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The Sixties at the Beeb!, Compilation, Compilation
Set 1
VOLUME ONE:

DISC ONE:
Series Introduction: Part 1 BBC Host, Andy Peebles
A Hard Day's Night [excerpt] - The Beatles
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [excerpt] - The Rolling Stones
You Really Got Me [excerpt) - The Kinks
My Generation [excerpt] - The Who
Strange Brew [excerpt] - Cream
Dancing in the Street [excerpt] - The Who
Purple Haze [excerpt] - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Jailhouse Rock [excerpt] - The Animals
Over Under Sideways Down [excerpt] - The Yardbirds
Whole Lotta Love [excerpt] - Led Zeppelin
Long Tall Sally - The Beatles
Things We Said Today/Studio Chat - The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
All Day & All of the Night - The Kinks
Route 66 - The Rolling Stones
Mona (I Need You Baby) - The Rolling Stones
I'm a Loser/Studio Chat - The Beatles
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby/Studio Chat - The Beatles
She's a Woman - The Beatles
I Feel Fine/Studio Chat - The Beatles
Rock & Roll Music/Studio Chat - The Beatles
Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey! - The Beatles
I'll Follow the Sun - The Beatles
Ferry Cross the Mersey [excerpt] - Gerry & The Pacemakers
Love Potion #9 [excerpt] - The Searchers
Can't You Hear My Heartbeat? [Medley] - Herman's Hermits
Silhouettes [Medley] - Herman's Hermits
I'm Henry the 8th, I Am [Medley] - Herman's Hermits
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - The Animals
Gonna Send You Back to Georgia - The Animals
Studio Chat/For Your Love - The Yardbirds
Studio Chat/The Last Time - The Rolling Stones
Down the Road Apiece - The Rolling Stones
Here Comes the Night - Them
All for Myself - Them

DISC TWO:
Bring it on Home to Me/Studio Chat - The Animals
C.C. Rider - The Animals
Go Now - The Moody Blues
Catch the Wind - Donovan
Tired of Waiting for You - The Kinks
Just You & Me/Studio Chat - The Who
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere - The Who
Studio Chat/Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Beatles
Studio Chat/Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby - The Beatles
Ticket To Ride - The Beatles
Heart Full of Soul - The Yardbirds
I Wish You Would - The Yardbirds
I've Been Wrong - The Yardbirds
Gloria - Them
One More Time - Them
We Gotta Get Out of this Place/Studio Chat - The Animals
Heartbreak Hotel/Studio Chat - The Animals
Work Song - The Animals
See My Friend/Studio Chat - The Kinks
This Strange Effect - The Kinks
I'm a Man/Studio Chat - The Yardbirds
Too Much Monkey Business - The Yardbirds

DISC THREE:
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction/Studio Chat - The Rolling Stones
Cry to Me - The Rolling Stones
Mercy, Mercy - The Rolling Stones
Fannie Mae - The Rolling Stones
Oh! Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin') - The Rolling Stones
Evil Hearted You/Studio Chat - The Yardbirds
Still I'm Sad - The Yardbirds
Hang On Sloopy - The Yardbirds
What Ya' Gonna Do About It? - The Small Faces
It's Alright (featuring Rod Stewart) - Steampacket
It's My Life - The Animals
Corrina, Corrina - The Animals
Look Through Any Window - The Hollies
You're a Better Man Than I - The Yardbirds
Train Kept A'-Rollin' - The Yardbirds
Studio Chat/My Generation - The Who
A Well Respected Man - The Kinks
'Til the End of the Day - The Kinks
Where Have All the Good Times Gone? - The Kinks
Inside Looking Out - The Animals
Sweet Little Sixteen - Animals
Substitute - Who 03:43
Studio Chat/A Man with Money - The Who
Dancing in the Street - Who

DISC FOUR:
A Groovy Kind of Love - The Mindbenders
Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann
From Home/Studio Chat - The Troggs
Wild Thing/Studio Chat - The Troggs
With a Girl Like You/Studio Chat - The Troggs
Lost Girl/Studio Chat - The Troggs
The Yella In Me - The Troggs
Studio Chat/Shapes of Things - The Yardbirds
Studio Chat/The Sun is Shining - The Yardbirds
Over Under Sideways Down - The Yardbirds
Disguises/Studio Chat - The Who
I'm a Boy - The Who
So Sad - The Who
Studio Chat/I Can't Control Myself - The Troggs
Jailhouse Rock - The Animals
Studio Chat/Paint it Black - The Animals
Sweet Wine - Cream
Studio Chat/Wrapping Paper - Cream
Lawdy Mama - Cream
Train Time - Cream

