#the beatles bbc archives

[ceofjohnlennon]

John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison onstage at the Cavern Club, August 22, 1962. Granada Television visited a lunchtime session that day and The Beatles were filmed for the first time.

ㅡ From the book "The Beatles: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC Archives)" by Kevin Howlett.

[meandhisjohn]

All you need is love and a Podcast narrated by Beatles fan Martin Freeman.

Now on the blog:

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QUEUE CHECKLIST

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... will get updated every once in a while! Also hidden below the cut due to the amount of requests!

In the queue waiting is:

The Magnus Archives

Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)

DC Cinematic Universe

My Demon (Kdrama)

Needy Streamer Overload

Stardew Valley

Honkai Star Rail

Hellpoint

Alien vs. Predators

Cookie Run (Franchise)

OneShot

Critical Role

Castlevania

Markiplier Cinematic Universe

Gravity Falls

Palworld

Stray Kids (Kpop)

Soul Eater

Bendy And The Ink Machine (Universe)

Shakespeare

Ace Attorney

Kid Icarus

Slimecicle Cinematic Universe

Signalis

LGBTQ+

Kancolle

Loop SMP

Parkour Civilization

Warframe

Jacksepticeye Cinematic Universe

Sherlock BBC

Dimension 20

Friends (/factives, not the show)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)

Tiger X Bunny

Just Shapes And Beats

Puyo Puyo

Tale Of The Nine Tailed

Wuthering Waves

Alter Ego (Mobile Game)

Warhammer

What Remains Of Edith Finch

My Little Pony

Rabbit And Steel

GrayStillPlays

Magic The Gathering

Epic The Musical

Azur Lane

Magical Girl Raising Project

Nevermore (Webtoon)

Destiny 2

Numbers

Remnant II

Vermintide I and II

Mr. Robot

Severance

Sailor Moon

Eddsworld

Kingdom Hearts

Dead By Daylight

Arknights

Kamen Rider

Ni No Kuni

Arrow (TV Show)

Nimona

RWBY

I'm The Grim Reaper (Webtoon)

Welcome To Demon School Iruma-kun! (Mairimashita Iruma-kun)

Call Of Duty

Plants Vs Zombies (Original Game)

#Actually Plural (The Tag)

The Concept Of Math

The Evillious Chronicles

Cry Of Fear

Family Members

Resident Evil (Franchise)

Lego Ninjago

Five Nights At Freddys (Rerun)

Umbrella Academy

Professor Layton

Helluva Boss

I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream

Zenless Zone Zero

JoJos Bizarre Adventure

Steven Universe

Warrior Cats

Fight Club (Rerun)

Bojack Horseman

Battle For Dream Island

Spongebob Squarepants

House MD (Show)

Team Fortress 2

RanFren

Colors

Land Of The Lustrous

NomNomNami Games (Collectively)

Pressure (Roblox)

The Amazing Digital Circus (TADC)

The Coffin Of Andy And Leyley (TCOAAL)

Ic3speak (Band)

Baldurs Gate 3

Ensemble Stars / Enstars

Star Wars (Franchise)

Kirby (Franchise)

The Batfam

Tokyo Mew Mew

The Beatles

Osomatsu-san

Undertale AUs (generally)

Apps (like, on the phone)

Welcome Home

Dead Poets Society

Zero Day

Voices Of The World

ContentSMP (by DoctorR4t)

BigTop Burger (Show)

The Hunger Games

Doors (Roblox)

Percy Jackson

Shin Megami Tensei

Lucifer (Show)

[eggcellentpufferfish]

Hello!! I've been using tumblr a bit more recently and so I was wondering if anyone wanted to be mutuals! :D

My interests include the magnus archives/protocol, malevolent, sherlock and co and sherlock BBC, good omens, madoka magic, gravity falls, toh and more (lots of anime, cartoons and podcasts)!

