Waxy.org is the sandbox of Five days after the assassination of John Lennon, radio engineer Rob Grayson compiled a montage of every Beatles song in alphabetical order and aired it following a ten minute period of silence.
• MP3: Rob Grayson's "Beatles A-Z" (16 minutes, 9.1MB), from December 13, 1980.
The production effort involved is impressive, done entirely on tape. You can read more about it on the Rob Grayson Collection. Some of the comments are good, as well.
The Lennon tribute is a small part of Reel Radio, a massive archive of pre-1989 Top 40 Radio audio clips. Many are hour-long unedited radio broadcasts, like this Alan Freed broadcast from March 23, 1955, or these two Don Steele broadcasts from a couple months after I was born. Try using the search engine to find a clip from your year of birth.
Unfortunately, the clips are all in RealPlayer format, so be sure to install Real Alternative before you go, so you don't have to deal with that bloated piece of crap.
9:19 PM
I love the Beatles.
Thanks for the link to Real Alternative.
8:55 AM
*passes it along to her boyfriend*
9:09 AM
No mac version that I can tell! Bleagh.
10:22 AM
The Mac version of RealPlayer doesn't have the bloatware & nastiness of the PC version -- it just makes one little .app package that you can toss away if you don't like it, Scott. No muss, no fuss.
1:18 PM
Real Player for windows is not too bad either, just delete evntsvc.exe
5:14 PM
Was "Free as a bird" around back then? As far as I know it was just a personal demo of John's until it was redone in 94 or 95... And the version on that mix sounds like the redone version?
A friend mentioned that "Real Love" was the same...
5:41 PM
From Rob's site, "The version here has been updated to include material from the Anthology series."
7:42 PM
Andy, thanx *so much* for posting Rob Grayson's montage. Amazingly moving.
8:03 PM
Ahhh, that would explain it. Makes an interesting listen, Thanks!
9:23 PM
Always happy to hear people still love the Beatles and John Lennon my childhood love.
I really loved the tapes and it's always make me
feel good to hear those song's again!
I just wish there were some band like that today.
What is funny is that after so many years there isn't one band that had came close to the Beatles success!.
9:50 AM
Huh, "Free As A Bird" is in there. I thought that had only been officially released like 20 years later, when the surviving ones recorded backing tracks for Lennon's vocal.
9:55 AM
Read my response to Neville's comment above. The file was updated after the release of "Anthology."
9:21 PM
thanks a lot!
Many peolpe in Taiwan indeed love the Beatles.
2:37 AM
Played name that tune by myself listening to it. was rather easy for beatle-head myself but couldn't figure out some though. I think my memory's failing moi.
Across the Universe
Act naturally
A day in life
A Hard day's night
all I've got to do
all my loving
all together now
all you need is love
and i love her
and your bird can sing
anna
another girl
any time at all
ask me why
a taste of honey
baby its you
babys in black
baby you're richman
back in the ussr
bad boy
Ballard of john and yoko
because
being for the benefit of mr.kite
birthday
black bird
blue jay way
boys
can't buy me love
carry that weight
chains
come together
continuing story of bugallow bill
cry baby cry
day tripper
dear prudence
devil in her heart
dig a pony
dig it
dizzy miss lizzy
doctor robert
don't bother me
don't let me down
don't pass me by
do you want to know a secret
drive my car
eight days a week
eleanor rigby
everyboyd's got something to hide
everybody's trying to be my baby
every little thing
fixing a hole
flying ?
fool on the hill
for no one
for you blue
free as bird
from me to you
get back
getting better
girl
glass onion
gold slumbers
good day sunshine
good morning good morning
good night
got to get you into my life
happiness is a warm gun
hello goodby
help
helter skelter
here comes the sun
here there and everywhere
her majesty
hey jude
hold me tight
honey don't
honey pie
i am the warlus
i call your name
i don't want to spoil the party
i feel fine
if i fell
if I need Someone
???
I'll be back again
I'll cry instead
I'll follow the sun
I'm a loser
I'm down
I Me Mine
I'm happy just to dance with you
I'm looking through you
I'm only sleeping
I'm so tired
I need you
In My Life
???
I saw her standing there
I should have known better
???
Its only love
It won't be long
I've got a feeling
I've just seen a face
I wanna be your man
I wanna hold your hand
I want to tell you
I want you, shes so heavy
I will
Julia
????
lady madonna
let it be
?????
