That's George and Paul I know there voice anywhere along with john . This is so wild to hear . Is this the very first Beatles recording on a reel to reel ?
@spazzcat03 It is believed to be, at least in terms of an informal session, That'll be the Day and In Spite of all the Danger were recorded two years before.
@Flamos013 Legend has it that it is Stu, all I can say is, believe it or not, as old man Ripley used to say. Personally, I think it is, for those who don't, fine, no problem, but whatever you do don't start a row on here over it, it aint worth it.
Not sure if you are suddenly having a pop as it were, after being affable, but no one is ever saying the bass here is good, but it is not as bad as it might have been. Remember, prior to the internet, recordings with Stu were only held and heard by very very few people, now all can hear for themselves. In fact, that being the case, it doesn't really matter if it was good, bad or indifferent.
Yeah, good question, strictly speaking, not The Beatles, legend has it that 'Quarrymen' was ditched not long after the last of the tea chest brigade had gone off for beard trims and real ale somewhere in the Lake District,, and just before their first trip to Beefburg; seeing as this around that time, maybe its Silver Beatles. But, not wanting to blame the Jews as such, its all Semantics.
Who cares ...its them...doesn't matter what someone's mum had 4 tea or where they lived or what their name was at the time...Really.. have fun finding out but it will still b the same and they will b or were The BeaTles
I really like this, it has an early American blues/railroad feeling to it. "Plaintiff" that is the adjective, almost "Paris, Texas"... Paul's voice is truly beautiful and - is that John on the low harmony? - he had a long way to go to get his confidence, huh?
Great great great listening! BEAUTIFUL - thank you for posting it.
God Bless Stu, the boys could not have made history without his passion, sincerity and kindness.
I'm four and a half and they still sound like crap here. If you heard this live at your local bar today would you be in the front row screaming, "Paauulll"?
Every band started out awful, but this one turned into a legend! Have you ever heard of a band that started out professional and rockin' the first time they picked up their instruments?
That sounds like George and Paul singing. Sutcliffe WAS as terrible as they say....geez. Not only is his playing as basic as it comes, but I think he loses track of the rhythm after a minute of playing....none of the "stops" during break that you'd expect from even an absolute newcomer to bass playing.
okay, the bass notes are correct, but it doesn't mean stu could play the bass. this sounds horrible, it sounds like a retarded trying to play a bass. i don't blame Paul at all for wanting Stu out of the band, I don't know what was going on in John's mind to insist to keep him.
I don't hate Stuart, i think he was the coolest of them at a certain point, and he was an amazing artist. But as a bass player he sucked monkey balls.
Paul is singing lead; Paul and John are singing the refrain together.
At this point, they weren't really a professional band they were just guys messing about pretty much. Stuart had the money to buy a bass and J & P talked him into it. Because they were both so musical, they didn't figure on Stuart being unable to learn it and thought he'd improve. He didn't, but John wouldn't come out and get rid of him; his method was more just ignoring him on stage. It was all about friendship.
Suprised this stuff didnt make it onto The anthology actually, I know " In Spite Of All The Danger" did, but this rare stuff just keeps appearing. Mind you this song is a bit - emm ploddy i think.Fascinating though.
WOw thanx for the video, this is an incredible find!!
And I think Ringo was (still is!) a GREAT drummer, I can't believe someone would say he contributed the least... I personally believe Ringo was a VERY big part of the quality that made the Beatles soung distict!
hang on a minute ringo held that band together he never fell out with any one and belived in every thing they did did you see him argue in let it be no hes the best back beat drmmer ever ok sorry for pete but ringo was better people loved him in usa and he could act
Those who say Ringo was better have actually heard tapes with Pete Best playing. Check out Pete's sloppy 4/4 lameness on "Crying, Waiting, Hoping." There's a version with Ringo too. So you can compare. Pete Best only got in the band cause he had a kit and his mom ran a Liverpool cafe where they could gig. Pete got kicked out cause he bunked off gigs and practice to shag chicks in Hamburg. Once they played with Ringo, they couldn't go back to Pete's amateur hour. Pete's solo record says it all.
