The Beatles - The Cathode Ray Tube Collection (1963) [8x DVD5]

Disc 1:
'WHAT WAS THEIR NAME AGAIN?'
August 1962 - October 1963
1. Know the North (two complete Some Other Guy takes + reconstructed cutaways) - 9:20
Rec: The Cavern, Liverpool, 22 Aug 1962.
2. Scene At 6:30: Twist And Shout - 2:35
Rec: Granada TV, Manchester, 14 Aug 1963.
3. The Mersey Sound - 29:14
Rec: Little Theatre, Southport & BBC House, Manchester, 27-30 Aug 1963.
4. Big Night Out* - 7:48
Rec: Didsbury Studio Centre, Manchester, 1 Sep 1963.
5. Ready Steady Go* (reconstructed from best sources) - 19:08
Txd live: Television House, London, 4 Oct 1963.
6. Sunday Night At The London Palladium (colour slideshow with upgraded audio) - 12:14
Txd live: 13 Oct 1963
7. Thank Your Lucky Stars: All My Loving (fragment), Money* - 4:23
Rec: Alpha Television Studios, Birmingham, 20 Oct 1963.
(*) denotes remastered audio option
video, MPEG2, 6514 KBPS, 720x480, 4:3, NTSC (m/c)
audio, AC3, CBR, 384 KBPS
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Disc 2:
'AND THE REST OF YOU, IF YOU'LL JUST RATTLE YOUR JEWELLRY...'
October 1963 - December 1963
1. Drop In - 12:02
Rec: Narrenteatern, Stockholm, Sweden, 30 Oct 1963
2. The Royal Variety Show (includes Harry Secombe intro + encore. Beatles songs are tc free) - 16:32
Rec: Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, 4 Nov 1963.
3. Morecambe & Wise (upgraded no tc) - 11:33
Rec: Studio C, Elstree Studio Centre, Borehamwood, 2 Dec 1963.
4. Scene at 6.30: I Want To Hold Your Hand, Chat with Ken Dodd (full 15 minutes), This Boy - 19:54
Rec: Granada TV studios, Manchester, 25 Nov 1963.
5. It's The Beatles (audio only for first part, then reconstruction of upgraded last four songs) - 29:10
Rec: Empire Theatre, Liverpool, 7 Dec 1963.
video, MPEG2, 6986 KBPS, 720x480, 4:3, NTSC (m/c)
audio, LPCM
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A Word From Hobs:
Welcome to volume three. We kick off here with another Thank Your Lucky stars appearance with remastered mono audio (or, if you prefer, the original audio... don't say you aren't spoiled for choice). This is followed by their second Palladium appearance, which was sadly never videotaped but here has been brought to life in colour and monochrome thanks to a fab set of stills contributed by the community. Next up is the afternoon rehearsal for their second Ed Sullivan appearance, the broadcast of which can be found (along with the other installments) on the official dvd release.
Big Night Out is reconstructed here from two separate sources: one video and one film. I've combined elements from each to produce a recreation of the actual broadcast rather than the rather odd edit that is commonly seen. Once again there is the option of two audios here, as there is with Ready Steady Go which likewise has been reconstructed from several different sources to maintain high quality throughout.
An interview probably new to many folks is their appearance on the Scottish children's programme Roundup. Only about half the video is available so I've plugged the gaps here with audio recordings... "please do not adjust your set." Finally there is an interview broadcast on Sullivan following their return to England, which segues into an outtake of You Can't Do That from their first film.

Disc 3:
'LET'S CALL OURSELVES CILLA BLACK...'
December 1963 - April 1964
1. Thank Your Lucky Stars* - 10:10
Rec: Alpha Televsion Studios, Birmingham, 15 Dec 1963.
2. Sunday Night At The London Palladium (slideshow) - 14:49
Txd live: 12 Jan 1964.
3. The Ed Sullivan Show (rehearsal) - 16:22
Rec: Deauville Hotel, Miami, 16 Feb 1964, not transmitted.
4. Big Night Out* (reconstruction) - 17:03
Rec: ABC TV’s Teddington Studio Centre, 23 Feb 1964.
5. Ready Steady Go!* - 20:26
Txd live: Associated Rediffusion, London, 20 March 1964.
Bonus Tracks
6. Roundup (reconstruction) - 7:00
Rec: Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 30 April 1964.
7. The Ed Sullivan Show - 5:28
Rec: Scala Theatre, Charlotte Street, London & the garden of Les Ambassadeurs, 31 March & 17 April 1964.
(*) denotes remastered audio option
video, MPEG2, 6987 KBPS, 720x480, 4:3, NTSC (m/c)
audio, AC3, CBR, 448 KBPS
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A Word From Hobs:
If you've made it this far then you're now halfway through! We join the lads for their networked TV special 'Around The Beatles', which was also (unusually for that time) exported all around the globe. The complete special including guest acts was featured on Around The Beatles Revisited. Here just The Beatles sections are included, but with the same choice of original audio or reconstructed hifi audio. The picture has also been upgraded slightly since then.
Next up is the NME Pollwinner's Concert appearance, which has only recently surfaced in timecode-free quality. Not The Beatles' greatest performance, but they are certainly buzzed to be playing for a stadium crowd at a time when this was still a novelty for them. Their award presentation is also included here.
Continuing on from this is their Dutch TV special 'The Beatles In Nederland', starting with a lengthy but witty interview and followed up with a major upgrade of their mimed performance (previously seen on There Was Love All Around in pal format). A remastered audio option is also provided, although it should be noted that on the original default soundtrack Paul and George can be heard singing along with the records.
Also included are two bonus tracks: a unique interview with Paul by David Frost and a pristine copy of I Saw Her Standing There as performed in Blokker (seen here at its correct speed and pitch for the first time).