The music I like is Will Wood (I recently got into his music and omg it is consuming me) and music like Queen, the Beatles, some Nirvana and idk sorta just Dad music ig? (well the music my dad listens to at least)

I will mostly do brain and art dumps here but I also like to cosplay, rollerskate, do makeup, try crafts and music, read, sometimes write and more but my brain's too dead to think rn! :')

[undying-love]

Jane's grievances during her relationship with Paul

"Jane appeared on the BBC Simon Dee television show and admitted that her relationship with Paul was over. A few months later Jane told me how naïve she'd been so far as other girls were concerned. But there were other problems. She was also unhappy about drugs, which were as common among rock stars then as they are now, and definitely not thrilled by Paul's friendship with some of the Rolling Stones. [...] And more important to Paul than his relationship with Jane, was his partnership with John Lennon, whom he'd met shortly after his mother died of breast cancer when he was 14. In his emotional vacuum, Paul had turned to music and joined John's skiffle group the Quarry Men. And when John's mother was also to die just over a year later, the friendship had intensified with a shared sense of loss. And so it was to remain as adulthood and fame arrived, and the girls came and went. And, in John's case, a wife as well." (Ray Connolly, The Ray Connolly Beatles Archive)

This is very significant because Ray Connolly was a friend of Jane, Paul and John. Jane opened up to him and talked about many things that caused problems in her relationship with Paul, and one of these was apparently his relationship with John and how it appeared to be even more important to him than his relationship with Jane. Here is anither similar quote:

"Throughout the years, the underlying tensions in  their relationship had remained the same. They centered on Paul's misgivings about Jane's commitment to her acting career and Jane's misgivings about Paul's primary ties to the other Beatles."  (Can't Buy Me Love, by Jonathan Gould)

[therealsaintscully]

Gretna Green Waltz by saintscully (Beatles RPF)

TRACK NAME: “GRETNA GREEN WALTZ” “JOHNNY’S WALTZ” “JUNK” A fleeting melody chases Paul for decades—a tune half-remembered, a life half-lived. This is its story.

Welcome to my first venture beyond BBC Sherlock/Johnlock fics. I hope you enjoy it, along with my unapologetic and hopefully non-ridiculous use of Scouse—even though I'm not even a little bit Scouse myself. I bring you 1961 Paris, I bring you Rishikesh—this has it all. (Reblogs will be very appreciated as I'm new to the fandom)

tagging @menlove who mentioned they love Junk very much, as well as @crepesuzette2023 and @willowbending and @pauls1967moustache knowing they're fic writers, I hope you don't mind!

[gardenwalrus]

A clip of the Beatles playing Ticket to Ride on Top of The Pops, shown within Doctor Who episode The Executioners within story The Chase, broadcast 22 May 1965

Originally, the plan was for the Beatles to make an appearance on the show themselves, made up to look older.

The idea of a 50th anniversary reunion concert for The Beatles, then the biggest name in pop music sweeping the world, was also suggested. The intention was to have The Beatles, dressed as old men, perform in the studio as part of the recording of the episode. However, as Dennis Spooner revealed in 1985, the idea was turned down by The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, as not being good for the group’s image.

- John Ainsworth (Ed.), Doctor Who - The Complete History, vol.5 issue 11 (2015)

Within the draft script for the episode,

Vicki gives the date for The Beatles sequence as 1994 although the TV announcer is wearing a ‘suit of the 21st century’; he introduces The Beatles performing on the 50th anniversary of their TV debut (which would have been 17 October 2012 in real life) and the broadcast is on ‘the tri-dimensional colour television service of the BBC'

Further, the costume notes for the episode 'described the TV announcer as being dressed in the fashions of 2014AD.'

As Brian Epstein turned down an appearance for the band on the show, the episode instead included a clip of The Beatles when the Doctor is showing his repaired 'Time-Space Visualiser', which can be used to see any event in history. The Doctor's companion, Vicki, from the 25th century, uses the device to watch the band perform.

