The Beatles / On Air - Live At The BBC Volume 2

1963年1月から65年3月までにBBCラジオ出演時の音源・スピーチを収録したアルバム(Volume 2)。Volume 1に比べてスピーチの箇所が倍近くになっている。たいした会話をしているとは思えないが、全てを理解できないのは非常に悔しい。

Disc 1
1. And Here We Are Again (Speech)
2. Words Of Love
3. How About It, Gorgeous? (Speech)
4. Do You Want To Know A Secret
5. Lucille
6. Hey, Paul (Speech)
7. Anna (Go To Him)
8. Hello! (Speech)
9. Please Please Me
10. Misery
11. I'm Talking About You
12. A Real Treat (Speech)
13. Boys
14. Absolutely Fab (Speech)
15. Chains
16. Ask Me Why
17. Till There Was You
18. Lend Me Your Comb
19. Lower 5E (Speech)
20. The Hippy Hippy Shake
21. Roll Over Beethoven
22. There's A Place
23. Bumper Bundle (Speech)
24. P.S. I Love You
25. Please Mister Postman
26. Beautiful Dreamer
27. Devil In Her Heart
28. The 49 Weeks (Speech)
29. Sure To Fall (In Love With You)
30. Never Mind, Eh? (Speech)
31. Twist And Shout
32. Bye, Bye (speech)
33. John - Pop Profile (Speech)
34. George - Pop Profile (Speech)

Disc 2
1. I Saw Her Standing There
2. Glad All Over
3. Lift Lid Again (Speech)
4. I'll Get You
5. She Loves You
6. Memphis, Tennessee
7. Happy Birthday Dear Saturday Club
8. Now Hush, Hush (Speech)
9. From Me To You
10. Money (That's What I Want)
11. I Want To Hold Your Hand
12. Brian Bathtubes (Speech)
13. This Boy
14. If I Wasn't In America (Speech)
15. I Got A Woman
16. Long Tall Sally
17. If I Fell
18. A Hard Job Writing Them (Speech)
19. And I Love Her
20. Oh, Can't We? Yes We Can (Speech)
21. You Can't Do That
22. Honey Don't
23. I'll Follow The Sun
24. Green With Black Shutters (Speech)
25. Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!
26. That's What We're Here For (Speech)
27. I Feel Fine (Studio Outtake)
28. Paul - Pop Profile (Speech)
29. Ringo - Pop Profile (Speech)

Recorded in January 22, 1963 - May 26, 1965 in United Kingdom.

The Beatles / On Air - Live At The BBC Volume 1

1963年1月から65年3月までにBBCラジオ出演時の音源・スピーチを収録したアルバム(Volume 1)。まさしく、何かやりながらラジオを聴く感覚で楽しめる。もちろんコマーシャルは入らない。

Disc 1
1. Beatle Greetings (Speech)
2. From Us To You
3. Riding On A Bus (Speech)
4. I Got A Woman
5. Too Much Monkey Business
6. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
7. I'll Be On My Way
8. Young Blood
9. A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues
10. Sure To Fall (In Love With You)
11. Some Other Guy
12. Thank You Girl
13. Sha La La La La! (Speech)
14. Baby It's You
15. That's All Right (Mama)
16. Carol
17. What Is It, George?
18. Solder Of Love
19. A Little Rhyme (Speech)
20. Clarabella
21. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
22. Crying, Waiting, Hoping
23. Dear Wack! (Speech)
24. You Really Got A Hold On Me
25. To Know Her Is To Love Her
26. A Taste Of Honey
27. Long Tall Sally
28. I Saw Her Standing There
29. The Honeymoon Song
30. Johnny B. Goode
31. Memphis, Tennessee
32. Lucille
33. Can't Buy Me Love
34. From Fluff To You (Speech)
35. Till There Was You

Disc 2
1. Crinsk Dee Night (Speech)
2. A Hard Day's Night
3. Ringo? Yep! (Speech)
4. I Wanna Be Your Man
5. Just A Rumour (Speech)
6. Roll Over Beethoven
7. All My Loving
8. Things We Said Today
9. She's A Woman
10. Sweet Little Sixteen
11. 1822! (Speech)
12. Lonesome Tears In My Eyes
13. Nothin' Shakin'
14. The Hippy Hippy Shake
15. Glad All Over
16. I Just Don't Understand
17. So How Come (No One Loves Me)
18. I Feel Fine
19. I'm A Loser
20. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
21. Rock And Roll Music
22. Ticket To Ride
23. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
24. Kansas City - Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!
25. Set Fire To That Lot! (Speech)
26. Matchbox
27. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
28. Love These Goon Shows!
29. I Got To Find My Baby
30. Ooh! My Soul
31. Ooh! My Arms (Speech)
32. Don't Ever Change
33. Slow Down
34. Honey Don't
35. Love Me Do
36. From Us To You (Closing)

Recorded in January 22, 1963 - May 26, 1965 in United Kingdom.

The Beatles / Beatles For Sale

このアルバムをWikipediaで調べていたら、2曲目のI'm A Loserはボブ・ディランからの影響であることを知った。「ジョン・レノンがボブ・ディランを意識し作ったと認めている。曲調がフォークロックになっており、特にハーモニカサウンドと歌詞に影響が色濃く出ている。特に、この曲でのジョンのハーモニカ・ソロはアルバムWith The BeatlesのLittle Childに次いで、熱のこもったソロとなっている」。また、「若い愛よりも深刻な点に対処する歌詞を備えた最初のビートルズの曲1つ」とあった。1964年8月、ビートルズのメンバーはニューヨークでディランに会ったらしい。

このアルバムで一番好きな曲はI'll Follow The Sunだ。"For tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun"のフレーズは「雨はまだ降り続きそうだけど、いつかは必ず太陽の光が降り注ぐだろう」と訳したい。「コロナの野郎、必ず駆逐してやる!」と受け止めよう。

1. No Reply
2. I'm A Loser
3. Baby's In Black
4. Rock And Roll Music
5. I'll Follow The Sun
6. Mr. Moonlight
7. Medley: Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
8. Eight Days A Week
9. Words Of Love
10. Honey Don't
11. Every Little Thing
12. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
13. What You're Doing
14. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

Released on December 4, 1964.