New Recordings From 1962

[miamiric]

An independent Miami label reported on January 16th it plans to release never-before-heard Beatles live recordings made in 1962 at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany. Apparently this is to include previously unreleased material, covers include Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" and Maurice Williams' "Do You Believe."

Fuego Entertainment has partnered with British producer/promoter Jeffrey Collins to put out his catalogue holdings. They say those include a live Beatles performance of 15 songs at the club which have been digitally remastered. Apple are watching the situation "We don't have a comment as such but not surprisingly are looking into the claim," says an Apple spokesperson.

What's the betting these tracks never see the light of day, I seem to remember George Harrison turned up in person at court representing the fab four to successfully prevent a previous official release of similar material.

[shamustwin]

I had the LP at one point. Nice listening!

[Lennon&on]

There's MORE unreleased Star Club stuff? Is this true? Is this stuff really going to be remastered?

I would LOVE to hear that....

[gregga41]

Hey Michael, welcome to the forum!
I had that album, i think it was released in '77?? Great historic value!
As with all the fabs releases, i'd love to hear this next installment!

[Lennon&on]

Thanks for the welcome. I'd been a frequent visitor since 2001, but couldn't seem to get my original account going again and just wanted to jump back in....

Yes, I have a 3 CD set of the Star Club tapes, but thought this was either some unknown material from those gigs or a legitimate remaster using 2008 technology instead of 1977 technology, but I checked out the website of this label and it's the same old stuff with yet another bizarrely concocted story about the lineage of the recording to try and squeak an ounce of interest in them....

Apple will crush this, I'm pretty sure.