The production contacted Top of the Pops on Friday 2 April, enquiring about obtaining material with The Beatles for The Executioners but discovered the most programmes were wiped after broadcast. [...] However, The Beatles were to record their latest release, Ticket to Ride, the following week at Riverside Studio 2 on Saturday 10 April for broadcast on Top of the Pops on Thursday 15 April. With the consent of Brian Epstein, one minute of this item was transferred onto 35mm to be inserted into The Executioners.

Due to the BBC's policy of wiping tapes of archived programmes, this clip within Doctor Who is the only surviving source of the Beatles' performance on that day. (...However this is clip is cut from episode on streaming services and DVD releases, which is why I had to go to a bad quality French sub on dailymotion to find the full episode)

[wingsoverlagos]

Beatles Radio Shows

My recent ~endeavors~ have led me to dig up a bunch of old radio shows by and about the Beatles, and I wanted to share them in one place.

These are unofficial uploads. If you've ever searched out old Beatles-related content - particularly audio or video content - you have likely experienced the crushing devestation of locating a download link to some obscure interview George Harrison gave in 1977, only to click it and find the link dead! If you're interested in listening to any of the shows listed here, or think you may be interested one day, I recommend downloading them now rather than suffering the bitter sting of a dead link in days to come.

By the Beatles

Paul McCartney's Routes of Rock (Host: Paul McCartney; Approx. Runtime: 2.5hrs)

A five-part series that aired on BBC radio in October and November 1999. It was part of the promo for Paul's mostly-covers album, Run Devil Run. In this series, Paul plays old rock 'n' roll tracks along with his recent covers, interspersed with discussion of his formative musical influences and some cute early-Beatles anecdotes.

Ringo's Yellow Submarine (Host: Ringo Starr; Approx. Runtime: 26hrs)

A twenty-six-part series that ran on the ABC Radio Network from June 4 to November 26, 1983. Unfortunately, I only have links to the first three episodes atm. Episode 1 // Episode 2 // Episode 3

About the Beatles

The Lost Lennon Tapes (Host: Elliot Mintz; Approx. Runtime: 221hrs)

Perhaps the most famous Beatles radio show of them all? The Lost Lennon Tapes ran from Januar 24, 1988 to March 29, 1992. The huge draw here is the inclusion of audio from the Lennon/Ono archives. I believe this is the only publicly available source for audio from many John Lennon interviews. Unfortunately, you only get to hear a few minutes of any interview at a time!

The show also features interviews with people from John's life (e.g. Julia Baird and Sean) as well as Beatles experts (including a young Mark Lewisohn!) There's huge depth here, and it's very much worth the listen.

The above link includes episode names, but this site has a more detailed list of what's included in each episode.

The Beatles - The Days In Their Life (Host: Ira Lipson; Approx. Runtime: 30hrs)

A 21-part series that aired in 1981 and followed the Beatles career from their genesis to the modern day. Includes archival interviews as well as (I think) new interview material with many people in the Beatles' stories.

The Beatles Story (Host: Brian Matthew; Approx. Runtime: 14hrs)

A BBC Radio 1 series that came out ~1972, with an extra episode that came out ~1974. Many original interivews were conducted for this series, but I believe we only see a subset of the existing material on this show. From the quotes in Tune In, it appears there are full tapes out there, perhaps in the BBC Archives - if anyone has any idea where the full interviews (conducted by Johnny Beerling) may be accessible, I'd love to know!

Collections of Misc. Radio Interviews

Series aside, here are a few accounts that have uploaded a number of one-off interviews with the Beatles:

The Beatles Interviews on YouTube. Lots of great, lengthy interviews, along with a few shorter clips. Disclaimer: the video titles don't always correctly identify the year/interviewer. Fortunately, Beatles fans live to correct things, so there is always lively discussion in the comments to sort out who the interviewer actually is, and when the interview was conducted.

Beatle Stories on YouTube. While the above channel's video titles are at times incorrect, this channel's titles are mostly straight-up unhelpful lol. Still, there's some good content here.

