Advent, Day 1

[kyburg]

And what could be more appropriate than some audio files rescued from cheap vinyl inserts?

Everyone knows the Beatles.

Everyone knows they had a very active fan club, that published magazines and had all kinds of little gewgaws, secret handshakes and a whole lotta screaming going on.

But at Christmas, the band recorded Christmas cards for their club members, put them on 'temporary' vinyl sheets as records and sent them out in the December issues of their fan club's magazine.

They're a riot. As the years went on, they also got more and more creative and took more liberties as audial messages.

It takes a while to download, but here they are. Go nuts:

The Beatles Christmas Record 1963.mp3
The Beatles Christmas Record 1964 (outtake).mp3
The Beatles Christmas Record 1964.mp3
The Beatles Christmas Record 1965.mp3
The Beatles Christmas Record 1966.mp3
The Beatles Christmas Record 1967 (Outtake).mp3
The Beatles Christmas Record 1967.mp3
The Beatles Christmas Record 1968.mp3
The Beatles Christmas Record 1969.mp3

Comments

[snobahr.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the linkies!

[glaw2424.livejournal.com]

I have these too :)
They are so fun to listen to.

oh wow...

[tomlemos.livejournal.com]

I remember listening to the those because of my cousin.


wow.

blast from the past and all that...