The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963
The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 is a compilation of 59 previously unreleased recordings by the band, put out on 17 December 2013 exclusively through the iTunes Store. It arrived with little fanfare and was available for only a few hours at first, though it later returned for purchase.
The timing was deliberate. Under EU law, recordings are protected for 70 years only if they have been formally released, so putting this material out extended the copyright on the 1963 recordings by 20 years. It sits alongside Please Please Me and With The Beatles, the band's two studio albums from that year, and is mostly of interest to collectors who want to hear the Beatles' first year from a different angle.
The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963: tracklist and credits
59 tracks · 2:15:25Tracklist
- 1There’s a Place (takes 5 & 6)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:19
- 2There’s a Place (take 8)John Lennon and Paul McCartney1:59
- 3There’s a Place (take 9)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:04
- 4Do You Want to Know a Secret (take 7)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:17
- 5A Taste of Honey (take 6)Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow2:13
- 6I Saw Her Standing There (take 2)John Lennon and Paul McCartney3:07
- 7Misery (take 1)John Lennon and Paul McCartney1:54
- 8Misery (take 7)John Lennon and Paul McCartney1:56
- 9From Me to You (takes 1 & 2)John Lennon and Paul McCartney3:24
- 10From Me to You (take 5)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:17
- 11Thank You Girl (take 1)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:09
- 12Thank You Girl (take 5)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:04
- 13One After 909 (takes 1 & 2)John Lennon and Paul McCartney4:29
- 14Hold Me Tight (take 21)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:42
- 15Money (That’s What I Want) (studio outtake)Janie Bradford and Berry Gordy2:48
- 16Some Other Guy (live at BBC for “Saturday Club” / 26th January, 1963)Barrett, Leiber, Stoller2:02
- 17Love Me Do (live at BBC for “Saturday Club” / 26th January, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:31
- 18Too Much Monkey Business (live at BBC for “Saturday Club” / 26th January, 1963)Chuck Berry1:50
- 19I Saw Her Standing There (live at BBC for “Saturday Club” / 16th March, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:38
- 20Do You Want to Know a Secret (live at BBC for “Saturday Club” / 26th January, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney1:50
- 21From Me to You (live at BBC for “Saturday Club” / 26th January, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney1:54
- 22I Got to Find My Baby (live at BBC for “Saturday Club” / 26th January, 1963)Chuck Berry1:59
- 23Roll Over Beethoven (live at BBC for “Saturday Club” / 29th June, 1963)Chuck Berry2:29
- 24A Taste of Honey (live at BBC for “Easy Beat” / 23rd June, 1963)Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow2:01
- 25Love Me Do (live at BBC for “Easy Beat” / 20th October, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:29
- 26Please Please Me (live at BBC for “Easy Beat” / 20th October, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:08
- 27She Loves You (live at BBC for “Easy Beat” / 20th October, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:29
- 28I Want to Hold Your Hand (live at BBC for “Saturday Club” / 21st December, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:19
- 29Till There Was You (live at BBC for “Saturday Club” / 21st December, 1963)Meredith Willson2:17
- 30Roll Over Beethoven (live at BBC for “Saturday Club” / 21st December, 1963)Chuck Berry2:16
- 31You Really Got a Hold on Me (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 4th June, 1963)Smokey Robinson2:54
- 32The Hippy Hippy Shake (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 4th June, 1963)Chan Romero1:43
- 33Till There Was You (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 11th June, 1963)Meredith Willson2:14
- 34A Shot of Rhythm and Blues (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 18th June, 1963)Terry Thompson2:06
- 35A Taste of Honey (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 18th June, 1963)Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow1:56
- 36Money (That’s What I Want) (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 18th June, 1963)Janie Bradford and Berry Gordy2:41
- 37Anna (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 25th June, 1963)Arthur Alexander3:03
- 38Love Me Do (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 10th September, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:29
- 39She Loves You (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 24th September, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:16
- 40I’ll Get You (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 10th September, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:06
- 41A Taste of Honey (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 10th September, 1963)Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow2:00
- 42Boys (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 17th September, 1963)Luther Dixon and Wes Farrell2:13
- 43Chains (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 17th September, 1963)Carole King and Gerry Goffin2:22
- 44You Really Got a Hold on Me (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 17th September, 1963)Smokey Robinson2:57
- 45I Saw Her Standing There (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 24th September, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:41
- 46She Loves You (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 10th September, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:15
- 47Twist and Shout (live at BBC for “Pop Go The Beatles” / 24th September, 1963)Bert Russell Berns and Phil Medley2:36
- 48Do You Want to Know a Secret (live at BBC for “Here We Go” / 12th March, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney1:55
- 49Please Please Me (live at BBC for “Here We Go” / 12th March, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney1:57
- 50Long Tall Sally (live at BBC for “Side by Side” / 13th May, 1963)Blackwell, Johnson, Richard1:49
- 51Chains (live at BBC for “Side by Side” / 13th May, 1963)Carole King and Gerry Goffin2:23
- 52Boys (live at BBC for “Side by Side” / 13th May, 1963)Luther Dixon and Wes Farrell1:53
- 53A Taste of Honey (live at BBC for “Side by Side” / 13th May, 1963)Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow2:04
- 54Roll Over Beethoven (live at BBC for “From Us to You” / 26th December, 1963)Chuck Berry2:18
- 55All My Loving (live at BBC for “From Us to You” / 26th December, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:06
- 56She Loves You (live at BBC for “From Us to You” / 26th December, 1963)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:21
- 57Till There Was You (live at BBC for “From Us to You” / 26th December, 1963)Meredith Willson2:12
- 58Bad to Me (demo)John Lennon and Paul McCartney1:29
- 59I’m in Love (demo)John Lennon and Paul McCartney1:32
- Produced by
- George Martin
- Recorded at
- Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2, Playhouse Theatre, Paris Theatre, Broadcasting House, Aeolian Hall, Maida Vale Studios, BBC 201 Piccadilly, Studio 1, Abbey Road Studios
- Recorded
- 11 February – 26 December 1963
- Engineered by
- Norman Smith
- Labels
- UMC, Universal
- Length
- 2:15:25
Line-up
- George Harrison · guitar, background vocals, lead vocals, electric guitar
- John Lennon · guitar, harmonica, lead vocals, background vocals, piano
- Paul McCartney · electric bass guitar, lead vocals, background vocals, vocals, bass
- Ringo Starr · drums (drum set), percussion
From MusicBrainz, Wikipedia and Wikidata. Only what the sources record is shown.
Released the same week
Also released on 17 December
Every year →More from The Beatles
Full discography →The best of 2013
All of 2013 →More on UMC
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 17 December 2013 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 17 December 2013 | |
| Wikidata | 2013 | |
| Apple Music | 17 December 2013 |
1 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 December 2013 | XW | UMC | 00602537701728 | original |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · native: native 1500x1500
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1500×1500 | native: native 1500x1500 |
| itunes | 1500×1500 | native |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |