Give
Peace a Chance
-released 1970
Hot As Sun
-released November 1970
The Black
Album
- released December 1970
Buy the Farm
-released August 1971
With The Quarrymen Quartet
-unreleased
Too Many Fifth
Beatles
- released late 1971
Political
Nonsense
-released October 1972
Meat City
-released July 1973
Live and Let
Die
-released December 1973
Beatles On The Run
-released July 1974
Junior's Farm
-released January 1975
The Grey Album
-released October 1975
Rock and Roll
Vol. II
-released July 1976
Let'em In
-released December 1976
Here Comes
the Moon
-released May 1979
Live in the 70's
-released July
1981
All Those Years
Ago
-released July 1982
Men In Suits
-released July 1988
Free As A Bird
-released October 1997
Beatles Solo
One
-released July 2001
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Apple
Corps negotiated a deal to deliver a live album with a new
concert as part of the on going litigation  with
EMI and Capital over the dissolving of the original band agreements.
While the Beatles had basically ignored all of the high profile
offers for a reunion, they were in fact planning to legally
counter Beatlemania with a project called the Long and
Winding Road, which would end with a live concert performance.
On the evening of July 13th, 1977, the Beatles rented out
the Ed Sullivan Theater to begin dress rehearsals for a highly
top secret filmed concert. With full film crew, George Martin
and his array of studio equipment and a few hundred friends
and family (including most of the cast and crew of Saturday
Night Live), the band came on stage with a set list of ten
songs, which were agreed upon to be the back to the basics
guitars and kit, and stuck to the original arrangements, so
that they could practice individually (also went over some
acoustically in a private corner of Central Park earlier in
the day). The first night was to be a dress rehearsal, and
if all went well, the second night would be filmed for the
documentary. There was some squabbling over song order, but
generally the group seemed pleased to be there. At 8:30 PM,
the band took the stage. The crowd went wild for five minutes.
After they died down, the band broke into the opening notes
for Roll Over Beethoven. The plan was to loosen up
with some early standards.
At 8:37 PM EST, the lights went out.
In the ensuing chaos, the group and their
families were escorted back to the Dakota, but with all of
the rioting and after effect of the big blackout of ’77,
the band never made it back to the Theatre, and  basically
shelved the project indefinitely.
The songs rumored to be performed were:
1. Roll Over Beethoven
2. I Saw Her Standing There
3. Twist and Shout
4. I Wanna Be Your Man
5. Help
6. Sgt. Pepper/With a Little Help From My Friends
7. Back in the U.S.S.R.
8. Get Back
9. Acoustic Set: Here Comes the Sun/Yesterday/You’ve
Got To Hide Your Love Away Medley
10. New Song???
After John’s death, the band fulfilled
their record obligation by releasing Live in the 70’s,
which featured the four individuals at various concert venues
between 1969 and 1980. The cover was taken from the first
30 seconds of Roll Over Beethoven. Strangely enough, not one
of the rumored songs were included, especially since none
were performed live by any of them during the seventies.
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