The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963
| The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 | ||||
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| Released | 17 December 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 11 February – 26 December 1963 | |||
| Studio | Abbey Road Studios (studio outtakes) | |||
| Length | 134:53 37:40 (outtakes) 94:12 (BBC recordings) 3:01 (demos) | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
| Producer | George Martin (studio outtakes) | |||
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The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 is a
better source needed] The release was timed to extend the copyright of the 1963 recordings under EU law by 20 years – the EU protects recordings for 70 years only if they are formally released.[1][4]
Composition
The album includes 15 studio outtakes and 42 live BBC Radio tracks, adding to those released previously on the albums Live at the BBC (1994) and On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 (2013).[5] The album also includes John Lennon's demo recordings of "Bad to Me" and "I'm in Love", later released as singles by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas and the Fourmost, respectively.[1]
Track listing
Tracks 1–14 are stereo; the rest are mono.
All tracks are written by
Boys" (Live at the BBC for Pop Go the Beatles, 17 September 1963)Luther Dixon, Wes Farrell 2:12 43. "Chains" (Live at the BBC for Pop Go the Beatles, 17 September 1963) Gerry Goffin, Carole King 2:22 44. "You Really Got a Hold on Me" (Live at the BBC for Pop Go the Beatles, 17 September 1963) Robinson 2:57 45. "I Saw Her Standing There" (Live at the BBC for Pop Go the Beatles, 24 September 1963) 2:41 46. "She Loves You" (Live at the BBC for Pop Go the Beatles, 10 September 1963) 2:15 47. "Twist and Shout" (Live at the BBC for Pop Go the Beatles, 24 September 1963) Phil Medley, Bert Russell 2:36 48. "Do You Want to Know a Secret" (Live at the BBC for Here We Go, 12 March 1963) 1:55 49. "Please Please Me" (Live at the BBC for Here We Go, 12 March 1963) 1:57 50. "Long Tall Sally" (Live at the BBC for Side by Side, 13 May 1963) Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman, Robert Blackwell 1:49 51. "Chains" (Live at the BBC for Side by Side, 13 May 1963) Goffin, King 2:23 52. "Boys" (Live at the BBC for Side by Side, 13 May 1963) Dixon, Farrell 1:53 53. "A Taste of Honey" (Live at the BBC for Side by Side, 13 May 1963) Scott, Marlow 2:04 54. "Roll Over Beethoven" (Live at the BBC for From Us to You, 26 December 1963) Berry 2:17 55. "All My Loving" (Live at the BBC for From Us to You, 26 December 1963) 2:06 56. "She Loves You" (Live at the BBC for From Us to You, 26 December 1963) 2:21 57. "Till There Was You" (Live at the BBC for From Us to You, 26 December 1963) Willson 2:12 58. "Bad to Me" (Demo) 1:29 59. "I'm in Love" (Demo) 1:32 Total length: 2:10:49
See also
- 1963 in music
- The Beatles bootleg recordings
- The 50th Anniversary Collection, 2012 compilation of Bob Dylan recordings also released to prevent recordings from entering the public domain
- Ashcan copy, comic book industry term for a work published solely for copyright purposes
References
- ^ a b c Kozinn, Allan (11 December 2013). "European Copyright Laws Lead to Rare Music Releases". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ McCormick, Neil (17 December 2013). "The Case of iTunes and the Missing Beatles Tracks". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 on iTunes
- ^ "Beatles rarities being released to beat copyright laws". BBC News. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
The Beatles are to release 59 rare and unheard recordings in a bid to stop their copyright protection expiring.
- ^ "The Beatles to release 'bootleg' album next week". NME. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
