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From: DBarker%PCO@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA (Deryk Barker)
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Subject: Re: Beatles first
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Date: Thu, 9-May-85 12:09:47 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  9 12:09:47 1985
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Yup - these tracks were recorded in Hamburg in 1960/61 when Tony
Sheridan was one of Polydor's great white hopes and the Beatles were
just another English band in Germany.  I had an EP featuring some of
these songs (bought in Portugal in 1964 - pity I don't still have THAT!)
and would say that unless you are a Beatles completist you'd be better
off not bothering.  Why haven't EMI released any Beatles stuff on CD
(except Abbey Road - a Japanese import I believe).  Why have EMI STILL
not told the world how much money they made from the Beatles?  Why are
all the Beatles LP's still only available at full-price?  Do the last
two questions relate to each other?

For info on the Beatles Hamburg period - and much else - I thoroughly
recommend "Shout" by Philip Norman - unless you believe that McCartney
was the most talented member.

BTW the Hamburg stuff features Pete Best of course, not Ringo.