Beatles - The Early Tapes FLAC

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The Early Tapes of The Beatles is the first digital repackaging of the 1962 German album by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers (a.k.a. The Beatles) called My Bonnie. The original repackage was first issued in Germany in 1964 and titled The Beatles' First. It was recorded at Hamburg in 1961. This repackage was released in 1984. Most of the tracks feature vocals by Sheridan. Only tracks 1-5, 7, 10, and 11 actually feature the Beatles; the other songs are performed by Sheridan and other musicians. This album was reissued with a different design in 2004 on Universal Music's Spectrum label. (Wiki)


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The Early Tapes Of The Beatles - The Beatles With Tony Sheridan, Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers

The information below is taken from the notes in the CD folder. According to this all info is taken from the original recording sheets.

Producer: Bert Kaempfert (except track 14 where producer is unknown)
Cover photo Astrid Kirchherr

Polydor 823 701-2 Total Playing Time 40:51

1 Ain't She Sweet 2:12 recorded June 22/23, 1961
2 Cry For A Shadow 2:23 recorded June 22/23, 1961
3 When The Saints Go Marching In 3:18 recorded June 22/23, 1961
4 Why 2:58 recorded June 22/23, 1961
5 If You Love Me, Baby 2:53 recorded June 24, 1961
6 What'd I Say 2:39 recorded January 31, 1963
7 Sweet Georgia Brown 2:05 recorded December 21, 1961
8 Let's Dance 2:33 recorded October 18, 1962
9 Ruby Baby 2:52 recorded January 31, 1963
10 My Bonnie 2:42 recorded June 22/23, 1961
11 Nobody's Child 3:55 recorded June 22/23, 1961
12 Ready Teddy 2:01 recorded December 21, 1961
13 Ya Ya (Parts 1+2) 5:08 recorded August 28, 1962
14 Kansas City 2:38 unknown recording date

Artists:
Titles 1 & 2: The Beatles
Titles 3, 4, 5, 7, 10 & 11: The Beatles With Tony Sheridan
Titles 6, 8, 9, 12, 13 & 14: Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers

(P) 1961,1962,1963 Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg

[Note: The sound-quality of this CD is superb. All tracks except No.1
(Ain't She Sweet) are Stereo (the only other version of Ain't She Sweet
is 2:48 in length with a German intro and Tony Sheridan on lead vocals).

Track No.7 (Sweet Georgia Brown) exists twice. This version is with the
Beatles, recorded on Dec. 21st, 1961 whereas the version with the
Beat Brothers has been recorded in 1964. Rumors often say that there is
no Beatles on Sweet Georgia Brown)]