2004 UPDATES
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2004 UPDATES
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December 16
added a few pics to the Gallery
NOTE: I currently have about three dozen acetates to add to the site so stay tuned
December 5
added complete recording history for "Hello Goodbye" to the Dick James acetate - here
added a couple of alternate images to one of the Bangla Desh apple acetates - here
added a Bell acetate of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" - here
added recording history to the Apple acetate of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" - here
added another "Power To The People" US Apple acetate (and info for the others) - here
added minimal info to the "Mary Had A Little Lamb" Apple acetate - here
added info to the "Luck Of The Irish" Apple acetate - here
added at least minimal info to all but one of the non-Beatle Apple acetates - here
November 27
Rearranged and added photos and much info to the Gallery - here
November 9
The Fillmore East, 6 June 1971 - here
added an Emidisc of "Wait" - here
added an Emidisc of side 4 of "The White Album" - here
added a Dick James acetate of "Hello Goodbye" - here
added an upgraded image of the Bell "Love" acetate - here
November 4
added a small full disc scan of the EMI "Beatles For Sale" acetate - here
November 2
added another Apple "Across The Universe" acetate - here
added another Apple "Hey Jude" acetate - here
added minor info to the other Apple "Hey Jude" acetates - here - here
added minor info to a couple of the Apple "Revolution" acetates - here - here
added an Apple acetate of "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" - here
added an Apple acetate of "Because You're Sweet And Lovely" (For You Blue) - here
added an Apple acetate of the "Get Back" LP - here
added an another Apple acetate of "The Long And Winding Road" - here
added an another Apple acetate of "Give Peace A Chance" - here
added an another Apple acetate of "Get Back" - here
added a page for a "Introducing The Beatles" Printing Block & Proof Slick - here
added a Parlophone "Rubber Soul" test pressing - here
November 1
added updated info and upgraded images of the dub reel of EMI reel AR14271/2 - here
October 29
added an Emidisc of "Lady Madonna" - here
added an Emidisc of "Please Please Me" - here
added an Emidisc of "This Bird Has Flown" - here
added an Emidisc of "Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" - here
added an unusual Emidisc of a full length "George Harrison And The Beatles" - here
added upgraded images of the Cilla Black "Yesterday" Dick James acetate - here
October 26
added an improved image and additional info to the "The Inner Light" EMI acetate - here
added an EMI acetate of "17" - here
added an EMI acetate of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" - here
I recently acquired much info about Capitol acetates. Every known Capitol Beatles acetate is now represented - here
October 23
added an Apple acetate of "Happy Christmas 1969 - The Beatles' Seventh Christmas Record" - here
October 12
added a scan to one of the Apple "All Thing Must Pass" acetates - here
added additional scans and detailed updated info to the Parlophone "A Hard Day's Night" test pressing - here
October 9
Happy Birthday, John - here
October 3
added a different Dick Jame acetate of "Please Please Me" - here
added an unusual "Presto" label acetate of "Ask Me Why" - here
added three Capitol acetates "Please Please Me" - here, "Eight Days A Week" - here, "Paperback Writer" - here
added additional photos to the Captiol 1966 "Beatle Tour" acetate - here
added to The Savage Young Beatles the stereo mixes of "Please Please Me" and "Ask Me Why" - here
October 2
added the 1 January 1962 Decca audition session, with audio to The Savage Young Beatles - here
September 28
added a full disc scan of Capitol's "Big Hits From England & U.S.A." acetate - here
added a Capitol acetate for "Meet The Beatles" - here
added an unusual Capitol acetate for "Leave Me Kitten Alone" - here
added an interesting photo of John playing a test pressing - here
September 27
added a Capitol acetate of "4 By 4" - here
added a Dick James acetate of "She Loves You" b/w "I'll Get You" - here
September 27
Sorry I've neglected this site over the recent months. Creating The Savage Young Beatles site consumed much of my time.
Starting this week, I'll begin to add new acetate pages. There will be a batch of interesting ones.
Many of the audio files have been reactivated and can be found - here.
Starting the first week of October, new audio files will be featured. Stay tuned.
August 28
Oops, I did it again. There was an error on one of the audio files for the 1960 rehearsal instrumentals. The April 1960 "instrumental #2" was the full length edit and not the correct 6:38 edit. Anyway, this has been corrected and can be found - here. Sorry.
August 6
Corrected the glitch in the "Intro To Sgt. Pepper" audio file.
August 2
I'm back. Sorry for being away. I had to take time to enjoy some summer.
