The Beatles - Live at the BBC

[GA Russell]

Capitol/Universal will release two 2-CD Beatles sets Nov. 11. Amazon is offering them for pre-order for $22.51 each.

The first is the remastered Live at the BBC. The second is On Air - Live at the BBC, vol. 2.

http://www.amazon.com/Live-At-The-BBC-Remastered/dp/B00F4BJ4M0/ref=pd_luc_wl_01_01_t_lh?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/On-Air-Live-The-Volume/dp/B00F3VOL38/ref=pd_bxgy_m_text_y

[colinmce]

Huh, I had no idea. Personally, I'm a big fan of the 1994 BBC set. That was a tremendously exciting release at the time.

[felser]

I found the first set to be something of the holy grail, making much more explicit the tie between the Beatles and what had come before them. Not sure I'll spring for "remasters" of cruddy sounding BBC archive tapes, but I'll definitely be in for the second set.

[David Ayers]

I'm in for these. Strong preference for early Beatles.

[robertoart]

They were good in those days. All things considered.

The Lord Woodbine/Calypso club connection is interesting. Anyone know it?

[ArtSalt]

This is the same set that was released in the mid-90s, I have to say the sound was pretty disappointing to me, not a patch on the David Bowie at the Beeb which was great.

There's also a new box-set of Big Country at the BBC which could be interesting.

[crisp]

Beatles CDs weren't remastered very well the first time round. I'm expecting the new version of the 90s set to be much better.

I can't get used to this being on Universal, though...

[Stefan Wood]

They own everything now. Hence, their name is now appropriate.....

[GA Russell]

The price has dropped two pounds on Vol. 2.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Air-Live-BBC-Volume/dp/B00F3VOL38?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camelproducts-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00F3VOL38

[GA Russell]

The price has dropped two pounds on Vol. 2.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Air-Live-BBC-Volume/dp/B00F3VOL38?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camelproducts-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00F3VOL38

In the US, the price has dropped to $20.53.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F3VOL38/ref=ox_ya_os_product

[GA Russell]

I ordered Volume 2, and Amazon emailed me tonight that it has shipped.

For whatever reason, they are promising that it will be delivered Monday the 11th rather than Tuesday the 12th. I thought all albums are released on Tuesdays.

I plan to save mine for under the Christmas tree.

[alankin]

gohastings.com has both the new and the new version of the original set for 7.99 each. Free shipping with code "earlybird".

[GA Russell]

In today's Sunday paper circular, Target says that it will have Vol. 2 tomorrow for $17.99.

[skeith]

I have been listening to these and enjoying.

One thing I wanted to comment on and get your reactions. Listening to the BBC interviews with them at the end of each disc and in particular the interview with Lennon, the BBC interviewer keeps asking questions about how big Lennon's house is and how many rooms and establishing that he owns a Rolls-Royce... and goes on to comment about that he parked it in a no-parking zone and whether he feels that owning a Rolls entitles you to behave that way and then what sort of private school Lennon will send his son to etc.

My impression, perhaps wrong, is that the interviewer is not overtly but subtly hostile (maybe that is not the best word but I cannot think of another at the moment) and it is a bit surprising given they were media darlings by this time. I sort of wish Lennon had said something like "hey look at least I did not inherit this money, how did you get yours?"

Do others get that impression from these interviews?

Edited January 17, 2014 by skeith

[JSngry]

I would no more presume to fully grasp the subtle/subliminal/whatever class implications of a Brit-on-Brit interview such as this as I would the subtle/subliminal/whatever sensory implications of a conversation between Jan Garbarek & Bobo Stenson about what makes for a really good cold-weather jacket.

[skeith]

I would no more presume to fully grasp the subtle/subliminal/whatever class implications of a Brit-on-Brit interview such as this as I would the subtle/subliminal/whatever sensory implications of a conversation between Jan Garbarek & Bobo Stenson about what makes for a really good cold-weather jacket.

Ok..;. so we need some Brits to comment!!!

[JSngry]

Oh, I agree it seemed a little...aggressive, for whatever reason. But how much of it was simple Brit media-prickness, how much of it was Brit Class-Consciousness-Prodding/Snootiness, and how much of it might have been some of each and/or neither, well, I can't answer that. Some things you can only really figure when it's what you know from first-hand experience.

On a more certain note, though, I do dig this Volume 2. Very much!

[A Lark Ascending]

Most of the people who interviewed pop musicians in the 60s had little interest or knowledge about music. It rarely went much beyond 'What is your favourite colour?'.

Pop/rock journalism in the UK didn't really start to take itself seriously until the 70s. Most of these interviews were carried out by journalists who might be covering the Ideal Home Exhibition the next day.

[skeith]

Most of the people who interviewed pop musicians in the 60s had little interest or knowledge about music. It rarely went much beyond 'What is your favourite colour?'.

Pop/rock journalism in the UK didn't really start to take itself seriously until the 70s. Most of these interviews were carried out by journalists who might be covering the Ideal Home Exhibition the next day.

Ok.,,,I get that this journalist may have known nothing about the music... but did you listen to the interview? It seems to me to really have an edge ....as if he wants to embarrass Lennon or expose him as not the working class type he claims to be. Just a vibe that I get from it.

[Guy Berger]

Most of the people who interviewed pop musicians in the 60s had little interest or knowledge about music. It rarely went much beyond 'What is your favourite colour?'.

Pop/rock journalism in the UK didn't really start to take itself seriously until the 70s. Most of these interviews were carried out by journalists who might be covering the Ideal Home Exhibition the next day.

I'm left wondering which version of pop/rock journalism was worse.

[GA Russell]

My understanding is that all of the British Invasion groups were blue collar and prided themselves on being working class - which is ironic, because where I went to high school (New Orleans), and perhaps most everywhere in the US, it was the white collar kids who liked them, and the blue collar guys who didn't. The blue collar guys liked r&b.

[Guy Berger]

My understanding is that all of the British Invasion groups were blue collar and prided themselves on being working class - which is ironic, because where I went to high school (New Orleans), and perhaps most everywhere in the US, it was the white collar kids who liked them, and the blue collar guys who didn't. The blue collar guys liked r&b.

I don't know how representative they were of the entire British Invasion, but Mick Jagger and Brian Jones were both born to middle class families.