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| Earliest fab Hamburg cuts as Sheridan's backing band. Ain't She Sweet (John Lennon vocal), Cry For A Shadow, My Bonnie, etc. |
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| 1 Ain't She Sweet |
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| 2 Cry for a Shadow |
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| 3 Let's Dance |
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| 4 My Bonnie |
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| 5 Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby |
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| 6 What'd I Say |
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| 7 Sweet Georgia Brown |
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| 8 When the Saints Go Marching In |
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| 9 Ruby Baby |
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| 10 Why |
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| 11 Nobody's Child |
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| 12 Ya Ya, Pts. 1-2 |
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Album Review
The early Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best -- Ringo was with Rory Storm's Hurricanes -- back singer Tony Sheridan on some rock remakes that includes a rare Lennon/Harrison collaboration “Cry For A Shadow" that features Harrison's striking, tonal guitar licks on a jazzy bop instrumental similar to a Phil Upchurch cut. “Ain'T She Sweet" led by Lennon is the only non-Sheridan lead. But this is nothing to celebrate since Sheridan imitates a popcorn Buddy Holly on the poorly recorded, uninspiring tracks with the instrumental, and “Why," a fluffy ballad he co-wrote the only exceptions. Originally released on album in 1970 these tunes have undergone repackaging itis every since. Cut in Hamburg, Germany the summer of 1961, Polydor initially issued the single “My Bonnie" b/w “The Saints" ('61) credited as Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers; Though John, Paul, George, and Pete gigged as the Beatles, Polydor revised their name because beatles sounded like the German word for penis (peedles) and they didn't need the controversy. The record sold 180,000 copies in Germany and the United Kingdom; in the UK, the label credit read Tony Sheridan & the Beatles. This CD illustrates the unmapability of the music industry; Sheridan was being groomed for stardom, not the Beatles, who functioned as glorified session musicians. And though he recorded more sides for Polydor and became a singer/producer/writer of some note, Sheridan's success never matched the meteoric rise to fame and fortune enjoyed by a band of guys he liked enough to give their first break as studio musicians. ~ Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide
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