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Íåïëîõàÿ âåðñèÿ Ðåâîëþöèè, íî íå ñêàæó ÷òî ýòî êðûøåñíîñ :)))

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Paul McCartney And Ringo Starr - Live At Radio City Music Hall (04.04.2009):

http://bootlegz.narod.ru/mp3/paul_ringo/album.htm

Äà âîò ýòî ðåàëüíî íàäî âñåì.

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À åñòü ó êîãî-íèáóäü íà PEAR àëüòåðíàòèâíûé Revolver?
Ìàõíåìñÿ íà ÷òî-íèáóäü.

Picadilly Circus øàãàåò â íîãó ñî âðåìåíåì. Äàòà ðåëèçà 24 àïðåëÿ 2009 ãîäà.

Êñòàòè, ïî ïðîñüáå Ôîíäà Ëèí÷à, ñ Þòþáà óáðàíû ëþáèòåëüñêèå êëèïû. Íó íå âñå, à òå, êîòîðûå óäàëîñü âû÷èñëèòü.

Íà ïîñëåäíåì òîìå Unbootlegged 28 äåáþòèðîâàëè 2 ïåñíè ñ âûñòóïëåíèÿ íà BBC 25 îêòÿáðÿ è 27 íîÿáðÿ 1962 (!) ãîäà, êîòîðûå ñ÷èòàëèñü óòåðÿííûìè.

Ýòî A taste of Honey è Twist And Shout.

Íà ýòèõ æå ïåðåäà÷àõ áûëè èñïîëíåíû Love me do è P.s. I love you. Áóäåì íàäåÿòüñÿ, ÷òî ýòè çàïèñè òàêæå ñóùåñòâóþò, è ïîïàäóò â ñëåäóþùèé òîì.

NLR records, òàê äåðæàòü!

Convention Hall Wisdom (Purple Chick PC-167/168)

Disc 1 (62:01): 1: intro (Ultimate Live Collection), 2: Twist And Shout (Ultimate Live Collection), 3: You Can’t Do That (Ultimate Live Collection), 4: All My Loving (Ultimate Live Collection), 5: She Loves You (Ultimate Live Collection), 6: Things We Said Today (Ultimate Live Collection), 7: Roll Over Beethoven (Ultimate Live Collection), 8: Can’t Buy Me Love (Ultimate Live Collection), 9: If I Fell (Ultimate Live Collection), 10: I Want To Hold Your Hand (Ultimate Live Collection), 11: Boys (Ultimate Live Collection), 12: A Hard Day’s Night (Ultimate Live Collection), 13: Long Tall Sally (Ultimate Live Collection). 2 September, 1964: Convention Hall, Philadelphia, PA: 14: intro (Ultimate Live Collection), 15: Twist And Shout (Ultimate Live Collection), 16: You Can’t Do That (Ultimate Live Collection), 17: All My Loving (Ultimate Live Collection), 18: She Loves You (Ultimate Live Collection), 19: Things We Said Today (Ultimate Live Collection), 20: Roll Over Beethoven (Ultimate Live Collection), 21: Can’t Buy Me Love (Ultimate Live Collection), 22: If I Fell (Ultimate Live Collection), 23: I Want To Hold Your Hand (Ultimate Live Collection), 24: Boys (Ultimate Live Collection), 25: A Hard Day’s Night (Ultimate Live Collection), 26: Long Tall Sally (Ultimate Live Collection+ State Fair To Hollywood). 3 September, 1964: State Fair Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN

