Released on December 17, 2013, The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 is a unique, 59-track digital compilation that serves more as a historical archive than a traditional album. Originally a surprise release through the Apple Music Store , it was primarily issued to protect unreleased recordings from falling into the public domain under revised European Union copyright laws.

For 30 years, collectors suffered through awful sound. A typical 1963 bootleg in the 1980s was a seventh-generation cassette tape recorded off a mono AM radio. It hissed, it warbled, and it was painful.

Includes early, "work-in-progress" versions of hits from Please Please Me and With The Beatles . Notable takes include multiple versions of "There's a Place" and "Misery," plus an undubbed version of "Money (That’s What I Want)".