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The Ultimate Collection Vol. 2

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Live, Live, Live

Disc one From "The Ultimate Collection Vol 2"
Yellow Dog, YDB201, 1994

1	Interview Swedish Radio (speech)	2:38	Stockholm, Oct 24, 1963
2	Intro / I Saw Her Standing There	3:31	Stockholm, Oct 24, 1963
3	From Me To You	2:08	Stockholm, Oct 24, 1963
4	Money	2:48	Stockholm, Oct 24, 1963
5	Roll Over Beethoven	2:28	Stockholm, Oct 24, 1963
6	You Really Got A Hold On Me	3:05	Stockholm, Oct 24, 1963
7	She Loves You	2:32	Stockholm, Oct 24, 1963
8	Twist and Shout	2:46	Stockholm, Oct 24, 1963
9	I'm A Loser	3:06 :	Paris, June 20, 1965
10	Can't Buy Me Love	2:42 :	Paris, June 20, 1965
11	I Wanna Be Your Man	2:45 :	Paris, June 20, 1965
12	A Hard Days Night	2:48 :	Paris, June 20, 1965
13	Rock and Roll Music	2:19 :	Paris, June 20, 1965
14	I Feel Fine	2:36 :	Paris, June 20, 1965
15	Ticket To Ride	3:30 :	Paris, June 20, 1965
16	Long Tall Sally	2:02 :	Paris, June 20, 1965
17	Intro (speech)	1:20	Tokyo, July 1, 1966
18	Rock and Roll Music	1:36	Tokyo, July 1, 1966
19	She's a Woman	3:16	Tokyo, July 1, 1966
20	If I Needed Someone	2:58	Tokyo, July 1, 1966
21	Day Tripper	3:16	Tokyo, July 1, 1966
22	Baby;s In Black	2:42	Tokyo, July 1, 1966
23	I Feel Fine	2:31	Tokyo, July 1, 1966
24	Yesterday	2:32	Tokyo, July 1, 1966
25	I Wanna Be Your Man	2:37	Tokyo, July 1, 1966
26	Nowhere Man	2:47	Tokyo, July 1, 1966
27	Paperback Writer	2:45	Tokyo, July 1, 1966
28	I'm Down	2:42	Tokyo, July 1, 1966

Liner Notes from Booklet

Tracks 1 to 8 The Beatles' performance at thc Karlaplansstudion in the centre of Stockholm Thursday October 24, 1963. Taped by Swedish national radio to be aired some two weeks later on Monday Novembcr 11 . All exciting and highly enjoyable set of seven songs twenty-five minutes long. Produced by one Klas Burling, the programme also hosted local talents Hasse Rosen and the Norsmen.
The Beatles' short tour of Sweden in late October 1963 was their first concert trip abroad as a popular foursome. The boys left for Sweden on the afternoon of Wednesday October 23, 1963, after having completed recordings at Abbey Road for their second LP, 'With The Beatles'. A total number of nine live performances were scheduled, at the Karlstad Sundsta Laroverk, the Stockholm Kungliga Tennishallen, the Goteborg Lorerlsbergsparken Cirkus, the Boras Borashallen and the Eskilstuna Sporthallen. The evening of Wednesday October 30 saw the fab four record a TV show for Sveriges Television at the Stockholm Narrenteatern. Presented by the same Klas Burling, the programe, called Drop In', taped a performance of four songs and The Beatles clapping along with the closing them tune (screened November 3).
Having conquered Sweden in just seven days, The Beatles left for London and home in the early hours of Thursday October 31, 1963, to receive their first fan-packed airport reception.

Tracks 9 to 16 The Beatles live at the Paris Palais Des Sports on Sunday June 20, 1965. Saved here is the afternoon show as taped by Europe 1, a French national radio station. It was broadcast on June 27. A packed audience of some six thousand saw the boys play a selection of eleven songs, old and new. It's quite enjoyable to hear John, Paul and George desperately trying to introduce their chansons in French. For some strange reason, Europe 1 aired only eight of the tunes staged this afternoon. With two concerts (afternoon and evening) at the Paris Palais des Sports, The Beatles took a short fourteen-day tour of Europe, visiting France, Italy and Spain. Comprising a total of fifteen live performances, the show's track listing includcd a rather rare performance of I'm A Loser. They gave concerts in Lyon (Palais d'Hiver de Lyon), Milan (Velodromo Vigorelli), Genoa (Pallazo Dello Sport), Rome (Teatro Adriano), Nice (Palais Des Expositions), Madrid (the bull-ring of Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas) and in Barcelona (another bullring, Plaza De Toros Monumental).

Tracks 17 to 28 The Beatles live at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan Hall on Friday July 1, 1966. This recording is of the second (afternoon) show, taken from a total of five live performances at this concert venue, packed with ten thousand Japanese fans. Video- taped by the Nationlal TV station, Nippon Television, this save represents an extremely good sound quality, although this certainly wasn't their best concert of all. The Beatles' concerts at Budokan Hall were organized by local promoter Tatsuji Nagashima. Again, it was a circus of loudly screaming fans who welcomed the lads. The people of Tokyo, however, were clearly less enthusiastic about this noisy musical visit, the Budokan Hall being deemed a sacred place sulitable only for the presentation of Japanese Martial arts.
The Beatles' visit caused public demonstrations in opposition, with all army of some 35,000 police officers ensuring the lads' safety, from their arrival at Haneda Airport, and throughout their entire five days' stay at the Tokyo Hilton. The stage repertoire for their 1966 concerts included one-off live versions of the new Rubber Soul album tracks, such as Nowhere Man and George's If I Needed Someone the freshly-released single Paperback Writer, and rare performances of Baby's In Black and Paul's Yesterday. Not having been on tiring tours for several months and staging their act without any pre-tour rehearsals, this series of faraway concerts certainly wasn't The Beatles at their best. They are mostly out of tune, mis-timing and even messing up the lyrics and verses of the old rocker I'm Down. Paul, still clearly trying to make the best of it: "Thank you very much everybody and Domo, as they say."
The Beatles left the land of the rising sun for the Philippines in the early hours of Sunday July 3, 1966. They staged two even noisier shows at the Manila Rizal Memorial Football Stadium, packed with 80,000 youngsters.