@altersachse I stand by what I wrote, supported by the existing recordings and the interviews about it from the Beatles themselves -- including Paul's remarks in the Anthology video series and their "Anthology" book. Those are facts. Not opinions. There's not a single existing recording of Pete Best playing stellar drums with the Beatles.
@Satyagrahaha The operative word here is - stellar. If you mean a quality issue, that's not quite right and Paul never actually said that, or if he did, that's his opinion borne out of the old grudge. The 2 tracks genuinely the Beatles on the Polydor tapes has good drumming by Pete. Sadly, his drumming on the 62 EMI sessions was admittedly poor, the proof is there for all to hear.
@Joshua12345 - Good point about the Polydor recordings. Passable session for Pete, especially on Cry For A Shadow... .though those snare roll fills are pretty weak and with no reinforcement on the kick. That's why "not stellar." Correction to your comment on "62 EMI" sessions... (?) Do you mean the 1962 Decca auditions... aka "Deccagone" for long-time vinyl bootleg collectors. I don't think Pete ever played in EMI Abbey Road studios.
@Satyagrahaha Sorry, my friend, wrong on that count too, and I don't say that with any gloating, but it is wrong. Pete did a few, or maybe just one, not too sure - one full recording session with the Beatles at EMI. They were signed a good while before Love Me Do hit the charts, so plenty of time for Pete to record some tracks at EMI, at least one is on the anthology, probably more, haven't read the sleeve notes in a long while, but I do recall at least 1 track where he couldn't keep time.
@Joshua12345 - Yes, you're right. Mark Lewisohn's "Official Abbey Road Sessions" - June 6. 1962 was Pete Best's "one EMI recording session with the Beatles.' Includes reprint of his Union Session Fee pay card. Recorded Besame Mucho, Love Me Do, PS I Love You, Ask Me Why. Ron Richasrds and George Martin producing. "Memories are blurred about whether the session was an artist test, commercial test or the first session proper." Tapes were destroyed. Only a mix of Besame Mucho survives today.
@Satyagrahaha It is odd that Mark Lewisohn's book clashes with the text of the anthology CD notes. Pete did indeed record Love Me Do, and the track survived, the full dodgy time / tempo version is there for all to hear on the Anthology. There's also another mop toppy track where Pete throws in a snazzy sequence, different from Ringo's later final version. Could it have been Please Please Me? I'd check properly but not seen the CD in years now, buried deep in the attic.
@Joshua12345 I don't think it's odd. I didn't include that the "Besame Mucho" tape was rediscoverd in 1980, according to Lewishohn. Should have written "Only Besame Mucho mix survives as of 1989." There was a LOT of work to dig up lost tapes between 1989 and the release of the anthology project. Attribute the difference to the extra push for anthology archaeology.
Not good in the early aftermath, despite guest appearances on US telly, even their version of guess the person by their job ( can't recall our name for it, but some elderly shoplifter was on it ). But, ok later on, good solid civil service post, then when the city rightly or wrongly cashed in bigtime on the Beatles name, he began to move up again, then, he probably earned more off the anthology than you or I could dream about, so in one sense, came good in the end.
ok,ok I'm sorry. I love the Beatles how they were. It's just I feel sorry for Pete. He lost the opportunity of his life!!! Does anyone know how was his life without the Beatles?
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I wonder if The Beatles would have kept Pete Best, maybe they'd have been ten thousand times more successful than they were. He was so handsome and had more personality than Ringo. (sorry my english)
Ringo is much better than Pete. Ringo got so much more personlity than pete. If they would have stuck with pete instead of Ringo they would never bee has famous has the beatles was.
and by the way, Ringo is much more goodlooking than pete best!
