This week’s BROW comes from the Beatle’s very first appearance on BBC radio, which precedes the release of “Love Me Do” (their first single) by 7 months. At this point, Pete Best was on drums and the band would not even meet their future producer George Martin for another 3 months. The BBC program, called Teenager’s Turn (Here We Go), aired on March 8, 1962 and The Beatles material used on the show came from a live recording made the previous day at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester. “Dream Baby”, of course, was a Roy Orbison cover. The Beatles also performed two other songs on the show which also happened to be covers: “Please Mr. Postman” (The Marvellettes) and “Memphis, Tennessee” (Chuck Berry).

In 1994, when the Beatles’ Live At The BBC CD set was released, a varied selection of some of their best BBC recordings were put on a two CD set. This track was not included in that set or any other official Beatles release.

The Beatles at The Playhouse Theatre

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