The Deccagone Sessions

The Deccagone Sessions

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

  1. Searchin’ (Leiber/Stoller)
    From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962.
  2. Like Dreamers Do (Lennon/McCartney)
    From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962.
  3. Three Kool Cats (sic) (Leiber/Stoller)
    From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962.
  4. Hello Little Girl (Lennon/McCartney)
    From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962.
  5. How Do You Do It? (Murray)
  6. 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)
  7. 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)
  8. 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

  1. Love Of The Loved
    From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962.
  2. Memphis, Tennessee (Berry)
    From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962.
  3. September In The Rain
    From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962.
  4. The Sheik Of Araby (Smith/Wheeler/Snyder)
    From the Decca audition, January 1, 1962.
  5. Revolution (Lennon/McCartney)
    Recorded for the David Frost Show September 4, 1968.
  6. Some Other Guy (Leiber/Stoller/Barrett)
    Recorded live at the Cavern Club August 22, 1962, for the Granada TV program People and Places.
  7. Everyone Wants Someone (sic) (Bryant/Bryant)
    Recorded July 10, 1963 for the BBC program Pop Go the Beatles (aired July 23, 1963)
  8. 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)
  9. 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

The Deccagone Sessions, back cover

Release history

  • Smilin’ Ears – 7701, released 1977

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