Disclaimer: Please note that it is not the intent of this site to trade, share or otherwise offer any of the audio or video content that is featured. In fact, downloading of these files has been disabled. The sharing of music on this site is merely for the appreciation of the historical phenomenon of The Beatles and their performances, and is to be limited to listening and/or viewing only while visiting the site. Please do not contact TheBeatlesRarity.com to ask for any personal copies of sound or video files or to buy or trade any unauthorized media. Additionally, please note that this is a personal web site in no way affiliated with The Beatles or any of their former members or any business interests that they may be associated with.

The purpose of TheBeatlesRarity.com is primarily to publish my Beatles Rarity Of The Week column. These days they are regularly posted each Monday. This is where I take on the attitude that you can find the mainstream Beatles and solo-Beatles hits anywhere but once a week or so, you might want to hear something that is a little more out of the ordinary. And if you still have come across the particular variation of a song I post, then maybe it’s been awhile, because it’s not on the radio or as easily found in stores anywhere. I started The Beatles Rarity Of The Week (i.e. BROW) back in 2007 and all of these posts (usually one per week, as the name implies) are right here on this site. It is a means of sharing with other Beatles fans from my growing collection of 8,201 recordings. The tracks are considered rare because they are have either been out of circulation for some time, were never in circulation in the first place but only available on unofficial recordings, or other reasons. The sources stem from live concert performances, television appearances, studio outtakes and more. The BROW will feature not only Beatles-era recordings but also recordings from any of their individual post-Beatles careers and even pre-Beatles recordings. Along with the music, there will also be a little discussion to put things into the proper perspective. Just click Rarities in the navigation bar on the top of the page to check some of these out.

I take requests for future BROWs too. It only has to be something somewhat rare that one or more Beatles is playing on. Just click Suggest A Post in the top navigation bar and let me hear from you.

On Wednesdays there is usually a post of one of the Beatles Cartoons that used to be televised in the mid to late 60′s on Saturday morning in the U.S. on ABC TV. If you click the Categories tab in the upper right sidebar, you’ll see a link for Weekly Cartoon Clips if you want to watch Beatles Cartoons.

On Fridays, there is a Beatles-related video feature (dubbed VOW for Video of the Week). Just click Videos in the navigation bar on the top of the page to check some of these out.

There are various search mechanisms on the site as well including a “tags” search accessible from the lower right sidebar, a keyword search from the search tab in the upper right sidebar or you can browse through the post archives sorted by the month/year the post was made by clicking Explore the Blog Archives in the navigation bar at the top of each page.

Occasionally there are other unscheduled posts whenever there is Beatle-news of new releases or other interesting items. You can use the Categories tab in the upper right sidebar of each page to look for cool stuff to read about or listen to.

For any post you may comment on it, mark it “Fab”, or share it with a number of other sites such as Digg, Facebook, StumbleUpon, Google Buzz and more. Look for the buttons to do this at the bottom of each post.

The latest info on site changes is available here, or by clicking the Categories tab in the right sidebar and then clicking Site Information.

Various subscription options including email, RSS, Facebook and Twitter are all accessible at the upper right sidebar. Registration is also made easier if you have a Facebook account as you can use your Facebook log in info to sign in here in which case your avatar photo used on Facebook will transfer to this site whenever you comment on a post.

Beatles radio from Live365.com’s Fab4Radio can be accessed from the middle right sidebar. Just click and minimize the player when it opens and enjoy the tunes while you look around. This is a great station, by the way! Over at fab4radio.com the station description reads: This is it, finally a truly Fabulous 24/7 online radio station geared to the serious Beatle appreciator. Deep cuts, Beatles and related, selected to delight surprise and revitalize the fab faithful. Tune in and TURN IT UP!

There is also a nice list of some of my favorite other Beatles websites accessible by clicking Links in the navigation bar at the top of each page. For even more Beatles websites, click the BeatleLinks banner in the right sidebar.

Now a little about me:

I have been fascinated by the work of The Beatles for a long time and have been collecting recordings by them since 1976 which is longer than I have been an adult. Over the years my interests grew beyond the official recordings, and also from group efforts to solo-Beatle projects, and from collectible vinyl to CDs and video media. I even started collecting material by other artists that had one or more of The Beatles contributions as supporting musicians. What I really wanted to do was to get everything they ever did musically, but the more I collected and the more I learned, the more I realized what a nearly impossible endeavor this would be.

Searching through my actual Beatles music collection: Everything in my entire collection is now listed on this site if you’d like to take a look. From here you may do searches on any song and see how many versions I have of it (many are not officially released recordings) and you may also search album/CD or VHS/DVD titles. Just click Search Nat’s Collection at the navigation bar up top. There is truly a wealth of information on the site for anyone interested.

Thanks again for stopping by. All the best!

Happy Nat