Disc 2 (66:43): 1: intro (Make As Much Noise As You Like), 2: Twist And Shout-You Can’t Do That (Make As Much Noise As You Like). 5 September, 1964: International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL: 3: intro (unbooted), 4: Can’t Buy Me Love (Make As Much Noise As You Like). 6 September, 1964: Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: 5: You Can’t Do That (Can You Hear Me?), 6: All My Loving (Can You Hear Me?), 7: She Loves You (Can You Hear Me?). 7 September, 1964: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada: 8: intro (In Montreal), 9: Twist And Shout (In Montreal), 10: You Can’t Do That (In Montreal), 11: All My Loving (In Montreal), 12: She Loves You (In Montreal), 13: Things We Said Today (In Montreal), 14: Roll Over Beethoven (In Montreal), 15: Can’t Buy Me Love (In Montreal), 16: If I Fell (In Montreal), 17: Boys (In Montreal), 18: A Hard Day’s Night (In Montreal). 8 September, 1964: Montreal Forum, Montreal, Canada: 19: Twist And Shout (We’d Like To Carry On). 12 September, 1964: Boston Garden, Boston, MA: 20: intro to all my loving (City Park Stadium - New Orleans), 21: intro to she loves you (City Park Stadium - New Orleans), 22: intro to things we said today (City Park Stadium - New Orleans), 23: intro to can’t buy me love (City Park Stadium - New Orleans), 24: intro to if i fell (City Park Stadium - New Orleans), 25: intro to boys (City Park Stadium - New Orleans), 26: intro to a hard day’s night (City Park Stadium - New Orleans), 27: intro to long tall sally (City Park Stadium - New Orleans). 16 September, 1964: City Park Stadium, New Orleans, LA: 28: She Loves You (Can You Hear Me?). ?? September(?), 1964: unknown location: 29: Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey (undubbed) (In Case You Don’t Know), 30: Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey (In Case You Don’t Know), 31: intro (In Case You Don’t Know), 32: I’m A Loser (In Case You Don’t Know), 33: Boys (In Case You Don’t Know), 34: outro (In Case You Don’t Know). 3 October, 1964: Shindig, Granville Theater, Fulham, London: 35: Twist And Shout (unbooted). 29 October, 1964: ABC Cinema, Plymouth: 36: intro (The New Musical Express Poll Winners’ Concert 1965), 37: I Feel Fine (NME Poll Winners…), 38: She’s A Woman (NME Poll Winners…), 39: Baby’s In Black (NME Poll Winners…), 40: Ticket To Ride (NME Poll Winners…), 41: Long Tall Sally (NME Poll Winners…), 42: outro (NME Poll Winners…). 11 April, 1965: NME Pollwinners Concert, Empire Pool, Wembley: Bonus Track: 43: It’s A Long Way To Tipperrary (Telecasts). 28 April, 1965: The Best On Record, Twickenham Film Studios.

Original source notes: “The sixth volume of the Beatles’ live career finishing off their first U.S. tour and bringing us to the end of 1964, plus an orphan show from 1965 (there won’t be room for it next volume!)”“As always. some shows already sounded great (like Indianapolis), our proprietary audio equalization and clean-up system made some significant improvements (like Philadelphia) while some shows were really beyond redemption (like Montreal).”

“Purple Chick discs are fan created and NEVER FOR SALE!”

Purple Chick has a reputation for being the label of choice for hardcore Beatle fans and has released 6 double volumes of live Beatles concerts beginning with “Live 01 - Star Club”, “Live 02 - Before America”, “Live 03 - Conquering America”, “Live 04 - Adelaide Reaction”, “Live 05 - Seattle Down” and “Live 06 - Convention Hall Wisdom” [PC-157/158/159/160/161/162/163/164/165/166/167/168] of which “Adelaide Reaction June 1964″ + “Convention Hall Wisdom” see their release on original silver label issue with the latter being reviewed here.

The mere thought of a Purple Chick release on silver label issue must seem abhorrent and an aberration to this loyal fan base. I say once again, what we have here is potentially the best of both worlds although it is necessary and fair to emphatically state once again that Purple Chick had nothing to do with this development and, hence, did not sell out here.

Disc One begins with the 9-2-64 Beatles performance at Convention Hall in Philadelphia. We are introduced so to speak to the crowd for the first seconds of the recording and then “Twist And Shout” with fluctuating sound. The vocals are very clear with the ongoing crowd buzz in the backround on “You Can’t Do That”. McCartney says: “Thank you very much and good evening - how are you” before they break into “All My Loving” featuring Lennon’s effective harmonization with McCartney. Lennon follows with: “Our next song is an oldie from last year” which leads into “She Loves You”. Harrison harmonizes nicely on “Things We Said Today” which is delivered in a smooth, hypnotic and appealing manner. There is no introduction to “Roll Over Beethoven” which is played incredibly fast and in charged form. McCartney asks the audience: “We’d like you to join in on this song…” prior to “Can’t Buy Me Love”. Lennon cracks up laughing toward the end of “If I Fell”. After “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, McCartney states: “Thank you very much. Thank you. Next - hang on just a second. We’d like to do something that we don’t get often much of a chance to doing. We’d like to feature somebody who doesn’t get much of a chance - who doesn’t get much of a chance to sing so - now a special feature singing a feature from our first Capitol album singing a song is RINGO” as they break into “Boys” with Ringo delivering a great charged lead vocal as the crowd pitch continues to elevate. The fidelity is enhanced for most of “Long Tall Sally” which ends the set.

