Beatles' first recording contract to be auctioned next month

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ULA ILNYTZKY

NEW YORK (AP) — The Beatles' first recording contract was signed in Hamburg, Germany, where the band honed its craft playing gigs in the city's boisterous nightclub district.

The 1961 recording session produced the single "My Bonnie." It was released on the Polydor label in Germany only and never hit the top charts. But the tune led directly to the Beatles' discovery back home, a contract with EMI the following year and their first hit, "Love Me Do."

Heritage Auctions will auction the six-page contract in New York on Sept. 19 for an estimated $150,000. It's the centerpiece of a Beatles collection spanning the band's entire career. It's being sold by the estate of Uwe Blaschke, a German graphic designer and noted Beatles historian who died in 2010.

"Not many people know that the Beatles started their careers in Germany," said Beatles expert Ulf Kruger. "The Beatles had their longest stint in a club in Hamburg at the Top Ten Club. They played there three months in a row, every night. The style they invented in Liverpool, they cultivated in Hamburg."

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This undated photo provided by Heritage Auctions from an upcoming Beatles collection sale shows the Beatles’ first recording contract, which was signed in Hamburg, Germany, where the band honed its craft performing in the city’s boisterous nightclub district. It will be auctioned in New York on Sept. 19 and is part of a collection, spanning the band’s entire career, from the estate of Uwe Blaschke a noted German Beatles historian who died in 2010. (Heritage Auctions via AP)

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[C Moon]

1. I love their version of My Bonnie—that was with Tony Sheridan, right?

They also wrote a great instrumental during that period (it had some Gene Vincent Blue Cap type screams during the solos). Can't recall the title without Google, right now. But I can hear it.

Okay. I Googled it: Cry for a Shadow. I used to have this album. Sigh...I lost so many great records from living with roommates.

[NBachers]

3. Wow! Thanks for introducing me to some fresh Beatle music. Everyone sounds great!

[C Moon]

4. I love how raw it sounds. I believe (not sure) that Pete Best is on drums. You can kinda tell.

I think Ringo would have had more snap on the snare and would have added some tasteful short fills here and there.
Pete sounds great, though!

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Hamburg was instrumental on their development

and raise to fame, very rough town back then



From Greasers

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Its were they got their mop top


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