You know that's silly. They didn't want Pete. Ringo was the top drummer in the entire NW of England and L'Pool had 300 bands alone! They had to pay him 5 pounds more than the other band to get him. And how could they have been more succesful? They didn't get together to be models - not about looks; they started when they were kids; it was about love of music, getting along, hard work (which PB did NOT do - he'd go off, miss a show and they'd get R to come sit in). Give them a little credit.
Ringo gave the a sort of uniformity. He put the band together. Everything from his drumming style to his sweet personality acted as glue. He held the band together. The Beatles still would have been good, and probably famous, but The Beatles would had a completely different feel to them.
It just depends on if one likes the Atomic Beat, or the melodious sound of Ringo Starr.
I know this might sound stupid, I don't even remember which one of the BILLION Beatle's website I got this from, but I heard that the reason why they got rid of Pete was because he was too good looking and up-showed the rest of them..
Well, either way it doesn't make much of a difference these days. And Ringo was an admirable drummer :)
Ringo was thought to be the best drummer in Liverpool. He was 'professional'; they weren't. They felt that it seemed 'right' when he sat in when Best didn't show. Pete was quiet, and didn't 'fit' in, but finding a drummer was hard. It was only when they got the contract that they thought they could lure Ringo away from Rory Storm & the Hurricanes. They offered Ringo 5 pounds more a week than he was making; more than he'd been offered by King Size Taylor. They were lucky to get him.
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Sorry but all you people who say Ringo was way better are just way off. The Beatles would have been #1 no matter which drummer. The drummers contributed the least. I get tired of everyone saying how good Ringo was, because he wasn't. John, Paul and George were great. Ringo was mediocre and was the weakest link in the band. Ringo was just damn lucky to have had 3 superstars in the band, for he surely wasn't!
I strongly disagree. The beatles power was derived from the combo unit that they were. Change any component of that unit and it wouldn't be the same. take a look at their individual solo work. Some of it is great, but it doesn't have the magic quality that their stuff together had.
I agree with you, in footy, Jimmy Hill talked about the right component parts, not necessarily the best ever player in that position, same with the Beatles, Ringo's plain back-beaty style ( where do you think they got that phrase from ), did the job magnificently, basic rock in the early days to some superior bashing the skins on Something and throughout the perfection that was the flip side of Abbey Road.
This is great. Too bad there's so much distortion on the tape. Great singing. You can already hear what they would become. Stu may not have been as bad as they say, but he probably never would have been as good as Paul. Paul was born to play bass.
I love that picture in the beginning of the video clip. You can really see John in that young man XD. He just looks the exact same throughout his entire life. No matter what his hair looks like.
Not sure if the other posts superceded this, don't get on here very often at min, but this is part of the same batch of Quarrymen tapes, and is increasingly 'out' all over the internet.
Ah yes, Otto Vunderlust, part time steam roller and Civil Servant, beat the 9 to 5 blues by grabbing his fender newscaster and gigging down the docks, known to all Beatle nuts as the 112th Beatle.
Ha ha! yeah, but really, The Beatles didn't play any gigs on that trip. They were kicked out of the club... and the arson charge and deportation was a convenient way for the slime bucket club owner to pocket their unpaid wages. It's the rock and roll business, after all.
Although I am sure you will all answer each other's questions, what this is, is a photo record from the Quarrymen through to the final days of Hamburg and Liverpool, 'Love Me Do much have been like winning a ticket on Concorde, anyway, all the images not the Beatles, are people who were involved in their early involvement, apart from the podgy lad with glasses on the early Quarrymen photo, I think he was the baker's delivery boy just muscled in for the shot.
Well he's Klaus Voormann,he was astrid's boyfriend before stuart stole her from him.klaus also made the "revolver" album picture,often played bass with john lennon after the beatles,he also drawed the famous anthology pictures you can see on each album or autobiography book by the beatles... very talented guy.