Disc 4:
'THE ONE AND ONLY FABULOUS BEATLES!'
April 1964 - June 1964
1. Around The Beatles* - 26:04
Rec: Associated Rediffusion, London. 19/28 April 1964
2. NME Pollwinner's Concert 1964 - 16:38
Rec: Empire Pool, Wembley, London, 26 April 1964
3. The Beatles In Nederland* - 30:39
Rec: VARA TV, Treslong cafe-restaurant, Hillegom, 5 June 1964
Bonus Tracks:
4. A Degree Of Frost - 5:10
Rec: BBC TV, 15 April 1964
5. Live In Blokker - 2:31
Rec: Exhibition Hall, Blokker, 6 June 1964
(*) denotes remastered audio option
video, MPEG2, 5845 KBPS, 720x480, 4:3, NTSC (m/c)
audio, AC3, CBR, 384 KBPS

The Beatles - The Cathode Ray Tube Collection DVD 5 From 8 ( 2011) NTSC
A Word From Hobs
This volume kicks off with a reconstruction of their final Melbourne gig. Four of the songs are mostly lost in video but the audio survives in master quality and the pictures here have been replaced with chronological news footage. The rest of the show now has a true stereo option thanks to Hiwax. Previously this appeared on There Was Love All Around in PAL format and in mono only.
Their third Big Night Out (aka Blackpool Night Out) appearance follows, which is sadly lost in video as it was transmitted live and never recorded. However a superb quality audio recording exists and has been include here for completeness, along with the 'Doctor Skit' which saw Ringo being examined on a stretcher.
Shindig is up next, and then one of their few surviving Thank Your lucky Stars spots, which both highlight a few rarely seen songs. This leads into their third and final Ready Steady Go appearance which once again has been reconstructed in high quality and with an optional remastered soundtrack.
Two bonus items round out the disc: the first some gallery footage of the boys recording I Should Have Known Better for People And Places (the broadcast of which is lost), and John's unique contribution to the pioneering comedy series Not Only But Also.
Note that this is A NON PROFIT FAN PROJECT made for the amusement of our friends and fellow Beatle-heads. Please don't charge money for copies, and support any future commercial release of this material.

Disc 5:
'FUNNY CHAPS!'
1. Live In Melbourne* (reconstruction) - 31:41
Rec: Festival Hall, Melbourne, 17 June 1964.
2. Blackpool Night Out (audio only) - 15:21
Txd live: ABC Theatre, Blackpool, 19 July 1964.
3. Shindig! - 7:25
Rec: Granville Studio, Fulham, 3 Oct 1964.
4. Thank Your Lucky Stars - 10:23
Rec: Teddington Studio Centre, Teddington, 14 Nov 1964.
5. Ready Steady Go!* - 15:36
Rec: Wembley Studios, Wembley, 23 Nov 1964.
Bonus Tracks:
6. Scene At 6.30 (studio gallery footage) - 3:38
Rec: Granada TV, Manchester, 14 Oct 1964.
7. Not Only But Also - 8:18
Rec: Wimbledon Common, London, 20 Nov 1964 / Studio 1, Television Centre, London, 29 Nov 1964.
(*) denotes remastered audio option
GSpot dаta:
DVD VOB format
MPEG-2 Program Stream <<{ 1 vid, 1 aud}
Sysbitrate: 10080 kb/s VBR
User Data / Metadata
[User] Created by Nero
Audio
AC3
48000Hz 448 kb/s tot , stereo [2/0]

Codec ; MPEG-2
Video Bitrate ; 6992
Pic/s 29.970 ; Frames/s 29.970 , Fields/s 59.940
NTSC
pic [w x 720 X 480 , seq ext 720 X 480
Ratio 4:3
Menu and chapters
Size ; 4,26 GB