????
little child
long long long
Long tall sally
lovely rita
the long and winding road
love me do
love you to
lucy in the sky with diamonds
maggie mae
magical mystery tour
martha my dear
matchbox
maxwells silver hammer
mean mr mustard
michelle
misery
mr moonlight
money
mother nature son
the night before
no reply
norwegian wood
not a second time
???
nowhere man
obladi oblada
octopus gardun
oh darling
old brown shoe
one after 909
only a northern song
paperback wirter
penny lane
piggies
please mr postman
please pleas me
polythene pam
ps i love you
rain
???
revolution
revolution No 9
rock and roll music
rocky raccoon
roll over beethoven
run for your life
savoy truffle
sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band
sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band(reprise)
sexy sade
she came in through the bathroom window
she loves you
she said she said
she's woman
she's leaving home
sie lieb dich
slow down
something
strawberry fields forever
sun king
taxman
tell me what you see
tell me why
thank you girl
???
theres a place
things we said today
think for yourself
this boy
ticket to ride
till there was you
tomorrow never knows
twist and shout
two of us
wait
we can work it out
What goes on
???
what you're doing
when I get home
When I'm 64
While mY guitar gently Weeps
Why don't we do it in the road
wild honey pie
With a little help from my friends
within you without you
words of love
Yellow submarine
Yer Blues
yes it is
Yesterday
You can't do that
You Know My Name
You like me too much
You never give me your money
You really got a hold on me
You won't see me
you gonna lose that girl
You Mother should know
you've got to hide your love away
the end
god - lennon
6:29 AM
That's obviously a different version of "The End" than the one on Abbey Road. Is it from one of the Anthologies or something?
11:22 AM
filling in the ???s above:
inner light (B side Lady Madonna)
it's all too much (magical mystery tour)
kansas city (beatles for sale)
komm gibt mir deiner hand (german release)
leave my kitten alone (anthology- beatles for sale sessions?)
like dreamers do (decca audition, from anthology)
not guilty (george: anthology)
real love (anthology)
that means a lot (unreleased except anthology?)
what a shame mary jane (anthology, maybe a B side)
8:09 AM
filling in the blanks...
cayenne (instrumental on 1st anthology)
hey bulldog
the inner light
its all too much
kansas city
komm gib' mir deine hand
leave my kitten alone
like dreamer's do
not guilty (?)
real love
that means a lot
what a shame mary jane
not all of em, but most
that was totally awesome!
4:26 PM
Whoops - sorry Andy, I should have read all the comments before asking about "Free as a Bird." Thanks for putting the song up! It's great.
2:47 PM
I love the beatles and this mix made me incredibly happy
10:22 AM
best band in the world
1:15 PM
it's not cayenne , it's cry for a shadow (the first instrumental , also on teh first anthology)
11:43 AM
"Hey Bulldog" is missing from all those lists! Its on Yellow Submarine album and the film.
7:27 AM
WOW!!! This is possibly the best thing to ever happen to me. My life is complete!! Thanks for the music John, George, Paul, and last but not least Ringo!! Make sure to buy George's last CD brainwashed.
P.S. And so dear friends you'll just have to carry on........
12:36 PM
i love the beatles and iam 12 years old but all the people just about all the people at my school hate the beatles but i dont care cause i know they are wrong and i have been listening to the beatles since i have been borning. my whole family loves the beatles.
12:06 AM
the beatles are my all time favorite ive never heard a band that come close ill love them forever and im only 14 :)
4:05 PM
hi the beatles are my all time favorite and you know what i have ever heard a band come close to the beatles.Whats wrong with kids now a days cause all my friend sayed that the half-time for the super bowl sucked cause not alot of kids now a days like the oldies like the beatles.i like the half-time for the super bowl cause one of my favorite songs is Hey Jude and beacase i like the beatles alot.iam only 12 years old and i have been listening to the beatles since i was boring. so, let the beatles live on !!!!!!paul mccartney,john lennon,richard starkey(ringo starr), and geoge harrison like them live on and ever and i mean ever forget the beatles.
4:22 PM
Search engines are apparently rating this entry very high for queries like "mp3 beatles," so the comments are getting pretty silly. The Beatles are a great band and I'm glad all you kids are discovering them again. ("Abbey Road" is probably my personal favorite.)
There's not much more to say about The Beatles that hasn't already been said, so I'm closing comments.