THE BEATLES
SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND:
A HISTORY OF THE BEATLE YEARS 1962-1970
Produced for Westwood One and presented by Roger Scott
Remasters Workshop
RMW 918-923
Thanks to the generosity of a collector who wishes to remain anonymous, we are happy to be able to present a fresh transfer of the 24 sides of this iconic radio series from October 1984, directly from a pristine set of the original Westwood One albums.
By leaving out the commercials, the program was able to fit on six CDs. The results sound slightly better than the records, because a lot of the sound sources are from tape, each of which had a different degree of azimuth miscalibration during playback. With the phase corrected, they sound pretty much exactly like they ought to. The pitch of each piece of music has been corrected, where possible. Not only were all the clicks removed from the records, but also from vinyl sources they used in the program for interview excerpts (such as Brian Epstein).
This show was not publicized by Westwood One, very likely due to the inclusion of 40-odd unreleased recordings spread among the obligatory EMI tracks. Neither was it reviewed in trade publications. Limited broadcasts of the program were the source of quite a few tracks that turned up on Beatles bootlegs between 1985 and 1988. The first of these was "Not For Sale" on the NEMS label, sourced from a tape of an airing in Los Angeles. The show was bootlegged in its entirety on a vinyl set by Yellow Dog (before they used that name) out of Europe (blue box, blank labels), which serves as the source for a CD-R set on the Black Cat label. One of the discs in that set is corrupted due to faulty extraction, and all of them suffer from the clicks and pops on the records and ground hum from the turntable's cartridge.
By 1988, copies of Roger Scott's source tapes (which he obtained from visits to EMI with engineer John Barrett) had found their way to bootleggers, and were released as "Ultra Rare Trax" and "Unsurpassed Masters," in dribs and drabs on such titles as "Control Room Monitor Mixes" and eventually as "The Barrett Tapes" in several different configurations and under several titles.
Here are the contents:
DISC 1
01 Billboard 1
02 End credits
03 Billboard 2
04 Forward promo
05 Side 1 (12:25)
Intro / SEARCHIN' (Decca Tapes) / Brian Epstein / MY BONNIE / Brian Epstein / MONEY (That's What I Want) (Decca Tapes)
06 Side 2 (22:54)
ONE AFTER 909 (Cavern) / CATSWALK (excerpt) (Cavern) / George Martin / LOVE OF THE LOVED (Decca Tapes) / George Martin / BESAME MUCHO (Decca Tapes) / Brian Epstein / SOME OTHER GUY (Cavern, acetate) / LONG TALL SALLY (Star Club) / Paul / Pete Best / Ringo / CAROL (BBC)
07 Side 3 (15:17)
LOVE ME DO (Ringo drums) / P.S. I LOVE YOU / Paul / HOW DO YOU DO IT (demo) / I SAW HER STANDING THERE (Star Club) / Paul / I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND CRY (Over You) (Star Club) / George Martin / Brian Epstein / Can You Wash Your Father's Shirt / SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN (Star Club)
08 Side 4 (23:32)
Intro / PLEASE PLEASE ME / Helen Shapiro / I SAW HER STANDING THERE (BBC) / Norman Smith / TWIST AND SHOUT / Norman Smith / DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET (outtake) / Paul / THERE'S A PLACE / Fans / Paul / FROM ME TO YOU (with count-in) / John / FROM ME TO YOU (live) / Ringo / George / BOYS
DISC 2
01 Side 5 (24:40)
BABY IT'S YOU / Brian Epstein / BAD TO ME (acetate) / Brian Epstein / SHE LOVES YOU (live) / Fans / I'LL GET YOU / MONEY (That's What I Want) (live) / London Airport fans / ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN (live) / I SAW HER STANDING THERE / Beatles in Australia / I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND / George Martin / John from 1963 Xmas Disc / THIS BOY
02 Side 6 (13:10)
Intro / NOT A SECOND TIME / George Martin / MEDLEY OF HITS (Around The Beatles) / Brian Epstein / Newsreel: Beatles In America / Paul / George Martin / Brian Epstein / ALL MY LOVING
03 Side 7 (12:24)
Return from USA / Billy Joel / DON'T BOTHER ME / George / Award speeches / CAN'T BUY ME LOVE / George Martin / YOU CAN'T DO THAT
04 Side 8 (23:53)
SHOUT! (Around The Beatles) / Greetings to Australia / Newsreel: Adelaide / LONG TALL SALLY / George, Paul & Ringo on 'AHDN' / I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER / Paul / A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (with count-in) / John (from "Hear The Beatles Tell All") / THINGS WE SAID TODAY (Hollywood Bowl) / Paul, George / I FEEL FINE (with outtake snippet of intro) / 1964 Xmas Outtake / SHE'S A WOMAN
