"The Beatles Story"
1973 BBC Radio Special
source: MASTER 2-trk reels > DART XP PRO > disk
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This is an UNEDITED STEREO BBC RADIO special that was produced in 1973 by the BBC in London. This radio special has now been carefully transferred to STEREO CD's from an original set of "VIRGIN" 2trk MASTER reel-to-reel tapes.

These 2trk reels are BRAND NEW old stock reels that were NEVER PLAYED ON THE AIR by any radio station. I was the 1st one to break the seal on each reel box.

*****The sound quality is SUPERB!*****

The transfer was made using TASCAM pro equipt. & an ALIENWARE AREA 51 computer! The original analog "1973 STEREO SOUND" is quality preserved for future generations to enjoy. The entire special is narrated by the BBC's own BRIAN MATTHEWS.

Tracklisting:

PART ONE: "THE BIRTH OF THE LIVERPOOL SOUND"

1. Jezebel / Cry / Rock Around The Clock / Heartbreak Hotel / All Shook Up / Rock Island Line / Rock Me Daddy-O / Please Please Me / All My Loving / Help / Norwegian Wood / Yellow Submarine / Sgt. Pepper / Obladi Oblada / Come Together / Let It Be (5:58)

2. John / Paul / George / Maggie Mae / Bill Harry / Lucille / I Forgot To Remember To Forget (7:51)

3. Allan Williams / Bruno Koschmider / Allan Williams / Twist And Shout / Bruno Koschmider / Roll Over Beethoven / Ted Knibbs / Bob Wooler / Long Tall Sally / Tony Bramwell 16:35)

4. Peter Eckhorn / Dizzy Miss Lizzy / Tony Sheridan / Alfred Shacht / Cry For A Shadow / Tony Sheridan / My Bonnie / Tony Sheridan / Ain't She Sweet 13:13)

5. Love Me Do (Hollywood Strings) (2:08)

PART TWO: GETTING IT ONTO WAX

1. Introduction (0:41)

2. From Us To You / Bob Wooler / My Bonnie / Brian Epstein / Slow Down / Alistair Taylor / Bob Wooler / Alistair Taylor / Clive Epstein / Rock N' Roll Music / Brian Epstein / Bob Wooler / I Saw Her Standing There / Bob Wooler / Paul (16:19)

3. Horst Fascher / Bad Boy / George Martin / Please Mr Postman / Arther Howes / George Harrison (Liverpool Echo) / Queenie Epstein / Clive Epstein (12:17)

4. Some Other Guy / Ringo / I Wanna Be Your Man / Ringo / Dick James / Norman Smith / PS I Love You / Bob Wooler / George Martin / Love Me Do (13:41)

5. Please Please Me (Hollywood Strings) (2:45)

PART THREE: CHART SUCCESS AND THE PACKAGE TOURS BEGIN

1. Introduction / Paul / Beatles / Love Me Do / Tony Barrow (3:34)

2. Love Me Do / David Jacobs / Beatles / We Can Work It Out / Vi Caldwell / Horst Fascher / You Really Got A Hold On Me (12:15)

3. Dick James / Plsease Please Me / Dick James / Arthur Howes / Helen Shapiro / Please Please Me / Dick James / Thank You Girl / Tony Bramwell / From Me To You / Tony Barrow (15:24)

4. Chains / George Martin / Boys / George Martin / Do You Want To Know A Secret / Paul / There's A Place / Norman Smith / Twist And Shout / John / Bob Wooler (12:26)

5. I Want To Hold Your Hand (Hollywood Strings) (1:59)

PART FOUR: THE START OF BEATLEMANIA

1. Introduction (0:54)

2. Hunter Davis / Freda Kelly / Tony Barrow / Beatles / All Together Now / She Loves You / Paul / George Martin / She Loves You / I'll Get You / Brian Somerville / Klaus Berling / It Won't Be Long (12:41)

3. Reg Abbis / Back In The USSR / Beatles / George Martin (Liverpool Echo) / John / I Want To Hold Your Hand / Tony Bramwell / All My Loving / George / Don't Bother Me (17:55)

4. She Loves You / I Want To Hold Your Hand / Brian Sommerville / Till There Was You / Tony Hall / Brian Sommerville / All You Need Is Love / Chris Denning / Misery / Sid Berstein (12:43)

5. Can't Buy Me Love (Hollywood Strings) (1:14)

PART FIVE: THE WORLD SURRENDERS

1. Introduction / Sid Bernstein / Ed Sullivan (2:49)

2. Any Time At All / Al Aronowitz / Murry The K / Tell Me Why / George / Beatles / Murry The K / I'm Happy Just To Dance With You / George Harrison (Liverpool Echo) / Brian Epstein (12:19)

3. You Can't Do That / Sid Bernstein / Things Ws Said Today / Hugh Moran / Beatles / Richard Lester / If I Fell / Ringo (11:43)

4. I Should Have Known Better / Helen Shapiro / John / Paul / Can't Buy Me Love / George Martin / I'll Cry Instead / George Martin / And I Love Her / Richard Lester / George Martin / Paul (14:30)

5. A Hard Day's Night / I Feel Fine (Hollywood Strings) (4:08)

PART SIX: THE LIFE AND REWARDS OF SUCCESS

1. Introduction (0:42)

2. A Hard Day's Night / Beatles / I Feel Fine / Ringo / Paul / Bess Coleman / Eight Day's A Week / Jay Nelson / I'll Follow The Sun / Bess Coleman / Kansas City / Irving Candell (18:52)

