Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. Many of you may remember a radio show in the mid-90s that was created by Paul McCartney called Oobu Joobu. The program aired on the American radio network Westwood One and the name was inspired by the BBC’s production of a play by the late French writer [...]
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The Beatles on Blackpool Night Out – Act Naturally (1965)
On August 1, 1965, after not performing on British television in over a year, The Beatles showed up on the BBC program Blackpool Night Out to perform both sides of their new single, Yesterday/Act Naturally, along with a few other songs. After a brief discussion with The Beatles about receiving their MBE’s, this clip features [...]
Beatles Rarity Of The Week – I Saw Her Standing There (Live for Saturday Club)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. Plans for The Beatles to do a recording session for the BBC radio program Saturday Club fell through on March 11, 1963 because John Lennon came down with a sore throat. Plan B was put into effect, which was to just do a live performance during the [...]
The Beatles On Juke Box Jury
I had a recent request from my friend Cara, to share some of The Beatles on the UK BBC Television program Juke Box Jury. So here is an audio recording preceded by some background info about the show: On December 7th 1963, the Beatles gave an afternoon concert at the Empire Theatre in their hometown [...]
Beatles Rarity Of The Week – The Hippy Hippy Shake Live in Liverpool
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. I’ve decided to let this post be in celebration of my trip to Nashville, TN to see Sir Paul tonight. Since he hasn’t been to Nashville since 1974, when he recorded Junior’s Farm and Sally G there with Wings, I was even hoping he might modify his [...]
Stand By Me – John Lennon for Old Grey Whistle Test
In 1975, John Lennon was embroiled in his fight with U.S. Immigration and couldn’t leave the States. He’d been missing England for years, and was having the British Top 10 charts sent to him. Since he could not appear in person, John made a recording in New York for the U.K.’s television program Old Grey [...]
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