The Beatle Tapes 2 on the Internet Archive. This is the same user who uploaded The Beatles Story (see above). They have over five hundred uploads including many radio interviews, some video interviews, and several live performances as well. A treasure trove!

[harrisonarchive]

On the cover of Tan magazine, September 1965. (Featuring a photo of The Beatles with Mary Wells in October 1964.)

“I’d never really heard Marvin Gaye, The Miracles and all that until George played me the records up in their flat [on London’s Green Street] and they absolutely blew me away. I then went on a sort of crusade for Motown!” - Tony Hall, The Beatles: The BBC Archives

Cathy McGowan: “What records do you like, other than your own?” George Harrison: “All the Motown Tamla records, Mary Wells, Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Impressions, all that crowd.” - Ready, Steady, Go!, March 20, 1964

“[The music] that we play at home — like Mary Wells, Miracles and not to mention Marvin Gaye.” - George Harrison, BBC's Public Ear, January 12, 1964

“Tamla Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles, The Impressions, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, The Exciters.” - George Harrison, The Beatles' Detroit press conference, September 6, 1964

“That boy George — he’s very quiet, but he’s cute.” - Mary Wells, Melody Maker, November 7, 1964

“Labeling the various members of the Beatles, Mary [Wells] recalled that Paul McCartney is the ‘real life of any party; Ringo Starr is a complete clown; George Harrison is kind of on the quiet side; and John Lennon is more of a businessman than the other three and he’s the toughest one to get to know.’” - Tan, September 1965

“The Beatles — who were always among Mary’s very early fans — are now her own favorites. She thinks they are very adorable and feels dreadfully sorry for them. ‘You have no idea how surrounded they are. There’s always someone wanting them. Their lives are certainly not their own. You know sometimes Paul or George will come into my dressing room and play a couple of records and then leave again.’” - Disc, October 31, 1964 (x)

[pauls1967moustache]

The Beatles & BBC Group Watch

Hello Beatles friends inside my phone!

Join me on Saturday 4th November to watch various Beatles performances (and maybe some other stuff) in a fun group environment where we can all go insane together.

The show starts at 8:30pm GMT (check what time that is for you here). I will post a watchparty room link here on my blog at 8pm so that everyone can get set up/in case we have technical issues and I need to think of a back up.

The main show is 8:30 but they're showing some other Beatle related programming, which I am also open to watching with you all so please vote below if you are interested..

8:30pm GMT - The Beatles and the BBC: A look back at some key moments that saw the BBC document The Beatles’ journey, including such songs as She Loves You and All You Need Is Love.

9:35pm GMT - Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC: A look into the BBC’s archives for a selection of performances from some of Merseyside’s biggest and best-loved musical stars.

11:10pm GMT - Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution with Howard Goodall: Howard Goodall explores why Sgt Pepper is still seen as so innovative, so revolutionary and so influential, with the help of outtakes and studio conversations between the band.

00:10am GMT - Arena: Documentary examining the turbulent life and career of the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein, who died in 1967 in mysterious circumstances.

*There's an hour break between sounds of liverpool and the pepper doc. i will probably watch the pepper doc regardless because i'm interested so you are welcome to join me, but idk it's a saturday, people have plans. i'm undecided on the brian doc but we'll see. anyway, vote on my poll x

[ceofjohnlennon]

John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr relaxing during a recording session for Side By Side at the BBC Paris Theatre in Lower Regent Street, London, April 4, 1963. None of The Beatles songs recorded for the BBC featured piano playing.

ㅡ From the book "The Beatles: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC Archives)" by Kevin Howlett.

