The Big Beat 1963

[Smilin Ed H]

Me too!!!!

[HeyJude]

It will be interesting to see if "Big Beat 1963" stays up, as apparently the Beatles thing was indeed already taken down in the territories it was made available in, and apparently may not even ever be made available in the UK or US (too early to say for sure, but it's not looking good at the moment).

Just downloaded "Big Beat 1963", hoping it will be worth the $12. Unfortunately, the record labels are apparently forcing us to second guess how long this stuff will be available, so there's no time to waffle on whether to get this thing. I dunno though, the demo of "I Do" I'm listening to sounds pretty nifty. I think I'm already glad I got it. 

[Andrew G. Doe]

Can't buy if from the UK, on amazon US or 7digital, not on iTunes. Great, way to go Capitol.

[HeyJude]

Can't buy if from the UK, on amazon US or 7digital, not on iTunes. Great, way to go Capitol.

It's really bad with Beatles fans. Over at the Hoffman board, I think some Beatles fans have already tossed their collections out the window in protest. 

[Andrew G. Doe]

The phrase "get a life", or possibly "grow a pair" springs to mind. 

[Ninten]

I was gonna say that Thank Him is no better than what I already had, but actually it is now that I listened to it. Different pitch too.

[The Shift]

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Any Brits received their MiC Disc 3 yet?  Or is a pattern starting to develop? (Or am I already starting to sound paranoid?)

[37!ws]

"Thank Him" is in the exact same key, actually.

[Freddie French-Pounce]

sdgahsdgjashdjh  me want it, why me Brit?

[37!ws]

This is so weird...this is a EUROPEAN copyright thing, right? Then why is this collection only showing up in the US so far???

[alanjames]

I'm from Brazil and I purchased Big Beat 1963 from us7digital.
I download Tunnelbear, a software with US proxy, so I created a free account, installed it and connected through an US proxy.
It's very simple. Once I conected I could buy the release from us7, and paid with my credit card from Brazil.
AGD and everybody, try it, it's safe.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Thanks for that - I'll try. But our point is, we shouldn't have to resort to such subterfuge.

[bgas]

I tried to clear up the photo of Brian with the Party display, tried a higher res version, but can't get much more on those pesky chip bags that would get us closer to more info. But check out some other details in that record shop, maybe someone with a keen eye will spot other things to help ID it even further.



Top left of the photo: The "Little Girl I Once Knew" single with picture sleeve is on display.

Top right of the photo: That is a KFWB 98 record survey tacked to the wall. The DJs' photos are in the left column.

Center above the telephone: Billboard top albums chart.

Directly behind Brian's head: Looks like stacks of blank tape reels.

What paper is Brian reading? It's not KRLA Beat, none of the issues line up with those pages. It *could be* KFWB "Hitline", it could also be a copy of "Melody Maker" from the UK. Any guesses?

The Party display looks like only the chips were part of the official Capitol promo material at this shop. The albums themselves are in a generic wire display rack.

It caught my eye that the Party album seems to be in that rack in front of other albums. Also suspicious that the "Little Girl" single is so prominent, almost like both Party and Little Girl were deliberately staged to be visible in the photo, along with the chips.

So is this a Capitol promo photo? The two current BB's items are prominent, that's why I'm thinking that.

Any idea what store this could have been? Wallich's perhaps? It has to be a SoCal shop, if not an LA shop, I'm guessing because of the KFWB survey on the wall. Shops outside LA would have had their local station's list instead.

I tried to get a more clear shot of the chips bags too, but alas...you can't see anything on the actual bags.

 Man, I've always wanted to believe in this promotion! A bag of Party chips has been on my wants list, seemingly forever. ( 30 years?)
Ask almost any long-time BBs collector  if they've ever seen a bag or the display piece (Not just a photo), and the answer is always  a resounding, NO.
Based on the evidence, my supposition is, A huge fake by Capitol.   Capitol staged this shot with Brian to support their claims they were actually sending out 1 million bags. In reality, there was one display made, with, MAYBE, 50 small bags for the photoshoot. I wish I did, but I don't see a better explanation for the lack of bags. 
 For comparison; Capitol commisioned 1 million Band-aids from Curad to be used as promotion for the LP; while I think getting the band-aids from Curad, might be less involved than potato chips from ??, the band-aids are EASY to find. I've even got one( still sealed), and I don't collect Beatles. ( showing both sides)

            

[RONDEMON]

The whole LP is now on Spotify. This "Ballad of Old Betsy" demo is really cool. Always loved this song but it's such an obvious re-write of Surfer Girl!

[Mikie]

Hey, "Little Dirt Bike" is on there! Ha Ha! And regarding the "I Do" demo, that's been booted, right? SOT or one of those? Seems obviously slower than the released version.

[STE]

The whole LP is now on Spotify. This "Ballad of Old Betsy" demo is really cool. Always loved this song but it's such an obvious re-write of Surfer Girl!

