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February 25, 2012
in 1961 1964 beatles first germany hamburg lennon mccartney ray charles tony sheridan record vinyl
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The Beatles’ First (1964) | The Beatles and Tony Sheridan

Side 1
Ain’t She Sweet
Cry For A Shadow
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
My Babe
If You Love Me, Baby
What’d I Say

Side 2
Sweet Georgia Brown
The Saints (When The Saints Go Marching In)
Ruby Baby
Why
Nobody’s Child
Ya Ya

Side 3
Just A Little Bit
Kansas City
Save The Last Dance For Me
Unchained Melody
Get On The Right Track, Baby

Side 4
Skinny Minny
Jambalaya
Let’s Dance
My Bonnie
You Better Move On
I Got A Woman

This record is quite unique, it features the Beatles’ earliest recordings except for the 1957 tapes. At that time (1961) they were rehearsing in Hamburg with Tony Sheridan and were known as his backing band, the Beat Brothers. So we might say it’s more of a Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers album although John sings on Ain’t She Sweet (with that unmistakable hoarse voice we all know so well!). Moreover some songs were taken out of Sheridan’s first album, My Bonnie.
It’s very interesting because you can always spot George’s guitar or John’s. Something is really happening there, a legendary band is growing, working on classics such as I Got A Woman, The Saints, My Babe or What’d I Say. In Hamburg they were performing every night, twice most of the time. It was quite a frenetic period of their career, maybe the most. This album has became a real classic to me.

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