At the time of its release, this album contained the first previously unreleased recordings of The Beatles since 'Let It Be' 24 years earlier. It was also the first release of Apple's new-era which would continue the following year with 'Anthology'. It was also an album designed to 'beat the bootleggers', but instead of putting them out of business, the demand for more BBC material actually increased the number of bootlegs on the market.
In this video, we look at all these things and more and how a chance conversation with a fan led to the recovery of the best sounding BBC material in history.
0:00 - Opener & intro.
0:50 - 'The Beatles At The Beeb' radio broadcast 1982.
1:46 - 'Yellow Matter Custard'.
2:23 - The 'Beatles At The Beeb' effect.
2:55 - EMI's eyes lit up.
3:26 - The BBC attitude to pop in their archive.
4:04 - Tracking down archive sources.
4:35 - Margaret Ashworth.
7:42 - Promotion of the new LP.
8:49 - Release day frenzy.
9:27 - The domination of the CD and it's error.
9:47 - Chart stats.
10:06 - 'Baby It's You' EP.
10:21 - The bootleggers became busier.
10:38 - The 'Enhanced' edition.
11:10 - 'On Air - Volume 2'.
11:37 - Apple's 'Bootleg Recordings 1963'.
11:58 - 2017 Deagostini repressings.
12:17 - Scope for volume 3?
12:35 - My thoughts on this album.
12:47 - Outro
Paul McCartney LIPA commercial: https://youtu.be/4rY3K8X9n98
DeAsgostini Beatles Collection video: https://youtu.be/4yWmVNx-Ofc
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