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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – The “This Boy” mix up

Welcome back for another Beatles Rarity Of The Week. From 1963 through 1965, The Beatles had a new album ready to go in time for the end-of-year holiday season. When it became apparent that this was not in the cards for 1966, EMI personnel hastily assembled a greatest hits album for the U.K. market only. [...]

Yesterday – Blackpool Night Out performance, Aug. 1, 1965

On August 1, 1965, after over a year of no live performances on U.K. television, The Beatles took the stage at the ABC Theatre to perform six numbers on the program Blackpool Night Out. Along with both sides of their new single (“Help!” and “I’m Down”), they performed the A-sides of the previous two singles [...]

Beatles Rarity Of The Week – The Night Before (the final Beeb show)

Welcome to the Beatles Rarity Of The Week. Paul McCartney’s summer On The Run tour has sadly drawn to a close, and those of you who were lucky enough to catch him this time around will likely recall a Beatles tune he added to his setlist that has never been performed at a Beatles or [...]

Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Run For Your Life (take 5)

Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. It became more or less expected for The Beatles to put out two albums per year as they had in 1963 and 1964. But when October 1965 rolled around, the band was yet to make it into the studio to record a follow up to their first [...]

Beatles Rarity Of The Week – That Means A Lot (John Barrett mix)

Welcome to yet another Beatles Rarity of the Week. This week’s feature was recorded on February 20, 1965, when the Beatles spent their last day at Abbey Road Studios, prior to setting off to make their upcoming film Help! Four rehearsal takes of That Means A Lot, written specifically for the film, were recorded that [...]

Collector’s Corner – ‘Yesterday And Today’ (and the infamous ‘Butcher Cover’)

Welcome to the first installment of Collector’s Corner! This time I will be covering what is widely considered a staple to any serious Beatles vinyl collection – the first issuance of the U.S. and Canada only LP release titled Yesterday And Today, but more commonly referred to as the “Butcher Cover” album. Background information: The [...]