Nel 1970 la storica band di Liverpool composta da John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison e Ringo Starr poneva fine alla propria carriera incidendo un ultimo brano dal titolo I Me Mine. Fu un vero e proprio shock per gli amanti dei Beatles (e non solo!) che in tutti questi anni non hanno potuto fare altro che ascoltare e riascoltare vecchi brani che per quanto datati sono sempre stati capaci di regalare emozioni uniche e indescrivibili.

Sicuramente le leggendarie Anthology, Let It Be… Naked, le rimasterizzazioni dell’intero catalogo e le riedizioni “ripulite” di Yellow Submarine e di Magical Mistery Tour hanno alleviato in parte l’astinenza da Fab Four, ma quello che sta per arrivare manderà letteralmente in visibilio coloro i quali non sono mai stati sazi di Beatles.

Sì perché la BBC, che tra il 1962 e 1965 ha ospitato la band ben 52 volte con un totale di 275 performance, ha tirato fuori dai suoi archivi ben 88 canzoni diverse dei Beatles incise in quegli anni.

La Apple, che nel 1994 mise in commercio On air e Live at the BBCVolume 2, realizzato con la cura di George Martin che non solo aveva rimasterizzato le versioni originali provenienti dagli archivi della BBC, ma anche quelle provenienti da collezioni private di ascoltatori e collezionisti,ci regala un nuovo cofanetto, disponibile dal 17 dicembree su iTunes, che presumibilmente si chiamerà The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963: 59 canzoni suddivise in 44 pezzi registrati in diretta per la BBC e 15 outtake di studio.

Oltre agli interventi di John, Paul, George e Ringo e interviste tramite le quali abbiamo la possibilità di farci un idea più approfondita delle loro diverse personalità, abbiamo anche tre inediti:I’m Talking About You di Chuck Berry, Beautiful Dreamer, resa celebre da Jerry Lee Lewis, e Happy Birthday Dear Saturday Club.

Ecco, qui di seguito, la tracklist confermata di The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963.

‘There’s A Place’ – Takes 5, 6
‘There’s A Place’ – Take 8
‘There’s A Place’ – Take 9
‘Do You Want To Known A Secret’ – Track 2, Take 7
‘A Taste Of Honey’ – Track 2, Take 6.
‘I Saw Her Standing There’ – Take 2
‘Misery’ – Take 1
‘Misery’ – Take 7
‘From Me To You’ – Take 1 & 2
‘From Me To You’ – Take 5
‘Thank You Girl’ – Take 1
‘Thank You Girl’ – Take 5
‘One After 909′ – Take 1 & 2
‘Hold Me Tight” – Take 21
‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ – RM 7 Undubbed
‘Some Other Guy’ – Live At BBC For ‘Saturday Club’ / 26th January, 1963
‘Love Me Do’ – Live At BBC For ‘Saturday Club’ / 26th January, 1963
‘Too Much Monkey Business’ – Live At BBC For ‘Saturday Club’ / 16th March, 1963
‘I Saw Her Standing There’ – Live At BBC For ‘Saturday Club’ / 16th March, 1963
‘Do You Want To Know A Secret’ – Live At BBC For ‘Saturday Club’ / 25th May, 1963
‘From Me To You’ – Live At BBC For ‘Saturday Club’ / 26th May, 1963
‘I Got To Find My Baby’ – Live At BBC For ‘Saturday Club’ / 26th January, 1963
‘Roll Over Beethoven’ – Live At BBC For ‘Saturday Club’ / 29th June, 1963
‘A Taste Of Honey’ – Live At BBC For ‘Easy Beat’ / 23rd June, 1963
‘Love Me Do’ – Live At BBC For ‘Easy Beat’ / 20th October, 1963
‘Please Please Me’ – Live At BBC For ‘Easy Beat’ / 20th October, 1963
‘She Loves You’ – Live At BBC For ‘Easy Beat’ / 20th October, 1963
‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ – Live At BBC For ‘Saturday Club’ / 21st December, 1963
‘Till There Was You’ – Live At BBC For ‘Saturday Club’ / 21st December, 1963
‘Roll Over Beethoveen’ – Live At BBC For ‘Saturday Club’ / 21st December, 1963
‘You Really Got A Hold On Me’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 4th June, 1963
‘The Hippy Hippy Shake’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 4th June, 1963
‘Till There Was You’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ /11th June, 1963
‘A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 18th June, 1963
‘A Taste Of Honey’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 18th June, 1963
‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 18th June, 1963
‘Anna’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 25th June, 1963
‘Love Me Do’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 10th September, 1963
‘She Loves You’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 24th September, 1963
‘I’ll Get You’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 10th September, 1963
‘A Taste Of Honey’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 10th September, 1963
‘Boys’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 17th September, 1963
‘Chains’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 17th September, 1963
‘You Really Got A Hold On Me’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 17th September, 1963
‘I Saw Her Standing There’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 24th September, 1963
‘She Loves You’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 10th September, 1963
‘Twist And Shout’ – Live At BBC For ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ / 24th September, 1963
‘Do You Want To Know A Secret’ – Live At BBC For ‘Here We Go’ / 12th March, 1963
‘Please Please Me’ – Live At BBC For ‘Here We Go’ / 12th March, 1963
‘Long Tall Sally’ – Live At BBC For ‘Side By Side’ / 13th May, 1963
‘Chains’ – Live At BBC For ‘Side By Side’ / 13th May, 1963
‘Boys’ – Live At BBC For ‘Side By Side’ / 13th May, 1963
‘A Taste Of Honey’ – Live At BBC For ‘Side By Side’ / 13th May, 1963
‘Roll Over Beethoven’ – Live At BBC For ‘From Us To You’ / 26th December, 1963
‘All My Loving’ – Live At BBC For ‘From Us To You’ / 26th December, 1963
‘She Loves You’ – Live At BBC For “From Us To You” / 26th December, 1963
‘Till There Was You’ – Live At BBC For “From Us To You” / 26th December, 1963
‘Bad To Me’ – Demo
‘I’m In Love’ – Demo