The Hamburg Repertoire - Various Artists (2CD)

The original classic recordings of songs performed by The Beatles onstage in Hamburg.
2 CD set, 68 tracks with a 36-page booklet.
'We were born in Liverpool but we grew up in Hamburg' John Lennon.
By far the best pop group of all time, the Beatles changed attitudes surrounding music, culture, fashion, politics, morals, everything.
They changed the world.
The group served an extraordinary apprenticeship in the blue collar bars and rock 'n' roll clubs of Hamburg's St Pauli district.
There, in squalid conditions, before an audience that included gangsters and prostitutes, drunken sailors and aggressive local rockers, they honed their presentational skills, evolved their image and fostered the humour and pioneering musical spirit that would define their future success.
To meet the demands imposed on them - a gruelling 800 hours onstage over a year and a half - the Beatles' repertoire was necessarily vast and varied.
Their "Sound" evolved from it.
Necessity encouraged an eclecticism that set them apart and perhaps lay the groundwork for such mid-sixties masterpieces 'Rubber Soul' and 'Revolver'.
The panorama of influences involved unadulterated rock 'n' roll, rhythm and blues, rockabilly, show tunes, film themes and also the most eloquent new pop songwriting of the day - which Lennon and McCartney were inspired to emulate - that of Buddy Holly and Goffin and King.
Many of the songs performed by The Beatles onstage in Hamburg would be recorded for the early albums, appear in radio sessions, or surface later on their respective solo projects.
Hamburg was a hard school.
It was where it all began..

Tracklisting

Disc One
1 Little Richard Long Tall Sally
2 Ray Charles Hallelujah I Love Her So
3 Eddie Cochran Hallelujah I Love Her So
4 Lenny Welch A Taste Of Honey
5 Chuck Berry Roll Over Beethoven
6 Buddy Holly And The Crickets Words Of Love
7 Peggy Lee Till There Was You
8 Chet Atkins Till There Was You
9 Carl Perkins Your True Love
10 Duane Eddy Three-30-Blues
11 Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody
12 Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps Over The
Rainbow
13 The Shirelles Will You Love Me Tomorrow
14 Chuck Berry You Can't Catch Me
15 Chan Romero Hippy Hippy Shake
16 Little Richard Kansas City / Hey Hey Hey Hey
17 Arthur Alexander Anna
18 The Coasters Besame Mucho
19 The Coasters Searchin'
20 Jerry Lee Lewis Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
21 Eddie Fontaine "Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves
On The Trees)
22 Bo Diddley Who Do You Love?
23 Bo Diddley Mona
24 Duane Eddy Moovin' N' Groovin'
25 Carl Perkins Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
26 The Shirelles Mama Said
27 Ray Charles And His Orchestra Hit The Road
Jack
28 Chuck Berry Rock And Roll Music
29 Larry Williams Dizzy Miss Lizzy
30 Dr. Feelgood And The Interns Mister Moonlight
31 Dinah Washington September In The Rain
32 Buddy Holly And The Crickets Everyday
33 Benny Goodman Quartet Moonglow

Disc Two
1 Carl Perkins Blue Suede Shoes
2 Little Richard Tutti Frutti
3 Little Richard Lucille
4 Little Richard Good Golly Miss Molly
5 Arthur Alexander A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues
6 The Coasters Three Cool Cats
7 Eddie Cochran Summertime Blues
8 Eddie Cochran Three Steps To Heaven
9 Duane Eddy Ramrod
10 Bobby Vee Take Good Care Of My Baby
11 Buddy Holly And The Crickets Mailman, Bring Me No
More Blues
12 Bo Diddley Road Runner
13 Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps Be-Bop-A-Lula
14 Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps Ain't She Sweet
15 Carl Perkins Matchbox
16 Eddie Cochran Twenty Flight Rock
17 Johnny Burnette And The Rock'N'Roll Trio
Lonesome Tears In My Eyes
18 Chuck Berry I'm Talking About You
19 Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen
20 The Shirelles Boys
21 Richie Barrett Some Other Guy
22 The Jodimars Clarabella
23 The Olympics (Baby) Hully Gully
24 Ann-Margret I Just Don't Understand
25 Duane Eddy Shazam
26 Ray Charles My Bonnie
27 Frank Ifield I Remember You
28 Del Shannon Runaway
29 Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps
Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine
30 Marlene Dietrich Falling In Love Again
31 Buddy Holly Crying, Waiting, Hoping
32 Carl Perkins Lend Me Your Comb
33 Ray Charles What'd I Say (Parts 1 & 2)
34 The Shirelles Baby It's You
35 Chet Atkins Theme From The Third Man