Pre-Owned - Condition: Disc 1 pristine (no scratches), Disc 2: Some light scratches (Plays perfectly)
Live at the BBC is a 1994 compilation album featuring performances by the Beatles that were originally broadcast on various BBC Light Programme radio shows from 1963 through 1965. The mono album, a two-CD set, consists of 56 songs and 13 tracks of dialogue; 30 of the songs had never been issued previously by The Beatles. It was the first official release by The Beatles of previously unissued performances since The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl in 1977, and the first containing previously unreleased songs since Let It Be in 1970.

Although the songs were recorded ahead of broadcast, allowing for retakes and occasional overdubbing, they are essentially "live in studio" performances. Most of the songs are cover versions of material from the late 1950s and early 1960s, reflecting the stage set they developed before Beatlemania.

Live at the BBC peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard 200 album chart[16] and reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.[17] The album sold an estimated 8 million copies worldwide during its first year of release.[18]

A reviewer for Time said that the collection contained "few buried treasures", but "as a time capsule, the set is invaluable."[19] Another reviewer described it as "worth hearing" even though the album is a "quaint memento" in which The Beatles sound "scruffy and fairly tame".[20] Anthony DeCurtis, writing for Rolling Stone, was more enthusiastic, calling the album "an exhilarating portrait of a band in the process of shaping its own voice and vision" while noting the "irresistible" spirit and energy of the performances.[21]

This album would go on to receive a Grammy nomination for Best Historical Album, although it did not win the award.

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