The Beatles- My Bonnie & Why Two 45's 1964 VG

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You are bidding on a two great original copies of The Beatles with Tony Sheridan performing "Why/Cry for a Shadow" and "My Bonnie/The Saints" both on the MGM label, 1964, K-13227(Why) and K-13213 (My Bonnie/The Saints), Mono.

My Bonnie was a 1962 album by Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers, better known as The Beatles.

On The Beatles' first visit to Hamburg, Germany in 1960, they met rock and roller Tony Sheridan, and became friends with him. On their second visit, in 1961 (now minus Stu Sutcliffe), The Beatles backed Sheridan in a series of stage performances. It is sometimes said that German Polydor agent Bert Kaempfert personally saw Sheridan with The Beatles, but others report that a friend of Kaempfert's suggested that he bring them in to put down some recordings. While they recorded a number of songs together (as well as alone), few of them actually made it on to the album, with Sheridan re-recording many of them. The Beatles are known to appear on "My Bonnie" and "The Saints" (this pair was also released as a single, see below). The version of "Swanee River" on the album has sometimes been said to feature The Beatles, however that version is in fact not included here, and it is not known whether the original recording still exists. After The Beatles became successful, the eight tracks The Beatles worked on and some Beat Brothers material were issued on an album in 1964 titled The Beatles' First.

The recording sessions with Tony Sheridan spawned a number of singles, three of which weren't released until The Beatles had gained fame, and interest in the previously unreleased material grew. "My Bonnie"/"The Saints" was the first of the album's singles, and reached #5 in the German Hit Parade. After The Beatles gained fame, "Ain't She Sweet"/"Nobody's Child" received a release, the former of which includes only The Beatles, while the latter features Sheridan on lead vocal. Next came "Sweet Georgia Brown"/"Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby", on which the credit is sometimes disputed, as it has not been proven whether The Beatles play on this version of "Sweet Georgia Brown". However, "Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby" is known to feature The Beatles, and was recorded in the same session as "Ain't She Sweet". Finally, "Why"/"Cry for a Shadow" was released, on which "Why" was performed by Sheridan, with The Beatles on backup, and "Cry for a Shadow" was a Harrison/Lennon instrumental, the only one credited in this way.

Sleeves: Good: some ring wear, corner folds, original MGM color sleeves with no reference to LP's

Records:  Very Good, almost no scratches, surface scratches, black MGM label.
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