"The Beatles 1962" * Audition Cuts & More!

Okay. Let's us start things out right then, with a classic group of songs. A great, great collection.

Very rare, very old. This is the era they played Star Club, Hamburg...

              (...too many stiff martinis and loose Spanish women, Besame Mucho!)

Foolery aside, this album is interesting for historic purposes, yes, as the cover songs are not always the best.

     It shows the band growing--brutally fighting it's way through the industry smuck. 

Many of the tracks are taken from auditions for Decca, which they failed, presumably. And for EMI, two times... Which they eventually got.

In these auditions, the boys seem unusually rigid. A very tight unit, and in a good way.... but you can tell they are playing to the Industry Suits. 

      Everybody sounds better when they are relaxed and in their own element, so the really fun stuff are the sweat-and-booze-drenched Cavern Club rehearsals and the rocking live rendition of "Some Other Guy". 

Truly great Rock 'N' Roll.

Look out for these:

'Three Cool Cats" -Funny, totally awesome

"The Sheik of Araby" -Funny, totally awful

"I Saw Her Standing There" -Best Track

All the tracks are worth a listen. This is a must for any fan of the early Beatles' sound.

1.) Like Dreamer's Do (Decca Audition)

2.)Money (Decca Audition)

3.)To Know Her is to Love Her (Decca Auditon)

4.Memphis, Tennessee (Decca Audition)

5.)Till There Was You (Decca Audition)

6.)Sure To Fall (in Love with You) (Decca Audition)

7.)Besame Mucho (Decca Audition)

8.)Love of the Loved (Decca Audition)

9.)Hello Little Girl (Decca Audition)

10.)Three Cool Cats (Decca Audition)

11.) September in the Rain (Decca Audition)

12.)Take Good Care of my Baby (Decca Audition)

13.)Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Decca Audition)

14.)The Sheik of Araby (Decca Audition)

15.)Searchin' (Decca Audition)

16.)Besame Mucho (EMI, 1st Session)

17.)Love Me Do (EMI, 1st Session)

18.)How Do You Do It (EMI, 2nd Session)

19.)Please Please Me (EMI, 2nd Session)

20.)I Saw Her Standing There (Cavern Club, Rehearsal)

21.)One After 909 (Cavern Club, Rehearsal)#1

22.)One After 909 (Cavern Club, Rehearsal)#2

23.)Catswalk (Cavern Club, Rehearsal) #1

24.)Catswalk (Cavern Club, Rehearsal) #2

25.)Some Other Guy (Cavern Club, Live)

Here 'Tis