The Beatles - The Complete Pop Goes The Weasel (2014)

A complete 4CD boxset from the source of the 1963 radio series "Pop Goes The Beatles"

From January 1963, The Beatles regularly pulled in U.K. audiences of around ten million on "Saturday Club" and a myriad of other BBC pop shows, until they received the ultimate recognition from the B.B.C. when they were offered their own show, "Pop Go The Beatles".
For some groups, a series that demanded five new recordings each week might have been daunting, but it allowed The Beatles to air their influences, and try out some new favourites.
Pop Go The Beatles was broadcast in the summer of 1963 and this 4 CD set contains all sixteen episodes.
The show features the band taking requests, interacting with presenters Lee Peters (first four episodes) and Rodney Burke (all the other episodes), playing their favourite songs and most importantly, performing live. Whilst most of the Beatles performances here appear on the more extensive BBC collections, it’s a treat to hear these shows in their entirety (except they're not !).
The Beatles hadn’t been to America yet and were still Britain’s best kept secret. The innocence of 1963 comes through in these recordings...you can tell they were still just having fun playing together.
An added bonus is the exhaustive 20 page booklet of sleeve notes, so detailed that it even transcribes all the between-song banter!

CD1 (26 / 59:53)

[0:20] 1. The Beatles - Pop Go The Beatles #1a
[2:11] 2. The Beatles - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
[2:16] 3. The Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret #1
[3:10] 4. The Beatles - You Really Got A Hold On Me #1
[1:44] 5. The Beatles - Misery #1
[1:45] 6. The Beatles - The Hippy Hippy Shake #1
[1:51] 7. The Beatles - Too Much Monkey Business #1
[2:25] 8. The Beatles - I Got To Find My Baby
[2:21] 9. The Beatles - Youngblood
[2:22] 10. The Beatles - Till There Was You #1
[3:12] 11. The Beatles - Baby It's You
[2:36] 12. The Beatles - Love Me Do #1
[2:31] 13. The Beatles - A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues #1
[2:29] 14. The Beatles - Memphis, Tennessee #1
[0:41] 15. The Beatles - Happy Birthday
[1:58] 16. The Beatles - A Taste Of Honey #1
[2:21] 17. The Beatles - Sure To Fall (In Love With You) #1
[2:47] 18. The Beatles - Money (That's What I Want) #1
[2:01] 19. The Beatles - From Me To You #2
[3:14] 20. The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There #1
[3:35] 21. The Beatles - Anna (Go To Him) #1
[3:08] 22. The Beatles - Boys #1
[2:40] 23. The Beatles - Chains #1
[2:14] 24. The Beatles - P.S. I Love You
[3:06] 25. The Beatles - Twist And Shout #1
[1:08] 26. The Beatles - Pop Go The Beatles #2a

CD2 (26 / 1:01:52)
[0:20] 1. The Beatles - Pop Go The Beatles #1b
[2:58] 2. The Beatles - That's All Right (Mama)
[1:52] 3. The Beatles - There's A Place #1
[2:51] 4. The Beatles - Carol
[2:38] 5. The Beatles - Soldier Of Love (Lay Down Your Arms
[2:00] 6. The Beatles - Lend Me Your Comb
[3:21] 7. The Beatles - Clarabella
[2:30] 8. The Beatles - Sweet Little Sixteen
[1:58] 9. The Beatles - A Taste Of Honey #2
[3:04] 10. The Beatles - Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees)
[2:29] 11. The Beatles - Love Me Do #2
[2:47] 12. The Beatles - Lonesome Tears In My Eyes
[2:04] 13. The Beatles - So How Come (No One Loves Me)
[2:19] 14. The Beatles - Memphis, Tennessee #2
[2:24] 15. The Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret #2
[2:58] 16. The Beatles - Till There Was You #2
[2:27] 17. The Beatles - Matchbox
[2:42] 18. The Beatles - Please Mr. Postman
[1:58] 19. The Beatles - The Hippy Hippy Shake #2
[2:21] 20. The Beatles - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
[2:34] 21. The Beatles - Crying, Waiting, Hoping
[2:40] 22. The Beatles - Kansas City - Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey
[2:55] 23. The Beatles - To Know Her Is To Love Her
[2:08] 24. The Beatles - The Honeymoon Song
[2:38] 25. The Beatles - Twist And Shout #2
[1:08] 26. The Beatles - Pop Go The Beatles #2b

CD3 (24 / 57:04)
[0:20] 1. The Beatles - Pop Go The Beatles #1c
[2:17] 2. The Beatles - Long Tall Sally
[2:12] 3. The Beatles - Please Please Me
[3:04] 4. The Beatles - She Loves You #1a
[3:20] 5. The Beatles - You Really Got A Hold On Me #2
[2:12] 6. The Beatles - I'll Get You #1
[3:03] 7. The Beatles - I Got A Woman
[2:44] 8. The Beatles - She Loves You #1b
[2:02] 9. The Beatles - Words Of Love
[1:58] 10. The Beatles - Glad All Over
[3:14] 11. The Beatles - I Just Don't Understand
[2:43] 12. The Beatles - (There's A) Devil In Her Heart #1
[2:59] 13. The Beatles - Slow Down
[1:43] 14. The Beatles - Ooh! My Soul
[2:40] 15. The Beatles - Don't Ever Change
[2:30] 16. The Beatles - Twist And Shout #3
[2:45] 17. The Beatles - Anna (Go To Him) #2
[2:17] 18. The Beatles - A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues #2
[2:03] 19. The Beatles - From Me To You #3
[2:42] 20. The Beatles - Money (That's What I Want) #2
[2:06] 21. The Beatles - There's A Place #2
[2:16] 22. The Beatles - Honey Don't
[2:57] 23. The Beatles - Roll Over Beethoven
[1:08] 24. The Beatles - Pop Go The Beatles #2c

CD4 (26 / 58:57)
[0:20] 1. The Beatles - Pop Go The Beatles #1d
[2:11] 2. The Beatles - Too Much Monkey Business #2
[2:53] 3. The Beatles - Love Me Do #3
[2:46] 4. The Beatles - She Loves You #3a
[2:08] 5. The Beatles - I'll Get You #3
[2:14] 6. The Beatles - A Taste Of Honey #3
[2:16] 7. The Beatles - The Hippy Hippy Shake #3
[2:33] 8. The Beatles - Chains #2
[3:18] 9. The Beatles - You Really Got A Hold On Me #3
[1:54] 10. The Beatles - Misery #2
[3:25] 11. The Beatles - Lucille
[2:31] 12. The Beatles - From Me To You #4
[3:09] 13. The Beatles - Boys #2
[2:31] 14. The Beatles - She Loves You #3b
[1:59] 15. The Beatles - Ask Me Why
[2:52] 16. The Beatles - (There's A) Devil In Her Heart #2
[3:15] 17. The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There #2
[2:35] 18. The Beatles - Sure To Fall (In Love With You) #2
[3:10] 19. The Beatles - Twist And Shout #4
[0:08] 20. The Beatles - Good-Bye Jingle
[0:22] 21. The Beatles - Pop Go The Beatles #1e
[1:12] 22. The Beatles - About ''pop Go The Beatles''
[3:33] 23. The Beatles - The Producer And The Beatle
[2:33] 24. The Beatles - The Recording Engineers
[2:17] 25. The Beatles - The Beatle And The Beeb
[1:08] 26. The Beatles - Pop Go The Beatles #2d