The irony of having this 45 released on the decca label in canada was that the beatles had failed the decca uk recording audition test just a few months earlier on new years day january 1st, 1962. The explanation offered at the time was that the performances were poor. They were rejected by the label, who instead selected brian poole and the tremeloes. The beatles decca audition, january 1 1962 youtube. Decca s decision to reject the group is considered to be one of the biggest mistakes in music history. Decca all categories lps, cds, vinyl record albums. Ennio morricone 60 years of music tracklist follows czech national sym. In 1976 a series of unofficial singles came out on wonderful coloured vinyl with some very nice picture sleeves. After the audition, neuhaus said there was nothing. Decca aitkenhead meets the star of a new film about the. The following year, all fifteen tracks appeared on the circuit records bootleg album the decca tapes.
Manager brian epstein made numerous trips to london to visit record companies with the hope of securing a record contract but was rejected by many, including columbia, hmv, pye, philips, and oriole. This included an extended but poor quality version of love of the loved. Beatles a more palatable decca audition tracklist for. Aug 12, 2007 complete silver beatles album wasnt released until september 1982, so was this an admin error from a bbc employee who may have had a copy of the decca sessions, believing it to be the bbc session. Available here in far better quality than any previous bootleg version of this studio recording, this album includes previously unreleased songs, including love of the loved, take good care of my baby, and september in the rain. Like dreamers do lennonmccartney money thats what i want gordybradford till there was you meredith willson. As an official historical document the 15 song recording, from a single audition has been available for years. The beatles audition for decca records is the most controversial recording session in the history of popular music. The new release is an eqd, pitch corrected and repaired version of the masterdisc bootleg from 1994. Former beatles drummer pete best conducted a promotional tour in conjunction with the release of the album. The beatles decca audition wikipedia republished wiki 2. It is about a widower, shigeharu aoyama ryo ishibashi, whose son suggests that he should find a new wife.
Full text of complete decca classical discography, 19292009 see other formats. Louis jordan let the good times roll the complete us decca recordings 1938 to 1954 9cd set. Manager brian epstein met with record companies in london to secure a record contract, and he was rejected by many, including columbia, hmv, pye, philips, and oriole. Deccas decision to reject the group is considered to be one of the biggest mistakes in music history. January 1, 1962 studio outtakes audition for decca records decca studios, london love of the loved like dreamers do hello little girl. Cd cd bear family germany, late 30s 1940s early 50s. Manager brian epstein made numerous trips to london to visit record companies with. The film documents the group rehearsing and recording songs for their twelfth and final studio album let it be, in january 1969.
Crossfaded at the start with unrelated spoken word, and in that portion a tape loop of the instrumental introduction has been edited in. The emergence of yet another bootleg cd from the famous decca audition prompted me to write a little bit about these recordings. Really just an average film riddled with choppy directing and editing. The beatles audition for decca records the beatles bible. An excellent album, which contains all 15 original songs played by the beatles at their 1962 decca audition. As a side note, the stones passed their decca audition. At the time, this was thought to be a demo version of the song made for cilla black, who had released the song as her debut single in september 1963.
The complete decca recordings billie holiday songs. A demonic femme fatale, who tortures her male wouldbe oppressor, made takashi miikes vengeance tale. Sound is excellent, probably the best yet for these historic tracks. The audition is the second of 10 productions airing this season during the 20092010 series. Decca studios, west hampstead, 1 january 1962 the beatles famous audition for decca records took place in london on new years day in 1962. The beatles decca audition, january 1 1962 music is real. They played a set of familiar songs that theyd been playing live for a while. The beatles famous audition for decca records took place in london on new years day in 1962.
The beatles audition tape that was rejected has been. Mike smiths botched edit of september in the rain at the 1. May 29, 2015 the decca audition is the name given to the nowfamous audition by the beatles for decca records at their decca studios in west hampstead, london, england, before they reached international stardom. Decca 32218 was the only record the rites ever made. They arrived at 10 oclock at night, and john lennon. The numerous tracks the beatles recorded on january 1, 1962 at their unsuccessful audition for decca records, with pete best on drums. A bunch of questions about the beatles decca audition page. Three tracks from the bands decca audition are here plus two live tracks from ready, steady, go.
Frank chacksfield and his orchestra the decca years 1953 1975 2 cd 2000. I believe there are some official releases of the preringo, beatles decca audition but either way. Oct 09, 2016 decca studios, west hampstead, 1 january 1962. This rates on par with elvis at sun records in 19541955, and the rolling stones march1963 ibc studio demos. The decca tapes, the quarrymen tapes, the star club recordings, and the tony sheridan sessions are all vintage beatles and well worth having for us hard core fans who like to dig a little deeper. This is perhaps the clearest, sharpest, most listenable version of the decca audition to ever see circulation. The beatles the complete silver beatles 1982 uk vinyl lp decca audition 1 of 1 only 1 available see more see details on ebay search watch contact the beatles the complete silver beatles 1982 uk vinyl lp decca audition. The decca audition is the name given to the nowfamous audition by the beatles for decca records at their decca studios in west hampstead, london, england, before they reached international stardom. On january 1st 1962, the beatles recorded 15 tracks at the decca studios for their first english record company audition. Decca records is a british major record label established in 1929 by edward lewis.
