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Tag Archives: Star Club

Aug 29 7 comments
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Sweet Georgia Brown (w/original Sheridan vocal)

Welcome to the Beatles Rarity Of The Week. Most Beatles fans are aware of the recordings The Beatles made with Tony Sheridan, another English singer/guitarist they regularly backed during their stint at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg. Of the eight songs eventually released commercially, the most popular is My Bonnie, largely because it was [...]

Aug 08 2 comments
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Hallelujah I Love Her So (‘Beatals’ 1960 home rehearsal)

I’m glad you’re here today for yet another in my ongoing series titled The Beatles Rarity Of The Week. One legendary musician who caught the respect of The Beatles way back in their formative years was Ray Charles – a pioneer who successfully fused 1950′s soul music with R&B, gospel and the blues. Ray’s composition, [...]

Jun 12 5 comments
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Collector’s Corner – The first U.S. single to bear “The Beatles” name…and the name wasn’t even spelled correctly

Background Information When The Beatles follow-up single to Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You, their first EMI single in Britain, began racing up charts, The Beatles knew the time was ripe to release it in America. Please Please Me was the name of the new hit and producer George Martin had predicted it would go [...]

May 09 5 comments
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – I’m Talking About You (BBC Live for Saturday Club)

Welcome to The Beatles Rarity Of The Week. It is an unquestionable fact that The Beatles were fascinated by many of the pioneers from the golden era of American rock and roll. Of course there was Elvis Presley. But there are a few others that made a profound influence on the development of The Beatles [...]

Jan 03 3 comments
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Red Sails In the Sunset (unaltered account from Star Club tapes)

Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week and Happy New Year! During the holiday season of 1962 The Beatles were busy down in Hamburg. Accounts of their Star Club recordings there are numerous, confusing and often contradictory. During the final days of December 1962, when the band was on their last stint of shows [...]

Sep 13 0 comments
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – I Saw Her Standing There (Live for Saturday Club)

Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. Plans for The Beatles to do a recording session for the BBC radio program Saturday Club fell through on March 11, 1963 because John Lennon came down with a sore throat. Plan B was put into effect, which was to just do a live performance during the [...]