3. Beatles / Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby / Beatles / She's A Woman / Paul / Ringo (9:31)

4. I'm A Loser / Tony Barrow / Another Beatles Christmas Record / Alistair Taylor / Jimmy Saville / Baby's In Black / Beatles / Yesterday / Beatles / Ticket To Ride (16:11)

5. Drive My Car (Hollywood Strings) (0:58)

PART SEVEN: WHEN THE TOURING HAD TO STOP

1. Introduction (0:46)

2. George / Help / John / Beatles / Act Naturally / Beatles / Help / Paul / Beatles / You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (11:14)

3. Alf Bicknell / Tony Barrow / George / Ticket To Ride / All My Loving / Can't Buy Me Love / I'm Down / John / Laura Cohen / Run For Your Life / Day Tripper / Beatles / Her Majesty / George Martin / Norwegiam Wood / Girl / Norman Smith (16:29)

4. Nowhere Man / Beatles / Michelle / Paperback Writer / Vic Lewis / Tony Barrow / Eleanor Rigby (13:36)

5. Tony Barrow / George / Penny Lane (Hollywood Strings) (3:33)

PART EIGHT: THE PSYCHEDELIC CHAPTER

1. Introduction (0:48)

2. John / Penny Lane / George Martin / Strawberry Fields Forever / John / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / John / Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds / Kenny Everett (13:41)

3. Good Morning Good Morning / John / When I'm 64 / John / George Martin / A Day In The Life / Al Aronowitz / Paul (12:21)

4. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi / Sexy Sadie / Hunter Davies / George Harrison (Liverpool Echo) / Beatles / Joanne Neufield / Here There And Everywhere / Alistair Taylor / Hello Goodbye / Alistair Taylor (17:40)

5. I'm A Loser (Hollywood Strings) (1:22)

PART NINE: MEDITATION AND CORPORATION

1. Introduction (0:48)

2. Magical Mystery Tour / John / Paul / The Fool On The Hill / John / I Am The Walrus (10:45)

3. Cottonfields / John / Don't Pass Me By / Paul And Jane Asher / Lady Madonna / Derek Taylor / Hey Jude / George Martin / Yellow Submarine / Tony Bramwell (18:13)

4. Revolution 1 / George / Glass Onion / George / While My Guitar Gently Weeps / Revolution 9 / George Martin / John (14:21)

5. Taxman (Hollywood Strings) (1:30)

PART TEN: HELLO GOODBYE OR COME TOGETHER

1. Introduction (0:55)

2. John / Paul / Piggies / Alistair Taylor / Let It Be / George / Derek Taylor / Allen Klein / Polythene Pam / Allen Klein / Get Back / John / Ringo (13:05)

3. The Ballad Of John And Yoko / Give Peace A Chance / John / Blue Suede Shoes / John / Ritchie York / Dizzy Miss Lizzy / Come Together / George (14:19)

4. Maxwell's Silver Hammer / George / Here Comes The Sun / John / Carry That Weight / John / Cold Turkey / Allen Klein / Something (14:59)

5. Here Comes The Sun (Hollywood Strings) (2:26)

PART ELEVEN: THE END OF THE BEATLES

1. Introduction (0:49)

2. George / Instant Karma / John / Let It Be / George / Paul (11:35)

3. Tony Bramwell / Maybe I'm Amazed / George / That Would Be Something / George / Man We Was Lonely / Two Of Us / George / Across The Universe / The Long And Winding Road (15:55)

4. Beau coups Of Blue / What Is Life / George / Isn't It A Pity / Well Well Well / Love / Paul (15:40)

5. George / Let It Be (Hollywood Strings) (1:37)

PART TWELVE: THE JOHN PAUL GEORGE AND RINGO SHOW

1. Introduction (0:56)

2. John / Vic Lewis / George / My Sweet Lord / Allen Klein / Ringo / Loser's Lounge / Paul / Another Day / Allen Klein / John (5:03)

3. Power To The People / Ringo / It Don't Come Easy / Allen Klein / Uncle Albert / John / Peter Asher (11:40)

4. Paul / Back Seat Of My Car / Too Many People / How Do You Sleep / John / Imagine / John / Paul / Mumbo / Paul (16:31)

5. Another Day (Hollywood Strings) (1:43)

PART THIRTEEN: JOHN AND PAUL TODAY, THE EX-BEATLES STORY

1. Introduction (0:29)

2. Cripple Inside / Well (Baby Please Don't Go) / Happy Xmas (War Is Over ) / Yoko / Approximately Infinite Universe / Mind Games (16:53)

3. Paul / Linda / Hi Hi HI / Paul / C Moon / Paul / My Love / Paul / Live And Let Die (19:16)

4. Paul / Band On The Run / Paul (7:19)

5. Jet (2:46)

PART FOURTEEN: GEORGE AND RINGO TODAY, THE EX-BEATLES STORY

1. Introduction (0:29)

2. Eah Eah / Allen Klein / Here Comes The Sun / George / Bangla Desh (13:40)

3. Give Me Love / Living In The Material World / Ringo / Back Off Boogaloo / Ringo / I'm The Greatest (20:10)

4. Elton John / The End / Mick Jagger / Dig It / Neil Diamond / She's Leaving Home / David Cassidy / Roger Greenaway (11:07)

5. Paul / Love Me Do (Hollywood Strings) (2:38)


* This one is an must have for everyone interested in music history - not for Beatles fans only!
About 11 exciting hours long! The sound quality is superb! Don`t miss this rare piece - never played on radio before - and enjoy it!

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