Label: London Calling LCCD5005 Juke Box Jury: 1. Hit and Miss 2. Introduction 3. I Could Write a Book 4. Kiss Me Quick 5. Hippy Hippy Shake 6. Did You Have a Happy Birthday 7. The Nitty Gritty 8. I Can't Stop Talking About You 9. Do You Really Love Me Too 10. There I've Said It Again 11. Love Hit Me 12. I Think of You 13. Hit and Miss It's The Beatles: 14. From Me to You 15. I Saw Her Standing There 16. All My Loving 17. Roll Over Beethoven 18. Boys 19. Till You Was There 20. She Loves You 21. This Boy 22. I Want to Hold Your Hand 23. Money 24. Twist and Shout Comments: What is there to say that hasn't been said probably millions of time already, other than this is a (seemingly) rare recording that even though it was filmed for Juke Box Jury, sadly there is no longer a video for. But this is the audio of The Beatles very, very lively and early in the career, in which they would dominate the world of music; and having said that, still are. The audio of Ringo's vocal on the song Boys can hardly be heard but the backing vocals and instruments on this track are fine. Sleeve notes: The Beatles, live on the BBC two programmes aired on 7th December 1963. By the end of 1963, Britain was firmly in the grip of Beatlemania. On December 7th the quartet visited Liverpool, where they performed a special edition of Juke Box Jury in front of 2500 hysterical members of their fan club, then performed in front of them for a subsequent TV concert broadcast entitled It's The Beatles, prompting Brian Epstein to joke that, for a night, BBC stood for - Beatles Broadcasting Corporation - The visuals for the former are sadly lost, but the audio of both programmes is presented here, together with background notes and images.
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