1962 Live at Star Club in Hamburg
This double album captures the Beatles on stage at Hamburg's Star-Club in late December 1962, during their final residency in the city. Thirty songs survive from a home tape machine and a single microphone, so the sound is rough. It was released in May 1977 on Bellaphon, after Ted "Kingsize" Taylor began exploring what could be done with the tapes in 1973 and Paul Murphy bought them and had them heavily processed.
Its value is as a document. Ringo Starr had joined by this point, but Beatlemania was still to come, so you hear the club act as it was before the fame. The band tried and failed to stop the first release, and the recordings kept turning up in different forms until 1998, when the group won full rights to them.
1962 Live at Star Club in Hamburg: tracklist and credits
27 tracks · 57:54Tracklist
- 1Intro0:34
- 2I Saw Her Standing ThereJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney2:22
- 3Roll Over BeethovenChuck Berry2:15
- 4Hippy Hippy ShakeChan Romero1:42
- 5Sweet Little SixteenChuck Berry2:45
- 6Lend Me Your CombTwomey, Weisman, Wise1:44
- 7Your Feets Too BigFred Fisher and Ada Benson2:18
- 8Twist and ShoutBert Russell Berns and Phil Medley2:03
- 9Mr. MoonlightRoy Lee Johnson2:06
- 10A Taste of HoneyBobby Scott and Ric Marlow1:45
- 11Bésame MuchoConsuelo Velázquez2:36
- 12ReminiscingKing Curtis1:41
- 13Kansas City / Hey Hey HeyStoller, Richard, Leiber2:09
- 14Ain't Nothin Shaking (But the Leaves on the Tree)Cleveland, Colacrai, Fontaine, Jr., Lampert1:15
- 15To Know Her Is to Love HerPhil Spector3:02
- 16Little QueenieChuck Berry3:51
- 17Falling in Love AgainFriedrich Hollaender1:57
- 18Ask Me WhyJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney2:26
- 19Bee Bob A LulaBill “Tex” Davis and Gene Vincent2:29
- 20Hallelujah I Love Her SoRay Charles2:10
- 21Red Sails in the SunsetWilhelm Grosz and Jimmy Kennedy2:00
- 22Everybody's Trying to Be My BabyRex Griffin and Carl Perkins2:25
- 23MatchboxCarl Perkins2:35
- 24I'm Talking About YouChuck Berry1:48
- 25Shimmy ShakeArmand J. Piron and Clarence Williams2:17
- 26Long Tall SallyBlackwell, Johnson, Richard1:45
- 27I Remember YouVictor Schertzinger and Johnny Mercer1:54
- Produced by
- Larry Grossberg
- Recorded at
- Star‐Club
- Recorded
- Late December 1962
- Labels
- Bellaphon, Lingasong/Bellaphon (GER)
- Length
- 57:54
Line-up
- Fred Fascher · lead vocals · guest
- Horst Fascher · lead vocals · guest
From MusicBrainz, Wikipedia and Wikidata. Only what the sources record is shown.
Released the same week
Also released on 27 May
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How we know the release date wikipedia 1977-05-27 vs 1977-04-08 (wikidata)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1977 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 27 May 1977 | |
| Wikidata | 8 April 1977 |
3 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | DE | Bellaphon | original | |
| 1985 | JP | Overseas Records | other | |
| — | — | — | other |
Cover art sources
fanarttv · upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| fanarttv ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| coverartarchive | 600×593 | upscaled |