DISC 3
01 Side 9 (14:01)
Intro / Paul's intro / Peter & Gordon: I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN / Ringo / HONEY DON'T / Ringo / EIGHT DAYS A WEEK / Paul / I'M A LOSER (with 'Take 8' announcement)
02 Side 10 (23:30)
TICKET TO RIDE (unreleased mix Take 2) / Ringo / YES IT IS / MBE Awards / NO REPLY / John: The National Health Cow / HELP! (with count-in) / John / Shea Stadium / TWIST AND SHOUT / SHE'S A WOMAN (Hollywood Bowl) / George, Ringo, John
03 Side 11 (12:07)
YESTERDAY / Newsreel: Receiving MBEs / Paul / WE CAN WORK IT OUT (with count-in) / Paul / DAY TRIPPER / 1965 Xmas Record excerpt
04 Side 12 (18:40)
Intro / Studio chat / RUN FOR YOUR LIFE / IN MY LIFE / John / NORWEGIAN WOOD (This Bird Has Flown) / PAPERBACK WRITER (unreleased mix, no echo) / John / RAIN / PAPERBACK WRITER (Tokyo) / AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING
DISC 4
01 Side 13 (20:21)
George Martin / ELEANOR RIGBY / John apologizes / Fans / GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE / Paul / FOR NO ONE / A fan crashes the stage in Boston / Leaving Memphis / GOOD DAY SUNSHINE / George / Fans / I'M ONLY SLEEPING / I WANNA BE YOUR MAN (Candlestick Park) / Brian Epstein
02 Side 14 (8:23)
George Martin / TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS / John / YELLOW SUBMARINE / EVERYWHERE IT'S CHRISTMAS (closing song)
03 Side 15 (11:52)
Intro / George Martin / PENNY LANE (Duophonic mix) / George Martin / STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER (with unreleased instrumental outtake under voice-over)
04 Side 16 (25:04)
Paul / WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS / George Martin / LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS / Paul / BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. KITE / John / A DAY IN THE LIFE (unreleased mix with cold start, no piano chord ending) / George Martin / ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE (broadcast mix) / Paul / BLUE JAY WAY / The Maharishi
05 Side 17 (11:55)
John & George, George Martin on the death of Brian Epstein / AERIAL TOUR INSTRUMENTAL (acetate) / Paul / I AM THE WALRUS / HELLO GOODBYE / CHRISTMAS TIME (Is Here Again) (excerpt)
DISC 5
01 Side 18 (22:55)
Intro / MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR / Paul / YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW (acetate) / LADY MADONNA / THE FOOL ON THE HILL / Paul, John & Paul announce Apple / HEY BULLDOG / Derek Taylor / Mary Hopkin: THOSE WERE THE DAYS
02 Side 19 (26:45)
HEY JUDE / Paul / REVOLUTION / WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS / George / Paul / HELTER SKELTER / Paul / GLASS ONION / The Dirty Mac: YER BLUES (unreleased) / 1968 Xmas Disc: Jock And Yono, Paul's song
03 Side 20 (24:54)
Intro / BACK IN THE USSR / Paul / READY, WILLING AND ABLE / DON'T LET ME DOWN (false start) / DON'T LET ME DOWN / ALL TOGETHER NOW / Alastair Taylor / ONE AFTER 909 / Derek Taylor / I DIG A PONY / John / GET BACK / George Martin on "Paul Is Dead"
DISC 6
01 Side 21 (25:26)
Paul / I ME MINE / George / THE BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO / John: GIVE PEACE A CHANCE / John / COME TOGETHER / George / SOMETHING / George / HERE COMES THE SUN / Paul / MEAN MR. MUSTARD / POLYTHENE PAM / George Martin / SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW / ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (WWF LP) / 1969 Xmas Disc: Paul, John & Yoko
02 Side 22 (22:56)
Intro / GOLDEN SLUMBERS / CARRY THAT WEIGHT / Paul / THE END / John / John: INSTANT KARMA / John / LET IT BE / Ringo: SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY / George / Paul / Paul: MAYBE I'M AMAZED
03 Side 23 (11:58)
I'VE GOT A FEELING / George / FOR YOU BLUE (film mix) / George / Paul / THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD (film mix) / Ringo
04 Side 24 (14:29)
George / George: AWAITING ON YOU ALL / George / George: MY SWEEET LORD / News report #1 / Paul / News report #2 / George: ALL THOSE YEARS AGO / End credits
"Intro" marks the beginning of a new episode, beginning with the Murray The K introduction and voice-overs over the Sgt. Pepper's theme song.
Complete artwork, ffp and md5 files are included.
Enjoy!
Remasters Workshop
June 2013