The Beatles - Decca audition (2019 Stereo Remaster)
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- Stereo Remix made by me. stem track coming soon...
Note: The tracks from the audition that were on anthology were not included due to copyright issues, I will be providing a download link to all of the songs included in the audition.
© 2019 - Apple Corpse Ltd.
00:00 Money (That's What I Want)
02:25 To Know Her Is To Love Her
05:02 Mempish Tennesse
07:22 Till There Was You
10:22 I'm Sure To Fall In Love With You
12:26 Besame Mucho
15:06 Love Of The Loved
16:59 September In Rain
18:53 Take Care Off My Baby
21:21 Crying Waiting Hoping
And "Searchin' and "Three Cool Cats"?
“Mempish Tennesshe” -Sean Connery
@@doodledangernoodle2517 And 4 months after you posted, someone (me) pished their pants reading your comment :)
@@doodledangernoodle2517 Good one
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Only 4 years after this they did Tomorrow Never Knows... 4 YEARS!!! The progression in insane. When thinking about the pop music revolution of the 60's it's worth remembering how fast everything evolved. You go from this post Buddy Holly/Shadows/Orbison/Darin stuff to Hendrix's Purple Haze in just 5 years.
Yea very strange. And impossible in some ways
L S D
I wouldn’t call that a revolution Hendrix was just as crappy as the Beatles.
@@garethde-witt6433 Just because some people don't think it led to something good doesn't not make it a revolution. Your logic is wank. Get back to me when you grow a brain.
Then if you think it's crappy which I a sure you is both untrue and very narrow-minded then why are you here?
The amazing thing to me is that a failed audition tape was finally release on record to the public and sold more copies over the years than some musical groups have! Only the Beatles could have done that!
@phillydisco No real answer for why so many songs were recorded since the standard recording test was usually 2 to 5 songs but it's thought that the Beatles had some potential and possibly their first single from Decca could have been taken from this session or other songs from an album but after hearing the audition Decca changed their minds.
Yeah !!! At Least Pete Got Paid !!
I used to have this on LP. It was an album called “The Complete Silver Beatles” which was on the AudioFidelity label.
@@BarrySmith70 It was released as many different records on many different labels, most famous as the Deccagone singles, it was a bit of a grey area as to who had the rights to these songs, that's why a lot of the releases didn't feature the 3 Lennon/Mccartney songs
Let's not overstate the case for this demo. Only The Beatles could have done that AFTER becoming and being The Beatles.
I would've signed them just for the simple fact that the band had three singers on top of their ability to compose original music. Three potential lead singers in one band is unique even today.
It's easy to say that after they did what they, which is completely revolutionized music as we know and pushed boundaries that no one knew was possible. But at the time all record companies saw was a small rock quartet playing your usual covers, and there was a lot of competition.
Plus the Decca executives believed that a good group didn't write their own materiel. They told Epstein that songwriters write the music and that the band were just artists who record it. plus they dismissed the boys as just another guitar band. They had just signed the Tremeloes, so what use did they have for another guitar band? LOL!
All the Beatles were singers , including Stuart, Pete and Ringo
The Beatles had that something that no other band had or will ever have.Put simply,they were geniuses!!
I agree with you
THAT SOMETHING WAS GEORGE MARTIN
+ Sir George Martin and Brian Epstein.
@@erepsekahs , the Beatles as the core group provided the raw material & George Martin comes in to do the coup de grace (finishing stroke), yet the Lennon-Mc songwriting chemistry is the "sine qua non" of the Beatles!
@@billsamuls7620 the Beatles as the core group provided the raw material & George Martin comes in to do the coup de grace (finishing stroke), yet the Lennon-Mc songwriting chemistry is the "sine qua non" of the Beatles!
Actually, the Beatles' Decca rejection was a blessing in disguise, for it allowed the group to sign with EMI and George Martin. Even Mike Smith, who produced the Decca session agreed when he said "It was probably just as well as I couldn't have worked with them the way George Martin did at EMI. I would have got too involved in their bad parts, and not enough in their good".
Suppose they'd gone with Pye, or even Oriole??
