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''On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2'' is a 2013 live/compilation album featuring 40 previously unreleased tracks from
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broadcasts (accompanied by 23 interview tracks from the associated broadcasts). It was released on 11 November 2013, along with a remastered and repackaged '' Live at the BBC Volume 1'', which was originally released in 1994. The album is available as a two-CD set and a three-LP set. An exclusive limited edition lithographic print is also available from the Beatles online store.


Content

Most of the songs performed live on the album are taken from the Beatles' first four LPs ''
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'', '' A Hard Day's Night'' and ''
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''. Many of the other songs performed are the band's covers of early
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classics by American artists such as
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and
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, many of which were never recorded in a studio or released on a Beatles album during the group's time together. "
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" had appeared on various releases, of dubious legality, from 1977 onwards featuring material recorded in December 1962 at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany. "
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" had never been on a previous Beatles release, leaving only "
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" and " A Picture of You", both low fidelity recordings with Pete Best from 1962, as the only songs from the Beatles' BBC performances that have never been issued in any version. There are several witty and irreverent moments among the 23 speech tracks of in-studio conversation and banter with
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, presenter of radio's 'Saturday Club' and 'Easy Beat'. "A Hard Job Writing Them", for example, includes the moment where Ringo describes the trouble he had writing songs for ''A Hard Day's Night'' and Paul launches the ship "Top Gear" in an unusual voice.


Reception

The album received very positive reviews upon release. Damian Fanelli from ''Guitar World'' said the album is "an exceedingly satisfying release, yet another example of how talented, charming and generally 'different' the Beatles were. In terms of George Harrison's guitar playing, we get to hear the good (his whammy-bar-laced guitar solo on '
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'), the not so good (his solo on ' Lucille') and the intriguing (His better-than-the-EMI-version solo on '
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' inspires a few 'What ifs?')." ''Mojo'' music writer Jon Savage reviewed the album, giving it four stars and stated, "There are several surprises: a tough version of Chuck Berry's 'I'm Talking About You', an early '
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', covers of ' Lend Me Your Comb' and 'Beautiful Dreamer'."


Track listing

Speech tracks are in ''italics''.


Source programmes

The show's title and original broadcast date for each track, with the recording date in parentheses: ;'' Saturday Club'', 26 January 1963 (22 January 1963) Disc 1 #
  • "Beautiful Dreamer"
    • ;''Here We Go'', 12 March 1963 (6 March 1963) Disc 1 #
  • "Misery"
    • ;''Saturday Club'', 16 March 1963 (transmitted live) Disc 1 #
  • "I'm Talking About You"
    • ;''Pop Go the Beatles'' (4), 25 June 1963 (17 June 1963) Disc 1 #
  • "''Hey, Paul...''"
    • #
  • "''Hello!''"
    • #
  • "''A Real Treat''"
    • #"Boys" #"''Absolutely Fab''" #"Chains" #
  • "''Bumper Bundle''"
    • #"P.S. I Love You" ;''Pop Go the Beatles'' (5), 16 July 1963 (2 July 1963) Disc 1 #
  • "Lend Me Your Comb"
    • ;''Pop Go the Beatles'' (6), 23 July 1963 (10 July 1963) Disc 1 #"''And Here We Are Again''" ;''Pop Go the Beatles'' (7), 30 July 1963 (10 July 1963) Disc 1 #
  • "''How About It, Gorgeous?''"
    • #"Do You Want to Know a Secret" #
  • "Till There Was You"
    • #
  • "Please Mr. Postman"
    • ;''Pop Go the Beatles'' (8), 6 August 1963 (16 July 1963) Disc 1 #
  • "Twist and Shout"
    • ;''Pop Go the Beatles'' (9), 13 August 1963 (16 July 1963) Disc 1 #
  • "Please Please Me"
    • ;''Pop Go the Beatles'' (10), 20 August 1963 (16 July 1963) Disc 1 #
  • "Words of Love"
    • ;''Saturday Club'', 24 August 1963 (30 July 1963) Disc 2 #
  • "Glad All Over"
    • #"''Lift Lid Again''" ;''Pop Go the Beatles'' (11), 27 August 1963 (1 August 1963) Disc 1 #
  • "Anna (Go to Him)"
    • ;''Pop Go the Beatles'' (12), 3 September 1963 (1 August 1963) Disc 1 #
  • "Roll Over Beethoven"
    • #"There's a Place" ;''Pop Go the Beatles'' (13), 10 September 1963 (3 September 1963) Disc 1 #
  • "''Lower 5E''"
    • #"Hippy Hippy Shake" ;''Pop Go the Beatles'' (14), 17 September 1963 (3 September 1963) Disc 1 #
  • "Lucille"
    • ;''Pop Go the Beatles'' (15), 24 September 1963 (3 September 1963) Disc 1 #
  • "Ask Me Why"
    • #
  • "Devil in Her Heart"
    • #"''The 49 Weeks''" #"Sure to Fall (In Love with You)" #"''Never Mind, Eh?''" #
  • "''Bye, Bye''"
    • ;''Saturday Club'', 5 October 1963 (7 September 1963) Disc 2 #"I Saw Her Standing There" #
  • "I'll Get You"
    • #"She Loves You" #"Memphis, Tennessee" #"Happy Birthday Dear Saturday Club" ;'' Easy Beat'', 20 October 1963 (16 October 1963) Disc 2 #
  • "''Now Hush, Hush''"
    • #"From Me to You" ;''Saturday Club'', 21 December 1963 (17 December 1963) Disc 2 #
  • "''Brian Bathtubes''"
    • #"This Boy" ;''From Us to You'' (1), 26 December 1963 (18 December 1963) Disc 2 #
  • "Money (That's What I Want)"
    • #"I Want to Hold Your Hand" ;''Saturday Club'', 15 February 1964 (7 January 1964) Disc 2 #
  • "''If I Wasn't in America''"
    • ;''From Us to You'' (2), 30 March 1964 (28 February 1964) Disc 2 #
  • "''Oh, Can't We? Yes We Can''"
    • ;''Saturday Club'', 4 April 1964 (31 March 1964) Disc 2 #
  • "I Got a Woman"
    • ;''
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    '', 16 July 1964 (14 July 1964) Disc 2 #
  • "Long Tall Sally"
    • #"If I Fell" #"''A Hard Job Writing Them''" #"And I Love Her" #
  • "You Can't Do That"
    • ;''Top Gear'', 26 November 1964 (17 November 1964) Disc 2 #
  • "Honey Don't"
    • #"I'll Follow the Sun" #
  • "''That's What We're Here For''"
    • #"I Feel Fine" (unaired) ;''Saturday Club'', 26 December 1964 (25 November 1964) Disc 2 #
  • "Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!"
    • ;''Top of the Pops'' BBC Transcription Service, May or June 1965 Disc 2 #
  • "''Green with Black Shutters''"
    • ;BBC Transcription Service, 30 November 1965 Disc 1 #
  • "John – Pop Profile"
    • #"George – Pop Profile" ;BBC Transcription Service, 2 May 1966 Disc 2 #
  • "Paul – Pop Profile"
    • #"Ringo – Pop Profile"


    Personnel

    *
    John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...
     – vocals,
    rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...
    ,
    harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...
    *
    Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
     – vocals,
    bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...
    , guitar *
    George Harrison George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...
     –
    lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...
    , vocals *
    Ringo Starr Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the ...
     –
    drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
    ,
    percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...
    , vocals


    Charts and certifications


    Weekly charts


    Year-end charts


    Certifications


    References

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