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List Price: $34.98 | | Label: Capitol
Salesrank: 4302
Released: June 5, 2001 |
| Our Price: $16.40 |
| Used Price: $9.96 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Editorial Review:
The surviving members of the Fab Four spent much of the 1990s belatedly reuniting to document, promote, and occasionally awkwardly burnish their unparalleled pop music legacy. This double-disc anthology of live-in-the-studio performances originally recorded specifically for the BBC during the most frantic years of early Beatlemania was the first chapter in that effort and the first issuance of previously unreleased Beatles recordings since the late '70s. In many ways, it remains the most artistically revealing. Capturing them at their early '60s live-performance peak, these recordings pay homage to both the band's eclectic musical influences (including Chuck Berry, Phil Spector, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Larry Williams, the Coasters, and the Shirelles), and to the enthusiastic and generous sense of musical discovery and the pop proselytizing that accompanied them. A number of the Fabs' own '62-'65 singles and album tracks are also featured, but they mostly take a back seat to the generous collection of previously unreleased cover songs included here. The band's brisk, often irreverent sense of humor also comes to fore in the intros, interviews, and between-song banter. An indispensable part of any true Beatlemaniac's collection and a superb introduction to the roots of a musical legend. --Jerry McCulley
Live at the BBC Reviews:
Beatles Live At The BBC 
2009-11-27 - Very quick service. Item arrived as described. Jewel case was damaged but oh well.
Rockin' Over The Radio!
2009-09-30 - This is the stuff that presents The Beatles as the musical fusion that they were. As Paul said near the end of the Anthology video, "We were this nice little band who could play just about any kind of stuff". And they run the gambit here. Yes there is a good number of the Hits, but it's the stuff from their club days that is the treasure. Plus this stuff was recorded with the utmost excellence. You can even hear the drums. Something George Martin couldn't get right until Emerick & Townsend showed up in 1966. My Favorites are I Just Don't Understand, How Come No One Loves me, I Got A Woman, Soldier Of Love, Too Much Monkey Business, Hippy Hippy Shake, & Lucille. One note on the hits. Some of the Later ones they sang live over the record. On A Hard Days Night, The played the song live, but before the program aired, the BBC edited in the records Piano part. WHY??? But like I said, this is about the material from their club days which runs the spectrum from Country/Rockabilly to R&B. And all of it is superb. Fab indeed.
Must Have !
2009-09-28 - This is a must have for any Beatles fan . Great early tracks, when you get it live , you just feel the music even more .
damaged 
2009-09-14 - the item was damaged when i received it, i did not returned it because the freight charge might be almost the same as the product itself.
Alright, but Great if you like Live Albums 
2009-08-31 - If you're a fan of anything live the Beatles have done, then this album is just right for you. There are funny snipits of interviews and conversations they've had with the BBC that will make you laugh. There are also a couple of songs previously unheard like John's cover of "Memphis, TN" and Paul's version of "Til There Was You" is actually better than the recorded album version on this take.
But if I have this CD on my ipod I find myself skipping the majority of the songs because they just aren't as good as their best work. So this album is just okay for me.
The insert is great. Lots of pictures, some previously not ever seen. Many taken at the BBC studios.
If you're a die-hard Beatles fanatic, then definitely buy. If you're just starting out, buy their other albums first before this one. Get to know their music first. This is definitely not for the faint of heart :)
