The Deccagone Sessions
The Deccagone Sessions is one of the first — if not the first — LP to collect songs from the failed Decca audition. It collects 8 of the tracks and is sourced from the Deccagone singles. The disc is rounded out with various BBC recordings and some other live tracks.
Track list
Side 1
- Searchin’ (Leiber/Stoller)
From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962. - Like Dreamers Do (Lennon/McCartney)
From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962. - Three Kool Cats (sic) (Leiber/Stoller)
From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962. - Hello Little Girl (Lennon/McCartney)
From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962. - How Do You Do It? (Murray)
- Trying Waiting Hoping (sic) (Holly) (correct title: Crying, Waiting, Hoping) (preceded by “White Power (Get Off)”, an excerpt from the Get Back Sessions)
Recorded July 16, 1963 for the BBC program Pop Go the Beatles (aired August 6, 1963) - Bound By Love (sic) (Theodorakis) (correct title: The Honeymoon Song)
Recorded July 16, 1963 for the BBC program Pop Go the Beatles (aired August 6, 1963) - There’s Nothing Shaking (sic) (Fontaine/Colacrai/Lampert/Gluck)
Recorded July 16, 1963 for the BBC program Pop Go the Beatles (aired August 6, 1963)
Side 2
- Love Of The Loved
From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962. - Memphis, Tennessee (Berry)
From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962. - September In The Rain
From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962. - The Sheik Of Araby (Smith/Wheeler/Snyder)
From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962. - Revolution (Lennon/McCartney)
Recorded for the David Frost Show September 4, 1968. - Some Other Guy (Leiber/Stoller/Barrett)
Recorded live at the Cavern Club August 22, 1962, for the Granada TV program People and Places. - Everyone Wants Someone (sic) (Bryant/Bryant)
Recorded July 10, 1963 for the BBC program Pop Go the Beatles (aired July 23, 1963) - I’m Gonna Sit Right Down (sic) (Thomas/Biggs)
Recorded July 16, 1963 for the BBC program Pop Go the Beatles (aired August 6, 1963) - A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues (Thompson)
Recorded August 21, 1963 for the BBC program Pop Go the Beatles (aired August 27, 1963)
Back cover
Release history
- Smilin’ Ears – 7701, released 1977