BEATLE BOOTS rule again!
By Michael Becker
Music Reporter

The: Beatles Live At The BBC,
Apple/Capitol 1994

So. good to see the: old Apple
- label back in circulation. °

The hype for this one has been
fi ierce indeed.

With the Stones conquering the
world yet again’ mid-stride- in a
» World tour and now. The Beatles out
with these unearthed nuggets, we
seem to be time- warping in a seri-
ous way. -

And yet this set mostly lives up
“to the expectations.

Among the 56 tracks culled from
BBC radio’: recordings ‘made
‘between 1962 and 1965 there are 30
~ that just haven’ t been heard before

— no big surprises, just confirma-
lion of earnest homage paid to
influential contemporaries.

There's lot of Chuck Berry and
some Carl Perkins. Buddy Holly,
the Crickets,. Smokey Robinson,
Coasters, The Teddy Bears, Elvis
Presley, movie — starlet Ann
Margaret, Ray Charles, Little
Richard, Litthe Eva (she of the

. Loco-motion hit).

The tracks, taken as they are
from shows like Top Gear, Pop Go
The Beatles, Saturday Club and
From Us To You, are of varied sonic
quality.

A few of the cuts sound hardly
better: at all than the dubious
Hamburg club recordings made just
prior to the: BBC phase of the
band’s career.

Other songs sound surprisingly

crisp and that’s thanks to executive -

lemorial gig for
ormer drummer

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28, The
Commodore Ballroom.

2° As. the powerhouse drummer
behind. such: bands as. the Pointed
?Sticks,D.O.A., the Subhumans, the
Modernettes and Hunting Party, Ken

‘Dimwit” Montgomery ‘established
himself. as a Vancouver musical insti-
tution. :

many who ‘didn't. TA festionstely |
known as the Big Guy with the Big .
Heart, Dimwit’ s friends and fellow:

spec bench dedicated to his memory
with all. additional ‘money ‘going: to
the Vancouver Food Bank.

Seemingly ‘everyone: and their ©

dog has chipped in for the commem-
:, Co-produced. by
Perryscope: Concert Productions and -
Randall Carpenter, the show is being
staged at the legendary Commodore
Ballroom, : donated with’ lights and
sound by owner. Drew Burns. Long
‘& “McQuade Musical Instruments
have’ graciously donated. backline
equipment and ‘Ticketmaster is pro-
viding. tickets and promotion, ¥ waiv-
ing all surcharges. . .
«Among the scheduled acts — ~ all

of. which played and recorded with

Dimwit at one time or another — are
~Los‘Angeles’ Four Horsemen, who,
with Dimwit, had recently inked a
contract with Atlantic Records;
Stone & Crazy featuring D.O.A.’s Joe

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Keithley and Brian Goble; the
Modernettes with singer/songwriter
Buck Cherry; the Frank Frink Five
Hundred boasting the talents of for-
mer Pointed Sticks, Buddy Selfish,
She Stole My Beer and Modemettes
refugees; arid Bottom Feeders, the
last band with which Dimwit record-

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and Modemettes members.
Dimwit’s . brothers Chuck
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‘Black Flag, Circle Jerks, D.O.A.)
- and Bob Montgomery (roadie extra-

* ordinaire) will be on hand, the for-

‘mer lugging the. Big Guy’s. drumkit

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‘to be used throughout the evening,
‘the latter. providing much needed
-gear-humping muscle for musicians
well plied with complimentary beer
and Johnny's Party Pizzas. .

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producer George Martin’s fabor of
love.

What unifies all of the songs
though is the sense of immediacy
and unpolished energy.

The Beatles were still having fun
and everyone was along for the ride.

The tracks are liberally sprin-
kled with cheeky: Beatles 'exchang-
ing quips and banter with radio
hosts.

with the kind of information true
fans will find endless amounts of
fascination for — radio transmis-
sion dates, locations, song context
— real nerdy details.
Needless to say the disc is a
must-have for Beatles die-hards,
eoe
Turn to pages 39-40 in today’s
News Connected pages to catch up
with The Beatles on the Internet.

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