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2.11am
3 September 2012
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Assuming you have heard at least some of the audition they made for Decca, or all of it because of it all being available at our fingertips, what is your favorite performance the Beatles made of the 15 at their audition? Personally, I like Crying, Waiting, Hoping for the solo, but it's all around great to hear.
2.44am
16 August 2012
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I really wish at point that the Decca audition would be formally released as a 'pre-Beatle' canon title… I don't see it happening, but hey…
For me, I love the three songs which seem to be the epitome of that audition: 'Three Cool Cats', 'Crying, Waiting, Hoping' and 'Besame Mucho'.
But the whole magilla needs to be acknowledged for its' sheer awesomeness.
3.51pm
14 December 2009
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I have never heard this…what's this about it "all being available at our fingertips"??
4.30pm
16 August 2012
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I believe that would be in reference to the fact that it can easily be downloaded or at least enjoyed on YouTube.
4.42pm
14 December 2009
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Ah, I see. What a terrible way to listen to an "album"!
5.21pm
1 May 2011
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You can buy it on itunes, its called 'The Capricorn Tapes' and costs £10.99. Its probably available elsewhere as well (amazon £7.49), tho why you'd buy it is beyond me.
The best of the lot is Hello Little Girl. I can see that being a hit, nothing amazing but would have gotten airplay and probably reached the top 10. Love of the Loved would have have made a decent b-side with the self-penned notion being used to sell it. Not really sure why LOTL was ignored on Anthology 1 and Like Dreamers Do wasnt since LOTL is a better song having a bit more energy and drive what with the pause before the chorus and Pauls more awake vocal.
The only good cover is Take Good Care Of My Baby as i like George's vocal, it would have been interesting to here a bbc version but again there is little driving it forward, something that the bbc records have and most of these tracks lack. Memphis, Tennessee; To Know Her Is To Love Her; Sure To Fall; Crying, Waiting, Hoping; Money; Besame Mucho; & Till There Was You were all improved upon and available elsewhere and sound pretty dull here. The rest are better best left on youre computer for occasional revisiting.
It wasnt a good audition in my opinion what with 4 nervous beatles, lacklustre recordings and little energy running thru anything, and am quite happy its not had an official Apple release. I also cant see that happening as Apple like to put out records that show the beatles as being great and awesome and the Decca Auditon doesnt fit into that (tho they are happy to throw out any old tat in merchandise). Yes its historical but that doesnt neccessarily mean its good. There is better lingering in the vaults gathering dust.
3.17am
3 September 2012
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I personally like their pre-bowl cut sound. Mistakes on guitar were present, but it makes it seem more exclusive, or more personal. That being said, I really enjoy the Decca version of Memphis.
6.07pm
3 May 2012
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I quite like 'Take Good Care Of My Baby' and 'Like Dreamers Do'. Really don´t like 'Hello, Little Girl', that´s for sure. Sorry, I try to like it but I just can´t.
Listening to the Decca audition, I don´t know why they weren´t accepted onto the label. They weren´t great that day and I don´t think the audition is a clear hint of what was to come over the next year or two but they don´t sound too bad either. I would´ve accepted them had it of been down to me.
5.03pm
12 April 2012
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I've always thought love of the loved was the best performance of the decca audition. I like that song
5.33am
25 August 2012
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GeorgeTSimpson said
I've always thought love of the loved was the best performance of the decca audition. I like that song
But, really, what does the term 'love of the loved' mean anyway? 
As I mentioned in another thread, I think "Like Dreamers Do" is one of the few songs the group gave away (along with "Bad to Me," "World Without Love," "It's for You," "That Means a Lot," and "Sour Milk Sea") that they genuinely could've gotten away with recording themselves… providing it ended up on Please Please Me. It could've taken the spot of "Ask Me Why" on the album, relegating that song to 'non-album track' status (though I seem to like it more than most fans).
"Hello Little Girl," on the other hand, is precisely what George Martin meant when he said that when he first met the group, they really couldn't write much of anything. 
3.49pm
23 September 2012
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My favourites are The Sheik of Araby & September in the rain.
Really like George for lead and the guitar for The Sheik Of Araby that was based off Joe Brown's version of the song. As for September, it just appeals to me and I was listening to it over and over for quite awhile. Like Holsety said, it's the small mistakes that make me like it more. Though I have to admit I didn't quite enjoy Till there was you and the guitar solo in there.
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