Not in Europe, apparently.  Got a link?

[guitarfool2002]

I tried to clear up the photo of Brian with the Party display, tried a higher res version, but can't get much more on those pesky chip bags that would get us closer to more info. But check out some other details in that record shop, maybe someone with a keen eye will spot other things to help ID it even further.



Top left of the photo: The "Little Girl I Once Knew" single with picture sleeve is on display.

Top right of the photo: That is a KFWB 98 record survey tacked to the wall. The DJs' photos are in the left column.

Center above the telephone: Billboard top albums chart.

Directly behind Brian's head: Looks like stacks of blank tape reels.

What paper is Brian reading? It's not KRLA Beat, none of the issues line up with those pages. It *could be* KFWB "Hitline", it could also be a copy of "Melody Maker" from the UK. Any guesses?

The Party display looks like only the chips were part of the official Capitol promo material at this shop. The albums themselves are in a generic wire display rack.

It caught my eye that the Party album seems to be in that rack in front of other albums. Also suspicious that the "Little Girl" single is so prominent, almost like both Party and Little Girl were deliberately staged to be visible in the photo, along with the chips.

So is this a Capitol promo photo? The two current BB's items are prominent, that's why I'm thinking that.

Any idea what store this could have been? Wallich's perhaps? It has to be a SoCal shop, if not an LA shop, I'm guessing because of the KFWB survey on the wall. Shops outside LA would have had their local station's list instead.

I tried to get a more clear shot of the chips bags too, but alas...you can't see anything on the actual bags.

 Man, I've always wanted to believe in this promotion! A bag of Party chips has been on my wants list, seemingly forever. ( 30 years?)
Ask almost any long-time BBs collector  if they've ever seen a bag or the display piece (Not just a photo), and the answer is always  a resounding, NO.
Based on the evidence, my supposition is, A huge fake by Capitol.   Capitol staged this shot with Brian to support their claims they were actually sending out 1 million bags. In reality, there was one display made, with, MAYBE, 50 small bags for the photoshoot. I wish I did, but I don't see a better explanation for the lack of bags. 
 For comparison; Capitol commisioned 1 million Band-aids from Curad to be used as promotion for the LP; while I think getting the band-aids from Curad, might be less involved than potato chips from ??, the band-aids are EASY to find. I've even got one( still sealed), and I don't collect Beatles. ( showing both sides)

            

Thanks for posting that - I had no idea Capitol issued a "Help" band-aid until seeing this photo! Not entirely out of line with some of the bizarre promo materials through the years, but that is a cool piece to have.

I have to admit, the "fake" theory is looking like as much of a possibility as any other explanation at this point. Simple logic would say if 1 million of anything were made, at least one would have surfaced in the past 40 years of BB's collecting and determined fans actually looking for them or at least keeping an eye out for one popping up for sale.

The cost...I didn't post this before but it ties in...consider how much it cost to design, manufacture, and create the bags alone with custom graphics, then contract a chip maker to cook and package them in a special factory run, then ship them across the country to give them away...would it add up financially or logistically?

And if they were doing some deceptive dodging, with a production run they could always tell regional salesmen and reps who may ask "where are those chips?" that there was a problem with the production run, the bags didn't meet the quality standards, we had a delay with the chip manufacturer...etc.

And I can't help but think that at least one Capitol sales rep or regional guy or even someone in the "Tower" would have an unused bag from a sample or test run of the item.

Intriguing.

[Custom Machine]

It will be interesting to see if "Big Beat 1963" stays up, as apparently the Beatles thing was indeed already taken down in the territories it was made available in, and apparently may not even ever be made available in the UK or US (too early to say for sure, but it's not looking good at the moment).

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The Beatles' Bootleg Recordings 1963 is up on iTunes today.

[Freddie French-Pounce]

It will be interesting to see if "Big Beat 1963" stays up, as apparently the Beatles thing was indeed already taken down in the territories it was made available in, and apparently may not even ever be made available in the UK or US (too early to say for sure, but it's not looking good at the moment).

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The Beatles' Bootleg Recordings 1963 is up on iTunes today.

It's back up after it went down... AT £35. WHAT.

[PaulTMA]

If they pull it from sale, just illegally download it.   Allah doesn't give a crap.

[tansen]

Yeah.. So the proxy method did not work for me (from Norway).

[TV Forces]

Thanks for that - I'll try. But our point is, we shouldn't have to resort to such subterfuge.

The 7digital store has 320 bitrate mp3s while iTunes has 256 AAC and Amazon does VR.

[Mitchell]

Got mine in Canada from Xbox music....

[CJS]

Anyone know the source for Summer Moon?  Acetate?
Seems the roughest of all these songs..

[bgas]

Anyone know the source for Summer Moon?  Acetate?
Seems the roughest of all these songs..

Maybe read the WHOLE thread?