Na época eles chamavam-se "The Beat Brothers" e acompanhavam Tony Sheridan em todas as músicas do álbum, excepto na 1ª, cantada por John Lennon. Programa:- Ain't she sweet
- Cry for a shadow
- Let's dance
- My Bonnie
- Take out some insurance on my baby
- What I'd say
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- The Saints
- Ruby baby
- Why (can't you love me again)
- Nobody's child
- Ya ya
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Impõe-se aqui uma rectificação, caro Zeca: ao contrário do que ainda hoje muita gente pensa, os Beat Brothers não eram um pseudónimo dos Beatles, existiam na realidade.
Na verdade, neste album originariamente editado em 19 de Março de 1964 (Polydor 236201), só duas faixas se podem considerar "gravações Beatles": "Ain't She Sweet", gravação histórica por ser a 1ª vez que a voz de Lennon era oficialmente registada em disco e o instrumental "Cry For A Shadow" (ambos os temas, ainda, claro, com o Pete Best na bateria).
Depois há mais 6 temas (4,5,7,8,10 e 11) em que são realmente os Beatles (sempre com Pete Best) a acompanhar o Tony Sheridan.
Os restantes 4 temas (3,6,9 e 12) são gravados pelo Tony Sheridan e os Beat Brothers, não tendo portanto nada a ver com os Beatles.
Um abraço, com os votos de um dia podermos ter a tua presença num almoço dos Guedelhudos Grisalhos.
Muito obrigado por estes preciosos esclarecimentios. O meu LP é uma edição budget e traz a etiqueta Contour, da Pickwick International. Na contracapa, apresenta o seguinte texto, assinado por Tony Sheridan
"I first met the Beatles in Hamburg in 1961 when I was playing in a new club just around the corner from the Reeperbahn. They were working at a place just down the road, as I later found out, and every night when they were through they used to come and watch us. I remember noticing them the first time they came. They wore cowboy boots, leather jackets and – at the time – contemporary haircuts. Well, we gradually got to know each other, and I got to enjoy their visits. I remember being very impressed by their musical eagerness, and personalitywise also they made a great impression on me.
After a while they went bck to Liverpool to play at the Cavern, I think, but then returned to Hamburg some time later when I was playing at the Top Ten club on the Reeperbahn. I was without a band at the time, so we got together. They backed me in my solo numbers, and I played guitar with them when they did their spots.
One night, Bert Kaempfert came into the Top Ten, introduced himself as an A&R man and record producer and asked us if we would like to record. We said OK, and the result of the first recording session was My Bonnie, The Saints, Cry for a Shadow and Why. Bert Kaempfert and all the other guys at the diskery were very excited about the waxings, but we didn't think very much of them, and although My Bonnie as a single release sold quite well in Germany, nothing fantastic happened at the time.
Just for the record, I'd like to mention here that there were five Beatles in those days: John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Pete Best (who was later replaced by Ringo Starr) and Stuart Sutcliffe who died so tragically in Hamburg. Those were the original Beatles to be heard on this disc. Their engagement at the Top Ten finished and they went back to Liverpool once more. Their last appearances in Hamburg included Christmas 1963/3 at the Star Club, after which they returned to England and had their unprecepented rise to fame. The rest is history."
Só mais uma coisa, amigo Rato, cabelos grisalhos, quem os tiver. E nós, os carecas? Ficamos excluídos?
Abração!
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