BEATLES: The Top Selling Record Album in all time. Best band ever. Their music is worth remembering. Timeless & Classic. John was a genius composer with cool voice like paul with real rocker voice. and theyre cutie. Goerge was a real cutie best lead guitarist & writes songs that is touching. Ringo best drummer. They Rules. Nothing compares them ever. nothing can ever come close to even. band nowadays just sucks. Rock on beatles. you live forever. NOTHING COMPARES.
There's a reason for this, Bass amplification was in its infancy, ask anyone learning Beatles songs,their chords are mostly treble toned to suit the PA's of the time, McCarney was a genius in this respect( and many others)
WHO SINGING and playing BASS
funcooldrew2 1 week ago
That's George and Paul I know there voice anywhere along with john . This is so wild to hear . Is this the very first Beatles recording on a reel to reel ?
spazzcat03 6 months ago
@spazzcat03 It is believed to be, at least in terms of an informal session, That'll be the Day and In Spite of all the Danger were recorded two years before.
Joshua12345 6 months ago
John is so cute.
xXOneHotLennonXx 7 months ago
who is 2:42 ??? Stu, i dont think soo
Flamos013 8 months ago
@Flamos013 Legend has it that it is Stu, all I can say is, believe it or not, as old man Ripley used to say. Personally, I think it is, for those who don't, fine, no problem, but whatever you do don't start a row on here over it, it aint worth it.
Joshua12345 7 months ago
@Joshua12345 Could it be Klaus Voorman perhaps? or am i crazy?
WalrusMuffins10797 2 months ago
@Flamos013 It's Klaus Voormann.
slathered 7 months ago
@Flamos013 he's Klaus Voorman ex-boyfriend of Astrid Kirchherr
runaways5 2 months ago
2 seconds into the song and it already sounds better than Justin Bieber
Korn1holio 8 months ago 2
singing is great, but that bass is too loud and kinda ruins it
videodaniel8945 11 months ago
Not sure if you are suddenly having a pop as it were, after being affable, but no one is ever saying the bass here is good, but it is not as bad as it might have been. Remember, prior to the internet, recordings with Stu were only held and heard by very very few people, now all can hear for themselves. In fact, that being the case, it doesn't really matter if it was good, bad or indifferent.
Joshua12345 1 year ago 5
Sorry, mate, this is pretty bad bass playing considering it's just a simple 1-4-5. If you don't know what 1-4-5 is, then shut up.
Satyagrahaha 1 year ago
This is a legitimate piece of music history. Thank you for posting it! Wow! So cool sounding.
IndiaSummerxxx 1 year ago
Oh Darlin' Kinda like one after 909 was from these early days.
Trixisforkidz 1 year ago
I've never heard The Beatles like this record!!, oh!!!, i love 'em!!
allisonsalazar 1 year ago
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Man, really good is that they get better with the past of time!!!!! They Really sucks those years...
andylyboy31 2 years ago
The drummer at 1:17 is Johnny Hutchinson who was part of the Big Three (one of the many local groups at the time)
arickett68 2 years ago
Hahaha look at them at 00:38
xD
George's guitar is as big as he is. And Paul, gosh he looks like he's 10 years old. And John rocks the pompadour.
Dunno bout Snerd McNerd in the corner...
imeatingwatermelon 2 years ago
@imeatingwatermelon that is their wax figures, i saw em at madam tuesows wax museum
beatlesfan831 1 year ago
The first notes sound more like piano than bass. But, what do I know?
TheBeatlesRoooock 2 years ago 3
omg jhon at 38
lmm6192 2 years ago
How could I get a copy of .18?
That's a photo I would have taken...
