Finally got around to Vol. 1 of Beatles at the BBC. (DeAgostini Series) Played all 3 discs in succession and it kept my attention all through. I heard much of this on AM radio at the time and loved it. Also, a good friend (sadly deceased) recorded much of it on a Grundig TK5. One song I remember Bob playing back to me in his living room above a shop, was 'Clarabella' It was only a year or so back that I discovered it was a song from the Jodimars.. a rebel offshoot of Bill Haley's band.
I was prepared for a dose of nostalgia. I wasn't so prepared for the superb job the Beatles did of so many songs, their own, and many from their major influences such as Holly, Little Richard, Ray Charles et.al. Vocals in particular hold their own with anything before or since.
Vol.2 ASAP.