Beatles' First [German Deluxe Edition] (2005)

About this title: The Beatles' early-'60s Hamburg sessions backing Liverpool singer Tony Sheridan, produced by Bert Kaempfert, are rapidly becoming the equivalent to what those live 1955 Louisiana Hayride broadcasts are to Elvis Presley -- they keep turning up (a bit like bad pennies) in different incarnations, exploiting attributes that the artists in question either hadn't yet developed or didn't fully understand themselves. The main difference is that the Beatles' early recordings are still under the control of a major corporation and haven't been licensed non-exclusively to dozens of labels around ... read more

Tracks:

1. Ain't She Sweet
2. Cry for a Shadow
3. Let's Dance
4. My Bonnie
5. If You Love Me, Baby (Take out Some Insurance on Me, Baby)
6. What'd I Say
7. Sweet Georgia Brown
8. The Saints
9. Ruby Baby
10. Why (Can't You Love Me Again)
11. Nobody's Child
12. Ya Ya
13. My Bonnie [German Intro]
14. My Bonnie [English Intro]
15. Ain't She Sweet
16. Cry for a Shadow
17. Let's Dance
18. My Bonnie
19. If You Love Me, Baby (Take out Some Insurance on Me, Baby)
20. What'd I Say
21. Sweet Georgia Brown
22. The Saints
23. Ruby Baby
24. Why (Can't You Love Me Again)
25. Nobody's Child
26. Ya Ya
27. My Bonnie [German Intro]
28. My Bonnie [English Intro]
29. Let's Twist Again
30. Top Ten Twist

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.