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The Beatles - Live! at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 (1962)

Track listing:
  1. I Saw Her Standing There 2:28
  2. Roll Over Beethoven
  3. Hippy Hippy Shake
  4. Sweet Little Sixteen 2:56
  5. Lend Me Your Comb
  6. Your Feet's Too Big
  7. Red Sails In The Sunset
  8. Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby 2:33
  9. Matchbox
  10. Talkin' 'bout You
  11. Shimmy Shake
  12. Long Tall Sally
  13. Remember You 2:01
  14. Twist And Shout
  15. Mr. Moonlight 2:12
  16. A Taste Of Honey
  17. Besame Mucho
  18. Reminiscing 1:48
  19. Kansas City Kansas City 2:19
  20. Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees) 1:22
  21. To Know Her Is To Love Her
  22. Little Queenie 3:57
  23. Falling In Love Again
  24. Ask Me Why
  25. Be Bob Ba Lula 1:42
  26. Halleluja, I Love Her So

Notes


The historical interest of this album is considerable: The Beatles, on the precipice of fame, playing their last Hamburg club show on December 31, 1962 (contrary to the 1961 date given on some liner notes). The problem, from a latter-day perspective, was that the Beatles didn't play all that well, and, more importantly, the sound is not up to par in the least, as it was captured on a primitive portable recorder. That said, it's interesting to hear the Beatles as they were in their club days, with a set list (almost exclusively covers) of early rock & roll tunes, several of which never made their way onto any official Beatle release. Their primal energy does come through, despite the missed notes and faint vocals. The U.S. and European versions of this double album differ slightly, and the album has been reissued, in its entirety and in piecemeal excerpts, numerous times since it first appeared.