The September 3, 1964 Indianapolis concert at the State Fair Coliseum is a wonderful excellent audience recording which is kicked off with the announcer in crystal clear voice: “…One minute. Just one quick second. Thanks a million for being such a great crowd. I didn’t come up to the Frank Sinatra age. I, I think he is one of the greatest. I miss the Sinatra era. I was right in the middle of the Elvis Presley era but I have never in my life seen anything like you know who. On behalf of all, of the State Fair Board and all of the good guys from WYFE - may I present THE BEATLES”.

The crowd sounds utterly “mad” and driven. “Twist And Shout” bursts out in tremendous fidelity. Lennon’s raspy delivery is accentuated on “You Can’t Do That”. McCartney’s voice sounds great on “All My Loving”. Lennon + McCartney complement each other perfectly on a great rendition of “She Loves You”. “Things We Said Today” is played fast with the bass sounding so clear that it gives you the shivers. The percussion is crisp and steady. Ringo is all over the kit on “Roll Over Beethoven” with the cymbals completely filling the grooves of this track. There are nice deep pulsating bass lines on “If I Fell” with the harmonies sounding a bit tentative. Lennon sounds like he is going to crack up laughing at several junctures in this track. The rhythm section is strong and powerful on “I Want To Hold Your Hand’. The Beatles really jam on “Boys” which is indicative of their infectious sheer and raw energy. Lennon states: “Thank you Ringo”. Ringo replies: “Thank you John”. Lennon states: “Thank you Ringo”. “A Hard Day’s Night” was played fast + hard with Lennon’s guttural delivery so apparent. This stellar concert performance ends with “Long Tall Sally” which cuts abruptly at the 53 second mark which is noticeable considering the incredible fidelity of those precious 53 seconds.

Disc Two begins with listing several tracks from the 9-5-64 Chicago International Amphitheatre and several tracks from the 9-6-64 Detroit Olympia Stadium venues but music is only actually heard, if for only seconds, on the 4th track, “Can’t Buy Me Love”, with the announcer stating: “The Beatles, well - they were in there somewhere”.

Tracks 5 through 7 cover the 9-7-64 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens performance with “You Can’t Do That” lasting a mere 32 seconds offering sounds of bass, guitars and, to a lesser extent, vocals. A full rendition of a track, finally, appears with “All My Loving” featuring crowd fanfare that is louder than the music more than intermittently throughout this number in good audience quality. “She Loves You” ends the set clocking in at 1:13.

We move on to the 9-8-64 Montreal concert at the Montreal Forum that was described in the original source notes as being “beyond redemption”. Interestingly enough, I found that Purple Chick [PC-168] represents an upgrade over “Upgrades And Additions Vol. 2″ on Monochrome [MC-03006] which includes the same above 10 concert tracks. PC-168 exhibits more gain and a more defined low end and is certainly more conducive to achieving a reasonable listen. PC-168 is a good compressed audience recording with minimal audience sounds which exhibits some distortion at high registers. “Roll Over Beethoven” features a frenzied guitar attack with slightly improved sound. The Beatles, interestingly enough, manage to use the same lines for the introductions of “Can’t Buy Me Love” + “If I Fell”. I was finally moved to notice that on “Boys” Lennon, McCartney & Harrison harmonize in unique fashion to this Starkey lead track. They sound as if they are naturally extending their high-pitched and exaggerated collective harmonies as these 3 do not need to carry the track vocally. John + Ringo thank each other repeatedly,back and forth, after the track. “A Hard Day’s Night” follows and cuts out at 1:39.

The 9-12-64 Boston Garden entry offers a 20 second “Twist And Shout”: “The opening number was “Twist And Shout”. The song you can hear or can’t hear in the backround + twist and shout they did”. The 9-15-64 New Orleans concert at the City Park Stadium is covered for tracks 20 through 27 offering only short introductions to each of those listed tracks elapsing well less than one minute each. Track 28, “She Loves You”, from an unknown venue in September 1964 is heard in a decent audience recording. The 10-3-64 Shindig numbers are primarily in very good to excellent sonic quality. Harrison is heard harmonizing on “Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey”. Waves of hysteria and intermittent shrieks are heard on “I’m A Loser”. The 10-29-64 Plymouth concert at the ABC Cinema includes a 16 second news broadcast snippet of “Twist And Shout”.

Disc Two ends with an inclusion of 5 tracks from the 4-11-65 Empire Pool, Wembley, London NME Pollwinners Concert in very good to excellent audience fidelity. The Intro features extended tuning while the audience sounds swell. The harmonies sound like they have matured on “I Feel Fine”. A raucous “She’s A Woman” is the first number to track over 3 minutes. McCartney wails away on harmony on “Ticket To Ride”.

