TONY SHERIDAN | BEATLES •THE BEST OF TONY SHERIDAN• 1964 GERMAN POLYDOR 46440 NM

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• MY BONNIE * • SWEET GEORGIA BROWN * • WHOLE LOT OF SHAKIN´ GOING ON ** •
• HALLELUJAH, I LOVE HER SO ** • YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE ** • RUBY BABY ** • LET´S TWIST AGAIN ** •
• THE SAINTS (When The Saints Go Marchin´ In) ** • SKINNY MINNY ** • LET´S SLOP ** • SWANEE RIVER ** •
• READY TEDDY ** • TOP TEN TWIST ** • WHAT´D I SAY ** • MADISON KID ** • YA YA , Part 1 + 2 ** •

* TONY SHERIDAN with THE BEATLES
** TONY SHERIDAN with THE BEAT BROTHERS

WHILE   PERFORMING   IN   HAMBURG    BETWEEN   1960   AND   1963,   TONY   SHERIDAN   EMPLOYED
VARIOUS    BACKUP    BANDS,    MOST   OF   WHICH    WERE     REALLY   “PICKUP   BANDS” ,    OR    SIMPLY
AN    AMALGAM    OF    VARIOUS    MUSICIANS,   RATHER    THAN    A    GROUP    PROPER   . . .    HOWEVER,
IN  1961,   THE   YOUNG   BEATLES  (WITH   THEIR   LINE-UP   AT   THE   TIME   OF   JOHN   LENNON,   PAUL
McCARTNEY,     GEORGE    HARRISON,    STU    SUTCLIFFE,   AND   PETE    BEST)    WHO    HAD    MET    AND
ADMIRED    SHERIDAN   DURING   THEIR    FIRST   VISIT   TO   HAMBURG   IN   1960,     AND   WHO   OPENLY
WORKED  WITH  HIM  ON  THEIR  SECOND  VISIT,  BECAME  EVEN  CLOSER. “THE BEATLES” SOMETIMES
BACKED   TONY  SHERIDAN,   WHO,  IN  TURN,  OFTEN   JOINED   THE   BAND   DURING  THEIR   OWN   SET
BACKING  THEM  ON  GUITAR    - - -   WHEN   GERMAN   “POLYDOR”   PRODUCER   AND   A&R   MAN   BERT
KAEMPFERT  SAW  THE  PAIRING  ON  STAGE,   HE  SUGGESTED   THAT   SHERIDAN  AND  “THE  BEATLES”
MAKE  SOME  RECORDINGS  TOGETHER.   KAEMPFERT  VIEWED  SHERIDAN  AS  THE  ONE  WITH “STAR”
POTENTIAL,  AND  THOUGH  THEY  SIGNED “THE BEATLES” TO  PLAY  ON  SHERIDAN’S  RECORDS  THEIR
CONTRACT  WITH  THEM  STIPULATED  THAT  THE  FOUR  BEATLES  (LENNON,   McCARTNEY,   HARRISON
AND BEST) ONLY  HAD  TO  PLAY  ON  A  MINIMUM  OF  TWO  SONGS... OF  THE  SEVEN  SONGS  RECORDED
DURING SHERIDAN’S  TWO-DAY-LONG  SESSIONS  FOR  “POLYDOR”  IN  JUNE 1961, IT SHOULD BE POINTED
OUT  THAT  AT  TIMES  THE  BAND  BEHIND SHERIDAN WOULD  BE  DOWN  TO  ONLY  TWO  BEATLES,  AND
THAT CONVERSELY ONLY ON THEIR TWO SOLO SONGS DO ALL FOUR BEATLES PLAY  (MINUS  SHERIDAN),
WHILE SHERIDAN PLAYS ON ALL OF HIS TRACKS.THESE SESSIONS PRODUCED SHERIDAN’S “MY BONNIE”,
“THE  SAINTS” ,   AND   THE BEATLES ’  “AIN'T  SHE  SWEET”   AND   “CRY  FOR  A  SHADOW”   PLUS   THREE
OTHER  SONGS.   POLYDOR’S BELIEFS  IN  SHERIDAN’S  COMING  STARDOM WERE SO STRONG THAT THEY
BURIED THE TWO SOLO BEATLE TRACKS UNTIL MUCH LATER.BOTH JOHN LENNON AND TONY SHERIDAN
SWORE THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER BEATLE TRACKS THAT WERE RECORDED DURING THE TWO
-DAY SESSION, BUT THEY HAVE NOT RESURFACED . . . THIS ALBUM WAS ISSUED IN GERMANY DURING THE
SUMMER  OF  1964  AND,  ALTHOUGH  “THE  BEATLES”  WERE  ALMOST  AT  THEIR  PEAK  BACK  THEN,   IT
BEARS ONLY THE NAME OF TONY  SHERIDAN WITH NO MENTION OF THE BRITISH GROUP ANYWHERE ON
THE JACKET !     THIS BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING WAS DISCOVERED IN THE SHELVES OF THE LATE  FRENCH  O.R.T.F.  (NATIONAL  RADIO-TELEVISION  OFFICE)  YEARS AGO  WITH  ARCHIVE  STICKER STILL  AFFIXED  ON  LABEL ,  SIDE  ONE––––THE  VINYL  RECORD SPARKLES SHINE AND APPEARS AS JUST
PLAYED  ONCE.  COVER IS IN NICE SHAPE BUT FOR SLIGHT DAMAGE TO UPPER RIGHT SIDE AND BOTTOM
 EDGE, PROBABLY  CAUSED  BY  SOME  HUMIDITY. THIS  ASIDE,  A SUPERB  KEEPER  COPY  WHICH  COMES  WITH  ITS  ORIGINAL INNER  SLEEVE  ––  THE  RUNOUT  SHOWS  (STAMPED) : ?1962  G4-H  A1 46440A / ?1962  G4-H A1 46440B  Made In Germany.