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The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan In The Beginning LP |
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Earliest Official Recording of the Beatles
Available!
The Beatles In the Beginning on LP from Wax Cathedral Pressed at RTI!
Seminal Early Beatles Recordings as Backing Band for Singer Tony Sheridan with
Pete Best on Drums!
Includes Rare Lennon/Harrison Instrumental “Cry for a Shadow” and Lennon-Led
“Ain’t She Sweet”!
This is where the legend starts. Serving as the backing musicians for British
rock singer Tony Sheridan, the Beatles turned out the most productive studio
session of their formative years in June 1961 in Hamburg, a historical occasion
documented on the seminal In the Beginning. Billed as the Beat Brothers, the
group that evolved into the Fab Four counted original member Pete Best on drums
and largely supply Sheridan with rhythmic foundations for traditional cuts such
as Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say” and Lieber-Stoller’s “Ruby Baby,” as well as a
batch of originals.
Most importantly, the date also produced the rare jazzy instrumental “Cry for a
Shadow,” the only Beatles track ever credited to Lennon-Harrison. Another
essential gem is “Ain’t She Sweet,” an early 20th century hit covered here with
lead vocals by John Lennon. Most importantly, this treasured LP affords music
fans from around the world an early glimpse into the instrumental abilities and
harmonic sound of a band that would, within two years, become the most important
and popular ensemble in history.
Historians and collectors, take note: These performances occurred long before
the quartet’s similarly prized artifact Live at the Hamburg Club 1962, making
this album the earliest official recording of the Beatles available.
"...And probably, in my opinion anyway, we reached our stage peak in Hamburg.
That was well before we were famous, and so the people who came to see us were
drawn by our music, or whatever atmosphere we created... And we got to be very
good as a band, because we had to play for eight hours a night... We got
together a big repertoire of some originals, but mainly we did all the old rock
things... At first, when we went on the road as a famous group, it was good fun.
But we soon found out that we had to play our records to promote them. We could
only sing our hits and none of the old rock things we'd loved doing in Liverpool
and Hamburg... as I said, we got very tight as a band in Hamburg..." -
George Harrison
Featuring dead-quiet surfaces, this Wax Cathedral LP is pressed at RTI,
America’s best record plant.
Features:
• Wax Cathedral LP Pressed at RTI
• Dead Quiet Surfaces
• Earliest Official Recording of the Beatles Available
• Historical and Collector's Item
• Billed as the Beat Brothers with Pete Best Listed on Drums
• Early Beatles Recordings as Backing Band for Tony Sheridan
• Includes Rare Recordings, "Cry for a Shadow" The Only Beatles Track Ever
Credited to Lennon-Harrison and Lennon's Cover of "Ain't She Sweet"
• Deluxe Gatefold Jacket with B&W Pictures of The Beatles & Comments from Tony
Sheridan Inside!
Musicians:
Paul McCartney,vocals, bass
John Lennon,vocals, rhythm guitar
George Harrison, lead guitar, vocals
Pete Best, drums
Tony Sheridan, vocals
Selections:
Side One:
1. Ain’t She Sweet
2. Cry for a Shadow
3. Let’s Dance
4. My Bonnie
5. Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby
6. What’d I Say
Side Two:
7. Sweet Georgia Brown
8. When the Saints Go Marching In
9. Ruby Baby
10. Why
11. Nobody’s Child
12. Ya Ya...
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