There have been ample releases of live Beatles performances captured in varying sound quality on Yellow Dog, Silent Sea, DarthDisc, Dr. Ebbetts, Great Dane Records, Secret Trax and VigOtone labels to name just a few. Purple Chick advertises that they have made significant improvements to the Philadelphia 9-2-64 show which, I find, are evident with the definition on the low end and with reduced distortion. When compared with “THE BEATLES - U.S.A. vol. 1 Live Anthology: Tour Of America 1964″ on MBE [MBE-0031/2/3] label release, however, I found that MBE did not have the accentuated + defined bass but did have quite a bit more gain overall than the former resulting in more amplification of the distortion already present in the mix. The MBE version incidentally is a very easy listen without question. The MBE inclusion of the 9-8-64 Montreal performance, as part of the above 3 CD volume release, offers, again, more volume gain than its Purple Chick counterpart but the latter label was successful in cleaning up the sound a bit more and boosting the low end without distortion. The comparison between both of the above labels for the infamous Indianapolis 9-3-64 show reveals more parity although I would give the nod to the MBE version which sounds livelier and may exhibit slightly more gain. MBE released the above 3 CD volume as part of their larger 7 CD collection of live Beatles U.S.A. concerts in chronological order from their 1964 through 1966 concerts which I recommend obtaining without reservations. They boast 24bit Digital Mastering by Easter Sound Lab on this above 2005 Master of Beatles Essentials [MBE] release.

PC-167/168 reflects a successful tweaking of some of these recordings and comes with thick + tasteful informative inserts and graphics which serve to enhance Purple Chick’s hand in providing some of their patented sonic reproductive magic once again.

http://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com/beatles/beatles-convention-hall-wisdom-purple-chi...

Live: Bowled Over (Purple Chick PC-173/74)

DISC ONE [66:19]:

Metropolitan Stadium, Minneapolis, MN - 21 August, 1965
1: She’s A Woman (Visit To Minneapolis)
2: I Feel Fine (Visit To Minneapolis)
3: Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Visit To Minneapolis)
4: Ticket To Ride (Visit To Minneapolis)
5: Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (Visit To Minneapolis)
6: Can’t Buy Me Love (Visit To Minneapolis)
7: Baby’s In Black (Visit To Minneapolis)
8: I Wanna Be Your Man (Visit To Minneapolis)
9: A Hard Day’s Night (Visit To Minneapolis)
10: Help! (Visit To Minneapolis)
11: I’m Down (Visit To Minneapolis)Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA - 29 August, 1965
12: intro (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
13: Twist And Shout (Complete Hollywood Bowl…)
14: She’s A Woman (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
15: I Feel Fine (Complete Hollywood Bowl…)
16: Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Complete Hollywood Bowl…)
17: Ticket To Ride (Complete Hollywood Bowl…)
18: Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
19: Can’t Buy Me Love (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
20: Baby’s In Black (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
21: I Wanna Be Your Man (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
22: A Hard Day’s Night (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
23: Help! (Complete Hollywood Bowl…)
24: I’m Down (Complete Hollywood Bowl…)
25: outro (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)

DISC TWO [75:14]: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA - 30 August, 1965
1: intro (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
2: Twist And Shout (Complete Hollywood Bowl…)
3: She’s A Woman (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
4: I Feel Fine (Complete Hollywood Bowl…)
5: Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Complete Hollywood Bowl…)
6: Ticket To Ride (Complete Hollywood Bowl…)
7: Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
8: Can’t Buy Me Love (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
9: Baby’s In Black (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
10: I Wanna Be Your Man (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
11: A Hard Day’s Night (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)
12: Help! (Complete Hollywood Bowl…)
13: I’m Down (Complete Hollywood Bowl…)
14: outro (The Complete Hollywood Bowl Concerts)Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA - 31 August, 1965 (afternoon)
15: intro
16: Twist And Shout (Blackpool Night Out ‘64 Upgraded)
17: intro to dizzy miss lizzy (Blackpool Night Out ‘64 Upgraded)
18: Can’t Buy Me Love (Blackpool Night Out ‘64 Upgraded)
19: I Wanna Be Your Man (Blackpool Night Out ‘64 Upgraded)
20: A Hard Day’s Night (Blackpool Night Out ‘64 Upgraded)Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA - 31 August, 1965 (evening)
21: intro (Make As Much Noise As You Like)
22: Twist And Shout (MAMNAYL)
23: She’s A Woman (MAMNAYL)Shea Stadium, New York, NY - 15 August, 1965
overdubs / re-recording: 5 January, 1966: CTS Studios, London
24: intro (Shea Stadium WABC TV Broadcast)
25: Twist And Shout (Shea … WABC TV)
26: I Feel Fine (Shea … WABC TV)
27: Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Shea … WABC TV)
28: Ticket To Ride (Shea … WABC TV + Anthology 2)
29: Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby
(Anthology 2 + Shea … WABC TV)
30: Can’t Buy Me Love (Shea … WABC TV)
31: Baby’s In Black (Shea … WABC TV)
32: A Hard Day’s Night (Shea … WABC TV)
33: Help! (Shea … WABC TV)
34: I’m Down (Shea … WABC TV)
35: outro (Shea … WABC TV) (In Montreal)Bonus Track - stereo shea mix
36 Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby

Original source notes: “The ninth volume in our ‘all the good titles are taken already’ overview of The Beatles’ live career. This brings us to the end of their second U.S. tour and, unfortunately, to the end of the surviving 1965 shows. We’d love to hear a tape from their December British tour.Most of these recordings already sounded fine, although the less said about Minneapolis the better. Even so, we still ran our proprietary audio clean-up system. We think the re-edit and re-eq of the afternoon San Francisco show is the most significant improvement.

Our Hollywood Bowl Deluxe Edition has different edits/mixes, but these are the same unedited stereo tapes of the 1965 Hollywood Bowl shows. (We also fixed a tape stretch in I Feel Fine on the 30th. Wow.)

As always, Purple Chick discs are fan created and NEVER FOR SALE!!!
Don’t ever buy these discs. Ever”.

Purple Chick has a reputation for being the label of choice for hardcore Beatle fans and has released 9 double volumes of live Beatles concerts beginning with “Live 01 - Star Club”, Live 02 - Before America”, “Live 03 - Conquering America”, “Live 04 - Adelaide Reaction”, “Live 05 - Seattle Down”, “Live 06 - Convention Hall Wisdom”, “Live 07 - Les Beatles En Europe”, “Live 08 - Sheaken, Not Stirred” + “Live 09 - Bowled Over” [PC-157/158/159/160/161/162/163/164/165/166/167/168/169/170/171/172/173/174] of which “Adelaide Reaction”, “Convention Hall Wisdom”, “Les Beatles En Europe”, “Sheaken, Not Stirred” + “Bowled Over” see their release on original silver label issue with the latter being reviewed here.

The mere thought of a Purple Chick release on silver label issue must seem abhorrent and an aberration to this loyal fan base. I say once again, what we have here is potentially the best of both worlds although it is necessary and fair to emphatically state once again that Purple Chick had nothing to do with this development and, hence, did not sell out here.

There have been ample releases of live Beatles performances captured in varying sound quality on Yellow Dog, Silent Sea, DarthDisc, Dr. Ebbetts, Great Dane Records, Secret Trax and VigOtone labels to name just a few. Purple Chick advertises that they feel the afternoon San Francisco show bears the most significant improvement in their ninth volume of live Beatles releases resulting from their re-edit and re-eq of this show. I compared PC-173/74 with “The Beatles - U.S.A. Vol. 3 Live Anthology: Tour Of America 1965/1966″ on MBE [MBE-010-0021/2] label release and felt that the gain, generally speaking, was accentuated on MBE and it offered more dynamic range overall and represented an easier listen especially for the horrid sounding Minneapolis 8-21-65 concert. Purple chick has applied its wizardry in cleaning up some of these shows but, unfortunately, the impact and excitement associated with these live performances is diminished due to the reduced gain/volume and lack of punchiness as compared with MBE.

PC-173/74, however, reflects a successful tweaking of some of these recordings and comes with thick + tasteful inserts and graphics which serve to enhance Purple Chick’s hand in providing some of their patented sonic reproductive magic once again.

http://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com/beatles/beatles-live-bowled-over-purple-chick-c-1...

Live: Sheaken, Not Stirred (Purple Chick PC-171/72)

DISC ONE [67:54] :

Shea Stadium, New York, NY - 15 August, 1965
1: intro (The Greatest Live Moment Of Their CareLive Collection Volume 1)
25: A Hard Day’s Night (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
26: Help! (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
27: I’m Down (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)
28: outro (The Ultimate Live Collection Volume 1)

Original source notes: “Volume eight in the ‘you probably already have most of this’ live collection. The beginning of the Beatles’ second U.S. tour marked the start of their performing decline. Purple Chick discs: fan created NEVER FOR SALE!!!

You know the drill. Just a little audio tweaking where necessary. Probably most noticeable in the Atlanta show. Also, this might be the first time the Atlanta tape has appeared glitchless”.