Great post! Thank you.
p.s. My hero at 4.06
JulianLennon1 2 years ago
They were as old as me now omg lol!
is0n1c 2 years ago
This song is for the silver beatles, George, Paul and John and Stuart, not Ringo or Pete Best
disenomiami 2 years ago
Here's a question. Would anyone say this is The Beatles? The Quarrymen? Silver Beatles?
acolddayinhoth 2 years ago 3
Yeah, good question, strictly speaking, not The Beatles, legend has it that 'Quarrymen' was ditched not long after the last of the tea chest brigade had gone off for beard trims and real ale somewhere in the Lake District,, and just before their first trip to Beefburg; seeing as this around that time, maybe its Silver Beatles. But, not wanting to blame the Jews as such, its all Semantics.
Joshua12345 2 years ago
@acolddayinhoth
Who cares ...its them...doesn't matter what someone's mum had 4 tea or where they lived or what their name was at the time...Really.. have fun finding out but it will still b the same and they will b or were The BeaTles
MtD.
multidstringtheorist 1 year ago
An important piece of musical history
RickmalR 2 years ago
wow what a treat! geeze. thanks!
FunNotNuts 2 years ago
great batch of pictures...rip stu...hey! at 2;43..it`s adam lampert`s cousin..lol...
sundowna 2 years ago
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george is the lukiest drummer in the world
djr2djl 2 years ago
George Wasnt the drummer .................N00b
xyrmomx187 2 years ago
please don't pull it - please please please.
I really like this, it has an early American blues/railroad feeling to it. "Plaintiff" that is the adjective, almost "Paris, Texas"... Paul's voice is truly beautiful and - is that John on the low harmony? - he had a long way to go to get his confidence, huh?
Great great great listening! BEAUTIFUL - thank you for posting it.
God Bless Stu, the boys could not have made history without his passion, sincerity and kindness.
packardboyaugie 2 years ago
How can I refuse such a request? Ok, it stays, no worries.
Joshua12345 2 years ago
everyone was in love with st
djr2djl 2 years ago
@packardboyaugie who wrote this song?
Burromovie 1 year ago
it's not a bad song it was just a shit recording, probably a home tape recorder, stu was a better painter than bassist lol
rcris18 3 years ago
Sounds like Wire.
johnarthurknight 3 years ago
I'm four and a half and they still sound like crap here. If you heard this live at your local bar today would you be in the front row screaming, "Paauulll"?
eddiehead64 3 years ago
This band is awful
eddiehead64 3 years ago
Do you know who they are?
Or are you 5 years old?:D
jillyruss 3 years ago
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BEATLESCRAZY13 3 years ago
Every band started out awful, but this one turned into a legend! Have you ever heard of a band that started out professional and rockin' the first time they picked up their instruments?
wtonckens 3 years ago
Ah, Astrid at 2:18.
Amhlair 3 years ago
That sounds like George and Paul singing. Sutcliffe WAS as terrible as they say....geez. Not only is his playing as basic as it comes, but I think he loses track of the rhythm after a minute of playing....none of the "stops" during break that you'd expect from even an absolute newcomer to bass playing.
Eastbay007 3 years ago
okay, the bass notes are correct, but it doesn't mean stu could play the bass. this sounds horrible, it sounds like a retarded trying to play a bass. i don't blame Paul at all for wanting Stu out of the band, I don't know what was going on in John's mind to insist to keep him.
I don't hate Stuart, i think he was the coolest of them at a certain point, and he was an amazing artist. But as a bass player he sucked monkey balls.
MaryLS 3 years ago 2
Who's singing lead? I can't tell
Vison2008 3 years ago
Paul is singing lead; Paul and John are singing the refrain together.
At this point, they weren't really a professional band they were just guys messing about pretty much. Stuart had the money to buy a bass and J & P talked him into it. Because they were both so musical, they didn't figure on Stuart being unable to learn it and thought he'd improve. He didn't, but John wouldn't come out and get rid of him; his method was more just ignoring him on stage. It was all about friendship.
liverpoolishgirl 3 years ago 2
Ringo had to be good to be accepted as the new drummer!!!
livndream4u2 3 years ago
The bassline anticipates the one on Plastic Ono Band's 1970 song, "Well Well Well."
thurberdrawing 3 years ago
Suprised this stuff didnt make it onto The anthology actually, I know " In Spite Of All The Danger" did, but this rare stuff just keeps appearing. Mind you this song is a bit - emm ploddy i think.Fascinating though.
wildenfree 3 years ago
WOw thanx for the video, this is an incredible find!!
