The Beatles: On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2

THE BEATLES

«ON AIR – LIVE AT THE BBC VOLUME 2»

JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE AND RINGO ROCK THE RADIO FREQUENCY 

On 1994, «Live at the BBC», from the Beatles, was edited for the world claim  – getting the number on in the United Kingdom and selling more than 5 millions of copies, in only six weeks. From now on, the first collection of Beatles on BBC has company: «On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2» will be edited on the 11th of November. 

The 63 songs of «On Air», none of them in the first volume of the Beatles on BBC, include 37 performances unreleased until now and 23 recordings never edited, among them some jokes on studio and chats among the people from the band and the hosts of the British station.

The Beatles:  On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 (Sample received here at Arts contains):

1. WORDS OF LOVE
2. PLEASE MISTER POSTMAN
3. I SAW HER STANDING THERE
4. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET
5. BOYS

This sample begins with «Words of Love». Recorded in Paris Theatre, at the 16th of July of 1963, «Words of Love» was originally edited, in the United Kingdom, by Buddy Holly, on July the 1958. This recording from BBC was released 15 months before even the song was aligned in «Beatles For Sale». the harmony that Buddy had sang, before, is here interpreted by John and Paul, in 2 equal parts, and in a very primitive dub but efficient.

the second song, recorded at 10th of July of 1963, on Studio Two, the Aeolian Hall, in London, it's another version of the same time. «Please Mister Postman» was originally edited by The Marvelettes and was the 1st number one Pop with the Motown label, of Berry Gordy. Through this phase  BBC didn't began to pass the Motown Hits and it was thanks to the success gained by the Beatles, and to the support that was given to Motown, that the mythical editor finally came to the British people.

The 3rd song it's an original from the Beatles and, probably, one of the most famous hymns. «I Saw Her Standing There» was recorded at the 7th of September of 963, on the BBC Playhouse Theatre, in London, being after that, registered more than 11 times, through the band course at the BBC. This interpretation, in specifics, was registered during the 5th anniversary of the show «Saturday Club».

The 4th song is another original from the Beatles: «Do You Want To Know A Secret» arrived in 2nd, to the United States, and after that, lead the British Tops, when it was subject of a version signed by the Dakotas. This interpretation was recorded on Studio Two, of Aeolian Hall, in London, on the 19th of July of 1963.

The last song, «Boys», is a new vision to the B side on a major success in the Shirelles career, «Will You Love Me Tomorrow». Recorded on the 17th of July of 1963, at the Studio Five, from BBC Maida Vale, in London, this version was edited in 1995, in an EP with 4 performances from the Beatles on BBC, entitle «Baby It’s You».

Between March of 1962 and June of 1965, in the United Kingdom, were transmitted, through the BBC radios, nothing more than 275 performances form the Beatles. Only on the 1963, the band played in 39 shows. On his most eventful day on BBC – 16th of July of 1963 –, in less than 7 hours, the Beatles recorded 18 songs for 3 editions of their «Pop Go The Beatles».

«On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2» was compiled and researched by the producers Kevin Howlett and Mike Heatley, with the meticulous mastering of the engineers Guy Massey and Alex Wharton, on the Abbey Road Studios. 

the book that accompanies this collection includes texts from Kevin Howlett about radio sessions stories from the Beatles on BBC and detailed comments in all the songs. 

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