Bonus Tracks:
You're No Good - The Swinging Blue Jeans
Tell Her No - The Zombies
Scenescof - Marc Bolan & T.Rex
Death Cab For Cutie - The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

Set 2
VOLUME TWO:

DISC ONE:
Series Introduction: Part 2 - BBC Host, Andy Peebles
Communication Breakdown [excerpt] - Led Zeppelin
Happy Together [excerpt] - The Turtles
A Whiter Shade of Pale [excerpt] - Procol Harum
Speed King [excerpt] - Deep Purple
Happy Jack/Studio Chat - The Who
Boris the Spider - The Who
See My Way - The Who
Studio Chat/I Feel Free - Cream
N.S.U. - Cream
From Four Until Late - Cream
Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group
I'm a Man - The Spencer Davis Group
When I Was Young/Studio Chat - The Animals
Mellow Yellow - Donovan
I Can Hear the Grass Grow - The Move
Purple Haze/Studio Chat - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Hey Joe - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Foxy Lady/Studio Chat - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Love or Confusion? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Killing Floor - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Hi-Ho Silver Lining - The Jeff Beck Group
Little Games/Studio Chat - The Yardbirds
Most Likely You'll Go Your Way & I'll Go Mine - The Yardbirds
Studio Chat/New York Mining Disaster 1941 - The Bee Gees
DISC TWO:
Strange Brew - Cream
Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream
She'd Rather Be With Me - The Turtles
Happy Together - The Turtles
A Whiter Shade of Pale/Studio Chat - Procol Harum
Studio Chat/Tallyman - The Jeff Beck Group
Rock My Plimsoul - The Jeff Beck Group
San Franciscan Nights - Eric Burdon & The Animals
Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues
Hole in My Shoe - Traffic
Catfish Blues - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Drivin' South/Studio Chat - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Burning of the Midnight Lamp - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Hound Dog - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
I Can See For Miles - The Who
Summertime Blues - The Who
Love is All Around/Studio Chat - The Troggs
Outside Woman Blues/Studio Chat - Cream
Born Under a Bad Sign - Cream
Autumn Almanac - The Kinks
DISC THREE:
Day Tripper - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Wait Until Tomorrow - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Monterey - Eric Burdon & The Animals
Steppin' Out - Cream
Politician - Cream
Peggy Sue -The Troggs
Little Green Apples - The Troggs
Studio Chat/Think About It - The Yardbirds
Studio Chat/Goodnight Sweet Josephine - The Yardbirds
Studio Chat/Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Julia Dream - Pink Floyd
Let There Be More Light - Pink Floyd
Murderistic Woman - Pink Floyd
With a Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
Love Story - Jethro Tull
Point Me at the Sky - Pink Floyd
Embryo - Pink Floyd
I'm Going Home - Ten Years After

DISC FOUR:
Emmaretta - Deep Purple
Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin
You Shook Me - Led Zeppelin
Song of Yesterday - Free
Diary of an Empty Day - The Nice
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Whole Lotta Love/Studio Chat - Led Zeppelin
What Is & What Never Should Be - Led Zeppelin
Traveling Riverside Blues - Led Zeppelin
Lady Samantha/Studio Chat - Elton John
Sails - Elton John
Looking Around - Yes
Speed King - Deep Purple
Unwashed & Slightly Dazed/Studio Chat - David Bowie
Let Me Sleep Beside You - David Bowie
Rock & Roll Music - The Beatles

Bonus Tracks
Roadrunner - The Pretty Things
Reno, Nevada - Fairport Convention
Crawling Up a Hill - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies

Set 3


Comment
Originally broadcast in 1987, Westwood One syndicated with the BBC for a series of shows based on the 1960’s output of early radio broadcasts which had brought
the newest and grooviest pop acts onto the London airwaves. Live sets which un-
licensed radio stations couldn't deliver to British teenagers transistor radios.
In fact, the BBC practically wiped the pirates out by rounding up several singers and bands of the time with presenters who played the straight man to their often wacky, sharp witted guests. Many of these broadcast shows were introduced by DJ and chronicler Andy Peebles, most famously the last British interviewer to have spoken to John Lennon in 1980. It was through this syndication that many fans,and cigar smoking radio executives in the United States, realized that the BBC were on to something by presenting these special type of live sessions to their listeners.

