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Due to the questionable copyright status of these performances ( recorded prior to the group's EMI contract ), the Decca audition was commercially distributed in various configurations starting in 1981 ; some of these " grey market " albums omitted the three Lennon – McCartney songs.

By the late 1980s, legal action by The Beatles had halted commercial availability of the albums.

In addition to continued inclusion on bootlegs, a small U. S. record label issued the songs on CD through mail order in 2007 as The Lost Decca Sessions, which it described as legal and licensed.