The Beatles - The Cathode Ray Tube Collection DVD 6 From 8 ( 2011) NTSC
A Word From Hobs
It's now early 1965 and we approach the giddy heights of Beatlemania. The lads spent the early part of the year filming Help! and only returned to the tv circuit on March 28th to record Thank Your Lucky Stars. Sadly this key programme - which included mimed performances of Eight Days A Week and Yes It Is - no longer exists, as does most of their Top Of The Pops appearance two weeks later. However a brief fragment of Ticket To Ride from the latter is included as a bonus track on this volume, rescued from a Dr Who episode.
Their first live performance for 1965 took place at the NME Pollwinners Concert at Wembley Stadium on April 11th, which was videotaped by ABC. Only three songs were broadcast but happily the complete unedited performance survives and is presented here along with the award presentation. The audio here is sans the reverb which has been plastered over most appearances of this material, and the video has been enhanced.
This one-off live performance was followed by more filming and recording for Help, so the group did not actually start touring again until June. Their joy at performing before an audience once more is perfectly captured on the videotape of their evening Paris concert, which kicked off the European tour. This copy, while not perfect, is still by far the best version that has appeared thus far. The cameras utilised wide angle lenses which made the lads look somewhat short and squat, therefore the aspect has been adjusted to create a more natural-looking picture. The audio has been remastered from cd source and the songs resequenced into their original order. This is really a great concert, due largely to the fact that The Beatles can not only hear themselves but sense that the audience is actually listening too.
Returning to the UK they made their fourth and final Big Night Out/Blackpool Night Out appearance on August 1st. Happily, as on the previous occasion, they decided to perform live rather than mime and even more happily a film recorder was running during the live broadcast, preserving this marvellous performance for posterity. Both audio and video have been reconstructed here from several sources to provide uninterrupted high quality. The exact song line-up was duplicated for the Ed Sullivan Show when The Beatles embarked on their US tour on August 14th - that appearance can be found in full on the commercially available dvd release and for that reason is not included here.
Rounding out this volume is John's appearance on the final edition of Tonight from April 1965. Visibly uncomfortable at being separated from his fellow Beatles, he reads from his book and responds to some rare serious questions about his work.
Note that this is A NON PROFIT FAN PROJECT made for the amusement of our friends and fellow Beatle-heads. Please don't charge money for copies, and support any future commercial release of this material.

Disc 6:
'MERSEY BEAUCOUP! HA-HA...'
1. NME Pollwinner's Concert 1965 - 20:41
Rec: Empire Pool, Wembley, 11 April 1965.
2. Live In Paris (reconstruction) - 29:59
Rec: Palais Des Sports, Paris, 20 June 1965.
3. Blackpool Night Out - 18:19
Txd live: ABC Theatre, Blackpool, 1 August 1965.
Bonus Tracks:
4. I Feel Fine (Paris outtake) - 2:23
Rec: Palais Des Sports, Paris, 20 June 1965, not transmitted.
5. Tonight - 4:40
Txd live: BBC's Lime Grove Studios, London, 18 June 1965.
6. Ticket To Ride (surviving excerpt) - 00:24
Rec: Studio 2, Riverside Studios, London, 10 April 1965.
GSpot dаta:
DVD VOB format
MPEG-2 Program Stream <<{ 1 vid, 1 aud}
Sysbitrate: 10080 kb/s VBR

Audio
AC3
48000Hz 448 kb/s tot , stereo [2/0]

Codec ; MPEG-2
Video Bitrate ; 6998
Pic/s 29.970 ; Frames/s 29.970 , Fields/s 59.940
NTSC
pic [w x 720 X 480 , seq ext 720 X 480
Ratio 4:3
Menu and chapters
Size ; 4,15 GB

DISC 07. 'CAN YOU HEAR ME?'
August 1965 - November 1965

1. The Beatles At Shea Stadium - (reconstruction) - 37:18
Rec: Shea Stadium, New York, 15 Aug 1965.
2. The Music Of Lennon And McCartney - 43:53
Rec: Granada TV Centre, Manchester, 1st & 2nd Nov 1965.
This volume showcases a new reconstruction of the famous 1965 Shea Stadium concert.
Also on this volume is an upgrade of the Granada tv spectacular 'The Music Of Lennon And McCartney'

The Beatles The Cathode Ray Tube Collection DVD 8 From 8 ( 2011) NTSC

Disc 8:
'WE HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED IT...'
June 1966 - November 1966
1. Live At The Circus Krone, Munich (surviving extracts) - 14:57
Rec: 24 June 1966
2. Live At The Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo - 30:23
Rec: 30 June 1966
3. Live At The Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo - 30:14
Rec: 1 July 1966
Bonus Track:
4. Not Only... But Also - 0:49
Rec: Gentleman’s Lavatory, Broadwick Street, Soho, London, 27 Nov 1966