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| Pop Go The Beatles - Front Cover | Pop Go The Beatles - Back Cover |
| Label | Secret Trax |
| Catalogue No. | ST 200026 |
| Release Date | 2001 |
| Total Time | CD 1 - 60:01 CD 2 - 61:59 CD 3 - 57:12 CD 4 - 58:58 |
| Comments: | From January 1963, The Beatles regularly pulled in U.K. audiences of around ten million on "Saturday Club" and
a myriad of other BBC pop shows, until they received the ultimate recognition from the B.B.C. when they were offered
their own show, "Pop Go The Beatles". For some groups, a series that demanded five new recordings each week might have been daunting, but it allowed The Beatles to air their influences, and try out some new favourites. Pop Go The Beatles was broadcast in the summer of 1963 and this 4 CD set contains all sixteen episodes. The show features the band taking requests, interacting with presenters Lee Peters (first four episodes) and Rodney Burke (all the other episodes), playing their favourite songs and most importantly, performing live. Whilst most of the Beatles performances here appear on the more extensive BBC collections, it’s a treat to hear these shows in their entirety (except they're not !). The Beatles hadn’t been to America yet and were still Britain’s best kept secret. The innocence of 1963 comes through in these recordings...you can tell they were still just having fun playing together. An added bonus is the exhaustive 20 page booklet of sleeve notes, so detailed that it even transcribes all the between-song banter!
Just four tracks performed are missing from these recordings here as they have not become available to collectors. |
| No | Tracklisting | Time |
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Recorded: 24/05/63 Broadcast: 4/06/63 at 5:00 p.m. At: No.2 Studio Aeolian Hall, London Presented by: Lee Peters (Lee Peters was appearing as David Owen of The Dales) Guest group were The Lorne Gibson Trio |
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| 1 | Pop Go The Beatles | 0:19 |
| 2 | Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby | 2:10 |
| 3 | Do You Want To Know A Secret | 2:15 |
| 4 | You Really Got A Hold On Me | 3:09 |
| 5 | Misery | 1:43 |
| 6 | Hippy Hippy Shake | 1:42 |
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Recorded: 1/06/63 Broadcast: 11/06/63 At: BBC Paris Theatre, London Presented by: Lee Peters Guest group were The Countrymen |
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| 7 | Too Much Monkey Business | 1:50 |
| 8 | I Got To Find My Baby | 2:24 |
| 9 | Youngblood | 2:21 |
| 10 | Till There Was You | 2:20 |
| 11 | Baby It's You | 3:11 |
| 12 | Love Me Do | 2:33 |
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Recorded: 1/06/63 Broadcast: 18/06/63 At: BBC Paris Theatre, London Presented by: Lee Peters Guest group were Carter Lewis and The Southerners |
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| 13 | A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues | 2:30 |
| 14 | Memphis Tennessee | 2:28 |
| 15 | Happy Birthday (Paul's 21st) | 0:40 |
| 16 | A Taste Of Honey | 1:57 |
| 17 | Sure To Fall (In Love With You) | 2:19 |
| 18 | Money (That's What I Want) | 2:46 |
| 19 | From Me To You (This recording sounds like it's from a different production) |
1:58 |
| A rowdy version of "Happy Birthday" was featured before "A Taste Of Honey" to celebrate Paul's 21st Birthday. |
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Recorded: 17/06/63 Broadcast: 25/06/63 At: Studio No.5, BBC Maida Vale, London Presented by: Lee Peters Guest group were The Bachelors |
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| 20 | I Saw Her Standing There | 3:13 |
| 21 | Anna (Go To Him) | 3:34 |
| 22 | Boys | 3:08 |
| 23 | Chains | 2:39 |
| 24 | P.S. I Love You | 2:13 |
| 25 | Twist And Shout | 3:05 |
| 26 | Pop Go The Beatles | 1:06 |
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Recorded: 2/07/63 Broadcast: 16/07/63 At: Studio No.5, BBC Maida Vale, London Presented by: Rodney Burke Guest group were Duffy Power and the Graham Bond Quartet |
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| 1 | Pop Go The Beatles | 0:19 |
| 2 | That's All Right Mama | 2:57 |
| 3 | There's A Place | 1:51 |
| 4 | Carol | 2:50 |
| 5 | Soldier Of Love | 2:37 |
| 6 | Lend Me Your Comb | 1:59 |
| 7 | Clarabella | 3:18 |
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Recorded: 10/07/63 Broadcast: 23/07/63 At: No.2 Studio, Aeolian Hall, London Presented by: Rodney Burke Guest group were Carter Lewis and The Southerners |
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| 8 | Sweet Little Sixteen | 2:29 |
| 9 | A Taste Of Honey | 1:57 |
| 10 | Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Tree) | 3:03 |
| 11 | Love Me Do | 2:28 |
| 12 | Lonesome Tears In My Eyes | 2:46 |