And I think Ringo was (still is!) a GREAT drummer, I can't believe someone would say he contributed the least... I personally believe Ringo was a VERY big part of the quality that made the Beatles soung distict!
anukriti 3 years ago 3
where did you get this song?? that's great!!
DizzyMissRomi 3 years ago
hang on a minute ringo held that band together he never fell out with any one and belived in every thing they did did you see him argue in let it be no hes the best back beat drmmer ever ok sorry for pete but ringo was better people loved him in usa and he could act
nitramtenab 3 years ago 2
Those who say Ringo was better have actually heard tapes with Pete Best playing. Check out Pete's sloppy 4/4 lameness on "Crying, Waiting, Hoping." There's a version with Ringo too. So you can compare. Pete Best only got in the band cause he had a kit and his mom ran a Liverpool cafe where they could gig. Pete got kicked out cause he bunked off gigs and practice to shag chicks in Hamburg. Once they played with Ringo, they couldn't go back to Pete's amateur hour. Pete's solo record says it all.
Satyagrahaha 3 years ago 2
@Satyagrahaha RUBBISH
altersachse 1 year ago
@altersachse I stand by what I wrote, supported by the existing recordings and the interviews about it from the Beatles themselves -- including Paul's remarks in the Anthology video series and their "Anthology" book. Those are facts. Not opinions. There's not a single existing recording of Pete Best playing stellar drums with the Beatles.
Satyagrahaha 1 year ago
@Satyagrahaha The operative word here is - stellar. If you mean a quality issue, that's not quite right and Paul never actually said that, or if he did, that's his opinion borne out of the old grudge. The 2 tracks genuinely the Beatles on the Polydor tapes has good drumming by Pete. Sadly, his drumming on the 62 EMI sessions was admittedly poor, the proof is there for all to hear.
Joshua12345 1 year ago
@Joshua12345 - Good point about the Polydor recordings. Passable session for Pete, especially on Cry For A Shadow... .though those snare roll fills are pretty weak and with no reinforcement on the kick. That's why "not stellar." Correction to your comment on "62 EMI" sessions... (?) Do you mean the 1962 Decca auditions... aka "Deccagone" for long-time vinyl bootleg collectors. I don't think Pete ever played in EMI Abbey Road studios.
Satyagrahaha 1 year ago
@Satyagrahaha Sorry, my friend, wrong on that count too, and I don't say that with any gloating, but it is wrong. Pete did a few, or maybe just one, not too sure - one full recording session with the Beatles at EMI. They were signed a good while before Love Me Do hit the charts, so plenty of time for Pete to record some tracks at EMI, at least one is on the anthology, probably more, haven't read the sleeve notes in a long while, but I do recall at least 1 track where he couldn't keep time.
Joshua12345 1 year ago
@Joshua12345 - Yes, you're right. Mark Lewisohn's "Official Abbey Road Sessions" - June 6. 1962 was Pete Best's "one EMI recording session with the Beatles.' Includes reprint of his Union Session Fee pay card. Recorded Besame Mucho, Love Me Do, PS I Love You, Ask Me Why. Ron Richasrds and George Martin producing. "Memories are blurred about whether the session was an artist test, commercial test or the first session proper." Tapes were destroyed. Only a mix of Besame Mucho survives today.
Satyagrahaha 1 year ago
@Satyagrahaha It is odd that Mark Lewisohn's book clashes with the text of the anthology CD notes. Pete did indeed record Love Me Do, and the track survived, the full dodgy time / tempo version is there for all to hear on the Anthology. There's also another mop toppy track where Pete throws in a snazzy sequence, different from Ringo's later final version. Could it have been Please Please Me? I'd check properly but not seen the CD in years now, buried deep in the attic.
