The Quarrymen (sometimes written "Quarry Men") are a British skiffle band, initially formed in Liverpool in 1956, who evolved over a four-year period into The Beatles. Originally consisting of John Lennon and several schoolfriends, The Quarrymen took their name from Quarry Bank High school which Lennon and most of the other band members attended. Lennon's mother, Julia Lennon, taught her son to play the banjo and then showed Lennon and Eric Griffiths how to tune their guitars in the same way as the banjo, and taught them simple chords and songs. Lennon started a band that initially called themselves The Blackjacks. Finding out that another group had the same name, Pete Shotton suggested renaming themselves The Quarrymen, based on a word in the Quarry Bank school's song. The Quarrymen played at parties, school dances, a cinema and amateur skiffle contests before Paul McCartney joined the band. George Harrison only joined the band at McCartney's insistence, as Lennon thought Harrison to be far too young. They made an amateur recording of themselves in 1958, performing Buddy Holly's "That'll Be the Day" and "In Spite of All the Danger" - a song written by McCartney and Harrison). In early 1960, the group started experimenting with alternative names. After Lennon recruited his art school pal Stuart Sutcliffe to the band, they changed their name to The Silver Beetles, before finally settling on The Beatles in August 1960 when they first performed in Hamburg. In 1999 four original members of the group reformed as "John Lennon's Original Quarrymen". 01 - Putting On The Style [live] 02 - That'll Be The Day 03 - In Spite Of All The Danger 04 - I'll Always Be In Love With You [Home-Tape] 05 - Unknown 06 - Some Days [Home-Tape] 07 - I Don't Need No Ciggarette, Boy [Home-Tape] 08 - One After 909 [Home-Tape] 09 - One After 909 [Home-Tape] 10 - Cayenne [Home-Tape] 11 - Hallelujah! I Love Her So [Home-Tape] 12 - Johnny, Johnny [Home-Tape] 13 - Hello Little Girl [Home-Tape] 14 - That's When Your Heartaches Begin [Home-Tape] 15 - Well Darling [Home-Tape] 16 - Youl'll Be Mine [Home-Tape] 17 - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise [Home-Tape] 18 - Ill Follow The Sun [Home-Tape] 19 - You Must Write Every Day [Home-Tape] 20 - Movin' 'n' Groovin' _ Ramrod [Home-Tape] 21 - Wildcat [Home-Tape] 22 - Wildcat [Home-Tape] 23 -Turn The Bitches Off [Home-Tape] 24 - An Important Number [Home-Tape] The Beatles - 1960 - 1961 - Quarrymen
01 - Instrumental Improvisation 02 - Instrumental Improvisation 03 - Instrumental Improvisation 04 - That's The End [Home-Tape] 05 - My Bonnie 06 - My Bonnie (A K A My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean) 07 - The Saints (A K A When The Saints Go Marching In) 08 - Why (Can't You Love Me Again) 09 - Cry For A Shadow 10 - Nobody's Child 11 - Ain't She Sweet 12 - Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby LINK 1957 - 1960LINK 1960 - 1961
