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It is a European release made up (mainly) of 1962 recordings. Between official releases and bootlegs, there is a group of releases known as “grey market” – especially with older artists. The “grey market” is made up generally of out-of-copyright recordings or recordings with a questionable copyright claim. The companies releasing such material often have no access to the original tapes, lifting them from old legal releases or bootlegs.

Europe had, until recently, a 50-year copyright rule, which meant that The Beatles 1962 recordings went out-of-copyright in 2012. Surprisingly, very few chanced their arm by taking the risk. This company did.

This explains the iTunes-only official Apple release of The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 at the end of last year. There is a more detailed discussion of copyright in a thread about copyright from somewhere around the end of 2012/early 2013 (I can never find old threads!) and also in a thread about The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 (where you can hear us tracking it around the world on the night).

It’s a complicated issue, but this release is a legal release, just not official.

I’m sure @Ahhh Girl (our search master) will appear soon to point you in the direction of the two threads I mentioned.

@Ahhh Girl Myself, I’d add it to “Miscellaneous Questions About The Beatles”.

Interesting to read those threads again. Quite amused that I predicted The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 back in January last year. Only me and @meanmistermustard took part in that copyright discussion (as others probably thought I was mad! and probably still do!).

I think adding this to that discussion about copyright would detract from a good two-header!