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Live! At the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany Review by Richie Unterberger

Courtesy of All Music.com

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. 

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The Beatles – Live! At The Star-Club In Hamburg, Germany; 1962

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Label:

Lingasong – BLS 5560, Bellaphon – BLS 5560

Format:

2 x Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

Germany

Released:

1977

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Rock & Roll, Beat A1 Intro 0:34 A2 I Saw Her Standing There Written-By – Lennon/McCartney* 2:22 A3 Roll Over Beethoven Written-By – Chuck Berry 2:15 A4 Hippy Hippy Shake Written-By – Chan Romeo* 1:42 A5 Sweet Little Sixteen Written-By – Chuck Berry 2:45 A6 Lend Me Your Comb Written-By – Carl Perkins 1:44 A7 Your Feet's Too Big Written-By – Benson*, Fredt* 2:18 B1 Twist And Shout Written-By – Russell*, Medley* 2:03 B2 Mr. Moonlight Written-By – Johnson* 2:06 B3 A Taste Of Honey Written-By – Bobby Scott, Rick Marlow* 1:45 B4 Besame Mucho Written-By – Velasquez* 2:36 B5 Reminiscing Written-By – King Curtis 1:41 B6 Kansas City Written-By – Leiber/Stoller* 2:09 C1 Ain't Nothing Shakin' Like The Leaves On A Tree Written-By – A. Owen*, Dallas Frazier 1:15 C2 To Know Her Is To Love Her Written-By – P. Spector* 3:02 C3 Little Queenie Written-By – Chuck Berry 3:51 C4 Falling In Love Again Written-By – Hollander*, Lerner* 1:57 C5 Ask Me Why Written-By – Lennon/McCartney* 2:26 C6 Be Bob Ba Lula Written-By – Vincent*, Davis* 2:29 C7 Halleluja I Love Her So Written-By – Ray Charles 2:10 D1 Red Sails In The Sunset Written-By – Peter Maurice 2:00 D2 Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby Written-By – Carl Perkins 2:25 D3 Matchbox Written-By – Carl Perkins 2:35 D4 Talkin' 'Bout You Written-By – Ray Charles 1:48 D5 Shimmy Shake Written-By – Billy Land, Joe South 2:17 D6 Long Tall Sally Written-By – Johnson*, Penniman*, Blackwell* 1:45 D7 Remember You Written-By – Mescer*, Schertzinger* 1:54

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Lingasong, Ltd.
• Copyright © – Lingasong, Ltd.
• Distributed By – Bellaphon Records
• Distributed By – Double H Licensing Corp.
• Manufactured By – Bellaphon Records
• Produced At – Sound Ideas Studios
• Engineered At – Sound Ideas Studios
• Edited At – Sound Ideas Studios
• Remixed At – Sound Ideas Studios
• Recorded At – Star-Club Hamburg
• Published By – Northern Songs
• Published By – Arc Music (2)
• Published By – Jeb Music
• Published By – Maravilla Music
• Published By – Chappell & Co.
• Published By – Fisher And Morley Music
• Published By – Unichappell
• Published By – Lowery Music
• Published By – Song Fest Music Corp.
• Published By – Peer International
• Published By – Medley Lane Publishing
• Published By – Halnat Publishing Co.
• Published By – Acuff-Rose
• Published By – Vogue Music, Inc.
• Published By – Famous Music (3)
• Published By – Dick James Music
• Published By – Lowery Music Co. Inc.
• Published By – Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
• Published By – Fort Knox Publishing
• Published By – Exco Productions
• Published By – Venice Music
• Published By – Paramount Music
• Pressed By – Interpress

• Design – Ely Besalel
• Edited By – John Battaglia
• Engineer [Assistant] – Kathy Dennis, Lucy Laurie
• Engineer [Director Of Engineering & Production] – Larry Grossberg
• Engineer [Remix] – Jim Zipf
• Liner Notes – Chris White (15)
• Producer – Larry Grossberg
• Producer [Associate] – Larry Halpern, Mitchell Margo (2)
• Producer [Post Production] – John Battaglia
• Recorded By – Ted "Kingsize" Taylor*
• Sequenced By – Larry Halpern, Mitchell Margo (2)
• Technician [Technical Assistance] – Bob Troeller

Issued in a gatefold laminated sleeve.

Two stickers on the front cover stating:
"Doppelalbum 2LP's" and "Beatles - A Piece Of History - Lingasong".

Sleeve rear:
Includes thirteen never before released Beatles tracks
High Quality Pressing
Made in Germany

℗© 1977 Lingasong, Ltd.
World-wide distribution: Double H Licensing Corp.
Manufactured and distributed by Bellaphon Germany.

On labels:
Made in Germany by Bellaphon-Records
Bellaphon
Lingasong Records Presents
The Beatles Live At The Star-Club In Hamburg, Germany,1962.

Note (1): "Intro" (A1) is not listed on the sleeve (backside/inside).
Note (2): Track C3 written on label without brackets. The correct title is "Ain't Nothing Shakin' (Like The Leaves On The Trees)" not "... A Tree".
Note (3): Correct title of C6 is "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (with hyphens), as shown on the inside liner notes.
Note (4): Track C7 shown as "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (with an h at the end of Hallelujah) on the inside liner notes and "Halleluja, I Love Her So" (with comma) on the rear cover.
Note (5): Track D4, credited to Ray Charles, is actually written and originally performed by Chuck Berry.
Note (6): Track D5, credited to Joe South and Billy Land, is actually written by Armand Piron, Fred Smith and Cliff Goldsmith and was originally performed by the Olympics as "Shimmy Like Kate", a rock and roll arrangement of "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate".
Note (7): Different to Live! At The Star-Club In Hamburg, Germany; 1962. Bellaphon (BLS 5560) - this has no big red rectangular sticker on the back; and Live! At The Star-Club In Hamburg, Germany; 1962 Bellaphon (BLS 5560) - this has different layout inside gatefold sleeve.

Remix editing, processing and post production at Sound Ideas Studios, New York, N.Y.

Publishers:
A1 - Northern Songs
A2, A4, C3 - Arc Music
A3 - Jeb Music/Maravilla Music
A5 - Chappell and Co.
A6 - Fisher and Morley Music
B1, B7, D4 - Unichappell
B2 - Lowery Music
B3 - Song Fest Music
B4 - Peer International
B5 - Medley Lane Publ.
B6 - Halnat Pub. Co.
C1 - Acuff Rose
C2 - Vogue Music Inc.
C4 - Famous Music
C5 - Dick James Music
C6 - Lowery Music Co. Inc.
D1 - Shapiro Bernstein Co.
D2, D3 - Fort Knox Publishing
D5 - Exco Productions
D6 - Yenice Music
D7 - Paramount Music Sort by Default Group by type Alphabetical (A–Z) Reverse alphabetical (Z–A)

• Label Code: LC 1421
• Price Code (Circled): A
• Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA
• Matrix / Runout (Label side A): BLS 5560-A
• Matrix / Runout (Label side B): BLS 5560-B
• Matrix / Runout (Label side C): BLS 5560-C
• Matrix / Runout (Label side D): BLS 5560-D
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 1): BLS 5560 - A I.P. II
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 1): BLS 5560 - B I.P.
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 1): BLS 5560 - C i.P.
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 1): BLS 5560 - D I.P. I
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 2): BLS 5560 - A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 2): BLS 5560 - B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 2): BLS 5560 - C
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 2): BLS 5560 - D
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 3): BLS 5560 - A II
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 3): BLS 5560 - B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 3): BLS 5560 - C
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 3): D BLS 5560 - D II