These tapes were recorded sometime in December 1962 by Adrian Barber, a former member of Liverpool group The Big Three, who was employed as stage manager at the Star Club. Barber was an electronics enthusiast who had built amplifiers for his own group as well as other bands. It was he who built the famous `coffin' speaker cabinet used by Paul McCartney in the early days. He also built an extremely sophisticated PA system for the Star Club, with two columns on either side of the stage containing twenry-five 10 inch speakers each, all powered by a 200 watt Telefunken amplifier. The Star Club also boasted an in-house set of powerful Fender guitar amplifiers, which were used by The Beatles in addition to other acts. Barber recorded these tapes on a Grundig recorder running at a speed of 3.75 inches per second, or twice the speed of a compact cassette. The purpose of the recordings was to evaluate the PA system which Barber was constantly tweaking. Contrary to popular myth, they were not recorded in a careless or haphazard fashion. 01 - It's Now A Quarter To Twelve 02 - Hippy Hippy Shake 03 - Be-Bop-A-Lula 04 - Chat 05 - I Saw Her Standing There 06 - Chat 07 - Hallelujah I Love Her So 08 - Red Hot (Incomplete) 09 - Sheila 10 - Chat 11 - Kansas City,hey Hey Hey Hey 12 - Chat 13 - Shimmy Like Kate 14 - Chat 15 - Reminiscing 16 - Chat 17 - Red Sails In The Sunset 18 - Chat 19 - Sweet Little Sixteen 20 - Chat 21 - Roll Over Beethoven 22 - Chat 23 - A Taste Of Honey (Incomplete) 24 - Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees) 25 - Chat 26 - I Saw Her Standing There 27 - Chat 28 - To Know Her Is To Love Her 29 - Chat 30 - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby 31 - Chat 32 - Till There Was You 33 - Chat 34 - Where Have You Been All My Life 35 - Chat 36 - Lend Me Your Comb 37 - Chat 38 - Your Feet's Too Big 39 - I'm Talking About You 40 - Chat 41 - A Taste Of Honey 42 - Chat 43 - Matchbox 44 - Chat 45 - Little Queenie 46 - Chat 47 - Roll Over Beethoven 48 - Goodnight LINK The Beatles - 1962 - Three-Thirty Blues
This disc continues where Red Hot left off, gathering together the remaining performances of The Beatles at the Star Club in Hamburg in December 1962. 01 - Falling In Love Again 02 - Twist And Shout (Incomplete) 03 - I'm Talking About You 04 - Ask Me Why 05 - I Remember You (Incomplete) 06 - Besame Mucho 07 - Long Tall Sally 08 - Mr Moonlight 09 - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) 10 - Chat 11 - Road Runner (Warm-Up) 12 - Chat 13 - A Taste Of Honey 14 - Money (Tony Sheridan) 15 - Sparkling Brown Eyes (King Size Taylor & The Dominos) 16 - Lovesick Blues (King Size Taylor & The Dominos) 17 - First Taste Of Love (King Size Taylor & The Dominos) 18 - Dizzy Miss Lizzy (King Size Taylor & The Dominos) 19 - Hully Gully (Cliff Bennet & The Rebel Rousers) LINK
The best of The Beatles private recordings 60-69 01 - Strawberry Fields Forever (November 1966) 02 - All Things Must Pass (Emi 69.02.25) 03 - I Saw Her Standing There (Cavern Club Sept. 1962) 04 - Circles (Kinfauns May 1968) 05 - Down In Eastern Australia (Kenwood 67-68) 06 - Michelle (Sept. Oct. 1965) 07 - Hello Little Girl (Liverpool April-May 1960) 08 - Back In Yhe Ussr (Kinfauns May 1968) 09 - She Said She Said (Kenwood Late 1965 Or Early 1966) 10 - You Know What To Do (Emi 64.06.03) 11 - Step Inside Love (St. Johns Wood Nov. - Dec. 1967) 12 - One After 909 (Cavern Sept. 1962) 13 - We Can Work It Out (St. John's Wood Sept. - Oct. 1965) 14 - Mellotron Improvisation (Kenwood 1966 - 1967) 15 - Sour Milk Sea (Kinfauns May 1968) 16 - Bad To Me (May - June 1963) 17 - Junk (Kinfauns May 1968) 18 - A Case Of The Blues (London Dec. 1968) 19 - Old Brown Shoe (Emi 69.02.25) 20 - I'll Follow The Sun (Liverpool April - May 1960) 21 - Everyone Had A Hard Year (London Dec. 1968) 22 - Spiritual Regeneration (India 68.03.15) 23 - I'm In Love (July 1963) 24 - Catswalk (Cavern Sept. 1962) 25 - Good Morning Good Morning (Kenwood Jan - Feb. 1967) 26 - Not Guilty (Kinfauns May 1968) 27- One And One Is Wwo (Paris Jan. Feb. 1964) 28 - Child Of Nature (Kinfauns May 1968) 29 - Fool On The Hill (Emi 67.09.06.) 30 - Revolution (Kinfauns May 1968) 31 - Something (Emi 69.02.25) 32 - Goodbye (St. John's Wood Nov. - Dec. 1968) LINK