@@alexmckenna1171 If they went to Pye, probably Tony Hatch would have produced them. If they went to Oriole, their stay would have been comparatively brief, as that label was gobbled up by CBS in 1964.
@@alexmckenna1171 The LP's would've sounded better if they'd gone to Pye (material quality wise) they always used premium quality vinyl.
Spot on - but also consider John and Paul just had not written a song that could be a top ten song at this point in time (Jan 1962) - had they been signed possibly their first and second releases might have been covers or flops (the best John had at this point was Hello Little Girl and Paul's Love Me Do doesnt get a look in on this audition)! Can we imagine that world where a Beatles record is a flop? Pete may still have been on drums, and by the latter half of 1962 who knows where they may have been musically after this start???
Yup! George Martin was a NESSESARY component for there big success. Those early EMI Beatle records had a magical sound to them and these demos, to me, show how important Martin actually was.
What a nice sounding band. Hope they get in.
No, guitar groups are on the way out...
@@zappator And beside that, we want a band just from around the corner.....Brian Poole & The Tremeloes.
Paul was told when he auditioned for the Liverpool Cathedral Boy Choir at 10 years old his voice was too weak. It took George Martin at EMI to seen their possibilities. Thank you, Mr. MARTIN!♡
Yup, they might just make it.
This is rough, incredible that these guys would a short time later create a whole new sound so polished and real that it would take over the world.
Holy crap Lennon was on fire here what a genius
Si para ti la 💩💩💩 es santa entonces para ti que es la religión
His voice was great
"September In the Rain" and "Take Good Care of My Baby" are favorites. George deserved more time on the early records. He had a great voice.
No he didn't, lol. But he's the only guy that comes off well on these Decca tapes.
Unfortunately he didn't compose anything at the start. George's voice was frail in retrospect in live music.
@@seltaeb9691 Not on this tape. George turns in the most confident, strongest vocal performances BY FAR on the Decca Auditions. The "frail" vocals on the Decca tapes are John and Paul. I agree with you in general, but on this particular date, George is the MVP of the band BY FAR.
@@TTM9691 George is he great here, but John is better IMO.
Paul sang September in the Rain.
Honestly I'm really glad they were turned down because that meant that they met George Martin and began recording in Abbey Road, not to mention they were probably humbled and worked twice as hard to be the greatest musical act to ever exist.
..of course history would have been quite different & with Pete Best still part of the band playing here, he possibly could still have been playing with them. Pete & Ringo were as good as each other in '62. Then again EMI would have signed the Stones & yup down to Abbey Road instead! 'Sgt Pepper's Blues, the Black Album, Hard Night on Drugs, Let it Go On & On..
From this to Let It Be and then the end, all in less than a decade.
Pete Best did very decent drumming. Didn't expect it at all.
But not as smooth as Ringo.
He was fine for this type of song, but could you imagine him playing on RAIN or A day in the life 😮
Pete was a very good drummer despite the fact that people nowadays like to claim that he wasn't. He had his own fan base. Many Liverpool fans rioted when he was replaced. When George Martin found out he had been replaced he said that Pete had been the most marketable member of the band.
It's ludicrous to believe that they would have kept him in the band for two years if he had sucked as bad as common Beatles lore would have you believe.
That's exactly what I was going to say. Much better than what I expected.
@@TuberOnTheLoose Please don't tell me "Pete was a very good drummer". I have ears. I can form my own opinion. Fact is, I've played guitar and keyboards in a number of bands over the years with a variety of drummers, some quite accomplished, some mediocre at best. Pete was an amateurish drummer with a very limited arsenal of chops, little imagination or feel for a song, and an apparent inability to play anything but 4-to-the-bar on his kick drum. The girls liked him because he was handsome and James Dean-ish, not because his drumming was noteworthy. The Beatles were able make it as an enormously successful local club act despite Pete's shortcomings as a percussionist, and there were a number of local fans who were quite upset when Pete was sacked, but The Beatles didn't start making hit records and become a national success (and conquer America and the world the following year) until Ringo came on board. George Martin may have found Pete's looks to be "marketable", but he had no inclination to allow Pete to serve as The Beatles' drummer while tape was rolling in the studio, and any decent musician listening to these tapes would feel the same way. One can sympathize with Pete Best and the manner in which he was let go without creating a revisionist history in which he was anything close to the drummer (or, as it turned out, public personality) that Ringo was. 🥁
Such a brilliant audition. Decca had very little vision. Crying, waiting that's George! Marvellous
As a musician and Beatles fan, I can tell you that this recording has a poor mix (for example, John's guitar is too low). Additionally, Pete's drum performance isn't great here. However, the vocals are definitely the best thing (although John seemed very nervous and overwhelmed by anxiety).
