Tony Sheridan & The Beatles - Beatles Bop: Hamburg Days

Title: Beatles Bop: Hamburg Days Artist: Tony Sheridan & The Beatles Release Date: 11/6/2001 Label: Bear Family Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, lyrics/libretto UPCs: 4000127165831, 790051658328, 4001271658316 Genre: Rock Styles: Rock & Roll, Early Pop/Rock Moods: Fun, Exuberant, Lively, Party/Celebratory, Rollicking, Amiable/Good-Natured, Bittersweet, Bright, Cheerful, Humorous, Lush, Playful, Romantic, Swaggering, Warm, Wistful, Wry, Yearning Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. My Bonnie [German Intro]
2. My Bonnie [English Intro]
3. My Bonnie [Without Intro]
4. The Saints
5. Cry for a Shadow
6. Why (Can't You Love Me Again)
7. Nobody's Child
8. Ain't She Sweet
9. Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby [US Version]
10. Sweet Georgia Brown
11. Sweet Georgia Brown [New Lyrics]
12. Sweet Georgia Brown [US Version]
13. Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby [US Version]
14. Ain't She Sweet [US Version]
15. Nobody's Child [US Version]
16. My Bonnie [Medley Version]
17. The Saints [Medley Version]
18. Cry for a Shadow [Medley Version 1]
19. Cry for a Shadow [Medley Version 2]
20. Swanee River [With Intro]
21. Swanee River [Without Intro]

1. My Bonnie [German Intro]
2. My Bonnie [English Intro]
3. My Bonnie [Without Intro]
4. The Saints
5. Cry for a Shadow
6. Why (Can't You Love Me Again)
7. Nobody's Child
8. Ain't She Sweet
9. Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby
10. Sweet Georgia Brown
11. Sweet Georgia Brown [New Lyrics]
12. My Bonnie [Medley Version]
13. The Saints [Medley Version]
14. Cry for a Shadow [Medley Version 1]
15. Cry for a Shadow [Medley Version 2]
16. Swanee River [With Intro]
17. Swanee River [Without Intro]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2001 CD Bear Family 16583 2001 CD Bear Family 0000016583 2001 CD Bear Family 16583

Beatles Bop: Hamburg Days [CD Box With Book]

No matter what everyone once thought of these recordings -- I had a full LP's worth of them when I was a kid bought at a Spartan's or Arlan's Department store from the bargain bin and felt ripped off -- they hold more value and mystery now than they ever could have when they were originally issued. Part of it is the mythology of The Beatles, but the rest is in the raw, live, sexual energy that these recordings themselves project. It's also an indisputable fact that The Beatles never, ever rocked harder than on these sessions with Tony Sheridan and then-drummer Pete Best from 1961-1964. While Tony Sheridan may never have been the singer either Paul McCartney or John Lennon was, he was a solid rock & roll singer, and The Beatles had never thought much about playing pop music at point -- as these recordings truly attest. The wildness in all six versions of "My Bonnie" (three mono, three stereo), "Sweet Georgia Brown," "The Saints," "Take Some Insurance out on Me Baby," "Nobody's Child," "Ain't She Sweet," and "Cryin" for a Shadow," in all their mono, stereo, and medley versions, tell a story of risk, innocence, and raw nerve on the part of The Beatles, and until this Bear Family edition of the complete German studio sessions, it had never been told before. The package contains two CDs, 38 selections, and pristine sound. There is also a booklet with every single session note obtainable as well as many photographs and even a reproduction of the contract between The Beatles and Bert Kamephert as administered by the late Brian Epstein. This is an amazing document, one that opens another dimension unto the world that The Beatles entered and then changed. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alistair Taylor Liner Notes Andreas Merck Photo Scanning Anja Esselmann Photo Scanning Astrid Kirchnerr ? Bernd Matheja Concept, Creative Consultant Bert Kaempfert Liner Notes, Producer, Musician Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra Orchestra Dan Wall ? Gerhard Henjes Engineer Holger Von Bargen Art Direction Howie Casey Liner Notes Jimmy Doyle Drums John Lennon Clapping, Guitar, Vocals (Background), Vocals, Guitar (Electric) John Watson Drums Jurgen Crasser Mastering Jurgen Kramer Musician Paul McCartney Piano, Bass (Electric), Liner Notes, Drums, Shouts, Vocals (Background), Bass, Vocals, Guitar Paul Murphy Producer Pete Best Liner Notes, Drums Richard Weize Tape Research Roy Young Piano, Liner Notes Stuart Sutcliffe Bass, Liner Notes The Beatles Performer Tony Sheridan Vocals, Guitar (Electric) Wolfgang Taubenauer Artwork