First Live Recordings Vol. One

Infobox Album | Name = First Live Recordings Vol. 1
Type = Live Album
Artist = The Beatles

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Released = 1979
Recprded = 1962
Genre = Oldies
Length = 30:15
Label = Pickwick Records
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:is9fs30ba3ng]

"First Live Recordings Vol. 1" is an album released by Pickwick Records in 1979. Liverpool singer, King Size Taylor, recorded this on a Grundig home tape recorder at 3 3/4 ips during a performance at Hamburg's Star Club on December 31, 1962. Though even The Beatles thought the sound quality was too poor for anything to be made of the recording, Lingasong Records spent about $100,000 rebuilding the sound into a 16-track master. The result of their effort is this recording. This is the first half of the recording. The rest is found in First Live Recordings Vol. Two.This recording includes Ringo Starr on drums, making this the very first live recording of The Beatles.This same recording was previously released as Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 by Lingasong Records. Pickwick's version has been slightly altered to allow for more prominence in the vocals.

Track listing

# "Where Have You Been All My Life" (Cynthia Weil/Barry Mann) – 1:55
# "A Taste of Honey" (Bobby Scott/Rick Marlow) – 1:40
# "Your Feets Too Big" (Ada Benson/Fred Fisher) – 2:20
# "Mr. Moonlight" (R. Johnson) – 2:05
# "Besame Mucho" (T. Velasquez) – 2:35
# "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)" (J. Thomas/H. Biggs) – 2:40
# "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (G. Vincent/T. Davis) – 2:28
# "Halleluja I Love Her So" (Ray Charles) – 2:08
# "'Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson) – 1:59
# "Sweet Little Sixteen" (Chuck Berry) – 2:44
# "Little Queenie" (Chuck Berry) – 3:53
# "Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey" (J. Leiber/M. Stoller/R. Penniman) – 2:09
# "Hully Gully" (F. Smith/C. Goldsmith) – 1:39