The Beatles With Tony Sheridan

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Tony graduated to the Top Ten Club, when he met the Beatles and other British bands who were by then playing in Germany. It was during this period that Sheridan took a young George Harrison under his wing and helped him better master the guitar. George was very eager to learn, and by the time of the Beatles' second trip to Hamburg (in April of '61), the Beatles and Tony Sheridan had become accustomed to playing together. By that time, too, Polydor Records was seeking to offer Tony his first recording contract. Since Tony often played with the Beatles, they were familiar with the songs he might record. Some accounts have Bert Kaempfert himself hearing the Beatles at the Top Ten Club and personally signing the group, behind Tony Sheridan. The accounts relating exactly what was recorded and when are a little musty with age. Gottfridsson has the first session for Polydor taking place on June 22-23. As Joe Brennan's Variation's Guide indicates, the session's recording engineer has said that the record was mixed live from twin track to stereo. Some people claim that the slow English intro was recorded by Tony and the Beatles but that the German intro was done months later, when the Beatles were absent. Since the German version of the single (and picture sleeve) appears to have been released slightly earlier, if this is the case, then the German intro must have been recorded in June (with or without the Beatles). One account has the recordings being made on the stage of a local sc

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The Early Tapes Of The Beatles

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Early Tapes of the Beatles

First Featuring Tony Sheridan

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First Recordings 50th Anniversary Edition - Disc 1

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First Recordings 50th Anniversary Edition - Disc 2

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The British Invasion : The History of British Rock

In The Beginning

The Beatles With Tony Sheridan

Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days

The Early Tapes

First Recordings (50th Anniversary Edition)

Ain't She Sweet

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