The Beatles - Live at the BBC*

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Summary: The Beatles 'Live at the BBC' is thin on content
Review: The Beatles BBC songbook is unfortunately, just another Beatles songbook. It contains 25 selections from the compact disk release of the same name. Part of the charm of the CD is listening to the Beatles' cover tunes such as Ray Charles' 'I got a woman' and the Coasters' 'Young Blood'. Here the Beatles belt out some of the songs that inspired them to become musicians themselves, as well as many Beatles originals. Out of the 25 songs in the songbook, only twelve are cover songs. All of these songs, with the exception of Lennon & McCartney's 'I'll be on my way', can be found in almost any other Beatles' songbook, making the Beatles BBC songbook somewhat of a disappointment. It would have been a more complete compilation of Beatles' tunes, unlike any other, if they had included more of the cover songs. However, for the "must have" Beatles collector I would recommend shopping around.