This is not a "brilliant" audition, what the hell are you babbling about? They're nervous as hell, Paul can barely sing. It's ok, it's not great, it's no mystery why they got turned down.
In the end though, it was a win-win for both The Beatles and Decca. The Beatles moved on to EMI and got a brilliant producer in George Martin. Meanwhile Decca was so embarrassed by their fuckup that they were determined to sign the next "guitar group" they could find. Which happened to be a little band called The Rolling Stones.
Decca didn’t make the same mistake when the Stones came along. They snatched them up.
@@matiaszissou801 you’re right that’s why Decca passed the up. They should have played some of their live stuff from Hamburg as well. Decca realized those error and when the Stones came along they grabbed them.
Paul demonstrates what an amazing singer he was.
George was better.
@@nonrepublicrat Not even close.
@@nonrepublicrati heard George was singing as a lead during hamburg
John is the stand-out here
Man, "Till There Was You" here is really awful...
Aw, Paul on Till There Was You is so sweet! To think that on 1 Jan. 1962, David Jones was almost 15 and at Bromley Tech in Kent, Barry Gibb was 15, Maurice and Robin Gibb were 12, and all 3 were about to drop out of school to work as full-time musicians in Australia, and James Hendrix was 19, and still in the US Army, but would be discharged by July...
Omg im screaming, Paulie and his voice are so gorgeous AAAAAAAA
I love at the end when the Decca guy says, don't call us we'll call you. 😅
LOL.
I like what Jonathan Gould wrote about it ("Can't buy me love"): Faced with oddly named, oddly dressed, and openly quarrelsome four-piece group playing a grab-bag of outdated material, none of it too well, Decca did what any other well-run label would have done: after a polite interval, it turned the Beatles down.
That would be one way to put it - another would be to say that since Decca's A&R man had no interest or knowledge in rock and roll, and he passed on the Beatles because of his own incompetence.
Were they openly quarrelsome at that audition? Hadn't read that. It's striking how George rose to the occasion though. John was overly restrained and sang fewer leads than usual and Paul kind of choked but George had enough confidence for all of them. Always thought Decca blew it in turning down the Beatles but maybe I would have too; I'd like to think I would have requested a 2nd audition but who knows?
George’s lead in Memphis is elementary, stiff, and boring
@@daveyvane9431 One could probably say the same about you, Davey. Fact is, George's lead break on Memphis is a direct quotation of Chuck Berry's solo on the original record. And how about giving then still teen-aged Harrison a little credit for his excellent guitar work on Crying, Waiting, Hoping?
Good on its own... But, more enduring, knowing who it is, and appreciating what they started as.
These Guys Were Great From the Beginning....Here Is The Proof!!!🎵🎶🥁....It Is 2022......Thay are still with us...and Still Rockin!!!!
The Tremeloes went on to have a fairly successful career under Decca Records' label. Not sure what happened to the other band that auditioned for them on the same day though. I'm guessing they're long forgotten. Since they probably heeded the message that guitar groups were on the way out.
I heard they became a studio band😊
@@jonathano.condes2728 They did? That's news to me!
I met Brian Poole coming off the QEII or QMII and I asked if he was in Rory Storm and the Hurricanes! He was nice about it and said “No, my band were the Tremeloes!”. True story.
Yeah, I heard something about a roof concert and they vanished soon thereafter. Decca were right, they had no future unlike The Tremeloes. Now that's an ensemble right there, rocked the entire world.
I think they ended up backing Billy J. Kramer.
That is a great "Till There Was You" vocal from Sir Paul.
The drums are all over the place, this guy was really awful
@@Stemma3 Must be Pete😆
@@anthonyglennmollicasr.425 Pete sucks ass
A few little nervous wobbles, but otherwise, his pitch control is great throughout the song. If this had been an audition of Paul the singer being backed by solid studio musicians, he likely would have been signed on the spot.
