NEW music from the Beatles? Technically, yes.
Today marks the release via iTunes of The Beatles Bootleg
Recordings 1963, a collection of 59 demos, outtakes and live performances by the
group. Among the material are two John Lennon compositions never before released
by the Beatles: Bad to Me, which was a No 1 hit in Britain for Billy J. Kramer
and the Dakotas; and I'm in Love, a modest hit for the Fourmost. Forty-two
tracks were recorded live at the BBC.
The new collection complements the group's 63-track On Air Live at
the BBC, Volume 2, released in November, and Live at the BBC, issued in
1994.
Other highlights include: a live version of Love Me Do that's an
improvement over the rendition that appears on the first Live at the BBC
recorded four months earlier; four tunes credited to Chuck Berry, including a
hot I Got to Find My Baby; three slightly different readings of There's a Place;
and an outtake of One After 909, which didn't appear on an official Beatles
release until Let It Be in 1970.
While a plum for Beatles completists, the album also offers the
copyright-holders additional protection.
EU law protects recordings for 70 years, but only if there has
been an official release.
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