I just uploaded some new MP3s. You'll find the complete E.M.I. reel E66581 and some bonus "Hey Bulldog" stuff - here
As some of you might have read on some of the forum boards, I'm gearing up for a new website. The site will be the definitive internet resource for The Beatles' early "performance" photos circa 1950s - 1962 (It might feature some early 1963 pics...I don't know yet). Look for the new site sometime in late August or early September. If you have any photos that you would like to contribute, please contact me at beatlesource@yahoo.com
By the way, for those of you who have been to my trade lists and found them a bit difficult, I have added a "per-disc" list - here
It's much more clear but already out-of-date. I've acquired several new items since posting the list. I'll update it within the next week or two.
June 25
sorry about the slow updates for any acetates pages, I do have a batch of new stuff to add over the next couple weeks
I've been working heavy on the current audio pages, now that the audio is up I'll be getting to the scans pages.
added new scans and info to the Dick James "Like Dreamers Do" acetate - here
added a full-disc scan of the "Magical Mystery Tour" RM7 Emidisc - here
added info and a b-side scan of the "I'm Down" test pressing - here
added much better scans and some more McCartney pics to the Jack Lomax "Sour Milk Sea" Emidisc - here
June 11
added info about John Lowe's Quarrymen acetate replicas - here
June 8
added an unusual 1970s Master Room acetate of the October 1963 London Palladium show - here
added an "Oh! Darling" Apple acetate - here
added a tiny bit of info and 1981 photos by John Lowe to the Quarrymen Phillips acetate - here
added a 1964 Press Conference flexi - here
May 30
reorganized and added some items to the "Odds & Ends" section - here
added a Stone The Crows Apple acetate - here
May 29
added info and links to the "Aspen 7" Apple acetate - here
added an interesting IBC Studios acetate containing The Dirty Mac and The Who from The Rolling Stones "Rock and Roll Circus" on the
A side with The Jimi Hendrix Experience from Winterland on the B side - here
May 25
although some info is incomplete, links and scans are up for the Apple "non-Beatle" acetates - here
May 21
although some info is incomplete, all links and scans are up for the Apple 1971 acetates - here
May 20
added a Wings 1972 Apple acetate of "Night Out" - here
added The Rolling Stones "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" Apple acetate - here
May 19
added some scans of the official Capitol release of "Big Hits From England And The U.S.A." - here
May 18
added a George Martin, Dick James acetate - here
sorry about the late audio posts this week but I finally got 'em up. you'll find a mess of them - here
added the Capitol Records 45 picture sleeve to the Cilla Black "Yesterday" Dick James acetate - here
May 15
added an "Imagine" acetate - here
added two different Apple acetates for sides 5 & 6 of "The Concert For Bangla Desh" - here and here
added an unusual "Sgt. Pepper's" acetate - here
added a Bell Sound acetate of "The Ballad Of John & Yoko" b/w "Old Brown Shoe" - here
May 14
Sorry for the lack of recent updates. It's been a busy Spring. I've been trying to get the many new pages together.
I did add some addition pics and info to the "Fred Robbins" acetates - here
May 4
added a batch of Apple acetates - here
May 3
added new "All Thing Must Pass" Apple acetate - here
added an Apple acetate of "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill" - here
added an "Electronic Sound" Apple acetate - here
added this week's MP3s - here
May 2
reformatted Emidisc, Apple and Other acetates main pages hopefully making the site user friendly. This is a prelude to a major overhaul.
added a new "I Feel Fine" Emidisc - here
April 29
added an improved scan of the "I'll Be On My Way" Dick James acetate - here
added a small scan of an alternate "Give Peace A Chance" Apple acetate - here
added an "Instant Karma" Apple acetate - here
updated info for the "Hello Little Girl" ATV acetate - here
added a complete set of "All Things Must Pass" acetates - here
added a Capitol radio station promo titled "The Beatles Introduce New Songs" - here
April 28
added a Bell acetate of The Rolling Stones' "We Love You" (which features John and Paul on backing vocals) b/w "Dandelion" - here
added a film reel for episode 32 of "The Beatles" cartoon - here
April 27
added an alternate EMI "Magical Mystery Tour" acetate - here
added an unusual EMI test pressing of "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" b/w "Anytime At All" - here
added a "Twist And Shout (EP)" test pressing - here
added a "Rock And Roll Music (LP)" test pressing - here
added additional auction info to the "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" Apple acetate - here
added NME report to the "Teen Fair" Capitol acetate - here
added several new lists to the "Known Acetates" page - here
April 26
added this week's MP3 - here
added a special "Hey Bulldog" page - here
April 23
added an unusual "Hello Little Girl" ATV Music Group acetate - here
added a page for the "Penny Lane" Capitol Promo - here
added a Jackie Lomax "Sour Milk Sea" Emidisc acetate - here
added a "Hey Jude" Emidisc acetate - here
added a "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" Emidisc acetate - here
added a 1966 Capitol acetate titled "Beatle Tour" - here
April 22
added an E.M.I. "And I Love Her" acetate page - here
added an E.M.I. "The Inner Light" acetate page - here
added an E.M.I. "Rubber Soul" acetate page - here
added a larger, color pic of the Lennon note about "The Ballad Of John & Yoko" - here
added a VERY unusual red (!!!) "Strawberry Fields Forever" Emidisc acetate - here
April 21
added additional "All Things Must Pass" Apple acetate - here
added additional scan from another auction of the Dick James "Please Please Me" acetate - here
April 20
added a special MP3 with a special story -here
April 19
added this week's "Acetate Of The Week", again, with bonus MP3s - here
due to popular demand, I've left up the "Sour Milk Sea" and "Can You Take Me Back" mixes for another week.