[longliverockback]

The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 2013 Universal ————————————————— Tracks Disc One: 01. There’s a Place [takes 5 & 6] 02. There’s a Place [take 8] 03. There’s a Place [take 9] 04. Do You Want to Know a Secret [take 7] 05. A Taste of Honey [take 6] 06. I Saw Her Standing There [take 2] 07. Misery [take 1] 08. Misery [take 7] 09. From Me to You [takes 1 & 2] 10. From Me to You [take 5] 11. Thank You Girl [take 1] 12. Thank You Girl [take 5] 13. One after 909 [takes 1 & 2] 14. Hold Me Tight [take 21] 15. Money (That’s What I Want) Live at the BBC for «Saturday Club» 16. Some Other Guy [January 26th, 1963] 17. Love Me Do [January 26th, 1963] 18. Too Much Monkey Business [January 26th, 1963] 19. I Saw Her Standing There [March 16th, 1963] 20. Do You Want to Know a Secret [January 26th, 1963] 21. From Me to You [January 26th, 1963] 22. I Got to Find My Baby [January 26th, 1963] 23. Roll over Beethoven [June 29th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Easy Beat» 24. A Taste of Honey [June 23rd, 1963] 25. Love Me Do [October 20th, 1963] 26. Please Please Me [October 20th, 1963] 27. She Loves You [October 20th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Saturday Club» 28. I Want to Hold Your Hand [December 21st, 1963] 29. Til There Was You [December 21st, 1963] 30. Roll over Beethoven [December 21st, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Pop Go the Beatles» 31. You Really Got a Hold on Me [June 4th, 1963] 32. The Hippy Hippy Shake [June 4th, 1963] 33. Till There Was You [June 11th, 1963] 34. A Shot of Rhythm and Blues [June 18th, 1963] 35. A Taste of Honey [June 18th, 1963] 36. Money (That’s What I Want) [June 18th, 1963] 37. Anna (Go to Him) [June 25th, 1963] 38. Love Me Do [September 10th, 1963] 39. She Loves You [September 24th, 1963] 40. I’ll Get You [September 10th, 1963] 41. A Taste of Honey [September 10th, 1963] 42. Boys [September 17th, 1963] 43. Chains [September 17th, 1963] 44. You Really Got a Hold on Me [September 17th, 1963] 45. I Saw Her Standing There [September 24th, 1963] 46. She Loves You [September 10th, 1963] 47. Twist and Shout [September 24th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Here We Go» 48. Do You Want to Know a Secret [March 12th, 1963] 49. Please Please Me [March 12th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Side by Side» 50. Long Tall Sally [May 13th, 1963] 51. Chains [May 13th, 1963] 52. Boys [May 13th, 1963] 53. A Taste of Honey [May 13th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «From Us to You» 54. Roll over Beethoven [December 26th, 1963] 55. All My Loving [December 26th, 1963] 56. She Loves You [December 26th, 1963] 57. Till There Was [December 26th, 1963] Demos 58. Bad to Me 59. I’m in Love —————————————————

George Harrison

John Lennon

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Richard Starkey “Ringo Starr”

*Long Live Rock Archive

[zilabee]

In the BBC's archive there is a mysterious undated reel with the Beatles requesting records to be played. Their introductions give intriguing clues to the music that was inspiring the group around May 1964. Ringo asked for: Cilla Black's You're My World, which climbed to number one that month, and, showing his love of Country and Western music, Pen and Paper by Jerry Lee Lewis, and the Kitty Wells version of I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know*. Paul picked Hitch Hike and Pride and Joy, both featured on the 1963 Marvin Gaye album That Stubborn Kinda Fellow. ** George chose two Tamla Motown records - the Miracles' I've Been Good To You, and the first UK hit for the label, My Guy by Mary Wells. He also asked for the Impressions' big US hit It's All Right, and an early Elvis Presley track My Baby Left Me. John requested the Tommy Tucker hit Hi-heel Sneakers, and anything by Little Richard - "He was my favourite when I was about 16, after Elvis. I didn't know which one I liked best... but I like Little Richard best now!" His other selection was an interesting choice - Gonna Send You Back To Georgia, by Timmy Shaw. "I like it because the beat's marvellous, the voice is marvellous and it's a good song. And it's great, so play it!"

