THE BEATLES TONY SHERIDAN Orig. 1ST ISSUE of My Bonnie 61 & 62 COA PETE BEST
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THE RECORDS THAT STARTED IT ALL
An ORIGINAL 1961 and 1962 German FIRST ISSUES of "My Bonnie/The Saints"
POLYDOR NH 24 673
by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers, the first-ever appearance of the Beatles on record anywhere in the world !
The pair of Original Beatles first 45 vinyl records in a very nice glass frame.
The labels are VG++ with no writing near mint.
MY BONNIE "ROCK" GERMAN INTRO VINYL IS VG++ near mint
MY BONNIE "TWIST" ENGLISH INTRO VINYL IS VG++ near mint
AND
A 10X15 PICTURE OF THE BEATLES SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY PETE BEST WITH COA
There were two versions of that first single, one (called the "Rock" version) had the intro in German released Oct. 23, 1961 and the
other (the "Twist" version) had the slow intro in English released Jan. 5, 1962. Both records were released on Polydor Records in
Germany. The Beat Brothers included Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Pete Best. On Acid free matting.
GREAT FOR OFFICE OR MAN CAVE
The history "My Bonnie" b/w "The Saints" (credited to Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers) was first released in October 1961with the "Rock" German intro, and reached #5 in the German Hitparade. 5 January 1962 the "Twist" version with the English intro was released. In the United Kingdom the single was released on 5 January 1962 (credited to Tony Sheridan and The Beatles)with the English intro "Twist". In the United States, the release of 4 April 1962 (Decca 31382) was cancelled but a few promo was release,Then the material was released on 27 January 1964 on MGM K-13213 as The Beatles with Tony Sheridan.
My Bonnie played a more pivotal role in their fortunes: it brought them to the attention to Liverpool record shop owner Brian Epstein. A local fan named Raymond Jones is said to have requested the song in his NEMS store, setting events in motion which led to Epstein becoming The Beatles' manager.
A kid had gone into Brian's record store and asked for My Bonnie by The Beatles. Brian had said, 'No it's not, it's by Tony Sheridan,' and he ordered it. Then Brian heard that we were playing 200 yards away. So he came to the Cavern and the news got to us: 'Brian Epstein is in the audience - he might be a manager or a promoter. He is a grown-up, anyway.' It was Us and Grown-ups then.Paul McCartneyAnthology
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