THE BEATLES ON AIR LIVE AT THE BBC VOLUME 2 Universal Music Canada

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1 Page 1 sur 6 For immediate release THE BEATLES ON AIR LIVE AT THE BBC VOLUME 2 JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE AND RINGO SHAKE UP THE AIRWAVES New 2CD and Vinyl LP Collections Feature 40 Performances from The Beatles BBC Radio Broadcasts Toronto, ON 12 September 2013 In 1994, The Beatles Live at the BBC was released to worldwide acclaim hitting number one in the U.K. and selling more than five million copies within six weeks. A new companion to The Beatles first BBC collection, On Air Live at the BBC Volume 2, will be released on November 11 via Universal Music Canada in 2CD and 180-gram vinyl packages with a 48-page booklet. On Air s 63 tracks, none of which overlaps with The Beatles first BBC release, include 37 previously unreleased performances and 23 previously unreleased recordings of in-studio banter and conversation between the band s members and their BBC radio hosts. In the studios of the British Broadcasting Corporation, The Beatles performed music for a variety of radio shows. On Air Live at the BBC Volume 2 presents the sound of The Beatles seizing their moment to play for the nation. Thrilled to hear these exciting recordings again, Paul McCartney said, There s a lot of

2 Page 2 sur 6 energy and spirit. We are going for it, not holding back at all, trying to put in the best performance of our lifetimes. Ten of On Air s songs were never recorded by the group for EMI in the 1960s, including two making their debuts with the new release: The Beatles direct-to-air performance of Chuck Berry s I m Talking About You and a rocking cover of the standard Beautiful Dreamer. On Air also includes different versions of six rarities heard on the 1994 BBC collection: Little Richard s Lucille, Chuck Berry s Memphis, Tennessee, Chan Romero s The Hippy Hippy Shake, Ray Charles I Got A Woman, and two songs they learned from records by Carl Perkins, Glad All Over and Sure To Fall. The Beatles tribute to the BBC s most important pop show of the early 60s Happy Birthday, Dear Saturday Club is another surprise. As John Lennon recalled in 1980, We did a lot of tracks that were never on record for Saturday Club they were well recorded, too. Paul remembers, We d been raised on the BBC radio programmes. One of the big things in our week was Saturday Club this great show was playing the kind of music we loved, so that was something we really aspired to. Between March 1962 and June 1965, no less than 275 unique musical performances by The Beatles were broadcast by the BBC in the U.K. The group played songs on 39 radio shows in 1963 alone. Ringo Starr said in 1994, You tend to forget that we were a working band. It s that mono sound. There were usually no overdubs. We were in at the count-in and that was it. I get excited listening to them. On their busiest BBC day, 16 July 1963, The Beatles recorded 18 songs for three editions of their Pop Go The Beatles series in fewer than seven hours. The group played 88 distinct songs in their BBC sessions some were recorded many times; others performed just once. At the time, three national BBC stations provided all daytime radio broadcasting in the U.K. Only the Light Programme network might occasionally play a record. Most broadcast music was live music. Consequently, to promote their releases, The Beatles had to play live at the BBC. Everything was done instantly, remembered George Harrison, But before that, we used to drive 200 miles in an old van down the M1, come into London, try and find the BBC and then set up and do the programme. Then we d probably drive back to Newcastle for a gig in the evening! On Air also features BBC recordings of 30 well-loved songs from The Beatles catalogue, including five number ones and other favourites such as: I Saw Her Standing There, Twist And Shout, Do You Want To Know A Secret, Boys, Please Mister Postman, Money, And I Love Her and If I Fell. Like its critically acclaimed predecessor, On Air Live at the BBC Volume 2 includes audio of The Beatles talking to DJs Brian Matthew and Alan Freeman and Pop Go The Beatles hosts Lee Peters and Rodney Burke. When first broadcast, pop fans were amazed to hear such witty irreverence on the rather formal BBC and it is great fun to hear these extracts now. In addition, On Air releases, for the first time, the group s candid interviews for the Pop Profile series recorded in November 1965 and May Newly remastered for reissue on November 11 November, The Beatles first Live at the BBC album sounds and looks better than ever. This collection of the group s BBC sessions mixed versions of their hits with a treasure trove of 30 songs The Beatles performed on air but never released on record in the 1960s. The compelling track-list ranged from a rare performance of the little-known Lennon-McCartney original I ll Be On My Way to covers of classic rock n roll and contemporary rhythm and blues songs. At the time of its release, Live at the BBC was hailed by Rolling Stone as an exhilarating portrait of a band in the process of shaping its own voice and vision. It earned a GRAMMY Award nomination for Best Historical Album.

3 Page 3 sur 6 Live at the BBC was assembled by George Martin in 1994 and On Air Live at the BBC Volume Two was compiled and researched by producers Kevin Howlett and Mike Heatley. Both albums have been meticulously mastered by engineers Guy Massey and Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios. The booklets for both collections include Kevin Howlett s essays on the history of The Beatles BBC radio sessions and his detailed commentaries on all of the tracks. The Beatles: On Air Live at the BBC Volume 2 CD ONE 1. And Here We Are Again (Speech) 2. WORDS OF LOVE 3. How About It, Gorgeous? (Speech) 4. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET 5. LUCILLE 6. Hey, Paul (Speech) 7. ANNA (GO TO HIM) 8. Hello! (Speech) 9. PLEASE PLEASE ME 10. MISERY 11. I M TALKING ABOUT YOU 12. A Real Treat (Speech) 13. BOYS 14. Absolutely Fab (Speech) 15. CHAINS 16. ASK ME WHY 17. TILL THERE WAS YOU 18. LEND ME YOUR COMB

4 Page 4 sur Lower 5E (Speech) 20. THE HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE 21. ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN 22. THERE S A PLACE 23. Bumper Bundle (Speech) 24. P.S. I LOVE YOU 25. PLEASE MISTER POSTMAN 26. BEAUTIFUL DREAMER 27. DEVIL IN HER HEART 28. The 49 Weeks (Speech) 29. SURE TO FALL (IN LOVE WITH YOU) 30. Never Mind, Eh? (Speech) 31. TWIST AND SHOUT 32. Bye, Bye (speech) 33. John Pop Profile (Speech) 34. George Pop Profile (Speech) CD TWO 1. I SAW HER STANDING THERE 2. GLAD ALL OVER 3. Lift Lid Again (Speech) 4. I LL GET YOU 5. SHE LOVES YOU 6. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 7. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SATURDAY CLUB

5 Page 5 sur 6 8. Now Hush, Hush (Speech) 9. FROM ME TO YOU 10. MONEY (THAT S WHAT I WANT) 11. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND 12. Brian Bathtubes (Speech) 13. THIS BOY 14. If I Wasn t In America (Speech) 15. I GOT A WOMAN 16. LONG TALL SALLY 17. IF I FELL 18. A Hard Job Writing Them (Speech) 19. AND I LOVE HER 20. Oh, Can t We? Yes We Can (Speech) 21. YOU CAN T DO THAT 22. HONEY DON T 23. I LL FOLLOW THE SUN 24. Green With Black Shutters (Speech) 25. KANSAS CITY/HEY-HEY-HEY-HEY! 26. That s What We re Here For (Speech) 27. I FEEL FINE (STUDIO OUTTAKE) 28. Paul Pop Profile (Speech) 29. Ringo Pop Profile (Speech)

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