live hamburg germany live hamburg germany double album featuring live performances english rock group beatles recorded late december final hamburg residency album released different versions comprising total songs beatles performances recorded home tape machine single microphone resulting low fidelity recording taylor began investigate possible marketing tapes tapes eventually bought subjected extensive audio processing improve sound leading album poor sound quality limits commercial appeal album provides historic insight group club act period joined emergence beatles unsuccessful legally blocking initial release album recordings reissued forms beatles awarded rights performances history background beatles hamburg allowed liverpool band develop performance skills widen reputation added band august secure hamburg booking played nights nights beatles returned hamburg april play club months new hamburg music venue opened april beatles booked seven weeks beatles returned hamburg november december fourth fifth engagements booked months advance unlike previous trips hamburg drummer having replaced best august beatles reluctant return final week booking started december gaining popularity britain achieved charted single love recording portions beatles final performances acts recorded club stage manager taylor barber home reel reel recorder tape speed inches second single microphone placed stage taylor leader playing club said john_lennon verbally agreed group recorded exchange taylor providing beer performances tapes originally described having recorded spring attempt pre date beatles june contract signing song arrangements dialogue tapes pointed late december recording date december group day hamburg commonly cited later researchers proposed tapes multiple days week december beatles booking agent time recalled total hours recorded sessions christmas new year day tapes captured beatles performing different titles plus repeated songs songs commercially released tapes compositions assortment cover versions seventeen beatles appear studio albums live bbc arrangements played similar versions recorded later albeit refined cases distinct differences example quicker tempo guitar based instrumental break intentionally altered lyric proclaiming nose instead knees roll described taken pace recording equipment method resulted tapes low fidelity vocals best cases sound somewhat distant vocals songs indistinct liner notes early releases gave incorrect information singing exact song performed beatles dialogue songs includes addressing audience english german coarse times aspect stage act soon cease influence manager marketing attempts taylor said offered sell tapes mid-1960s consider commercial value offered taylor said kept tapes home largely forgotten decided look williams relates different history taylor stating taylor returned liverpool left tapes recording engineer editing potential album project finished engineer later relocated tapes items left williams taylor engineer gained access abandoned office recovered tapes beneath pile rubble floor existence tapes publicly reported july williams planning ask apple williams said later met george_harrison offer tapes declined citing financial difficulties time williams taylor teamed head find outlet tapes release murphy eventually bought tapes formed new company specifically project sold worldwide distribution rights double licensing spent elaborate audio processing mixing songs direction sequence songs rearranged individual songs edited bypass flawed tape sections incomplete recording unsuccessful attempt beatles block song live hamburg germany released album appeared germany april association released following month album june release association songs removed replaced different songs tapes decades recordings licensed record companies resulting numerous releases varying track selections performed additional audio songs version released volumes set included song mistakenly credited beatles actually performed act bill audio fidelity enterprises released single package beatles tracks original releases additional songs tapes appeared beatles records years known richard found issuing titles controversial covers content issued version tapes editing found official releases entitled beatles directly beatles seasons cover release recordings cds industry giant sparked renewed legal attention beatles represented paul_mccartney harrison sony produced version specifically music club sony withdrew titles lawsuit progressing release original set prompted lawsuit beatles case decided favour beatles granted ownership tapes exclusive rights use harrison appeared person provide evidence case testimony cited important factor judge decision harrison characterised claim gave taylor permission recording load rubbish added drunken person recording bunch constitute business deals reception album limited commercial success reaching peak position seven week run billboard album chart assessments album weigh poor sound quality historic importance insight provided beatles early stage act rolling_stone reviewer called album poorly recorded fascinating commented showed beatles raw extremely powerful allmusic commenting reissue wrote results low fidelity despite beatles enormous success took taylor years find release record magazine described recordings having certain historical interest remarked like riot sound terrible like hell great party going door george_harrison gave assessment star club recording recording track listing germany version introduction saw standing john_lennon paul_mccartney roll shake sweet little sixteen lend feet big twist shout taste honey sunny king curtis kansas_city hey hey hey hey leaves trees know love little falling love help ask guest lead vocal love ray charles guest lead vocal manager red sails sunset everybody trying baby talking like kate based olympics arrangement wish like sister kate shake long tall remember version version includes saw standing twist shout ask following songs introduction gon sit right cry life till personnel george_harrison lead guitar harmony backing vocals lead vocal tracks john_lennon rhythm guitar harmony backing vocals harmonica track lead vocal tracks shared paul_mccartney bass guitar harmony backing vocals lead vocal tracks shared drums
Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962