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20 February 2014
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The Beatles Live At The BBC Volume 3, Upgrades and Additions – 2015 Edition.
I can’t find it on discogs.com or amazon, and even googling doesn’t find a lot of hits, which tells me something… is this set of two CDs a bootleg, a grey market thing or what?
More importantly, is it worth having? Anything about it at all is appreciated.
Thanks!
I have 7.004 billion brothers and sisters.
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17 December 2012
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Without any further information, I am going for this being what you’re asking about, @stuartgardner:
It isn’t “grey market” but rather a straight bootleg which attempts to deceive by packaging it to look official (with the use of the Apple logo, etc.). That would be the reason you cannot find it on discogs or Amazon.
As to the contents, is it worth having? In my opinion, yes.
Should you pay for the contents, though? No, never.
In 2015, fan Lord Reith made available for free a 24-disc collection, The BBC Archives, of all the known BBC recordings, which is still available for free on the interweb. It includes everything on this set bar one song (A Taste Of Honey from People and Places, which wasn’t done for the BBC but, rather, their commercial rival, ITV – and then only shown in the North of England), plus a whole heap more.
Lord Reith’s The BBC Archives, being free, and as complete as possible, is by far the best way to get hold of the surviving BBC material – which is still more unreleased than released.
While we’re not meant to link to sites that provide download links, may I suggest you google “Lord Reith Collection”, and should you find that it leads you to The BBC Archives and his other Beatles fan-made sets (it was the top entry when I just tried).
But, just for emphasis, don’t ever pay for unofficial releases, grey market or bootleg, as all can be found for free on the interweb.
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5.19pm
20 February 2014
Offline Ron Nasty said
Without any further information, I am going for this being what you’re asking about, @stuartgardner:
It isn’t “grey market” but rather a straight bootleg which attempts to deceive by packaging it to look official (with the use of the Apple logo, etc.). That would be the reason you cannot find it on discogs or Amazon.
As to the contents, is it worth having? In my opinion, yes.
Should you pay for the contents, though? No, never.
In 2015, fan Lord Reith made available for free a 24-disc collection, The BBC Archives, of all the known BBC recordings, which is still available for free on the interweb. It includes everything on this set bar one song (A Taste Of Honey from People and Places, which wasn’t done for the BBC but, rather, their commercial rival, ITV – and then only shown in the North of England), plus a whole heap more.
Lord Reith’s The BBC Archives, being free, and as complete as possible, is by far the best way to get hold of the surviving BBC material – which is still more unreleased than released.
While we’re not meant to link to sites that provide download links, may I suggest you google “Lord Reith Collection”, and should you find that it leads you to The BBC Archives and his other Beatles fan-made sets (it was the top entry when I just tried).
But, just for emphasis, don’t ever pay for unofficial releases, grey market or bootleg, as all can be found for free on the interweb.
Ron,
Thank you very much, indeed! I really appreciate the time you took with such a detailed reply… because you just saved me 24 dollars!
Yes, you found the exact image of the item that furrowed my brow. And the “attempt to decieve by packaging it to look official” works pretty well through these glass screens of the interweb, doesn’t it? Deucedly insidious of them!
I believe eBay is fairly stringent about not allowing the sale of boots – at least, they used to be – but this time they seem to have blinked. It’s listed there now, awaiting anyone unwise enough to buy it without consulting Ron Nasty first.
I’m off now, first to alert eBay to their oversight and then to google “Lord Reith Collection.”
Again, many thanks!
You’ve done your good work for the day.
I have 7.004 billion brothers and sisters.
1.58pm
14 March 2016
Offline Thanks Ron!! I have been wondering about these recordings myself for a while now and never got around to looking things up!
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17 December 2012
Offline Exciting news, Lord Reith is in the process of updating his 24-disc The BBC Archives, improving audio and adding new material!!!
Search “Lord Reith BBC Archives 2019 update”.
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Be still, my heart…
Love one another.
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(I'm Fiddy, not Walrian)
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2018:
2019: 
2020:
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17 December 2012
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I’m just starting to look through it and download, but there are certainly things that were missing I’m hoping have been found.
So far he seems to have updated 13 of the first 14 discs (disc 2 hasn’t been done yet).
@meanmistermustard
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7.29am
1 May 2020
Offline Yes, I found myself recordings of Dream baby, A Picture of You, and Pop Go The Beatles.
I also wonder if the recording they did of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport with Rolf Harris is real.
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17 December 2012
Offline The recording of Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport with Rolf Harris is real, @KaosTictaw. It was made on 18 December 1963 for the first of their From Us to You BBC radio holiday specials, broadcast on Boxing Day.
As Joe says in his article on the session:
The host of From Us To You was Rolf Harris, who the following week became part of The Beatles’ Christmas Show in Finsbury Park, London. During the recording The Beatles joined Harris for a version of his 1960 hit Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport, with lyrics amended to refer to The Beatles and their long hair.
It was planned to be released on On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2, but was pulled at the last minute because of Harris’ arrest for paedophile offences involving four underage girls, which resulted in his conviction on 12 counts of indecent assault in 2014 and a five year prison sentence. He was later convicted of another seven counts of indecent assault. For the sake of fairness (not that the disgusting pervert deserves it) I will note that one of the 12 guilty verdicts in his first trial was overturned on appeal.
Because of that it seems unlikely we’ll see it receive an official release anytime soon. Maybe after the sick barsteward’s dead, but Apple understandably don’t want to have to pay royalties to a paedophile.
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1.53pm
1 May 2020
Offline it’s fine, because I can download the audio for the song from youtube.
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4.47pm
26 January 2017
Offline thanks @Ron Nasty for the pointer. Just getting to this now, fantastic.
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8.54pm
1 May 2020
Offline Can anyone read this?
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1 May 2011
Offline KaosTictaw said
Can anyone read this?
Yes
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2.04pm
1 May 2020
Offline meanmistermustard said
KaosTictaw said
Can anyone read this?
Yes
What’s it say?
I am not right, I am right.
2.07pm
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1 May 2011
Offline It gives the tracklisting and details.
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1 May 2020
Offline meanmistermustard said
It gives the tracklisting and details.
I mean, what are the tracks? the image is blurred for me.
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2.53pm
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1 May 2011
Offline KaosTictaw said
meanmistermustard said
It gives the tracklisting and details.
I mean, what are the tracks? the image is blurred for me.
Sorry, but i’m not typing out 74 tracks and their details. It’s blurry for me but I can make it out.
Maybe this is easier for you to read.
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