The Beatles - In the Beginning: The Early Tapes

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Album Details

Title: In the Beginning: The Early Tapes
Artist: The Beatles
Release Date: 5/4/1970
Re-Released On: 11/7/2000
Label: Polydor, Polygram
Duration: 40:17
Album Type(s): Greatest Hits
UPCs: 042282370129, 042282507341
Genre: Rock
Styles: Rock & Roll, Early Pop/Rock, British Invasion, Merseybeat, Contemporary Pop/Rock, AM Pop
Moods: Ambitious, Bright, Complex, Exciting, Fun, Lively, Witty, Amiable/Good-Natured, Carefree, Happy, Poignant, Searching, Sentimental, Sweet, Warm, Whimsical, Wistful, Yearning, Cheerful, Exuberant, Gleeful, Humorous, Joyous, Laid-Back/Mellow, Literate, Lush, Melancholy, Quirky, Rollicking, Sophisticated, Swaggering, Trippy, Irreverent, Light, Playful, Romantic, Wry, Bittersweet, Eccentric, Party/Celebratory
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Members Wishing: 0
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

Ain't She Sweet
Cry for a Shadow
When the Saints Go Marching In
Why
If You Love Me, Baby
What'd I Say
Sweet Georgia Brown
Let's Dance
Ruby Baby
My Bonnie
Nobody's Child
Ready Teddy
Ya Ya, Pt. 1-2
Kansas City

Additional Releases

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
1990	CD	Polygram	823701
1962	CD	Polydor	823701-2

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Album Review

Before beginning their recording career, the Beatles recorded a few tracks in Hamburg in 1961 as the backing group for British singer Tony Sheridan. Reissued in countless different packages around the globe after the Beatles became famous, this should in no way be considered their first album; not only were their skills rudimentary, but Sheridan takes all but one of the lead vocals on this set of fairly tame covers of popular and early rock standards. Several tracks are of interest: "Ain't She Sweet," with a lead vocal by John Lennon, was a small American hit single in 1964; the driving instrumental "Cry for a Shadow" was written by Lennon and George Harrison; and "My Bonnie," with Paul McCartney's shouts clearly audible in the background, was responsible for bringing the group to the attention of Brian Epstein. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Credits

Name	Credits
Astrid Kirchnerr	Photography
Bert Kaempfert	Producer
Bill Harry	Liner Notes
Bill Levenson	Reissue Supervisor
Falkenburg	Engineer
Joel Brodsky	Cover Photo
Johnny "Guitar" Watson	Drums
Karl Hinze	Engineer
Margaret Goldfarb	Reissue Coordination
Mike Fink	Reissue Design
Peter Klemt	Engineer
Ricky Barnes	Saxophone
Ritchie Yorke	Quotes Researched & Compiled
Roy Young	Piano
Suha Gur	Mastering
Tony Sheridan	Arranger, Liner Notes
Vartan	Reissue Art Director
Wayne Olsen	Research