee Peters and Rodney Burke. When first broadcast, pop fans were amazed to hear such witty irreverence on the rather formal BBC and it is great fun to hear these extracts now. In addition, On Air releases, for the first time, the group’s candid interviews for the Pop Profile series recorded in November 1965 and May 1966.

Live at the BBC Volume Two was compiled and researched by producers Kevin Howlett and Mike Heatley. The album has been meticulously mastered by engineers Guy Massey and Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios. The booklet includes Kevin Howlett’s essays on the history of The Beatles’ BBC radio sessions and his detailed commentaries on all of the tracks.

Track Listing:

Disc: 1

1. And Here We Are Again - Rodney Burke

2. Words Of Love

3. How About It, Gorgeous? - Rodney Burke, George Harrison

4. Do You Want To Know A Secret

5. Lucille

6. Hey Paul.... - Lee Peters, Paul McCartney

7. Anna (Go To Him)

8. Hello! - Lee Peters, John Lennon

9. Please Please Me

10. Misery

11. I'm Talking About You

12. A Real Treat - Lee Peters, Ringo Starr, John Lennon

13. Boys

14. Absolutely Fab - Lee Peters, George Harrison

15. Chains

16. Ask Me Why

17. Till There Was You

18. Lend Me Your Comb

19. Lower 5E - Rodney Burke, Paul McCartney, George Harrison

20. The Hippy Hippy Shake

21. Roll Over Beethoven

22. There's A Place

23. Bumper Bundle - The Beatles, Lee Peters

24. P.S. I Love You

25. Please Mister Postman

26. Beautiful Dreamer

27. Devil In Her Heart

28. The 49 Weeks - Paul McCartney

29. Sure To Fall (In Love With You)

30. Never Mind, Eh? - The Beatles, Rodney Burke

31. Twist And Shout

32. Bye, Bye - The Beatles, Rodney Burke

Disc: 2

1. I Saw Her Standing There

2. Glad All Over

3. Lift Lid Again - Paul McCartney, Brian Matthew

4. I'll Get You

5. She Loves You

6. Memphis, Tennessee

7. Happy Birthday Dear Saturday Club

8. Now Hush, Hush - Brian Matthew, Paul McCartney, John Lennon

9. From Me To You

10. Money (That's What I Want)

11. I Want To Hold Your Hand

12. Brian Bathtubes - John Lennon, George Harrison, Brian Matthew

13. This Boy

14. If I Wasn't In America - Brian Matthew, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr

15. I Got A Woman

16. Long Tall Sally

17. If I Fell

18. A Hard Job Writing Them - The Beatles, Brian Matthew

19. And I Love Her

20. Oh, Can't We? Yes We Can - Alan Freeman, John Lennon

21. You Can't Do That

22. Honey Don't

23. I'll Follow The Sun

24. Green With Black Shutters - The Beatles, Brian Matthew

25. Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!

26. That's What We're Here For - The Beatles, Bernie Andrews

27. I Feel Fine (Studio Out-take)

Disc: 3

1. John - Pop Profile - John Lennon, Brian Matthew

2. George - Pop Profile - George Harrison, Brian Matthew

3. Paul - Pop Profile - Paul McCartney, Brian Matthew

4. Ringo - Pop Profile - Ringo Starr, Brian Matthew

Release Date: 11/11/2013

Number of LP's: 3

Record Label: Apple/UMG

Cat No: 3750506

Condition: BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED!