Collectors Music Reviews

Blackpool Night Out 64 Upgraded (Unicorn Records UC-123/24) Disc 1 (72:14):  Blackpool Night Out – July 19, 1964 (Upgrade From Tape Source, Speed Corrected) Intro, A Hard Days Night, Things We Said Today, You Can’t Do That, If I fell, Long Tall Sally.  Cow Palace, San Francisco August 19, 1964 – Twist and Shout / [...]

Imagine: Les Archives Personnelles De John Lennon (Unicorn Records UC-121/22) Disc 1, Imagine Les Archives Personnelles De John Lennon (March 4th, 1990), 1980 Songwriting:  Intro / She Loves You, Interviews, Watching The Wheels (Piano Demo), Interviews, Life Begins At Forty (Demo), I’m Stepping Out, Every Man Has A Woman, Dear Yoko (Bermuda Demo), Starting Over [...]

Beatle Tour Capitol Mono Acetate (Unicorn Records UC-144) (41:57):  Introduction, Childhood – Paul, John, George, Ringo, Musical beginnings – John, George, What if The Beatles hadn’t happened – Paul, Opinions of Beatlemania – Ringo, John, Comments about last San Fransisco concert 31 August 1965 – John, Being labeled “The Quiet Beatle” – George, The business [...]

 Help Studio Sessions Back To Basic (Extract Factory EXT 014) Disc 1 (65:15):  01. Help! (Take 1) (Stereo) / 02. Help! (Take 2) (Stereo) / 03. Help! (Take 3) (Stereo) / 04. Help! (Studio Chat Pre-Take 4) (Stereo) / 05. Help! (Take 4) (Stereo) / 06. Help! (Take 5) (Stereo) / 07. Help! (Take 6) [...]

 Where Are We Going, Boys?  (Godfather Records GR675) Decca Studios,West Hampstead, London, England – January 1st, 1962 (35:03):  Money (That’s What I Want), The Sheik Of Araby, Memphis Tennessee, Three Cool Cats, Sure To Fall (In Love With You), September In The Rain, Take Good Care Of My Baby, Till There Was You, Crying Waiting [...]

 Twelve Days At Twickenham (Unicorn Records UC-125/127/129/131/133/135/137/139/141) Twelve Days At Twickenham is a massive eighteen disc box set, a new release on Unicorn Records.  It compiles all of the Twickenham Camera B Nagra Rolls from January 3-14 1969 in the best available sound quality.  Unicorn previously released a 24 disc box set titled Get Back [...]

Acetate Collection Vol. 2 (Unicorn Records UC-143) (65:08): Sunday Night At The London Palladium 1963 (Sourced From A Recently Discovered Acetate), Christmas Message Outtake (Unreleased Outtake Not Used On Xmas Album), 3-8. Liverpool Empire 1963 (Taken From A New Video Source), Magical Mystery Tour – Acetate (Remix Mono 4 Remastered), A Day In The Life [...]

 Beatles For Sale Studio Sessions / Back To Basics (Extract Factory EXT 013) The anthologizing of a particular album is not a new idea nowadays – it almost certainly sprung from the idea of collecting various different takes of a song around the time that the Beatles “Get Back” recordings started to leak & enterprising [...]

 Ze Anonym Plattenspieler: A Collection (Extract Factory EXT 009) Nowhere man ( Budokan, Tokyo, 6-30-66 ), No Pakistanis [ Get Back ] ( 01-09-69 ), Whats’s The New Mary Jane ( Stereo single mix, Edit of RS 4 & 5, 11-26-69), All My Loving ( 8-23-64 Hollywood Bowl ), The Walk ( 1-69 Stereo from [...]

   Informal Recordings 1963 – 1964 (Extract Factory EXT 010) (55:26)  Bad To Me / Tammy – Over The Rainbow / Guitar Instrumental / Guitar Instrumental / Michelle / Guitar Instrumental / Guitar Instrumental / Guitar Instrumental / Three Coins In The Fountain / Rockin’ & Rollin’ ( Backing Track ) / Rockin’ & Rollin’ [...]

Boys 1963 1964 (Extract Factory EXT 011) (50:27):  TV-Shindig, October 3rd, 1964:  Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey (undubbed).  TV-Sweden “Drop In” October 30th, 1963:  She Loves You, Twist And Shout, I Saw Her Standing There, Long Tall Sally.  Washington Coliseum, February 11th, 1964:  Band Introduction, Roll Over Beethoven, From Me To You, I Saw Her Standing There, This [...]

 Whisper And Shout (Extract Factory EXT 008) (51:09):  Savoy Truffle, Honey Pie, What’s The New Mary Jane, Watching Rainbows, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, My Love, Maybe I’m Amazed, Bluebird, Blackbird, Jet, Little Woman Love / C Moon, You Got Me Going / Don’t Let Me Down, I Saw Her Standing There Whisper And Shout is a [...]

 Backyard Reel (Extract Factory EXT 012) (73:54):  Leave My Kitten Alone (take 4 f/s, take 5 mono), If You’ve Got Trouble (take 1, true stereo), I’m Looking Through You (take 1), Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da + Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (Sessions mix), Strawberry Fields Forever (edit of takes 7 & 26), A Day In The Life [...]

The Year Of Revolt & Other Changes (Godfather Records GR650) (60:42) Peter Sellers Tape:  Back In The USSR, Rocky Racoon, Wild Honey Pie, Mother Nature’s Son, Sexy Sadie, Don’t Pass Me By, Yer Blues, Good Night, Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except For Me & My Monkey, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Blackbird, Not Guilty.  Bonus tracks:  Down [...]

 Christmas Album (His Masters Choice HMC 012) The Beatles Christmas Album collects the seven fan club records issued during the band’s lifetime.  They were collected and released by Apple Records in 1970 after the band broke up.  Several titles were released covering the same material since then.  His Masters Choice is basically a copy of the [...]

Unforgettable (A.K.A. The McCartney Christmas Album) (His Master’s Choice HMC 011) SIDE A:  Unforgettable (by Nat King Cole), Someone Ain’t Right (by Peter And Gordon), I Get Around (by The Beach Boys), (Love Is Like A) Heatwave (by Martha And The Vandelas), Don’t Be Cruel (by Elvis Presley), Down Home Girl (by The Rolling Stones), [...]

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Rock Band (Audiofӧn AF 020) ( 73:13 ) Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A little Help From My Friends / Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds / Getting Better / Fixing A Hole / She’s Leaving Home / Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite / Within You [...]

Running On A Dark Course (Beatles Master Works BMW-28A/B) Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX – November 24th, 1974 (evening show) Disc 1 (41:19):  Hari’s On Tour (Express), While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Something, Will It ‘Round In Circles, Sue Me Sue You Blues, For You Blue, Give Me Love, Soundstage Of My Mind Disc 2 (42:43):  [...]

The Black Album (Extract Factory EXT 005) Disk 1 : Tennesee / The House Of The Rising Sun / Back To Commonwealth / Get Off – White Power / Promenade / Yakkety Yak – Hi Ho Silver / For You Blue / Let It Be / Get Back / Don’t Let Me Down / Two [...]

Rough Cuts Soundcheck 1993 (Beatles Master Works BMW002) Waldbuhne, Berlin, Germany – September 3rd 1993 (56:54):  Let Me Roll It, Off The Ground, Robbie’s Bit, Good Rocking Tonight, I Lost My Little Girl, Ain’t No Sunshine, Can’t Buy Me Love, Michelle, Looking For Changes, Back In The USSR, Jet, Lady Madonna, C Moon, Live And [...]