Parts of all the circulating shows from their final tour of the U.S.A. & Canada
Disc 1
Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH - 14 August, 1966
01 - Intro (Can You Hear Me?) 02 - Day Tripper (Can You Hear Me?) 03 - Show interruption (Can You Hear Me? + Vinyl To The Core) 04 - I Feel Fine (Vinyl To The Core)
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada - 17 August, 1966 (afternoon):
05 - Intro (unbooted) 06 - If I Needed Someone (unbooted)
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada - 17 August, 1966 (evening):
07 - Intro (Live Beatles At The Maple Leaf Gardens) 08 - Rock and Roll Music (LBATMLG) 09 - She's A Woman (LBATMLG) 10 - If I Needed Someone (LBATMLG) 11 - Day Tripper (LBATMLG) 12 - Baby's In Black (LBATMLG) 13 - I Feel Fine (LBATMLG) 14 - Yesterday (LBATMLG) 15 - I Wanna Be Your Man (LBATMLG) 16 - Nowhere Man (LBATMLG) 17 - Paperback Writer (LBATMLG) 18 - Long Tall Sally (LBATMLG) 19 - Outro (LBATMLG)
Suffolk Downs Racetrack, Boston, MA - 18 August, 1966
20 - She's A Woman (We'd Like To Cary On) 21 - Long Tall Sally (Vinyl To The Core)
22 - Intro (From Beatles In Memphis 1966) 23 - Rock and Roll Music (Berry) (From Beatles In Memphis 1966) 24 - She's A Woman (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 25 - If I Needed Someone (Harrison) (FBIM 1966) 26 - Day Tripper (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 27 - Baby's In Black (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 28 - I Feel Fine (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 29 - Yesterday (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 30 - I Wanna Be Your Man (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 31 - Nowhere Man (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 32 - Paperback Writer (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 33 - Long Tall Sally (Johnson-Penniman-Blackwell) (FBIM 1966)
01 - Intro (From Beatles In Memphis 1966) 02 - Rock and Roll Music (Berry) (From Beatles In Memphis 1966) 03 - She's A Woman (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 04 - If I Needed Someone (Harrison) (FBIM 1966) 05 - Day Tripper (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 06 - Baby's In Black (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 07 - I Feel Fine (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 08 - Yesterday (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 09 - I Wanna Be Your Man (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 10 - Nowhere Man (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 11 - Paperback Writer (Lennon-McCartney) (FBIM 1966) 12 - Long Tall Sally (Johnson-Penniman-Blackwell) (FBIM 1966)
Busch Stadium, Boston, MA - 21 August, 1966
13 - Rock and Roll Music/She's A Woman (unbooted)
Shea Stadium, New York, NY - 23 August, 1966