@@jotcarey Keep dreaming. It's an embarrassing performance and definitely in 1962, there is no way, not in a million years, that vocal would get him past the audition. Breath control or not, that is hilarious. John Lennon made fun of this vocal in interviews; Paul finds it super embarrassing. Easy to see why. When sycophants like you babble shit like this, you damage The Beatles because other people read your over-hyperbolic drivel, then listen to the track and go....."what the hell am I listening to?" You should REVEL in how bad it is. Here it is: evidence that backs up what they said in interviews for years. If you have to squint your eyes to make it look good, then guess what? It ain't good. It's a historic recording; leave it at that.
This band will go far..
Voices are so young sounding, of course they were!
Amazing to hear this in Stereo. Brought it to life with so much depth !! Great Job
wearing earbuds, the stereo sound sometimes goes blipping between left and right, making my head kinda dizzy....
@@EojinsReviews Earbuds suck. Try some real speakers in a good room.
That’s a pretty cool photo, ive never seen it before
made by Michael McCartney
its on the Anthology book, but there is cut.
Great drumming by Pete!
Absolutely, , B.Graham ! Agree 100%
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Dear Decca, I'm from the future. The Beatles went on to be the most influential band ever.
Couldn't every living individual make the same comment you just did? Monday morning quarterbacking is your forte'.
@@Pharoset so what is wrong with my comment no one ever mentioned. There's always that rare individual that that puts it on their big boy pants to try to prove other people wrong step aside and stop being a dick
It’s so funny to hear the Beatles sing in the 1950s style.
Pure THE BEATLES ever...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
did you hear that just now? they sang a lot in the style of the 50s in many of their songs from albums. and also a lot in solo careers
Hey, that's Rock n Roll
escuche por primera vez en la radio love of the loved el año 1985,no sabia que eran the beatles la encontre genial,al final la esperaba con la casetera lista para grabarla.y por fin la tenia para mi y la escuchaba a cada rato...no me cansaba de escucharla.cuando salieron a la venta los antology...recien supe que eran the beatles.nunca antes habia escuchado una cancion con una estructura musical unica...bien rara pero super adictiva de escucharla...🤩🤩🤩🤩
1. Money (That's What I Want) - Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford
2. To Know Him Is To Love Him (To Know Her Is To Love Her) - Phil Spector
3. Memphis, Tennessee - Chuck Berry
4. Till There Was You - Meredith Willson
5. Sure to Fall (in Love with You) - Carl Perkins, Bill Cantrell, and Quinton Claunch
6. Bésame Mucho - Consuelo Velázquez
7. Love of the Loved - John Lennon and Paul McCartney
8. September In The Rain - Al Dubin and Harry Warren
9. Take Good Care of My Baby - Carole King and Gerry Goffin
10. Crying, Waiting, Hoping - Buddy Holly
The ones that weren't in the video were:
11. Like Dreamers Do - John Lennon and Paul McCartney
12. The Sheik Of Araby - Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler, and Ted Snyder
13. Hello Little Girl - John Lennon and Paul McCartney
14. Three Cool Cats - Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
15. Searchin' - Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
To know her is to love her is one of my favourite song😀
@@joycecayraale7030 it's kinda cute.
The author is not my favorite, though.
Gracias por poner las canciones con sus compositores :D
@@ralphcordon5688Spector was pure genius. Imagine a world without his music. To know him was to love him was on his father's tombstone
I'm impressed with Pete's drumming. Not the greatest I've ever heard, but much much better than what I expected. I had always heard all he did was hit the snare, high hat, and bass...rarely anything but that. He's doing some good fills and so on, not what I expected to hear.
Tell me exactly where the "good fills" are---and I don't mean a measure's worth of mushy 16th notes on the snare.
Exactly,Lol, he's as boring and laid back as you'll ever hear, Clearly Ringo was much better and got on with the lads much better too...
More George vocals on this than on the rest of the Beatles catalog.
