When Ringo Starr collapsed from tonsillitis early on jure 3, 1964, the day before The Beatles were to embark on the first leg of their summer world tour, Beatles manager Brian Epstein quickly decided to bring in a substitute drummer and continue with the tour (over George Harrison's objections). Producer George Martin suggested 24-year-old Cockney drummer Jimmy Nicol, who had played on a recent Georgie Fame and his Blue Flames session and also had played on a soundalike album of Beatles hits. Nicol auditioned rehearsed for a couple of hours that afternoon at Abbey Road with the other three Beatles and was hired. After arriving the next day in Copenhagen, where more rehearsals were held. Nicol debued with the band in concert that night From all reports, he was a fine fill-in on the drums, and while Nicol was self-conscious about not having much of a Beatle fringe (he used lotion to try to stimulate its growth while on tour with the group) the other Beatles included him in all of the group's public appearances and press conferences. After Copenhagen, Nicol played with The Beatles in Holland, Hong Kong and on the first four shows of the Australian tour, in Adelaide. When the band was rejoined by Starr in Melbourne, a historic five-Beatle press conference was held and then Nicol was sent home. (A poignant photo shows him sitting alone in the airport lounge waiting for his flight - just hours after he was part of some of the largest crowd scenes ever in Australia.)
Tracks 3-8 & 18: Recorded Live at the Cafe-Restaurant Treslong, Hillegom, Holland.(Vara TV), 5.6.64. Tracks 9-17: Recorded Live in Copennagen, Denmark, 4.6.94. Track 19: Extract from the live recording made by AVRO radio, Hillversum. Either 4.6.64 or 5.6.64. Tracks 20-23: Recorded live in Blokker, 6.6.64. Holland. Tracks 24-29, Recorded Live at Adelaide, 12.6.64.Australia.
01 - Abbey Road Rehearsal 02 - Pathe News (Arrival In Amsterdam) 03 - She Loves You 04 - All My Loving 05 - Twist And Shout 06 - Roll Over Beethoven 07 - Long Tall Sally 08 - Can't Buy Me Love 09 - I Want To Hold Your Hand 10 - All My Loving 11 - She Loves You 12 - Till There Was You 13 - Roll Over Beethoven 14 - Can't Buy Me Love 15 - This Boy 16 - Thanks To Jimmy 17 - Twist And Shout 18 - Extract From Interview (5.6.64) 19 - I Saw Her Standing There 20 - I Saw Her Standing There 21 - I Want To Hold Your Hand 22 - All My Loving 23 - She Loves You 24 - I Saw Her Standing There 25 - All My Loving 26 - She Loves You 27 - Till There Was You 28 - Roll Over Beethoven 29 - Can't Buy Me Love 30 - Farewell To Jimmy
The first popular Beatles bootleg was Kum Back, available around September 1969 in a plain white sleeve with no mention of a record company; the vinyl bootleg was based on an acetate of one of the early rough mixes by Glyn Johns of the Get Back album (which would later become Let It Be). John Lennon may have been the unintentional source for one of the Get Back bootlegs; Lennon said: "They say it came from an acetate that I gave to someone who then went and broadcast it as being an advance pressing or something." 01 - Get Back 02 - The Walk 03 - Let It Be 04 - Teddy Boy 05 - Two Of Us 06 - Don't Let Me Down 07 - I've Got A Feeling 08 - The Long And Winding Road 09 - For You Blue 10 - Dig A Pony 11 - Get Back Reprise LINK
01.Press Conference 02.WNET Newsfront 03.The Tonight Show. 05-14-1968 04.David Frost Presents... 05.Now And Then
Disc 2
01.COME AND GET IT (Recorded in July 1969 during the 'Abbey Road' sessions) 02.LEAVE MY KITTEN ALONE (Recorded in August l964 during the 'Beatles For Sale' sessions) 03.NOT GUILTY (Recorded in August 1968 during the 'White Album' sessions) 04.I'M LOOKING THROUGH YOU(Recorded in October l965. first take of the track from "Rubber Soul") 05.WHAT'S THE NEW MARY JANE? (Recorded in August 1968 during the 'White Album' sessions) 06.HOW DO YOU DO IT? (Recorded on September 4, 1962. the same day as 'Love Me Do') 07.BESAME MUCHO (Recorded in June 1962. part of the BeatLes' first ever Abbey Road session) 08.ONE AFTER 909 (Recorded in March l963 an early version of the track on 'Let It Be') 09.IF YOU'VE GOT TROUBLE (Recorded in February 1965 during sessions for the 'Help!' album) 10.THAT MEANS A LOT (Recorded in February l965 during the 'Help!' sessions) 11.WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS (July 1968. first take of the track on the 'White Album'') 