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This is incredible. Great raw sound ( by Lord Reith) A Hard Day's Write: The stories behind every Beatles song -- highly rated --- ToC [from R. Badger] 0:00 intro 0:10 Be-Bop-A-Lula (with Horst Fascher on vocals) 3:10 I Saw Her Standing There 6:41 Hallelujah, I Love Her So (with Fred Fascher on vocals) 9:15 Red Hot (with John on organ/final 23 seconds reconstructed) 10:45 Sheila (first four bars reconstructed) 13:19 Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey 15:45 Shimmy Like Kate 19:01 Reminiscing 21:29 Red Sails In The Sunset 24:05 Sweet Little Sixteen 28:01 Roll Over Beethoven 30:56 A Taste Of Honey (final 40 seconds reconstructed) 33:33 Nothin' Shakin' But The Leaves On The Trees 36:02 I Saw Her Standing There 39:34 To Know Her Is To Love Her 43:15 Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby 46:33 Till There Was You 48:32 Where Have You Been All My Life? 51:56 Lend Me Your Comb 54:18 Your Feet's Too Big 56:48 I'm Talking About You 59:45 A Taste Of Honey 01:02:42 Matchbox 01:06:07 Little Queenie 01:10:55 Road Runner (soundcheck) 01:12:30 The Hippy Hippy Shake 01:15:05 A Taste Of Honey 01:17:06 Ask Me Why 01:19:29 Twist and Shout 01:21:02 Mr. Moonlight 01:23:20 Besame Mucho 01:26:13 Falling In Love Again 01:28:17 I'm Talking About You 01:30:19 Long Tall Sally 01:32:06 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) 01:33:50 I Remember You 01:36:13 Roll Over Beethoven CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS 01:38:54 Hully Gully KINGSIZE TAYLOR AND THE DOMINOES 01:40:40 Money (That's What I Want) 01:44:16 Sparkling Brown Eyes 01:46:28 Lovesick Blues 01:49:18 First Taste Of Love 01:51:28 Dizzy Miss Lizzy 01:54:37 Do You Believe 01:56:48 Ooh Poo Pah Shimmy 01:59:44 Twist And Shout CAROL ELVYN AND THE STAR CLUB COMBO 02:02:20 Big River From yxtra5: The last song was sung by waitress Bettina. From David Coyle: Horst Fascher was the manager of the Star Club which was owned by Manfred Weissleder. He was also the bouncer. Never heard about his brother Fred. On the 1977 album, both tracks were credited to “Herr Ober“ (literally “Mister Waiter,“ another ruse to dodge EMI). Incidentally, the person who actually recorded this was a former Liverpool musician named Adrian Barber, the Star Club's resident sound engineer. (Some contend Ted Taylor of King Size Taylor and The Dominos was also responsible for the recording.) --- Notes: 1. You can hear my alternate highlight cuts here: 2. Sets are not necessarily in chronological order. Recorded December 18 – 31, 1962. 3. One of my favorite live tapes is the roughly recorded “Beatles at the Star Club” album. It’s just good and crunchy. However, when I discovered this really rare version, you can hear it's obviously processed from something much closer to the original source. Not only is that obvious because of the additional material (e.g, long talk breaks) but also the gentler, more life-like production. 4. The original source tape was obviously in mono but whoever engineered this two-hour version [ called Zu Laut or “Too Loud“ in German ] did a decent job of bringing out the sound, with artificial strereo. Lord Reich [?][ did this by applying reverb to the low bass and the high treble, but not the vocals or guitar in the mid-range, and it makes you feel like you’re a little more present in the room. Most attempts of adding reverb are pretty gruesome, but I respect this effort. 5. I like all of the versions of the Star Club recordings -- it really showcases why they always hearkened back to those zealous gigs -- yet I also understand why some modern listeners can't digest them. To me they all have pluses and minuses. But this here is a special rarity, for those who love this stuff. Enjoy! ------- Excellent Zoom healing sessions (w/ Zia Nevins): --