Purple Chick has a reputation for being the label of choice for hardcore Beatle fans and has released 9 double volumes of live Beatles concerts beginning with “Live 01 - Star Club”, Live 02 - Before America”, “Live 03 - Conquering America”, “Live 04 - Adelaide Reaction”, “Live 05 - Seattle Down”, “Live 06 - Convention Hall Wisdom”, “Live 07 - Les Beatles En Europe”, “Live 08 - Sheaken, Not Stirred” + “Live 09 - Bowled Over” [PC- /158/159/160/161/162/163/164/165/166/167/168/169/170/171/172/173/174] of which “Adelaide Reaction”, “Convention Hall Wisdom”, “Les Beatles En Europe”, “Sheaken, Not Stirred” + “Bowled Over” see their release on original silver label issue with PC-171/72 being reviewed here.

The mere thought of a Purple Chick release on silver label issue must seem abhorrent and an aberration to this loyal fan base. I say once again, what we have here is potentially the best of both worlds although it is necessary and fair to emphatically state once again that Purple Chick had nothing to do with this development and, hence, did not sell out here. There have been ample releases of live Beatles performances captured in varying sound quality on Yellow Dog, Silent Sea, DarthDisc, Dr. Ebbetts, Great Dane Records, Secret Trax and VigOtone labels to name just a few.

I compared PC-171/72 with “The Beatles - U.S.A. Vol. 2 Live Anthology: Tour Of America 1965″ on MBE [MBE-009-0021/2] label release. PC-171 offers a cleaner and less distorted Shea 8-15-65 as opposed to an abrasive sounding MBE-009-0021 that exhibits marked increased gain. PC-171 delivers Atlanta 8-18-65 a bit cleaned up with some distortion and more enhanced bass compared to MBE-009-0021 that has more gain and distortion present in the mix. PC-172 turns in a toned down sounding afternoon Houston 8-19-65 compared to MBE-009-0022 which exhibits increased gain, brightness and a more pulsating bass. PC-172 evening Houston 8-19-65 sounds tinny as opposed to MBE-009-0022 which packs more punch with enhanced bass and overall gain and an in yourge_top_header"

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Live: Les Beatles en Europe (Purple Chick PC-169/70)

DISC ONE [65:29]

Palais des Sports, Paris, France - 20 June, 1965 (afternoon)
1: intro (Et Maintenant Une Chanson + Live In Paris 1965)
2: Twist And Shout (Live In Paris 1965)
3: She’s A Woman (LIP + EMUC + LIP)
4: I’m A Loser (Live In Paris 1965)
5: Can’t Buy Me Love (LIP + EMUC)
6: Baby’s In Black (EMUC + LIP + EMUC + LIP)
7: I Wanna Be Your Man (LIP + EMUC + LIP)
8: A Hard Day’s Night (LIP + EMUC + LIP)
9: Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (LIP + EMUC + LIP)
10: Rock And Roll Music (Live In Paris 1965)
11: I Feel Fine (LIP + EMUC + LIP)
12: Ticket To Ride (EMUC + LIP + EMUC + LIP + EMUC + LIP)
13: Long Tall Sally (LIP + City Of Light)Palais des Sports, Paris, France - 20 June, 1965 (evening)
14: intro (City of Light)
15: Twist And Shout (City of Light)
16: She’s A Woman (City of Light)
17: I’m A Loser (City of Light)
18: Can’t Buy Me Love (City of Light)
19: Baby’s In Black (City of Light)
20: I Wanna Be Your Man (City of Light)
21: A Hard Day’s Night (City of Light)
22: Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby
(City of Light + Live In Paris 1965 + City of Light)
23: Rock And Roll Music (City of Light +
Live In Paris 1965 + City of Light + Can You Hear Me ?)
24: I Feel Fine (Can You Hear Me? + City of Light)
25: Ticket To Ride (City of Light)
26: Long Tall Sally (City of Light)
27: outro (City of Light + Live in Melbourne 1964 and Paris 1965)

DISC TWO [71:51]

IL BEATLESTeatro Adriano, Rome, Italy - 27 June, 1965 (afternoon):
1: Twist And Shout (The Beatles In Italy 1965)
2: She’s A Woman (The Beatles In Italy 1965)
3: I’m A Loser (The Beatles In Italy 1965)
4: Can’t Buy Me Love (The Beatles In Italy 1965)
5: Baby’s In Black (The Beatles In Italy 1965)
6: I Wanna Be Your Man (The Beatles In Italy 1965)
7: A Hard Day’s Night (The Beatles In Italy 1965)
8: Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (The Beatles In Italy 1965)
9: Rock And Roll Music (The Beatles In Italy 1965)
10: I Feel Fine (The Beatles In Italy 1965)
11: Ticket To Ride (The Beatles In Italy 1965)
12: Long Tall Sally (The Beatles In Italy 1965)

Teatro Adriano, Rome, Italy - 27 June, 1965 (evening)
13: intro (The Beatles In Italy 1965)
14: Twist And Shout (The Beatles In Italy 1965 + Live Tracks Previously Italian E.P.)
15: She’s A Woman (Live Tracks Previously Italian E.P. + The Beatles In Italy 1965)
16: I’m A Loser (The Beatles In Italy 1965 + Live Tracks Previously Italian E.P.)

