The Beatles' First

Infobox Album
Name = The Beatles' First
Type = compilation
Artist = The Beatles featuring Tony Sheridan


Caption = UK album sleeve, Polydor 236-201
Released = April 1964 (Germany) [http://tonysheridan.com/html/lp.html]
4 August 1967 (UK)
Recorded = Hamburg March–September 1961
Genre = Rock and roll
Length = ?
Label = Polydor
LPHM46432/
SPLHM237632 (Germany)
236-201 (UK)
Producer = Bert Kaempfert
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2su67u5040jf link]
Last album =
This album = "The Beatles' First"
(1964)
Next album =
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = compilation


Lower caption = Cover of deluxe edition

"The Beatles' First" is the first British packaging of the 1962 German album by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers (a.k.a. The Beatles) called "My Bonnie". It was recorded at Hamburg in 1961.

Releases

Original LP

"The Beatles' First" was released in 1964 by German Polydor and was available in the UK as an import. In 1967, Polydor officially released the album in the UK, but with a different sleeve.

In the US, the album was released under the title "In the Beginning (Circa 1960)" in 1970 (Polydor 24-4504).

All subsequent releases of the Tony Sheridan/Beatles/Beat Brothers recordings are repackages of the same tracks.

Deluxe edition

This title is available in an expanded double CD set with bonus tracks which was issued by Universal Music on 12 June 2004. The main tracks are in stereo on the first CD and in mono on the second CD.

Track listing

Original LP

All vocals by Tony Sheridan unless otherwise indicated.

ide one

#"Ain't She Sweet" (Ager/Yellen) (vocal: John Lennon) – 2:10
#"Cry for a Shadow" (George Harrison/John Lennon) (instrumental) – 2:22
#"Let's Dance" (Lee) (by Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers) – 2:32
#"My Bonnie" (traditional) – 2:06
#"Take Some Insurance On Me, Baby" (Hall/Singleton) – 2:52
#"What'd I Say" (Ray Charles) (by Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers) – 2:37

ide two

#"Sweet Georgia Brown" (Bernie, Casey, Pinkard) – 2:03
#"The Saints" (traditional) – 3:19
#"Ruby Baby" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) (by Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers) – 2:48
#"Why" (Compton/Sheridan) – 2:55
#"Nobody's Child" (traditional) – 3:52
#"Ya Ya" (Dorsey/Robinson) (by Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers) – 2:48

Deluxe edition

Disc one

All tracks in stereo.

#"Ain't She Sweet"
#"Cry for a Shadow"
#"Let's Dance"
#"My Bonnie"
#"Take Some Insurance On Me, Baby"
#"What'd I Say"
#"Sweet Georgia Brown"
#"The Saints"
#"Ruby Baby"
#"Why"
#"Nobody's Child"
#"Ya Ya"
#"My Bonnie" (English intro)
#"My Bonnie" (German intro)

Disc two

All tracks in mono.

#"Ain't She Sweet"
#"Cry for a Shadow"
#"Let's Dance"
#"My Bonnie"
#"Take Some Insurance On Me, Baby"
#"What'd I Say"
#"Sweet Georgia Brown"
#"The Saints"
#"Ruby Baby"
#"Why"
#"Nobody's Child"
#"Ya Ya"
#"My Bonnie" (English intro)
#"My Bonnie" (German intro)
#"Let's Twist Again" (performed by Tony Sheridan)
#"Top Ten Twist" (performed by Tony Sheridan)

Notes