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In Hamburg 1961: A Musical Biography

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1	Introduction by the Author
2	George Harrison recalls the Beatles' early days in Hamburg
3	Beatles bodyguard, Horst Fascher remembers the group's dedication to their art
4	Lennon confidante Fred Seaman recalls John's feelings on the Beatles' early days
5	Pete Best recounts the chilling tale of the Thing
6	Cry For A Shadow and Pete recalls a typical night in Hamburg
7	Paul McCartney reflects on his relationship with Beatle Stuart Sutcliff
8	Pete Best remembers his close friend John
9	What'd I Say
10	Dakota's drummer, Tony Mansfield comments on the early Beatles composing talents
11	John Lennon remembers the group's constant hunt for new material
12	Horst Fascher and Pete Best name their favorite Beatle
13	Legendary record producer Bob Gallo discloses the Beatles' naughty behavior in Hamburg
14	Pete Best looks back
15	John Lennon and Horst Fascher remember the infamous Hamburg toilet seat story
16	Let's Dance
17	Horst Fascher reveals he once actually sang lead for the Beatles
18	If You Love Me, Baby
19	Horst Fascher recalls the very real violence of the Reeperbahm
20	Why
21	Horst Fascher and Pete Best look back on Stu, the lost Beatle
22	Ya Ya
23	Tony Mansfield goes on record regarding Pete's drumming ability
24	Pete Best makes a rare comment on his replacement in the group, Ringo Starr
25	Former Beatles manager, Allan Williams, recalls the Beatles in black leather
26	Sweet Georgia Brown
27	Cavern Club compere, Bob Wooler, attempts to define the Beatles' magic
28	Beatles' personal assistant, Alistair Taylor, remembers
29	Ruby Baby

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Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches; 2.83 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Delta
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Delta
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000001VCZ
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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steve_manassas

An interesting musical biography

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2015

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Loosely based on the illicit 1960s Savage Records release, The Savage Young Beatles , this Geoffrey Giuliano musical biography contains interviews and archival audio from Pete Best, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Hamburg Star-Club bouncer Horst Fascher (who sang lead on "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" on Live! At the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 ; according to Bruce Spizer, his brother Fred sang lead on "Be-Bop-A-Lula"), Cavern Club announcer Bob Wooler, record producer Bob Gallo (who co-owned Savage Records), Tony Mansfield, former drummer with Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas (never "And"), former Lennon assistant Fred Seaman, and more. Together, these interviews tell a fascinating story of The Beatles' early days in Hamburg.

The eight songs on the original SAVAGE YOUNG BEATLES album are also included. Although Giuliano incorrectly credits all eight songs to The Beatles, four of them are by Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers - "Let's Dance," "Ruby Baby," "Ya Ya (Parts 1 and 2)," and "What'd I Say." The four with Beatles involvement are "Why," the Lennon/Harrison instrumental "Cry For A Shadow," "If You Love Me, Baby" (a.k.a. "Take Out Some Insurance On Me Baby"), and "Sweet Georgia Brown" (the version with the "Beatle haircut" lyrics). All of the songs are licensed from San Juan Music Group, a sub-licensee of Polydor; the left and right channels are reversed, compared to other releases of the Beatles/Sheridan material. In the liner notes, Giuliano incorrectly lists "My Bonnie" as a Beatles-only track; that song was actually done with Sheridan. The other Beatles-only track was "Ain't She Sweet," with John Lennon on lead vocals. The other missing tracks are "The Saints" and "Nobody's Child."

Although there are more complete collections of the Beatles/Sheridan material available elsewhere, I recommend this disc for the interview segments. I also own two box sets of Beatles/Giuliano interviews - The Beatles: Inside Interviews and THE BEATLES IN THEIR OWN WORDS (Amazon does not offer the 5-disc box set, but the individual CDs can be found here , here , here , here , and here ).

There are many other Beatles interview CDs, many with duplicate material, including THE BEATLES TAPES , the 1976 release of the David Wigg interviews on Polydor, issued on CD on A&M 20 years later; Capitol's THE BEATLES' STORY, included in THE U.S. ALBUMS box set; the remastered Ed Rudy CDs from Beatle Brunch's Joe Johnson; the Rare Photos and Interviews CD series, given away as a freebie by Best Buy for purchasers of the ANTHOLOGY CDs; and an Uncut Magazine CD of Beatles press conferences, all of which I own.

Four stars for this release.

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As John Winston Lennon said: "it was the time before Brian `cleaned us up to sell us'".