added further info to "The Mystery Session" page - here
sorry this past week has been rather slow but fear not...throughout the next week I will be adding MANY new acetate pages and another MP3.
---I will post updates as the pages are posted.
April 12
added "The Family Way" test pressing - here
April 11
added another 1967 photo to the gallery - here
added a better photo and info the "A Hard Day's Night" test pressing - here
added an unusual 78 rpm Capitol acetate/test pressing (?) of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" b/w "I'll Cry Instead" - here
added this week's "Acetate Of The Week" - here ...
...along with some bonus recordings/mixes I made of "Sour Milk Sea" (an outfake made from the Esher demo and Jackie Lomax's version which
...features George-guitar/production, Paul-bass, Ringo-drums, Eric Clapton-guitar, Nicky Hopkins/keyboards and Eddie Clayton-percussion)
...also a complete 1:56 edit of the available "Can You Take Me Back" recording. All along with fantasy labels and a picture sleeve based on
...the design of the Lomax French issued sleeve. - here
April 4
added reference links to the "Known Acetates" page - here.
added this weeks's acetate MP3s - here
April 2
added "Mystery Session" page to the Gallery - here
March 30
finally added "Recomended Reading" info - here
decided to abandon the "Promos" section. Info can be found - here
March 29
added MP3s for "Bad To Me" and "One And One Is Two" acetates - here - sorry it was a day late
added "Let It Be" LP US Bell Sound Studios acetate - here
added "Lady Madonna" Capitol acetate - here
added "Granny Smith (Love You To)" Emidisc acetate - here
added additional scan and info to the "Thank You Girl" test pressing - here
added another "control room recording" pic - here
March 28
added an unkown acetate of "Strawberry Fields Forever" - here
added an additional mailer to the "Get Back" promo package - here
corrected the image problem on the WKDA acetate - here
March 26
added scan and info to "Chains / Anna" test pressing - here
added "All My Loving" test pressing - here
added additional test pressing and info for "Beatles For Sale" - here
March 25
added an E.M.I. acetate of "Please Mr. Postman" - here
updated info and added photos for "Across The Universe" E.M.I. acetate - here
March 24
added alternate "Get Back" acetate - here
added an Apple acetate "Across The Universe" - here
added an Apple acetate "The Long And Winding Road" - here
added an Apple acetate "Something" - here
March 18
added an "Across The Universe" E.M.I. acetate - here
added some internet comments and reviews for my site - here
March 15
added a page for the "Get Back" reel that was recently auctioned on eBay - here
corrected take number error for "Let It Be" take 27 - here
March 13
added several items to "Odds And Ends" - here
added additional photo to "The Beatles Documentary" - here
added item to "Capitol Acetates" - here
added item to "Apple Acetates" - here
March 11
Added a couple photos to the Gallery - here
Added an MP3 page - here
March 7
added info to John & Yoko wedding commercial acetate - here
added listings to "Known Acetates" - here
added listing, info and scans to "Available Acetate Recordings" - here
added Beatles lists to my trade lists - here
added a Badfinger acetate to Apple Acetates - here
added an MP3 of "In Spite Of All The Danger" edited to represent the disc's authentic length - here
March 6
added links to pics on "Available Acetates" - here
March 5
added navigation to sub pages
March 4
added navigation to main pages
added info and pics of a replica Quarry Men acetate - here
March 3
added scan of a different "Hollywood Bowl" Capitol acetate - here
March 2
added scans of a John Lennon letter to "Live At The Star Club" test pressing - here
March 1
site launched
Many thanks to all who have visited so far.
Likewise for the many letters of praise.
I hope you found the site both interesting and useful.
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