John Paul George & Stu (earliest live Beatles) - Liverpool May 1960 ---- fan only ! (FLAC)

[size=200]The Beatles / The Beatals / The Quarrymen / The Beetles / The Silver Beetles / The Silver Beatles[/size]


John Lennon (guitar/vocals/front man/composer).
Paul McCartney (guitar/vocals/composer).
George Harrison (guitar).
Stu Sutcliffe (bass).
Occasionally Mike McCartney (percussion).
The Beatles had no steady drummer at this time.

1960 was probably the most problematic year in The Beatles' career.
The year certainly had its up and downs. John, Paul and George were struggling to maintain a band status. Drummers came and went.
Stu Sutcliffe joined the band and his inability to play bass well surely impeded progress. Band names came and went but, ultimately, it was this year that they finally settled on "The Beatles". 1960 was a make-it or break-it year and in December, after returning from their first trip to Hamburg, the band almost broke up. Luckily they didn't because in 1961 they finally were headed on the road to fame.
were made.

April 1960
McCartney Home, Forthlin Road, Liverpool - The Beatals

3 May 1960
Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool - Rory Storm and The Hurricanes

10 May 1960
Audition
Wyvern Social Club (The Blue Angel), Liverpool
The Silver Beetles or The Silver Beats
(Long John Silver, Paul Ramone, Carl Harrison, Stuart de Stael)

20 May 1960
Town Hall, Alloa, Scotland - Long John and The Silver Beetles

June-July 1960
McCartney Home, Forthlin Road, Liverpool - "THE BEATLES"

July - September 1960
Rock and Calypso Ballroom, Wales - Rory Storm and The Hurricanes

17 August 1960
The Indra, Hamburg, Germany - finally, "THE BEATLES"

Fall 1960
The Bambi Kino, Hamburg Germany

Fall 1960
Grosse Hafenrundfahrt, Hamburg Germany

Fall 1960
The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany - Rory Storm and The Hurricanes

28 September 1960
Harold's Cafe, Hamburg, Germany

November 1960
Heiligengeistfeld Square, Hamburg, Germany

November 1960
Brodersweg, Hamburg, Germany

December 1960
McCartney Home, Forthlin Road, Liverpool

1960
various Ringo


==================================================
Remember,
1960, mono tape, one mic, plus 50 years !
==================================================

***************************************************************************

The Beatles
John, Paul, George & Stu - Liverpool May 1960

Vintage home recordings of the pre-Silver Beatles
The very first tapes of the Beatles made at Paul's house
Liverpool 1960


01. I'll Follow The Sun (very first version) Lennon/McCartney 1'47
02. Long Rambling Blues Sequence Harrison/McCartney 7'30
03. Blues & Roll Expectations Harrison/McCartney 11'47
04. Hallelujah I Love Her So Ray Charles 2'32
05. That's Not A Banjo, It's Blues Guitar Harrison/McCartney 4'49
06. Dreaming Old Mississippi Blues Harrison/McCartney 7'39
07. Cold As Ice / Elvis' Nightmare Lennon/McCartney 5'45
08. Oh Pretty Darling Lennon/McCartney 5'42
09. The One After 909 Lennon/McCartney 2'21
10. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man Chuck Berry 3'43
11. Screaming Guitar Blues Harrison/McCartney 11'28
12. Shuffle Boogie Blues Harrison/McCartney 17'11
13. Won't You Try Lennon/McCartney 1'46