Joshua12345 1 year ago
@Joshua12345 I don't think it's odd. I didn't include that the "Besame Mucho" tape was rediscoverd in 1980, according to Lewishohn. Should have written "Only Besame Mucho mix survives as of 1989." There was a LOT of work to dig up lost tapes between 1989 and the release of the anthology project. Attribute the difference to the extra push for anthology archaeology.
Satyagrahaha 1 year ago
And I thought I heard all of their early stuff. You...and this vid...blow me away.
McCartnee 3 years ago
Not good in the early aftermath, despite guest appearances on US telly, even their version of guess the person by their job ( can't recall our name for it, but some elderly shoplifter was on it ). But, ok later on, good solid civil service post, then when the city rightly or wrongly cashed in bigtime on the Beatles name, he began to move up again, then, he probably earned more off the anthology than you or I could dream about, so in one sense, came good in the end.
Joshua12345 4 years ago
OHH! Thanks a lot for the information.
danietitin 4 years ago
ok,ok I'm sorry. I love the Beatles how they were. It's just I feel sorry for Pete. He lost the opportunity of his life!!! Does anyone know how was his life without the Beatles?
danietitin 4 years ago
i♥it!
bigdrakefan95 4 years ago 2
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I wonder if The Beatles would have kept Pete Best, maybe they'd have been ten thousand times more successful than they were. He was so handsome and had more personality than Ringo. (sorry my english)
danietitin 4 years ago
Ringo is much better than Pete. Ringo got so much more personlity than pete. If they would have stuck with pete instead of Ringo they would never bee has famous has the beatles was.
and by the way, Ringo is much more goodlooking than pete best!
yellowsubmarine 4 years ago 5
You know that's silly. They didn't want Pete. Ringo was the top drummer in the entire NW of England and L'Pool had 300 bands alone! They had to pay him 5 pounds more than the other band to get him. And how could they have been more succesful? They didn't get together to be models - not about looks; they started when they were kids; it was about love of music, getting along, hard work (which PB did NOT do - he'd go off, miss a show and they'd get R to come sit in). Give them a little credit.
liverpoolishgirl 4 years ago 5
Ringo gave the a sort of uniformity. He put the band together. Everything from his drumming style to his sweet personality acted as glue. He held the band together. The Beatles still would have been good, and probably famous, but The Beatles would had a completely different feel to them.
It just depends on if one likes the Atomic Beat, or the melodious sound of Ringo Starr.
ImmortalxUntilxDeath 4 years ago 3
I know this might sound stupid, I don't even remember which one of the BILLION Beatle's website I got this from, but I heard that the reason why they got rid of Pete was because he was too good looking and up-showed the rest of them..
Well, either way it doesn't make much of a difference these days. And Ringo was an admirable drummer :)
XxMooelfxX 4 years ago
Ringo was thought to be the best drummer in Liverpool. He was 'professional'; they weren't. They felt that it seemed 'right' when he sat in when Best didn't show. Pete was quiet, and didn't 'fit' in, but finding a drummer was hard. It was only when they got the contract that they thought they could lure Ringo away from Rory Storm & the Hurricanes. They offered Ringo 5 pounds more a week than he was making; more than he'd been offered by King Size Taylor. They were lucky to get him.
liverpoolishgirl 3 years ago
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Sorry but all you people who say Ringo was way better are just way off. The Beatles would have been #1 no matter which drummer. The drummers contributed the least. I get tired of everyone saying how good Ringo was, because he wasn't. John, Paul and George were great. Ringo was mediocre and was the weakest link in the band. Ringo was just damn lucky to have had 3 superstars in the band, for he surely wasn't!
