In the Beginning

Tracklist

1. 1Ain’t She SweetMilton Ager and Jack Yellen2:10
2. 2Cry for a ShadowGeorge Harrison and John Lennon2:22
3. 3Let’s DanceJim Lee2:32
4. 4My Bonnie[traditional]2:04
5. 5Take Some Insurance on Me, BabyWaldense Hall and Charles Singleton2:52
6. 6What’d I SayRay Charles2:37
7. 7Sweet Georgia BrownBernie, Pinkard, Casey2:03
8. 8The Saints (When the Saints Go Marching In)[traditional]3:19
9. 9Ruby BabyMike Stoller and Jerry Leiber2:48
10. 10WhyCrompton, Petrucciani, Sheridan2:55
11. 11Nobody’s ChildCy Coben and Mel Foree3:52
12. 12Ya YaDorsey, Levy, Lewis, Robinson2:48

Produced by

Bert Kaempfert, Paul Murphy

Recorded at

Studio Rahlstedt, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle

Recorded

June 1961 – April 1962, Hamburg, Germany

Engineered by

Karl Hinze

Artwork

David Krieger

Photography

Joel Brodsky

Label

Polydor

Length

32:22

Line-up

• Pete Best · drums (drum set)
• George Harrison · guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
• John Lennon · guitar, lead vocals, electric guitar, background vocals
• Paul McCartney · bass guitar, electric bass guitar, other vocals, background vocals
• Tony Sheridan · lead vocals, guitar
• Rikki Barnes · saxophone · guest
• Peter Wharton · bass · guest
• Roy Young · piano · guest