“September In The Rain” is a Beatles performance from the band’s Decca audition on 1 January 1962. It has never received an official Beatles release, which makes it less a lost catalogue title than a revealing snapshot of the pre-fame…

“Searchin’” is a Beatles cover of the Coasters’ 1957 hit, officially released in 1995 on Anthology 1 but recorded much earlier at the band’s Decca audition on 1 January 1962. It matters because it captures the pre-fame group in raw…

“Sea Of Time” is one of George Martin’s orchestral cues from side two of the Yellow Submarine Album. It is not a Beatles performance in the usual sense, but part of the specially recorded score Martin wrote and arranged for…

“Sea Of Monsters” is one of George Martin’s orchestral cues from side two of the Yellow Submarine Album. It is not a Beatles performance in the usual sense, but part of the specially recorded score Martin wrote and arranged for…

“Sea Of Holes” is one of George Martin’s orchestral pieces from side two of the Yellow Submarine Album. It is not a Beatles performance in the usual sense, but part of the specially recorded score Martin wrote and arranged for…

“Savoy Truffle” is a George Harrison song from The Beatles (the “White Album”), released in 1968. On the surface it sounds playful: a soul-flavoured list of chocolates and sweet-shop names. Under that surface, though, it is one of Harrison’s sharpest…

“Run For Your Life” is a John Lennon-led Beatles song from Rubber Soul, released in December 1965. It is one of the album’s most controversial tracks and one Lennon later spoke about with little affection. That matters, because the song…

“Roll Over Beethoven” is The Beatles’ 1963 cover of Chuck Berry’s 1956 rock and roll classic, released on With The Beatles. It was not included just to pad out an album. It was one of the clearest links between the…

“Rocky Raccoon” is a Paul McCartney-led Beatles story song from the 1968 White Album. At first glance it can look like a throwaway country parody, but that sells it short. It is one of McCartney’s clearest one-act narrative songs, built…

“Rock And Roll Music” is The Beatles’ 1964 cover of Chuck Berry’s 1957 hit, released on Beatles For Sale. It was not just another filler cover. It was one of the clearest examples of the group still leaning on the…