2 BEATLES MGM 45s: both MY BONNIE & WHY rare '64 pair
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MY BONNIE/THE SAINTS (MGM 13213, 1964; released as "The Beatles With Tony Sheridan"): VG w/some groove wear. The labels are clean.
In the fall of 1961, John, Paul, George, Stu, and Pete were playing for peanuts in the red-light district of Hamburg, Germany. Paul and George were still teenagers (George had, a year before, been deported for being underage, at 17). They played a few gigs with a wild German singer (and accomplished guitarist) named Tony Sheridan, and when Sheridan booked a recording session he asked The Beatles to back him up. This would be the first time any Liverpool group had ever cut a single, and The Boys were thrilled. They didn't care that Polydor demanded they change their name ("Beatles" sounded like German slang for a tiny penis, "peedles"). So they became The Beat Brothers for these recordings only. Three years later, when they had conquered the world and were selling millions of records, MGM released this 45 as "The Beatles with Tony Sheridan"; no more Beat Brothers. John Lennon was asked what he thought of My Bonnie, the recording that The Beatles had once considered the high point of their careers. His 1964 opinion? "It's TERRIBLE!"
It's not really that bad, and in historical terms, it's fantastic (of course, in 1964 The Beatles got pretty tired of every record label in the western world dusting off whatever Beatles recordings they could find and releasing them; this undoubtedly colored John's opinion).
So he couldn't have been too happy when MGM added injury to insult by releasing WHY/CRY FOR A SHADOW later in '64 (MGM 13227; again released as "The Beatles With Tony Sheridan"): Strong VG with some sticker residue on the B-side label (see photo).
Now MGM was really scraping the bottom of the barrel; Why was a Tony Sheridan number that doesn't have much going for it, and "The Beat Brothers" don't get much of a chance to shine. Much more interesting is the B-side, Cry For A Shadow, an instrumental composed by George Harrison (John Lennon gets co-writing credit for his guitar work). George wanted the tune to resemble work by The Shadows, the reigning rock group in England in '61. He called the song Cry For A Shadow as a bit of a joke. It's the earliest George Harrison composition ever recorded. Both sides of the 45 are from the same German Polydor session as My Bonnie, but because this one didn't sell as well, it's much rarer, and more expensive in today's market.
Low opening bid and no reserve; early lookers can buy-it-now if you don't want to compete with other collectors. When somebody bids, the buy-it-now option goes away. Shipped to you in a protective clear sleeve; we offer an unconditional money-back guarantee; if you're not happy, return it for a refund. Nobody's returned anything yet!price rating
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