| 13 | So How Come (No-one Loves Me) | 2:01 |
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Recorded: 10/07/63 Broadcast: 30/07/63 at 5:00 p.m. At: No.2 Studio, Aeolian Hall, London Presented by: Rodney Burke Guest group were The Searchers |
14 | Memphis Tennessee | 2:18 |
| 15 | Do You Want To Know A Secret (+ "Dear Wack") | 2:23 |
| 16 | Till There Was You | 2:57 |
| 17 | Matchbox | 2:26 |
| 18 | Please Mr. Postman | 2:41 |
| 19 | Hippy Hippy Shake | 1:55 |
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Recorded: 16/07/63 Broadcast: 6/08/63 at 5:00 p.m. At: BBC Paris Theatre, London Presented by: Rodney Burke Guest group were The Swinging Blue Jeans |
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| 20 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You | 2:20 |
| 21 | Crying, Waiting, Hoping | 2:33 |
| 22 | Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey | 2:39 |
| 23 | To Know Her Is To Love Her | 2:53 |
| 24 | The Honeymoon Song | 2:07 |
| 25 | Twist And Shout | 2:37 |
| 26 | Pop Go The Beatles | 1:06 |
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Recorded: 16/07/63 Broadcast: 13/08/63 at 5:00 p.m. At: BBC Paris Theatre, London Presented by: Rodney Burke Guest group were The Hollies |
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| 1 | Pop Go The Beatles | 0:19 |
| 2 | Long Tall Sally | 2:15 |
| 3 | Please Please Me | 2:12 |
| 4 | She Loves You | 3:03 |
| 5 | You Really Got A Hold On Me | 3:19 |
| 6 | I'll Get You | 2:11 |
| 7 | I Got A Woman | 3:02 |
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Recorded: 16/07/63 Broadcast: 20/08/63 At: BBC Paris Theatre, London Presented by: Rodney Burke Guest group were Russ Sainty and the Nu-Notes |
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| 8 | She Loves You (Same as that used in PGTB(9) !) | 2:43 |
| 9 | Words Of Love | 2:01 |
| 10 | Glad All Over | 1:57 |
| 11 | I Just Don't Understand | 3:13 |
| 12 | Devil In Her Heart | 2:42 |
| 13 | Slow Down | 2:56 |
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Recorded: 1/08/63 Broadcast: 27/08/63 At: Playhouse Theatre, Manchester Presented by: Rodney Burke Guest group were The Cyril Davies Rhythm and Blues All Stars with Long John Baldry |
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| 14 | Ooh! My Soul | 1:42 |
| 15 | Don't Ever Change | 2:39 |
| 16 | Twist And Shout | 2:28 |
| 17 | Anna (Go To Him) | 2:44 |
| 15 | A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues | 2:15 |
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Recorded: 1/08/63 Broadcast: 3/09/63 At: Playhouse Theatre, Manchester Presented by: Rodney Burke Guest group were Brian Poole and the Tremeloes |
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| 19 | From Me To You | 1:58 |
| 20 | Money (That's What I Want) | 2:41 |
| 21 | There's A Place | 2:05 |
| 22 | Honey Don't (with John on lead vocal) | 2:14 |
| 23 | Roll Over Beethoven | 2:56 |
| 24 | Pop Go The Beatles | 1:06 |
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Recorded: 3/09/63 Broadcast: 10/09/63 At: No. 2 Studio, Aeolian Hall, London Presented by: Rodney Burke Guest group were Johnny Kidd and the Pirates |
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| 1 | Pop Go The Beatles | 0:19 |
| 2 | Too Much Monkey Business | 2:10 |
| 3 | Love Me Do | 2:52 |
| 4 | She Loves You | 2:45 |
| 5 | I'll Get You | 2:06 |
| 6 | A Taste Of Honey | 2:13 |
| 7 | Hippy Hippy Shake | 2:12 |
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Recorded: 3/09/63 Broadcast: 17/09/63 At: No. 2 Studio, Aeolian Hall, London Presented by: Rodney Burke Guest group were The Marauders |
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| 8 | Chains | 2:31 |
| 9 | You Really Got A Hold On Me | 3:17 |
| 10 | Misery | 1:52 |
| 11 | Lucille | 3:24 |
| 12 | From Me To You | 2:30 |
| 13 | Boys | 3:04 |
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Recorded: 3/09/63 Broadcast: 24/09/63 At: No. 2 Studio, Aeolian Hall, London Presented by: Rodney Burke Guest group were Tony Rivers and the Castaways |
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| 14 | She Loves You | 2:30 |
| 15 | Ask Me Why | 1:58 |
| 16 | Devil In Her Heart | 2:51 |
| 17 | I Saw Her Standing There | 3:14 |
| 18 | Sure To Fall (In Love With You) | 2:34 |
| 19 | Twist And Shout | 3:08 |
| 20 | "Goodbye Jingle" | 0:07 |
| 21 | Pop Go The Beatles | 0:19 |
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The Making Of "Pop Go The Beatles" These recordings were taken from the BBC series in 1988 entitled "The Beeb's Lost Beatle Tapes". |
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| 22 | About "Pop Go The Beatles" | 1:11 |
| 23 | The producer and The Beatle | 3:31 |
| 24 | The recording engineers | 2:32 |
| 25 | The Beatle and The Beeb | 2:16 |
| 26 | Pop Go The Beatles | 1:06 |