12.MAILMAN BLUES (Recorded in January 1969 during the ''Let it Be' sessions) 13.CHRISTMAS TIME (lS HERE AGAIN) (Recorded in November 1967 as a Christmas message to fans) 14.AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING (April 1966 the 'Revolver' sessions. vocal overdub on take 2) 15.SHE'S A WOMAN (Take 7. recorded in October 1964 during the 'Beatles For Sale' sessions) 16.YES IT IS (Recorded in February 1965, b-side of 'Ticket To Ride' rechannelled stereo) 17.FOR YOU BLUE (Alternate version recorded in January 1969 during the 'Get Back' sessions) 18.FREE AS A BIRD (John Lennon demo reworked in 1994 for 'Anthology 1', outtake) 19.I'M A LOSER (Take 2. recorded in August 1964 during the 'Beatles For Sale' sessions) 20.DON'T BOTHER ME (September 1963 during the 'With The Beatles' sessions. remake take 10) 21.DIZZY MISS LIZZY (Backing track. recorded in May 1965 during sessions for the 'Help!' album) 22.REVOLUTION (Take 15. recorded in July l968, b-side of 'Hey Jude') 23.HELLO GOODBYE (Take l, recorded in October 1967 during sessions for 'Magical Mystery Tour') 24.REAL LOVE (John Lennon demo reworked in 1995 for 'AnthoLogy 2' outtake) 25.NOW AND THEN (JOHN LENNON UNRELEASED HOME DEMO)
1962–1966 (widely known as The Red Album) is a compilation of The Beatles' greatest hits from 1962 to 1966. It was released with its counterpart 1967–1970 (The Blue Album), a compilation of their greatest hits from 1967 to 1970. 1962–1966 reached #3 in the UK and managed to reach #1 in the U.S. Cashbox albums chart. However, in the U.S. the official chart was administered by Billboard, where 1962–1966 peaked at #3, while 1967–1970 managed to meet the summit. This album was re-released in September 1993 charting at #3 in the UK. The album was compiled by Beatles manager Allen Klein, with his selections approved by the Beatles themselves. Even though the group had had success with cover versions of songs, most notably with "Twist and Shout", which made #2 on the Billboard charts, only songs composed by The Beatles themselves were included. It is recognised as the first Beatles compilation since their breakup on 31 December 1970. Both it and 1967–1970 were produced by Apple/EMI at least partially in response to a bootleg compilation titled Alpha Omega, which had been sold on television the previous year. Disc 1 01 - Love Me Do 02 - Please Please Me 03 - From Me To You 04 - She Loves You 05 - I Want To Hold Your Hand 06 - All My Loving 07 - Can't Buy Me Love 08 - A Hard Day's Night 09 - And I Love Her 10 - Eight Days A Week 11 - I Feel Fine 12 - Ticket To Ride 13 - Yesterday Disc 2 01 - Help 02 - You've Got To Hide Your Love A 03 - We Can Work It Out 04 - Day Tripper 05 - Drive My Car 06 - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has 07 - Nowhere Man 08 - Michelle 09 - In My Life 10 - Girl 11 - Paperback Writer 12 - Eleanor Rigby 13 - Yellow Submarine LINK The Beatles - 1967-1970 - Blue Album
Disc 1 01 - Strawberry Fields Forever 02 - Pennylane 03 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 04 - With A Little Help From My Friends 05 - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 06 - A Day In The Life 07 - All You Need Is Love 08 - I Am The Walrus 09 - Hello Goodbye 10 - The Fool On The Hill 11 - Magical Mystery Tour 12 - Lady Maddona 13 - Hey Jude 14 - Revolution Disc 2 01 - Back In The U.S.S.R. 02 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps 03 - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 04 - Get Back 05 - Don't Let Me Down 06 - The Ballad Of John And Yoko 07 - Old Brown Shoe 08 - Here Comes The Sun 09 - Come Together 10 - Something 11 - Octopus's Garden 12 - Let It Be 13 - Across The Universe 14 - The Long And Winding Road LINK
Demos & remixes 01 - History (A Mixology) 02 - Bad To Me (Demo Plus) 03 - Goodbye (Demo Plus) 04 - Hello Little Girl (Unreleased) 05 - Step Inside Love (Original Demo) 06 - I'm In Love 07 - The Beatles Megamix 08 - She Loves You (True Stereo Outfake) 09 - I Saw Her Standing There (The Max Mix) 10 - Dear John (Demo Plus) 11 - Mother Was Of The Sky 12 - Everyone Has Someone Who Loves Them 13 - I'm Carrying (Demo Plus) 14 - Lost John (Vari-speed) 15 - Creo Que Voy A Llorar 16 - Chase My Blues Away (Performance Plus) 17 - Twist And Shout (Ultimix) 18 - Is There Anybody... 19 - Blue Jay Way (Hazy Twilight Remix) 20 - Within You - Open Your Eyes 21 - Glass Onion (Outfake) LINK