Beatles at the BBC - The Radio Years 1962-70, by Kevin Howlett

*Cannot find the Kitty Wells version anywhere on youtube so I linked to Skeeter Davis instead. **Later in '64 Paul was asked to select a single for broadcast on the new show Top Gear, and chose Mockingbird by Inez and Charlie Foxx.

[cosmicbeaniii]

Intro Post!

My name is Jamie :D

I go by they/them or he/him pronouns.

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Enjoy the blog :)

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omgomg I did it lmao

[the-takosader]

TMMSOTI Ramble

Can I just mention how weirdly unsettling it is to know that we've got a partially lost media that we're trying to find the origin of? Now, I know we found the "origin" of it. Darius S.'s broadcast recording from 1984 on NDR2. But in this case, that's not enough.

Now, I know you might be wondering, "Why's he on about this? What's with the massive topic shift from the post he made on Sunday?" Well, it's because I mentioned TMMSOTI in the image, if you were mad enough to go so far as to look closely at the image (It's the normal orientation of the Gas Station dream, next to the biggest text on that image.), but that's not important.

What is important is that it feels weird to know that this song exists, has existed for close to 40 years now, and no one is even close to figuring out its origins. Granted, the search only started 4 years ago, but still. And the strange thing is, they can't even find NDR's official record of the broadcast!

"Strange." Heh. As if I didn't know that's not nearly the worst case of record-keeping out there. The BBC has a much MUCH worse history of record-keeping, especially from the mid-50s. Most of early Doctor Who's serials are audio only now, and who knows how much of Hartnell and Troughton's acting was lost because of the BBC deciding to wipe without backups. (Side note: those are REALLY British names, even to me, a Brit.)

But back to business. TMMSOTI is undeniably a product of the '80s. From the sound of it, it's unashamedly synth-heavy, as heard in the chorus, but overall, it doesn't feature electronic instruments all that much. It doesn't feel so much like punk, or "post-punk", as Wikipedia describes it, but I'm not a connoisseur of that genre. The only song I've really listened to from it is London Calling by The Clash (who have enough range to also write such songs as Rock the Casbah and Should I Stay or Should I Go), so I'm in no such way describing myself as someone who does, solidly and truly, know what the hell they are talking about.

If there's a solidly defined bassline in there, I sure as hell cannot decipher it. Transcripts I find on Songsterr do not feel solid about the bassline. Literally the only things that feel solid in that song are the guitar and the drums. The guitar feels solid because it's the main driving force, right the way through the whole song. It plays eighth note power chords in the intro and guitar "solo", and arpeggios in the verses.

AS FOR THE DRUMS. HOO BOY. I don't think I've mentioned this here, but I have a minor penchant for the drums (read: done every Beatles song to the best of my ability). I listen to that, I hear someone who's been playing for a while. Every fill has a different pattern. The timekeeping is rock-solid. About as close to metronome as humanly possible.

So, what's so significant about rock-solid drumming? Well, apart from the fact that it's a grand measure of skill, it's also a sign that this isn't just your average garage band (not to be confused with the app of the same name.)

So it's a semi-professional drummer with a skill for keeping time, and a guitarist that knows his way around some chords. The bassline is obscured by the quality, and the synths are generic enough as is. Some theorise it originated from behind the Iron Curtain, but if that's the case, why send it to NDR2, based in Hamburg, instead of the much closer West Berlin?

In my very VERY limited opinion, I think it's much more likely that it's a small West Germany band that got lucky enough to get their demo featured on Musik Für Junge Leute in 1984, where it was then, unceremoniously dumped into the nearest rubbish receptacle. If anything, had it not been for Darius S. taping that night's NDR2 broadcast, we might not have heard this song... ever, in fact. Hell, even he forgot about the tape for that broadcast until digitising them for an archive 20 years later.

I guess that goes to show how remarkably fickle memory is, where no one remembers the song's title or the band's name. Also has the side effect of being fucking creepy when you think about it, because it's quite existential in a way. How, when all's said and done, everyone might forget about us unless we are immortalised in some way. I guess that it helps that the Internet exists now.