The Beatles To Release 1994 Album Follow-Up 'On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2': New Album Features 37 Unreleased Songs, 23 Unreleased In-Studio Recordings [VIDEO & REPORT]

By Jobs & Hire Staff Reporter | Sep 12, 2013 04:08 PM EDT

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The Beatles is back with a new album, a follow-up to the Fab Four's 1994 hit compilation 'Live at The BBC,' The Verge reported Thursday.

The Beatles will be releasing a follow-up album titled 'On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2' on November 11th, which features 63 tracks that hit the BBC airwaves from 1963 to 1964.

According to a newly issued press release for the new album, 'On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2' will not overlap in terms of content with the prior BBC compilation. In fact, almost everything in this 2013 album are relatively new: 37 commercially unreleased songs plus 23 in-studio unreleased recordings between Ringo, John, George, and Paul and their conversations with DJs Brian Matthew and Alan Freeman as well as with hosts Lee Peters and Rodney Burke.

"There's a lot of energy and spirit. We are going for it, not holding back at all, trying to put in the best performance of our lifetimes," Paul McCartney said on the new compilation.

An announcement found on the Beatles website stated that the fresh compilation will include ten On Air songs that the band never recorded for EMI in the 1960s, two of which are making their debuts for the new release: the group's direct-to-air performance of Chuck Berry's 'I'm Talking About You' and a cover of 'Beautiful Dreamer.'

Different versions of the 1994 BBC collection will also appear on this new album: Chuck Berry's 'Memphis, Tennessee,' Little Richard's 'Lucille,' Ray Charles' 'I Got A Woman,' and Chan Romero's 'The Hippy Hippy Shake.'

"We did a lot of tracks that were never on record for Saturday Club - they were well recorded, too," John Lennon recalled in 1980, referring to the 'Happy Birthday, Dear Saturday Club' tribute they made for BBC's '60s pop show.

The first compilation was assembled by George Martin in 1994 while this new album was compiled and researched by producers Kevin Howlett and Mike Healey.

'On air - Live at the BBC Volume 2' will be available in two-CD and vinyl packages with a 48-page booklet.

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