The Beatles First / In The Beginning (June 1961) Tony Sheridan & The Beatles (236-201) Released 4 August 1967

The Beatles First
(UK -released 1967)


  1. My Bonnie (trad. Sheridan) (Tony Sheridan & The Beatles)
  2. Cry For A Shadow (Instrumental) (The Beatles) (John Lennon-George Harrison)
  3. The Saints (When The Saints Go Marching In) (trad. Sheridan) (Tony Sheridan & The Beatles)
  4. Ain't She Sweet (Ager-Yellen) (The Beatles) John Lennon, Vocals
  5. Why (Compton-Sheridan) (Tony Sheridan & The Beatles)
  6. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie-Casey-Pinkard) (Tony Sheridan & The Beatles)
  7. Take Out Some Insurance On Me Baby (Hall-Singleton) (Tony Sheridan & The Beatles)
  8. Nobody's Child (Coben-Forey) (Tony Sheridan & The Beatles)

In The Beginning -The Beatles feat Tony Sheridan
(UK released 1970)



     
 * Except Where Stated All The Songs Featured Tony Sheridan On Lead Vocals.
 * Although The Songs Were Recorded In June 1961, The album was available as a German import but was released in the UK in 1967 and a more complete version was released on 4th May 1970.
 * Only 8 Tracks Were Recorded Using The Beatles. 6 were as a backing band for Sheridan. Other tracks (not listed) Feature The Beat  Brothers on backing. But 1 track (Ain't She Sweet) features John Lennon on lead vocals & another song 'Cry For A Shadow' was an instrumental performed & written by The Beatles. (The Beatles Drummer at this session was Pete Best)
 * An EP was released in 1963 featuring 4 of these songs, but this collection was the most complete set up until that point. The album was recorded in Hamburg, Germany.
* I must point out that this site will concentrate on Beatles & solo Beatles releases mostly on the EMI / Parlophone/ Apple labels, the above sessions have been released numerous times in different formats, I will not confuse the reader with these variations so I will only include this album, which was the first major UK release of the 8 songs recorded by The Beatles (mostly featuring Tony Sheridan) in the 1961 sessions.



The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan
(UK - Contour re-release 1978)