The Beatles recorded 15 songs altogether for the session. The likely order was:
‘Till There Was You’
‘To Know Her Is To Love Her’
‘Take Good Care Of My Baby’
‘Hello Little Girl’
‘Crying, Waiting, Hoping’
‘Love Of The Loved’
‘Besame Mucho’
‘Searchin”
‘Money (That’s What I Want)’
‘The Sheik Of Araby’
‘Memphis, Tennessee’
‘Three Cool Cats’
‘Sure To Fall (In Love With You)’
‘September In The Rain’
‘Like Dreamers Do’
Three of the songs - ‘Like Dreamers Do’, ‘Hello Little Girl’, and ‘Love Of The Loved’ - were Lennon-McCartney originals. The entire session took roughly an hour from 11am, and the majority of songs were likely to have been recorded in a single take without overdubs.
Excelente información !!
According to Mark Lewisohn, the likely order was:
"Like Dreamers Do" (Lennon/McCartney)
"Money (That's What I Want)" (Berry Gordy/Janie Bradford)
"Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson)
"The Sheik of Araby" (Harry B. Smith/Francis Wheeler/Ted Snyder)
"To Know Her Is to Love Her" (Phil Spector)
"Take Good Care of My Baby" (Carole King/Gerry Goffin)
"Memphis, Tennessee" (Chuck Berry)
"Sure to Fall (in Love with You)" (Carl Perkins/Bill Cantrell/Quinton Claunch)
"Hello Little Girl" (Lennon-McCartney)
"Three Cool Cats" (Leiber/Stoller)
"Crying, Waiting, Hoping" (Buddy Holly)
"Love of the Loved" (Lennon/McCartney)
"September in the Rain" (Harry Warren/Al Dubin)
"Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez)
"Searchin'" (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
Your list is absolute bullshit, nice try though.
@@mortensteen Exactly.
I have that entire DECCA TAPES album and I don't understand WHY on THIS "video" they LEFT OFF "LIKE DREAMERS DO," "HELLO LITTEL GIRL," "SEARCHIN' , "THE SHEIK OF ARABY," and "THREE COOL CATS" ?!
In my humble opinion, George was the best singer during this audition. Take good care of my baby shows it. Paul sounded awesome, but nervous and John not his usual amazing.
Love of the loved was an original song and how could Decca not think how good it sounded
I knowww, it's an amazing song, especially for being one of Paul's earliest songs. Fortunately it was that and the promise of the other originals that got Sid Coleman interested enough to call his friend George Martin and set up a meeting with Brian Epstein...the rest is history!
Maybe because they listened to the rest of the subpar audition, and also Love Of The Loved is ok, but it was never a "masterpiece" nor was it a hit when Cilla Black covered it.
@@TTM9691 Yes, but it was the song that got them their EMI contract because Ardmore & Beechwood wanted to publish them. But The Beatles didn't record it and the creation of Northern songs eventually cut out A&B. Ah, the ironies of history.
@@Kieop Yeah, I read "Tune In" as well. *Yawn*. Give someone a Beatle book for Christmas, they turn into the most tedious people who ever lived on planet Earth. What a joke.
Guitar groups were on the way out was their fantastic decision!
Thank you so much for sharing this. Best regards from Medellín.
raw, early, great sounding John, Paul, & George in their incubation stage...............
at the time of the Decca recordings ,the Beatles were trying to find his own style , the were trying to rock jazz standars songs in to rocky voice, Paul took Elvis Presley as a vocal style, Decca didnt like , George Martin didnt like it, maybe he told him"sing more natural "pop" style.The Beatles were lucky to find in George Martins ,a person with a lot classical music background that poured so much musical arrangement for Beatles songs.and became super hits. and changed the way to produce pop music in 1964
This is absolute bullshit you're babbling in this comment, please: don't speak, you know nothing about The Beatles obviously. (also your English sucks)
We can thank George Martin for keeping the Beatles disciplined whilst letting their creative juices flow. Please Please Me was recorded in one afternoon, Sgt Pepper 6 months!
Thanks for the upload. Love "Till there was you"....
I love this record ....and imagine that the recordings started at 10 o'clock in the morning of the first day of January 1962 !! Who knows what they were doing the night before ? Went to sleep early or drinking until late night?
