Name: The Early Tapes of the Beatles
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SKU: 866829
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The Early Tapes of the Beatles

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Album: The Early Tapes of the Beatles
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Ain't She Sweet Mono	More Info...	2:15
2)	Cry For A Shadow Stereo	More Info...	2:26
3)	The Saints (When The Saints Go Marching In) Stereo	More Info...	3:21
4)	Why (Can't You Love Me Again) Stereo	More Info...	3:01
5)	If You Love Me, Baby (Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby) Stereo	More Info...	2:56
6)	What'd I Say Stereo	More Info...	2:42
7)	Sweet Georgia Brown Second Version	More Info...	2:07
8)	Let's Dance Stereo	More Info...	2:36
9)	Ruby Baby Stereo	More Info...	2:54
10)	My Bonnie German Intro - Mono	More Info...	2:44
11)	Nobody's Child Stereo	More Info...	3:57
12)	Ready Teddy	More Info...	2:03
13)	Ya Ya (Part 1 & 2)	More Info...	5:10
14)	Kansas City	More Info...	2:40
2)	Cry for a Shadow	More Info...	0:02
3)	When the Saints Go Marching In	More Info...	0:03
4)	Why	More Info...	0:03
5)	If You Love Me, Baby	More Info...	0:03
6)	What'd I Say	More Info...	0:02
7)	Sweet Georgia Brown	More Info...	0:02
8)	Let's Dance	More Info...	0:02
9)	Ruby Baby	More Info...	0:03
10)	My Bonnie	More Info...	0:02
11)	Nobody's Child	More Info...	0:04
12)	Ready Teddy	More Info...	0:02
13)	Ya Ya	More Info...	0:05
14)	Kansas City	More Info...	0:02

Album: The Early Tapes of the Beatles
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Ain't She Sweet Mono	More Info...	2:15
2)	Cry For A Shadow Stereo	More Info...	2:26
3)	The Saints (When The Saints Go Marching In) Stereo	More Info...	3:21
4)	Why (Can't You Love Me Again) Stereo	More Info...	3:01
5)	If You Love Me, Baby (Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby) Stereo	More Info...	2:56
6)	What'd I Say Stereo	More Info...	2:42
7)	Sweet Georgia Brown Second Version	More Info...	2:07
8)	Let's Dance Stereo	More Info...	2:36
9)	Ruby Baby Stereo	More Info...	2:54
10)	My Bonnie German Intro - Mono	More Info...	2:44
11)	Nobody's Child Stereo	More Info...	3:57
12)	Ready Teddy	More Info...	2:03
13)	Ya Ya (Part 1 & 2)	More Info...	5:10
14)	Kansas City	More Info...	2:40
2)	Cry for a Shadow	More Info...	0:02
3)	When the Saints Go Marching In	More Info...	0:03
4)	Why	More Info...	0:03
5)	If You Love Me, Baby	More Info...	0:03
6)	What'd I Say	More Info...	0:02
7)	Sweet Georgia Brown	More Info...	0:02
8)	Let's Dance	More Info...	0:02
9)	Ruby Baby	More Info...	0:03
10)	My Bonnie	More Info...	0:02
11)	Nobody's Child	More Info...	0:04
12)	Ready Teddy	More Info...	0:02
13)	Ya Ya	More Info...	0:05
14)	Kansas City	More Info...	0:02

Tracks

1. Ain't She Sweet

2. Cry For A Shadow

3. When The Saints Go Marching In

4. Why

5. If You Love Me, Baby

6. What'd I Say

7. Sweet Georgia Brown

8. Let's Dance

9. Ruby Baby

10. My Bonnie

11. Nobody's Child

12. Ready Teddy

13. Ya Ya [Parts 1 And 2]

14. Kansas City

Performer Notes

IN THE BEGINNING features The Beatles first recordings for Polydor Records Germany as backup band for English singer Tony Sheridan. The album also features 4 tracks by Sheridan backed up by The Beat Brothers.
The Beatles: John Lennon, George Harrison (vocals, guitar); Paul McCartney (vocals, bass); Pete Best (drums).
Additional personnel: Tony Sheridan (vocals); The Beat Brothers.
Producer: Bert Kaempfert.
Compilation producer: Bill Levenson.
Recorded in Hamburg, Germany in June 1961 & May 1962.
Includes liner notes by Tony Sheridan, George Harrison, and Bill Harry.
All tracks are digitally remastered.
German edition
Liner Note Author: Bill Harry.
Photographer: Jrgen Vollmer.
Arranger: Tony Sheridan.
Much is made of the Beatles' formative years in Hamburg during the early '60s, and rightly so--tapes of their sessions during the time are rare, and find the band at their most primitive. However, this is anything but a fault--one of the most storied aspects of the Beatles was their explosive energy, the boundless enthusiasm fostered by their first glimpse of popularity. THE EARLY TAPES finds the young Beatles reining in that energy for their first professional recording gigs, overseen by legendary bandleader Bery Kaempfert.
The Beatles were originally called upon as a backup band for crooner Tony Sheridan for these sessions; Kaempfert was taken by Sheridan's cool, rockabilly-inflected voice, and the Beatles took the studio opportunity to record a few tunes themselves. Among these is a self-penned instrumental, "Cry For A Shadow," and the album's opener, "Ain't She Sweet," which features the vocal work of one John Lennon. Elsewhere, the album documents other first steps for the group, including the first single, "My Bonnie," which Kaempfert credited to Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers, a name which would continue with Sheridan long after the Fab Four went on to change the world.