The Sixties at the Beeb! is a 12 hour (approx. 10 hrs. uninterrupted) Westwood
One radio series produced by the BBC and broadcast in two, six hour parts on
May 25 and June 29, 1987. Culled from the vaults of the BBC archives, this BBC
program features unique music performances by the top British artists of the
decade who have recorded in the BBC studios from 1964 thru 1969, including the
Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, the Who, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Yardbirds,
the Animals, Led Zeppelin, Donavan, Them, The Moody Blues, Herman's Hermits,
The Troggs, Cream, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, and many, many more.

These are not the album versions of their songs. Instead, the artists performed
these versions specifically for the BBC. Some of this material wasn't even aired in the Sixties and presented in this program for the first time. According to the catalogue pages, most of the recordings used in the series were made originally for the weekly Saturday Club and Top Gear programs on BBC Radio. Also, many of these live versions have ended up on future BBC compilations of a particular band's appearances, such as Beatles at The Beeb, The Who at The BBC, The Kinks,The Yardbirds, David Bowie, etc.

Part 1 consists of 7 records (14 sides) covering 1963-1966 and has a massive
predominance of Beatles from November and December '64. Other interesting parts
include the description of Jeff Beck's first appearance with the Yardbirds and
the Rolling Stones first successful attempt in writing a beat song "The Last
Time", performed live March 1st, 1965. Part 2 consists of 8 records (16 sides),
covering 1963-1966, and has a much wider variety of acts starting with a long
Eric Burden of the Animals interview, followed by Pete Townshend of the Who.
Part two also features the Beatles very last broadcast from May 1965. Both the
sets have commercials and local break grooves, and part two label states "Diet
Coke presents!"

15 LPs and well over 160 tracks, plus many artist interview segments from the
original transmissions with perennial BBC host Andy Peebles, along with a few
newly recorded reflections from artist’s as well vintage Q&A clips by BBC co-
host, Brian Matthew. The total programming time for both sets is roughly 12
hours, 55-57 minutes per hour actual time, excluding local breaks.

This set has been widely available by torrent and download for many years now,
upgrading the source material along the way as technology develops and as the
demands insist. Radio shows were first syndicated on reel to reel tape, later
on vinyl LP records (still the best fidelity), then CD's, and now digitally.
As a result, collectors have a much more difficult time getting their hands on
top quality material such as this, and the vintage programs that are available
today just keep going up in value.

Pitch, phase and levels corrected at Remastered Workshop in 2015, the source
of the material are from cassette recording of the FM broadcast from vinyl.
With the exception of the two Rolling Stones stereo tracks in Segment 3, all
the recordings are in mono. This is about as good as these recording will ever
sound, and thanks to RMW, these recording serve as the backbone for this new
updated version. Apart from several bonus tracks that are included, the only
real difference is the addition of an 11 minute segment that's (unknowningly)
not included in the RMW release. That broadcast segment (part 1, segment #9)
is devoted entirely to the Beatles, and what would turn out to be their very
last session for the BBC.

In 1965, the BBC wanted their next show to be another in the "From Us to You"
series, but the Beatles felt that the old title no longer represented where
they were musically at the time. So they come up with an (somewhat unimagin-
ative) alternate title, "The Beatles Invite You to Take a Ticket to Ride". The
songs the Beatles recorded during their May 26th, 1965 BBC session include:
"Ticket to Ride", "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby", I'm a Loser", "The Night
Before", "Honey Don’t", "Dizzy Miss Lizzy", and "She's a Woman". Two of these
performances, "Ticket to Ride" and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy", are both included on
the 1994 Apple release ‘The Beatles Live at the BBC’ (Disc 2, Tracks 22-23).

Much like RMW, this newly acquired segment is also from an analogue cassette
dub and 99% free from inferior clicks or other glitches. The two officially
released songs "Ticket to Ride" & "Dizzy Miss Lizzy”, along with "Everybody's
Trying to Be My Baby", are among the tracks broadcast in this added segment.

Despite promises to the contrary, the Beatles as a group never recorded any
additional radio shows for the BBC, or anyone else for that matter. By the
following year in 1966, they would become strictly a studio band and focus
exclusively on record production rather than touring.
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