To know her is to love her and Hello Little Girl, John did so good on those. His voice feels a bit restrained, but then they all do. They sound nervous and unsure of themselves, almost like the moment was too big for them. George did great on Take Good Care Of My Baby and Paul on Till There Was You. I think there were a few reasons why they “failed” here:
1. The nerves, that’s always going to make it difficult to perform at your best, especially if you aren’t prepared or have past experience in it. The lads don’t sound as sharp as they could be when it comes to harmonies and instrumentation.
2. The environment. The Beatles were a live band, they played to their audiences and relied more on feeling and groove than note perfect precision. In the sterile environment of a studio, that audience interaction is gone, it’s the difference between playing a song for your friends and playing it in a controlled environment in front of professionals who you know are going to be watching your every move looking for a mistake. That change takes time to get used to, more than one audition. How many acts pass their first audition? I would guess it’s not many. Not even the Beatles did it, so there’s no shame in that.
3. The songs. They’re playing mostly covers, not their own songs. And while it was common practice for groups to play other people’s songs, what the Beatles had was unique, and it took somebody who was willing to take a chance on that to unleash that potential. George Martin was that guy, the Decca folks weren’t. It was a good thing they didn’t get signed or else they would have done a bunch of covers, a few originals, and probably never reached the status they did otherwise.
You forgot the number 4. The persons who turned down the beatles has no taste in music
There's nothing special about these covers. Others did the songs much better. I think they put their best foot forward here but this material was beyond their reach.
He sucks on To Know Her Is To Love Her, what the hell are you babbling about? Paul was HORRIBLE on TIl There Was You! John made fun of that vocal in interviews and Paul has said many times how the red light made him choke. Man oh man, you have the ears of a brain dead half-wit. Beatle freaks (of which I'm embarrassingly one) are the most sycophantic jackasses in music history. And all you people do is DAMAGE the Beatles' reputation, because someone sees a comment like yours....and then they listen. And it never tracks.
Reading Mark Lewisohn's epic book "The Beatles: All These Years, Volume One - Tune In." The Beatles were super nervous and it was freezing cold that day in London, not much warmer in the studio. Pete Best singled out for criticism...they all though thought they messed up, didn't sound "natural", John said. Two days later they were back at the Cavern Club for lunch and evening session.
On top of that they had had a
10 hours ride in a van right before.
Doesn't sound cosy to me.
Also reading Tune In and had to hear this.
A lot is made of Pete's supposedly lousy drumming but I wouldn't say the others sound any better. This is one time in the group's career that they didn't deliver.
@phillydisco Hello Little Girl is the only song that sounds like The Beatles we know and love. Pete's mediocre at best.
The most epic bad move Decca ever made!
Your remix is excellent, thank you.
I find it interesting that they have a more “surf” rock sound than the later “British pop” sound they developed ringos fills really gave them what they needed to advance into who they became
I fucking love the Beatles
What can I say? More, that BRILLIANT!
UP WITH "THE BEATLES"!
Good times! Great oldies!
I love the Beatles
Muy buenos... excelente grabación
Excelente sonido. Muy buenos recuerdos.
good band, hope they've passed the audition
Hear how nervous were they. Not until "I'm sure to fall in love with you" did they get into it.
They were brilliant here!!!!!!! ☮️💟
Love Of The Loved really stands out to me.
"Guitar Bands are on their way out....." Famous last words from Dick Rowe at Decca after they passed on The Beatles.
Dick learned his lesson though. Decca later signed The Rolling Stones and The Who.
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I had the pleasure of speaking by phone with Brian Poole of The Tremeloes in 2012.
The Tremeloes played with the Beatles on just 2 occasions. These auditions were one, the other was at the open air "Urmston Show" in my hometown near Manchester 05.08.63.