14 - Intro (Beatles' Blast In Stadium Described By Erupting Fans) 15 - She's A Woman (BBISDBEF) 16 - If I Needed Someone (BBISDBEF) 17 - I Feel Fine (BBISDBEF) 18 - Yesterday (BBISDBEF) 19 - Paperback Writer (BBISDBEF) 20 - Outro (BBISDBEF)
Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA - 29 August, 1966
21 - Rock and Roll Music (Live in San Francisco 1966) 22 - She's A Woman (San Francisco) 23 - If I Needed Someone (San Francisco) 24 - Day Tripper (San Francisco) 25 - Baby's In Black (San Francisco) 26 - I Feel Fine (San Francisco) 27 - Yesterday (San Francisco) 28 - I Wanna Be Your Man (San Francisco) 29 - Nowhere Man (San Francisco) 30 - Paperback Writer (San Francisco) 31 - Long Tall Sally (San Francisco)
Audio extracted from the Anthology Videos. Disc 1 01 - Intro To The Series 02 - Star Club Medley 03 - Twenty Flight Rock 04 - Some Other Guy (10-13-62) 05 - The Blues Influences 06 - Mein Herz Ist Bei Dir Nur 07 - Please Please Me 08 - Please Please Me (02-09-64) 09 - From Me To You In Piano 10 - From Me To You (11-04-63) 11 - I Saw Her Standing There (10-30-63) 12 - Long Tall Sally 13 - Emi Medley (02-11-64) 14 - I Saw Her Standing There 15 - Please Please Me 16 - She Loves You 17 - BBC Medley 18 - We Love You Beatles 19 - Twist And Shout 20 - Roll Over Beethoven 21 - I Wanna Be Your Man 22 - Long Tall Sally 23 - Beatles Medley 24 - Can't Buy Me Love 25 - Shout 26 - Bad To Me 27 - Do You Want To Know A Secret 28 - This Boy Disc 2 01 - Can't Buy Me Love 02 - The Wrestling Dog 03 - All My Loving (06-16-64) 04 - You Can't Do That (06-16-64) 05 - All My Loving (08-23-64) 06 - Clap Your Hands... 07 - How They Did The 'I Feel Fine' 08 - Kansas City (10-09-64) 09 - I'm A Loser (06-20-65) 10 - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby(06-20-65) 11 - Concerts Medley (07-19-64) 12 - A Hard Day's Night (Take 3) 13 - A Hard Day's Night (Takes 8 And 9) 14 - Yesterday (Take 2) 15 - Act Naturally (07-19-64) 16 - Ticket To Ride (07-19-64) 17 - You're Gonna Lose That Girl (Take 3) 18 - Ticket To Ride (No Fade Out) 19 - Shea Stadium Intro 20 - Twist And Shout (08-15-65) 21 - I Feel Fine (08-15-65) 22 - Baby's In Black (08-15-65) 23 - Help! (08-15-65) 24 - I'm Down (08-15-65) 25 - Yes It Is Disc 3 01 - Nowhere Man (06-24-66) 02 - Bbc Xmas Medley 03 - Rock And Roll Music (06-30-66) 04 - Paperback Writer (06-30-66) 05 - Yesterday (01-07-66) 06 - Eleanor Rigby (With Paul's Intro) 07 - Ed Sullivan's Intro To New Songs 08 - Rain 09 - Rain (Take 5) 10 - Paperback Writer 11 - Yes It Is 12 - Jesus Epsode 13 - Day Tripper 14 - We Can Work It Out 15 - Strawberry Fields Forever (Paul) 16 - In The Bus 17 - I'm The Walrus 18 - I Will - Dera Dhum 19 - White Album Outtakes Medley 20 - David Frost Outtakes Intro 21 - Apple's Artists Medley 22 - 12 Bar Original (Complete Take) Disc 4 01 - Norwegian Wood (Take 2) 02 - Run For Your Life 03 - Inner Light 04 - All Together Now 05 - It's All To Much 06 - Hey Jude Rehearsal 07 - David Frost Intro To Hey Jude 08 - Paul Speaks About 09 - For You Blue 10 - Get Back Rehearsal 11 - The Long And Winding Road 12 - Let It Be 13 - Get Back (Take 2) 14 - Don't Let Me Down (Take 1) 15 - Abbey Road Medley 16 - Beatles Medley 17 - Break-Up Comments - The End 18 - The Return Of The Beatles 19 - Free As A Bird (Or 'As A Boyd') 20 - Free As A Bird 21 - Real Love (Take 5) 22 - Real Love (Take 1) 23 - Real (Fab Four Take) LINK Part 1LINK Part 2
