THE BEATLES Yellow Matter Custard TMOQ 71032 BBC Sessions BLACK VINYL 1962
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Description
THE BEATLES Yellow Matter Custard
NM/EX Used Vinyl Record
Record Label: TMOQ 71032
Matrix (Stampers): BBL 513 A / BBL 513 B
Possibly the most famous Beatle unofficial release as it contains 14 BBC Radio performances from 1963 and it was widely rumored that John Lennon, himself, put out the word that he wanted a copy!
Record is packaged in a TMOQ generic printed sleeve with hole in the center so label is visible. TMOQ logo is on one side and song selections are on the other.
Condition: Sleeve looks and feels like new. Corners are slightly dull, but otherwise, perfect. Label has no spindle marks. Vinyl has a few visual scuffs and hairlines... plays fine save for an occasional surface noise/crackle.
Side One
1. I Got A Woman
2. Glad All Over
3. I Just Don't Understand
4. Slow Down
5. Don't Ever Change
6. Get A Shot Of R&B
7. Sure To Fall
Side Two
8. Nothin' Shakin'
9. Lonesome Tears
10. So How Come
11. Gonna Sit Right Down
12. Cryin' Waitin' Hopin'
13. To Know Her
14. The Honeymoon Song
Review: An important batch of rare recordings surfaced in the form of boots during 1971 covering a (by then) almost unknown and forgotten aspect of the Beatles' career - the sessions for BBC Radio. Anyway, they were advertised (on purpose, or not) as being studio outtakes. The first and best-known of these early bootlegs was called YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD (aka AS SWEET AS YOU ARE), and it was a compilation of 14 songs, only one of which ("Slow Down") was previously officially released by The Beatles. Once it was established these were not outtakes, they were thought to be from a single -and unexistent- November 1962 BBC broadcast for a while, and even John Lennon himself (who once asked a fan for a copy of it) called them "the Decca audition". If we reverse sides A and B, we'll find the songs to be chronological highlights from the "Pop Go The Beatles" series from July-Sep 63. The original tape probably came from a British fan who only taped those songs not available on record (remember "Slow Down" didn't come out until 64) with a home recorder. A bootleg which was a MUST back in the day due to its quality and stuff.