Saturday, November 06, 2010

The Beatles Anthology - Episode One

All songs are written by Lennon/McCartney and performed by The Beatles, unless otherwise noted.

Episode One (July '40 to March '63) - 1:18:53

"You couldn't get a cup of sugar, let alone a rock' n' roll record." - George Harrison

1. Liverpool: The Childhood Years [7:35]
2. Discovering Rock & Roll [11:23]
3. John, Paul & George – The Beginning of The Beatles [5:21]
4. First Recordings 1958 – 1960 [2:55]
5. Stuart Sutcliffe [3:20]
6. Early Tours [6:59]
7. Pete Best [2:07]
8. Hamburg [13:16]
9. Growing Pains [1:09]
10. Stuart Sutcliffe Leaves [2:08]
* Excerpts of the following songs:
o I'm Down
o FBI (Marvin-Welch-Harris) — Performed by The Shadows
11. The Cavern [4:08]
* Excerpts of the following songs:
o Long Tall Sally (Johnson-Blackwell-Penniman)
o Kansas City (Leiber-Stoller)
o Some Other Guy (Leiber-Stoller-Barrett)
12. Decca Sessions [1:28]
* Audition tapes recorded at the Decca Studios, London on 1 January 1962.
o Three Cool Cats (Leiber-Stoller) — George Harrison on lead vocal and Pete Best on drums.
o The Sheik of Araby (Smith-Wheeler-Snyder) — George Harrison on lead vocal and Pete Best on drums.
* Audition tape recorded at Parlophone on 6 June 1962.
o Besame Mucho (Velazquez-Skylar) — Paul McCartney on lead vocal and Pete Best on drums.
13. George Martin [1:40]
* The Beatles and George Martin (record producer) discuss the context of their first meeting and recording contract.
14. Ringo Arrives [4:44]
15. Love Me Do [3:13]
* Overdubbed footage of the Beatles performing Love Me Do in 1963, which merges at the very end into brief footage of Ringo playing drums in 1995 during the Anthology sessions.
16. Please Please Me – "We’re No. 1" [7:27]
* How Do You Do It? (Murray)
o Audio of performance by Mitch Murray.
o Video of performance by Gerry & The Pacemakers.
o Audio of performance by The Beatles recorded at Abbey Road Studios on 4 September 1962).
* Please Please Me - performed live in 1964 on the Ed Sullivan Show
* Leave My Kitten Alone (John-Turner-McDougal) — Demo recording done on 14 August, 1964 at Abbey Road Studios and played over the credits.

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