Source clarification:
Tracks 1-12 (afternoon show): The Beatles In Italy 1965 (Bulldog Records)
Tracks 13-16 (evening show): The Beatles In Italy 1965 (Misterclaudel)

THE BEATLESBlackpool Night Out, ABC Theater, Blackpool - 1 August, 1965
17: intro/I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside (Pollwinners Go To Blackpool)
18: ringo intro (Pollwinners Go To Blackpool)
19: intro (Mythology)
20: I Feel Fine (Mythology + Anthology 2 + Mythology)
21: I’m Down (Mythology + Anthology DVD + Mythology + Anthology DVD)
22: Act Naturally (Anthology DVD + Anthology 2)
23: Ticket To Ride (Anthology 2)
24: Yesterday (Anthology 2)
25: Help! (Anthology 2 + Mythology)
26: outro (Mythology)

The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS-TV Studio 50, NY, NY - 14 August, 1965
27: intro (Complete Ed Sullivan DVD)
28: I Feel Fine (Complete Ed Sullivan DVD)
29: I’m Down (Complete Ed Sullivan DVD)
30: Act Naturally (Complete Ed Sullivan DVD)
31: ed (Complete Ed Sullivan DVD)
32: Ticket To Ride (Complete Ed Sullivan DVD)
33: Yesterday (Complete Ed Sullivan DVD)
34: Help! (Complete Ed Sullivan DVD)
35: outro (Complete Ed Sullivan DVD)

Original source notes: “The seventh volume in our continuing overview of The Beatles’ live career, highlighting their brief 1965 European tour and then moving to America. As always, we think these are (objectively) the most complete and (subjectively) the best sounding versions of these shows to date. Performance-wise, they’re not so bad either. Of course, your mileage may vary, and some shows will always sound pretty dire.

As always, Purple Chick discs are fan created and NEVER FOR SALE!!! Don’t ever buy these discs. Ever”.

Purple Chick has a reputation for being the label of choice for hardcore Beatle fans and has released 9 double volumes of live Beatles concerts beginning with “Live 01 - Star Club”, Live 02 - Before America”, “Live 03 - Conquering America”, “Live 04 - Adelaide Reaction”, “Live 05 - Seattle Down”, “Live 06 - Convention Hall Wisdom”, “Live 07 - Les Beatles En Europe”, “Live 08 - Sheaken, Not Stirred” + “Live 09 - Bowled Over” [PC-57/158/159/160/161/162/163/164/165/166/167/168/169/170/171/172/173/174] of which “Adelaide Reaction”, “Convention Hall Wisdom”, “Les Beatles En Europe”, “Sheaken, Not Stirred” + “Bowled Over” see their release on original silver label issue with PC-169/70 being reviewed here.

The mere thought of a Purple Chick release on silver label issue must seem abhorrent and an aberration to this loyal fan base. I say once again, what we have here is potentially the best of both worlds although it is necessary and fair to emphatically state once again that Purple Chick had nothing to do with this development and, hence, did not sell out here.

There have been ample releases of live Beatles performances captured in varying sound quality on Yellow Dog, Silent Sea, DarthDisc, Dr. Ebbetts, Great Dane Records, Secret Trax and VigOtone labels to name just a few. I compared PC-169/70 with “City Of Light” on DarthDisc [DD 007/8] and “Paris Landing June 20, 1965″ on Godfatherecords [G.R. 333] for the afternoon + evening Paris 6-20-65 shows and PC-169/70 with “The Beatles In Italy 1965″ on Misterclaudel [mccd - 033] for the afternoon + evening Italy 6-27-65 shows.

PC-169 afternoon Paris 6-20-65 has more defined bass, less distortion and gain compared DD 008. PC-169 evening Paris 6-20-65 sounded constricted compared to DD 008 that breathed more and offered steady audience buzz in the background. It did feature what I considered to be non-bothersome hiss. PC-170 afternoon Italy 6-27-65 sounded like a distant audience feed with some defined bass compared to mccd - 033 “aired version” which sounded hissy and without audience buzzing while exhibiting more distortion. However, mccd - 033 “soundboard version” was, hands down, the best source of all of the above. PC- 170 evening Italy 6-27-65 is a soundboard source compared to mccd - 033 which is a distant distorted audience.

