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| TITLE | THE BEATLES IN
THE BEGINNING |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | 24-4504 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 1984 / Reissue (First Press: 4th.
May 1970) |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Ain't She Sweet 2:10 |
Sweet Georgia Brown 2:03 |
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| Cry For A Shadow 2:22 |
The Saints (The Saints Go Marching In)
3:19 |
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| Let's Dance 2:32 |
Ruby Baby 2:48 |
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| My Bonnie 2:04 |
Why 2:55 |
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| Take Out Some
Insurance On Me Baby 2:52 |
Nobody's Child
3:52 |
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| What'd I Say 2:37 | Ya Ya 2:48 | ||||
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Catalog No. and Polydor logo mark were printed at the lower left corner of the back cover. | |
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The lower left corner of the back cover
erroneously states that the album was "Previously released
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Polygram Records, Inc.," and the Polydor's address was added
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The perimeter print on the
labels was expanded and changed from "Manufactured by
Polydor" to "Manufactured and Marketed by Polygram". |
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the Polydor album contains all eight of the Beatles
Humburg recordings along with four tracks by Tony Sheridan
and the Beat Brothers recorded at the Polyor Studio in
Humburg. |
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| LABEL | Polydor Red label with black half-circle
logo |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| PRESS FACTORY |
Manufactured
and marketed by Polygram Records, Inc., 810 Seventh avenue,
New York, NY 10019 |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | Manufactured and marketed by Polygram Records, Inc., 810 Seventh avenue, New York, NY 10019 | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Designed by David Krieger The front cover features a striking Joel Brodsky photograph of a stack of Mersey Beat |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Unknown |
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| PRODUCER | Bert Kaempfert |
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COMMENTS
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In the
Beginning (Circa 1960) was released by Polydor Records in
1970 (catalogue number 24-4504). It was recorded in Hamburg
with The Beatles in 1961 (except for "Sweet Georgia Brown"
in 1962) and features Pete Best on the drums. This album,
expanded with four more tracks without the Beatles'
participation, was originally released as "The Beatles'
First !" in Germany in 1964. It was reissued in the United Kingdom in 1967 with the same title - without the exclamation point - then in Canada under the title Very Together in 1969. Previous American releases of this material in 45RPM form was split in 1964 between MGM Records and Atco Records. Polydor (which eventually absorbed MGM) established its United States branch in 1969 which explains why this package was released much later in The Beatles' history. All of the tracks feature vocals by Sheridan except for "Ain't She Sweet", sung by John Lennon, and the instrumental "Cry for a Shadow". The album was reissued in 1981 in a non-gatefold single-pocket cover. In 1984, the perimeter print on the labels was expanded and changed from "Manufactured by Polydor" to "Manufactured and Marketed by Polygram". |
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