In 2013 I staged a 50th anniversary of the Beatles coming to Urmston on the very same park site featuring The Bootleg Beatles, Herman's Hermits (an Urmston born band), The Searchers, The Merseybeats and yes The Tremeloes. Sadly with a long running upset The Tremeloes wouldn't at that time play with Brian and so to my dismay he didn't attend, despite wanting to had I convinced the band to allow him to join them. We did however bring Dave Munden's Tremeloes to town. Dave sadly passed away in 2020. Brian was a lovely man and we spent a while talking about this new years day audition with Decca. He was very frank and it was of course fascinating to hear his description of that fateful day. What he did say was that The Trems weren't better than the Beatles that day but that it was cheaper for Decca to ship The Tremeloes into London from Dagenham than to ship The Beatles down from Liverpool. Thank you Brian for a conversation I shall never forget. Trivia: Diddy David Hamilton was the compere of that Urmston Beatles concert in August 1963.
Eran oro puro y diamantes sin pulir o promesas faltas por descubrir. saludos.
Boy, you're really Cool. This should be able to do ! Out of thin air !
She loves you YEAH, YEAH, YEAH .... She loves you YEAH, YEAH, YEAH .... She loves you YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH !!!!!
The best band ever
Kids - this session was cut to mono - not 2 tr (vocals on one side, instruments on the other - then mixed). The Beatles played a track, and the engineer set levels, and it was recorded in one or two takes.
George did excellent on Crying,waiting,hoping!
なんとも奇跡の音源を聞かせて頂けた幸せ。
Wow!!!!!! It is just amazing to hear this!!!!!!
It's Pete Best on drums, playing good & sophistically.
are you listening with your speakers muted
@@sheaamalloy No but you are.
When you feel unappreciated and want to give up remember that The Beatles FAILED this audition. They were told in no uncertain terms that they had no future by a record executive whose job it was to give contracts to artists based on their ability to sell records.
He thought that their prospects of sailing any records were so low he wouldn't even cut a single with them.
Paul is amazing here.
At least Pete Best was given his payday
Note that they picked up the " Cha Cha Boom" at the beginning of "Besame Mucho" from the 1958 US movie named " Cha Cha Cha Boom". They should have recorded "Love of the Loved" for their first or second album. It's a fantastic piece. Cilla Black had a nice release in 1964 or 65.
This is interesting history, but not what I would consider amazing music. Without Ringo, they don't really sound like a rock band. I'm not sure I would have signed these guys based on this tape, even though that would have been a massive mistake. The song here where they sound most "alive" is surprisingly "Take Good Care of My Baby" with George on the main vocal, and it's about the only thing here that would interest me if I were in the music business. Obviously the best was yet to come with these guys.
Listen closely!
Is this really McCartney singing?
On "Till There Was You"
or on "Besame Mucho"?
Doesn't sound like him to me.
Do you hear a bass guitar playing?
Allegedly he was "ill" that day...
@@ralphcordon5688 sounds like paul… idk what you’re talking about
@@ralphcordon5688 100% Paul
It's true. If anyone still questions why Pete Best was sacked, they need look no further than the Decca Audition tapes. Listen to Till There Was You and compare it to Ringo's version on Please Please Me.
Adrew Furst i agree , its pretty obvious to me here that they dumped Pete , cause he really wasnt that good
The Bass ,the Drum beat, the strumming by two picking strings , sweet in our Ears its still in times treats Heals thrills
Pete Best on these tapes...ugh. Weak.
@@rockerz57very weak.
'Till There Was You' at 7:21 is a perfect demonstration of why George Martin told Brian Epstein he wouldn't have Pete Best in the studio. He could use anyone he liked when they were on tour but Best couldn't keep time, and he would not have him in the studio.
He didn't like Ringo either. Pete & Ringo were of the same standard back then. All this Pete Best bashing by ill informed Millennials. Read books on the early Liverpool rock n Roll & Pete gets plenty kudos. Considering how badly he was treated by the cowardly 3 he never disrespected them & always held his hurt. The 1960s must have been terrible for him. Ringo became a great drummer but at the beginning they were no better than each other & as said Ringo was initially replaced by a session drummer also.
This is terrible drumming. It's inconsistent and amateurish.
Instead of pushing the tempo it's lagging along behind. Ringo at this stage was sitting in with many bands because he was really good.
Drummers always make mistakes, of course except for those that play with Music Sheet.