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2013

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"Pete Best: The Beatles original drummer has been misrepresented over the years as a musical incompetent and social misfit in the Beatles tight-knit inner circle. the fact is however in all probability he was a better drummer than Ringo Starr. Pete of course is the percussionist on the historic sessions you will hear today so judge for yourself"

- Geoffrey Giuliano
Author of The Savage Young Beatles in Hamburg 1961:A Musical Biography

On "Savage Young Beatles in Hamburg 1961: A Musical Biography" listeners are brought into the world that has been dubbed `the Hamburg Szene' This was as Pete Best stresses in an interview the time of `Mach Shau', and as John Winston Lennon said it was the time before Brian `cleaned us up to sell us'.

Interviews also include how George Harrison explains how The Beatles as a group reached their peak in Hamburg. Harrison stresses this by saying "by that time we weren't famous, so the people who came to see us came for the music or whatever atmosphere we created." [This famous saying was used on the back to the inlay of the Sheridan/Beatles release `In The Beginning']

The recordings themselves apart from interviews and narration include three Beatles and Tony Sheridan collaborations one Beatles original and four other tracks by Sheridan backed by other musicians such as for example jimmy Doyle/Johnny Watson on drums Colin Melander on bass Rikki Barnes on Sax and Roy Young on keys.
Roy Young also joins the Beatles on the J.P Mccartney arranged Sweet Georgia Brown.
All recordings have a very direct and non-complex approach, and for me this is their strong point. The directly swinging Ya Ya [parts 1 and 2] is a stellar performance.

As the Beatles tracks are concerned it is there in the direct touch of the rhythm section of brisk, delicately put drum and easy going tag along bass. It is in how the guitar work comes through easily with stamina but without complication - The `Hamburg Szene' sound is clearly fascinating because this uncomplicated approach, these recordings continue to speak with a distinctive clarity. All recordings here succeed in bringing forth what is that right on touch of the `Hamburg Szene'
One of the interviews included features early Beatles associate Allan Williams speaks about how John was the leader of the group and how Paul was `jockeying for power', and I quote ` and it was Paul who got rid of Stuart Sutcliffe and also I think he got rid of Pete Best as well.'
Whatever the reason for splits and growing conflicts within the band was as time progressed, no one can deny that there was a clear change of approach for the group when Brian Epstein `cleaned them up' - as Lennon put it- and they started recording for George Martin and Parlophone/EMI [from June 1962] - and the break through on the POP scene that subsequently followed.

In Hamburg 1961 A Musical Biography shows a different - and less polished side of the group, the legendary Kaempfert Recordings capture the group with a direct enthusiasm, that makes them unique without making a fuss about it. This and also puts the Polydor recordings beyond compare to later recordings by this group. The recordings constitute a rare glimpse of triumph, albeit some parts of events covered in interviews with `crazy anecdotes' are rather bizarre.

On a different note:
Much has been said by Beatles historians about growing conflicts in the band as the Beatles geared for the clean cut pop transformation and aimed for stardom. Paul McCartney admits in an interview here that `the one he had problems with was Stuart'
Interestingly enough Geoffrey Guiliano in an interview notes that in the hundreds of interviews he conducted over the years on The Beatles he "couldn't find anyone one who would actually state that Pete Best couldn't cut it as the Fab's drummer - that is until now.'
It is noteworthy to mention that not even McCartney could admit Pete was a bad drummer.

Instead from Gulliamo we are given a snippet of an interview with Tony Mansfeild, drummer of the Dakotas who says referring to Pete: `He wasn't tasteful' and `I didn't think he did the job proper'.

Well, If you ask me personally I have an another way to see it other Mr. Mansfeild and it is how Pete has a special style that does not so much revolve around being all big around the kit but being really nifty on focusing on small details. It's a brisk happy go lucky playing style which I my self find most admirable, and it's also really effective on these recordings.

All this combined with the factors I stressed earlier bring together that special aura of these enthusiastic first recordings for this band. The significance of these recordings are being pondered early on by the Author in saying: `these sessions were an important milestone for the boys, no longer were they simply another scruffy rock band posing as professional - however rough and uneven the finished product may have been. The Beatles had finally made a record.'

The key in the likeability of this `Hamburg Szene' material lays in the pure here and now enthusiasm. Therefore these recordings are a fantastic treat, uplifting to listen to as they capture this group at a glance way before all the demands to fit in on the Pop Scene, came into being.

As for Tony Sheridan, he remains as solid as he ever was He obviously seems to be able to deliver straight on what ever the circumstances. All this can honestly be said even though the sound quality here is a bit crammed and in the rough, but there exists many different re-masters of these songs. The musical biography bases it's track list on the iconic 60's release `This is..... The Savage Young Beatles' that came out as a very recent reissue with both a vinyl and CD. 2011.

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Rob

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Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2004

If you have a fair amount of The Beatles music in your collection and love them, then give this one a go. Features recordings made before they were stars and still touring the clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg.

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