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IveJustSeenAFaceo said

meanmistermustard said
Someone has started up a blog called Blanco Records where you can get concept bootlegs created by the blogger – a cool original idea if you ask me. So far it’s got material, from amongst others, Paul, Led Zeppelin and Dylan up – The Beatles are also there but the link is wrong and takes you to a dead end.

Its basically another place to get outttakes, demo’s etc but done in a different way.

I downloaded the .zips from Paul, but when I tried to extract the songs, it said it was empty. Any idea why? The same thing happened with the Wilco one.

No idea. The Paul files are definitely there and come as mp3’s. Only thing i can suggest is trying again. Sometimes its down to the web browser you’re using, IE can be a right pain, so if you’re using that i’d suggest going elsewhere (FF, Chrome). 

Off-topic: Does anyone here still use IE, it’s incredible how bad it is (slow, clunky, temperamental) when you go and use it after a period of time with the others?

Wandered upon this, haven’t used it yet so no idea about its downloads but certainly looks interesting.

World of Beatles Bootlegs

edit: link removed.

beatleman said
Can anyone please link me to a site with working links of most of Dr Ebbetts releases?

They are so hard to find, especially the US releases.

Everything Beatles had a few of Dr Ebbetts work a good while back (i forget when exactly); whether or not they are still there and the links work i don’t know.

Edit: links removed.

Have found the stereo Please Please Me with seemingly working file here.

There is at least one more, there may be others.

The Beatles – 1964 – 02 – 11 Washington (Unreleased Capitol Master)

mja6758 said
The Capitol recording of the Washington Coliseum performance is rubbish. It’s the film soundtrack. Capitol only recorded the three Hollywood Bowl performances. Brian actually turned early requests from Capitol to record them live. They weren’t even given to record Shea Stadium. You can produce a bootleg that looks like a Capitol cover, but that doesn’t make the contents a Capitol recording. However, if it’s at it’s best, the Coliseum gig is a damn good recording taken from a professionally recorded tape. Just not by Capitol.

All Washington ’64 bootlegs pre-itunes 2009, where it was made available, in pristine condition and complete, for a limited time as a free film to view as well as a bonus freebie to those who bought the stereo box, have been superceded and are pretty worthless. This includes that Ebbett bootleg – however if someone is looking for Doctor Ebbett downloads its only decent to mention it which is why i did.

Anyway. Octaner’s Blog has re-upped Dr E’s ‘The Beatles In Italy (Italian Mono)‘.

Unsurpassed Broadcasts contains some trickery (very minor) with the recordings, admitted to by Hobnail (the guy who compiled it), however there are many upgrades and new bits of chat that are not on Purple Chicks set. There is no ultimate source for the BBC recordings, all bootleg collections have issues and the Great Dane box set from the nineties is till considered to be the best source for a couple of tracks here and there.

‘The Beatles At The Beeb With Pete Best (Drexel 1988)’ will be the release date and source album title used for the 3 tracks not when they were recorded.

Doug Sulpy recently put out ‘The BBC Master Guide‘, an 84 page pdf (a hard copy was available but sold out very quickly) which is said to help fans/collectors assemble the best sources together (i havent got it). Details in the pic below which is captured from the link contained.