In most live shows there are mistakes from all members of the band
@@carlosvelasquez3279
Very true. But usually they get lost in the moment. In a 'Beat' group, which is what they used to call this kind of music, the drummer is the rhythmic motor, keeping everything together. By all accounts Ringo had a fantastic sense of time, Pete Best was the good looking drummer, that's how they always justified him, but to a non drummer, his rhythm sounds 'laggy', always a bit behind the momentum, not ahead. But beyond my opinion, George Martin, the producer, didn't want to use him, he wanted a session drummer in.
The Beatles big rivals, the Beach Boys used session men all the time. I guess it saved recording studio expenses and it would be perfectly in time on the recording. Live, as you say, they could get away with being not quite together or making the occasional mistake.
Custom-made for us!!! I just searched for the Decca tapes and I noticed that some songs are not included in Anthology 1. Other versions of these rare songs were record in BBC sessions along 1963, but I would like to study some Pete Best work better. So, thank you very much for that!!! Hearing for the first time...
Saturday Club was the source of Beatles BBC songs. Great 2 hours long with live playing & this program was crucial in breaking the Beatles nationwide from John O'Groats to Lands End. All the bands went on this show including Led Zeppelin. Compered by Brian Matthew who put on bands that wasn't his cup of tea he only thought of his listeners. The longest served DJ at the BBC over 50yrs he was given no celebration by the BBC of his work on helping most of the 60s acts.
After listening to these tunes, I again realized how great Ringo's drumming was！
Shut up!!
I think it was Pete Best not Ringo.
@@KimSenior
Yeah I know, buddy.
I mean the difference between Ringo's drumming & Pete's.
It's just some kind of
sarcastic way to say.
@@user-et5ch3gw8w I get you now.😜
@@KimSenior
OK buddy, you are a good & nice guy. 😸😸😸
A failed audition recording that became one of the most important historical musical recordings of the 20th Century. Imagine if that recording studio had even a glimmer of the significance of this recording.
John sure can sing .
This comp is missing a few tracks, bt still a fave.
I comfirm the reason why Paul was the best vocal boy.
Actually, Epstein had a plan, if The Beatles. wouldn't have made it, to make George a teenage-pop singer. :)
bloody hell jonh just looks like his dad in this pic
I’m not lying when I say I think this is a fairly decent album and is actually better than the majority of their first four albums. The band shows off so much talent and Beatle sound. It’s impressive.
Don’t forget the Beatles were also turned down by three other EMI labels before George Martin took a chance on them at Parlophone.
Please, give us a download link for this incredible work you've done. We need this!
There were people at Decca that were fired after the Beatles were rejected by the label and then signed by Capitol.
Todos estos comentarios en uno el bajo y los tambores (bateria) estos ejecutados por Pete Best en este L.P. nada tuvo que ver ringo starr entonces inconcientemente se acepta que Best tenia lo suyo y sin embargo fue excluido de una forma humillante 😢😢
Harrison devia ter passado a audição sozinho! Merecia, aqui foi o melhor !!!!
Sin duda.
The Best drummer-
Some of it was released as The Sliver Beatles in the early 80's The Beatles Deca Sessions with view of the songs missing
..and Pete Best played drums on this audition. Ringo had yet to usurp Pete.
Jewel tapes!!!
Great vinyl cover hahah
Decca Exec: "...I don't hear anything special - Gonna pass on these lads"
There is absolutely No urgency in Pete's drumming. Taking Ringo on Board was the best choice they ever made.
George is singing a lot and well
Marvellous!!
Joy Stinson Pretty sure macca found his own style shortly after audition and the rest is history as they say !
Is this really McCartney singing?
Doesn't sound like him at all.
I don't hear any bass guitar either.
all the tracks (even the tracks that were on anthology) are in the public domain before the recordins are before the 1 st january 1963
This great...i cannot.beleave.this was passed up...the Decca Company were stupid..and blind!!!
Exactly one year prior.
Jan 1st 1962 from 10 o'clock
onwards after a 10 hours ride
from Liverpool in a van through
an ice cold New Years night.
On the other hand:
Does it sound like McCartney's voice?
Do you hear any bass guitar?
Allegedly he was not able to sing
or play that day. But who is it?
Pete Best comes in for a lot of uncalled for criticism. You can hardly hear the drums. A lot of mistakes in Georges work tho. I would still have signed them based on this though. Pauls vocals are terrific.