Beatles Bop – Hamburg Days is a compilation album of the 1961 recording of Tony Sheridan

Tony Sheridan

Tony Sheridan , is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist...

 and The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 released by Bear Family Records

Bear Family Records

Bear Family Records is a Germany-based independent record label that specializes in reissues of archival material ranging from country music to 1950s rock and roll to old German movie soundtracks.-History:...

 in 2001. To date, this is the most complete collection of the recordings done with producer Bert Kaempfert

Bert Kaempfert

Bert Kaempfert was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, such as "Strangers in the Night" and "Spanish Eyes".-Biography:He was born in Hamburg, Germany - where he received his lifelong...

 for Polydor (excluding the other recordings featured on the My Bonnie

My Bonnie

My Bonnie is the name of a 1961 single, a 1962 album and a 1963 EP by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers, better known as The Beatles.-History:...

/The Beatles' First

The Beatles' First

The Beatles' First is the first British packaging of the 1962 German album by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers called My Bonnie. It was recorded in Hamburg in 1961...

albums that were done by other musicians under the "The Beat Brothers" name)—featuring both mono

Monaural

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 and stereo

STEREO

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 mixes of the album. The album was released in a standard two-CD jewel box with a 99-page booklet as well as a Deluxe Edition packaged in an LP-sized box set which included a 120-page hardcover book which featured rare photos, documents, single picture sleeves and historical notes.

The set has since been deleted from Bear Family's catalogue.

Track listing

Disc one — Mono

1. "My Bonnie
   My Bonnie
   My Bonnie is the name of a 1961 single, a 1962 album and a 1963 EP by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers, better known as The Beatles.-History:...
   
   " (German intro)
2. "My Bonnie" (English intro)
3. "My Bonnie" (Without intro)
4. "The Saints
   When the Saints Go Marching In
   "When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as "The Saints", is an American gospel hymn that has taken on certain aspects of folk music. The precise origins of the song are not known. Though it originated as a spiritual, today people are more likely to hear it played by a jazz band...
   
   "
5. "Cry for a Shadow
   Cry for a Shadow
   "Cry for a Shadow" is an early Beatles instrumental. It was recorded on 22 June 1961 at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg, Germany while they were performing as Tony Sheridan's backup band for a few tracks, under the moniker The Beat Brothers. It was written by George Harrison with John...
   
   "
6. "Why (Can't You Love Me Again)"
7. "Nobody's Child
   Nobody's Child (song)
   "Nobody's Child" is a song written by Cy Coben and Mel Foree. It was first recorded by Hank Snow in 1949 and it became one of his standards, although it did not chart for him...
   
   "
8. "Ain't She Sweet
   Ain't She Sweet
   Ain't She Sweet was an American album featuring four tracks recorded in Hamburg in 1961 by The Beatles featuring Tony Sheridan and cover versions of Beatles and British Invasion-era songs recorded by the Swallows...
   
   "
9. "Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby"/"If You Love Me, Baby"
10. "Sweet Georgia Brown
    Sweet Georgia Brown
    "Sweet Georgia Brown" is a jazz standard and pop tune written in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard and Kenneth Casey .The tune was first recorded on March 19, 1925 by bandleader Ben Bernie, resulting in a five-week No. 1 for Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra...
    
    "
11. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (new lyrics)
12. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (U.S. version)
13. "Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby"/"If You Love Me, Baby" (U.S. version)
14. "Ain't She Sweet" (U.S. version)
15. "Nobody's Child" (U.S. version)
16. "My Bonnie" (medley version)
17. "The Saints" (medley version)
18. "Cry for a Shadow" (medley version 1)
19. "Cry for a Shadow" (medley version 2)
20. "Swanee River" (with intro)
21. "Swanee River" (without intro)

Disc two — Stereo

1. "My Bonnie" (German intro)
2. "My Bonnie" (English intro)
3. "My Bonnie" (Without intro)
4. "The Saints"
5. "Cry for a Shadow"
6. "Why (Can't You Love Me Again)"
7. "Nobody's Child"
8. "Ain't She Sweet"
9. "Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby"/"If You Love Me, Baby"
10. "Sweet Georgia Brown"
11. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (new lyrics)
12. "My Bonnie" (medley version)
13. "The Saints" (medley version)
14. "Cry for a Shadow" (medley version 1)
15. "Cry for a Shadow" (medley version 2)
16. "Swanee River" (with intro)
17. "Swanee River" (without intro)

The recording of "Swanee River" does not actually feature The Beatles, as tapes of The Beatles version were apparently destroyed in a fire. These non-Beatles versions are included to give an example of what The Beatles version may have sounded like.