Paul and Ringo are hoping to delay a Beatles reunion for as long as they possibly can.

I briefly got my hands on this Beatles double-LP rarities collection cleverly known as A Knight’s Hard Day. It was published by Apple Records sometime in the ’60s, though there’s no exact date stamped on the discs or cover. There’s a Japanese version selling on eBay right now for $33, but there’s little other info about the record online.

The albums have alternative versions, recorded in 1963 and 1964 at a variety of venues, of Beatles classics like “Can’t Buy Me Love.” But these are slightly different versions aimed at hard-core fans and not brilliant re-imaginings that you absolutely need to hear. There are also covers of classics, including “Youngblood,” “Lucille” and “Too Much Monkey Business.” Perhaps what’s most entertaining is that in one of the interviews with the Fab Four, which was recorded during the Australia-New Zealand tour of 1964, Ringo Starr apparently farts and then is teased with gusto by John Lennon. Not as interesting is the rather generic back cover copy:

“While compiling this series of albums we have come across some strange oddities, some of which have presented us with huge problems in order to give you what we always promised: The finest collection of alternative takes ever compiled in a listenable format.”

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