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Tony Sheridan With The Beatles (EPH 21 610)
(Update: 8th. July 2023)
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#1-1 Tony Sheridan With The Beatles (1st. Press: EPH 21 610)
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TITLE
TONY SHERIDAN WITH THE BEATLES
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
My Bonnie (Trad./Sheridan) (English Intro. Ver. AB)
Cry For A Shadow (Harrison-Lennon) (Ver. A)
SIDE 2
The Saints (When The Saints Go Marching In)  (Trad./Sheridan) (Ver. A)
Why (Sheridan) (Ver. A)
RELEASE DATE
21th. June 1963 / First Press
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Matrix No.: 21610 A
O F3 - K
Made in Germany
Matrix No.: 21610 B
O XXF3 - K ?
Made in Germany
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CATALOG NUMBER EPH 21 610
RECORD LABEL
Polydor Orange Scroll label (Made in Germany)
MIX
MONO
MATRIX No. Side1 21610 A    O F3 - K      Made in Germany
Side2 21610 B     O XXF3 - K ?      Made in Germany
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
CENTER
Full size center hole
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
Side1 -
Side2 -
PRODUCER
Bert Kaempfert
PRINTER CREDIT
-
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Made in England. The two flaps were pasted on the inside of the cover.
COMMENT
First pressing is Orange scroll label;
"Why" songwriting credit as 'Sheridan' or 'Sheridan-Crompton'.
2nd. pressing has red label.
German-made records with both orange and red labels were exported from Germany to Great Britain and were there given the British-made cover. It also seems that the Germans in their turn, imported British-made covers for their own editions. So far there have never shown up any German-made covers to this EP.

A release date of 21 Jun 1963 is given in "Record Retailer" issue dated 20 Jun, 1963.

This record representes a milestone in the fabulous rise to fame of The Beatles. It is their very first recording.
None less than the illustrious Bert Kaempfert of "A Swingin' Safari" fame spotted The Beatles in a Hamburg nightclub on the world-famous Reeperbahn.
Kaempfert was so impressed with this talented group that in his capacity as A & R Manager did their first recordings.
The four recording hit the European market with impact and meant the break for The Beatles they always dreamed about. These four titles are now, for the first time, available on an EP.

There were two versions of "My Bonnie" introduction, one with the slow German spoken intro "Mein Herz ist bei dir nür", and another only in English. This version is slow English spoken introduction: "My Bonnie lies over the ocean".

*My Bonnie: Lead Vocal: Tony Sheridan / Backing play: The Beatles
Version AA: German intro. at the beginning
Version AB: English intro. at the beginning
Version A: without intro

*Cry For A Shadow: Instrumental (Performance only by the Beatles)
Version A

*The Saints: Lead Vocal: Tony Sheridan / Backing play: The Beatles
Version A

*Why: Lead Vocal: Tony Sheridan / Backing play: The Beatles
Version A

*GEMA=German music authors' society
*BIEM=Bureau International de l'Edition Mécanique



#1-2 Tony Sheridan With The Beatles (2nd. Press: EPH 21 610)
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TITLE
TONY SHERIDAN WITH THE BEATLES
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
My Bonnie (Trad./Sheridan) (English Intro. Ver. AB)
Cry For A Shadow (Harrison-Lennon) (Ver. A)
SIDE 2
The Saints (When The Saints Go Marching In)  (Trad./Sheridan) (Ver. A)
Why (Sheridan) (Ver. A)
RELEASE DATE
1964 / Second Press
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tony tony Catalog No. "21 610 HI-FI" was printed at the upper right corner of the front cover.
tony Polydor logo and catalog No. "21 610 HI-FI" was printed at the upper right corner of the front cover.
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Licences for the use of records for public performances may be obtained from Phonographic Performance Ltd., Evelyn House, 62 Oxford Street, London, W.1.
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Polydor red label. Has the credit "Made in Germany Deutsche Grammophon Ges. MbH" at the perimeter.

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Matrix No.: 21610 A
O F3 - K
Made in Germany
Matrix No.: 21610 B
2 O XXF3 - K M?
Made in Germany
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label label "Tony Sheridan with THE BEATLES" was printed on the label.
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER EPH 21 610
RECORD LABEL
Polydor Red label (Made in Germany)
MIX
MONO
MATRIX No. Side1 21610 A    O F3 - K      Made in Germany
Side2 21610 B     2 O XXF3 - K M?      Made in Germany
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
CENTER
Full size center hole
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
-
PUBLISHER'S NAME
Side1 -
Side2 -
PRODUCER
Bert Kaempfert
PRINTER CREDIT
-
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Made in England. The two flaps were pasted on the inside of the cover.
Licences for the use of records for public performances may be obtained from Phonographic Performance Ltd., Evelyn House, 62 Oxford Street, London, W.1.
COMMENT
Reissue of #1-1
Second pressing is Polydor red label;
"Why" songwriting credit as 'Sheridan' or 'Sheridan-Crompton'.

There were two versions of "My Bonnie" introduction, one with the slow German spoken intro "Mein Herz ist bei dir nür", and another only in English. This version is slow English spoken introduction: "My Bonnie lies over the ocean".

*My Bonnie: Lead Vocal: Tony Sheridan / Backing play: The Beatles
Version AA: German intro. at the beginning
Version AB: English intro. at the beginning
Version A: without intro

*Cry For A Shadow: Instrumental (Performance only by the Beatles)
Version A

*The Saints: Lead Vocal: Tony Sheridan / Backing play: The Beatles
Version A

*Why: Lead Vocal: Tony Sheridan / Backing play: The Beatles
Version A



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