G.R. 333 offered the best fidelity for both afternoon and evening Paris 6-20-65 shows. The bass was well defined, there was more gain without any distortion, enhanced dynamic range and a sharper audience feed. I recommend this source for the Paris 6-20-65 shows without reservations.

PC-169/70, once again, reflects, more often than not, a successful tweaking of some of these recordings and comes with thick + tasteful inserts and graphics which serve to enhance Purple Chick’s hand in providing some of their patented sonic reproductive magic. Seems like you almost need a scorecard to keep track of these ever-increasing sources.

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Historical Decca Audition Tape (Misterclaudel mccd-119)

Decca Studios. West Hampstead, North London, England, January 1, 1962
Je Pope’s Deccagone Single Masters: 01. Money 02. Sheik Of Araby 03. Memphis 04. Three Cool Cats 05. Sure To Fall 06. September In The Rain 07. Take Good Care Of My Baby 08. Till There Was You 09. Crying, Waiting, Hoping 10. To Know Her Is To Love Her 11. Besame Mucho 12. Searchin’ 13. Like Dreamers Do 14. Hello Little Girl 15. Love Of the Loved

The Decca Tapes Circuit LP Version 16. Like Dreamers Do 17. Money 18. Till There Was You 19. Sheik Of Araby 20. To Know Her Is To Love Her 21. Take Good Care Of My Baby 22. Memphis 23. Sure To Fall 24. Hello Little Girl 25. Three Cool Cats 26. Crying, Waiting, Hoping 27. Love Of The Loved 28. September In The Rain 29. Besame Mucho 30. Searchin’
The Decca Audition Tape has been released on Topline Records [TOPCD 523], Yellow Dog Records [YD 061], Dr. Ebbetts [PMC6211], Togal Records, Smilin’ Ears [7701] and countless other labels.

“The Decca audition is the name given to the now famous Beatles audition for Decca Records at their Decca Studios in West Hampstead, North London, England, before they reached international stardom. Decca’s decision to reject the group is considered to be one of the biggest mistakes in music history”.

” A few songs from this recording were included on the first disc of The Beatles Anthology. Most bootlegs include all 15 songs from the original demo, “Like Dreamers Do” (Lennon/McCartney), “Money (That’s What I Want)” (Bradford/Gordy), “Till There Was You” (Wilson), “The Sheik Of Araby” (Snyder/Wheeler/Smith), “Tp Know Her Is To Love Her” (Spector), “Take Good Care Of My Baby” (Goffin/King), “Memphis” (Berry), “Sure To Fall (In Love With You)” (Perkins/Cantrell/Claunch), “Hello Little Girl” (Lennon/McCartney), “Three Cool Cats” (Leiber/Stoller), “Crying, Waiting, Hoping” (Holly), “Love Of The Loved” (Lennon/McCartney), “September In The Rain” (Warren), “Besame Mucho” (Velasquez/Skylar), and “Searchin” (Leiber/Stoller)”

“Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best traveled to London for their morning studio audition with Mike Smith, Decca Records A&R rep. The Merseyside group banged out 15 numbers onto reel to reel in under an hour selected by Brian Epstein to represent their performance strengths. The live mono two-track recording did not allow for any over-dubbing. The studio session was basically hurried and unproductive”.

“The group was annoyed that Smith turned up late, having spent the night before seeing in the new year. Smith further unnerved them by insisting they use Decca’s amplifiers, having judged The Beatles’ own gear to be substandard”.

“Although nerves meant The Beatles didn’t perform at their best, all four members and Brian Epstein were confident that the session would inevitably lead to a contract with Decca. The label, meanwhile, was erring toward Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, who had also auditioned that day. The official reason given, meanwhile, was that “guitar groups are on the way out, Mr. Epstein”. These words would become infamous, and Dick Rowe (A&R head) later became known as “the man who turned down The Beatles”. He did, however, sign The Rolling Stones on the recommendation of George Harrison”.

Listening to The Decca Audition Tape is like traveling through time in a time capsule. The songs have a vibrant warm feel to them. I personally take a preference to The Decca Tapes Circuit LP Version as compared with the Joe Pope’s Deccagone Single Masters as the former sounds more open, lively and a bit brighter. The recording quality is excellent all around. Misterclaudel notes that mccd - 119 was compiled & digitally remastered by Gil Moocho and this release comes with their standard thick and glossy tasteful and informative inserts and is recommended.

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