The complete 15song tape of their unsuccessful audition for decca records, long bootlegged, with five cuts finding official release on anthology 1. The legendary decca audition tapes in superb quality. Nov 22, 2012 the beatles audition tape that was infamously rejected by a record company boss as he thought guitar groups were on the way out has been discovered after 50 years. The decca audition is the name given to the nowfamous beatles audition for decca records at their decca studios in west hampstead, north london, england. My bonnie the saints the beatles, 6000 series, pink floyd. A unique collection of morricones greatest hit scores on decca records. Aoyama agrees, and with a friend, stages a phony audition to meet a potential new partner in life. At 11am the next morning, an icy new years day, the beatles and brian epstein, who had journeyed to london to see his boys first step up the ladder to success, arrived at decca s cold west hampstead studios and waited. Backstage s audition for movies include major studio films, independent films, and student film productions.
Decca records is a british record label established in 1929 by edward lewis. Manager brian epstein made numerous trips to london to visit record companies with the hope of securing a record contract but was rejected by many, including columbia, pye, philips, and oriole. The decca tapes by the beatles bootleg, merseybeat. The complete decca audition, a bootleg of songs by the beatles. Unfortunately casting calls in feature films arent placed that often as talents want them to. The decca audition tapes were eventually released as the complete silver beatles on vinyl in september 1982. A new zealand release from 1983 on the budget music world records, it features twelve songs from the famous decca audition tapes. Of course, canadian and us decca had not been associated with british decca since world war two. Full text of complete decca classical discography, 19292009. This is the first studioquality, albumlength recording of the beatles, as well as by far the bestsounding recording of the group while pete best was. Ebbetts restoration has also accentuated some inherent flaws of the source tape.
Audition is definitely not a film for everyone, proceed with caution. The first time a recording from decca audition surfaced was in 1973, when the album l. The last eight tunes are the edsel mixes, taken from the 1990 cd release on the edsel label. The british label was renowned for its development of. I have no copy of the record so its a real treat to hear it again after all these years. Due to the questionable status of these performances recorded prior to the groups emi contract, the decca audition was commercially distributed in various configurations starting in 1981. If for nothing else, the historic significance is tremendous. A romance is portrayed by one hundred actors who audition for the two lead roles and the chance to perform the final terrifying act. Perhaps decca was determined not to make the same mistake twice. The record contained only the 12 cover songs recorded by the band. This is the first cd of the greatest film score hits of morricone which he himself has conducted, recorded and curated in order to. During the wee hours of new years morning the lads and brian epstein packed up the gear in the van and made their way south to london for an audition in the decca studios. The beatles the complete silver beatles 1982 uk vinyl lp. The beatles performance that night hadnt been strong enough to secure them a record deal, but the label was willing to offer them a session in their studios at 165.
The beatles subsequently came to believe that epstein had paid decca to tape the audition. Neil aspinall drove the beatles down to london on new years eve, in 1961, for a decca audition but lost his way, and the trip took ten hours. The complete audition of 15 songs recorded live on 1 jan 1962 complete and live in studio with no overdubs is what you will find here and this is a diamond of early beatles. Epstein left decca, clutching copies of the beatles audition on two open reel tapes.
Now shes landed the lead in a film about the morecambe bay cocklepickers. Some of the songs recorded for the audition had been available as bootleg recordings but some songs were officially released on. The beatles audition tape that was infamously rejected by a record company boss as he thought guitar groups were on the way out has been discovered after 50 years. On 1 january 1962, before they reached international stardom, the beatles auditioned for decca records at decca studios in west hampstead, north london. Talents who successfully passed the screen test are selected by industry pro and are invited to the second audition stage or just for an interview. The beatles 1962 the audition tapes 1983, vinyl discogs. The numerous tracks the beatles recorded on january 1, 1962 at their unsuccessful audition for decca records, with pete best on drums january 1, 1962 studio outtakes audition for decca records decca studios, london love of the loved like dreamers do hello little girl three cool cats. However it won decca the loyalty of the baritone roy henderson, who went on to record for them the first complete dido and aeneas of purcell with nancy evans and the boyd neel ensemble purcell club, 14 sides, pre1936.
The english rock band the beatles auditioned for decca records at decca studios in west hampstead, north london on 1 january 1962. Sviatoslav richter complete decca, philips and dg recordings. In what is considered one of the biggest mistakes in music industry history, decca decided to reject the band, selecting instead brian poole and the tremeloes. Decca records began as a british record label established in 1929 by edward lewis. It was broadcast in the context of john talking about bbc sessions.
With paige spara, chelsea frei, donovan christie jr. I must say, ive had more fun playing country music down here than i ever did pounding my head against the showbiz wall in the apple. The beatles the decca audition 2009, vinyl replica, cd. In 1937, anticipating nazi aggression leading to world war ii, lewis sold american decca and the link between the uk and u. What did the beatles play during their audition to decca. Let it be is a 1970 british documentary film starring the beatles and directed by michael lindsayhogg. The decca audition jan 01, 1962 the paul mccartney project. Jan 06, 2007 it took aiqin lin nearly five months and cost her more than. On the strength of the tape produced during this session decca records took the infamous decision not to sign the beatles. The decca tapes, a bootleg of songs by the beatles. After a few days of traipsing round londons record companies, he made his way to meet an old friend who was now the manger of hmvs oxford street store, setting in motion the chain of events that would lead to the beatles signing with deccas rivals, emi. This and the next four are from a tape believed to be the decca audition of 1.