Doug5007 3 years ago
I strongly disagree. The beatles power was derived from the combo unit that they were. Change any component of that unit and it wouldn't be the same. take a look at their individual solo work. Some of it is great, but it doesn't have the magic quality that their stuff together had.
barakpick 3 years ago 10
I agree with you, in footy, Jimmy Hill talked about the right component parts, not necessarily the best ever player in that position, same with the Beatles, Ringo's plain back-beaty style ( where do you think they got that phrase from ), did the job magnificently, basic rock in the early days to some superior bashing the skins on Something and throughout the perfection that was the flip side of Abbey Road.
Joshua12345 3 years ago
That was really nice. Thanks, man!
mongrelhead1 4 years ago
This is great. Too bad there's so much distortion on the tape. Great singing. You can already hear what they would become. Stu may not have been as bad as they say, but he probably never would have been as good as Paul. Paul was born to play bass.
iluvjpm 4 years ago 14
so a great song!
love it
bigdrakefan95 4 years ago
hey, Stu would have kept improving if he kept playing
giles422 4 years ago 2
I love that picture in the beginning of the video clip. You can really see John in that young man XD. He just looks the exact same throughout his entire life. No matter what his hair looks like.
GerogeJohnPaulRingo 4 years ago
Wow, cool hit.
berven2 4 years ago
thanks shame you couldnt get the video.
PHILLYNOTT1 4 years ago
where is this track from?
LadyCayenne 4 years ago
Liverpool, July 1960, Paul's house, certainly J,P, G and Stu, perhaps Mike McCartney on Biscuit tin.
Joshua12345 4 years ago
WOW... thanks!
LadyCayenne 4 years ago
Not sure if the other posts superceded this, don't get on here very often at min, but this is part of the same batch of Quarrymen tapes, and is increasingly 'out' all over the internet.
Joshua12345 4 years ago
Thanks for posting... I wonder if the guitarist in the 4:20s was George's replacement after he was deported from GER??
charliebrownhead 4 years ago
Ah yes, Otto Vunderlust, part time steam roller and Civil Servant, beat the 9 to 5 blues by grabbing his fender newscaster and gigging down the docks, known to all Beatle nuts as the 112th Beatle.
Joshua12345 4 years ago
Ha ha! yeah, but really, The Beatles didn't play any gigs on that trip. They were kicked out of the club... and the arson charge and deportation was a convenient way for the slime bucket club owner to pocket their unpaid wages. It's the rock and roll business, after all.
Satyagrahaha 3 years ago
i think it's stuart stucliffe on bass ..isn't he?
frenchytouch 4 years ago
Although I am sure you will all answer each other's questions, what this is, is a photo record from the Quarrymen through to the final days of Hamburg and Liverpool, 'Love Me Do much have been like winning a ticket on Concorde, anyway, all the images not the Beatles, are people who were involved in their early involvement, apart from the podgy lad with glasses on the early Quarrymen photo, I think he was the baker's delivery boy just muscled in for the shot.
Joshua12345 4 years ago
who's the guy at 2:40?
jx14aby 4 years ago
Well he's Klaus Voormann,he was astrid's boyfriend before stuart stole her from him.klaus also made the "revolver" album picture,often played bass with john lennon after the beatles,he also drawed the famous anthology pictures you can see on each album or autobiography book by the beatles... very talented guy.
frenchytouch 4 years ago
i heard that astrid was the one who gave the Beatles' their first "Beatles haircut," to make them look like klaus voorman.
jx14aby 4 years ago
she said that she handnt. the press insisted she did, but she said she didnt. :)
Beatleschick1 4 years ago
Klaus was cute.
GingerGilligan 4 years ago
Cool!!
georgekyoto3000 4 years ago
thanks for posting , never heard this , where have got this, which boot? good lad. thanks Berherbi
berherbi 4 years ago
Glad you like it. Can't remember which CD now, lost them shortly after posting here, but seemed to be Aussie made of all things.
Joshua12345 4 years ago
BEATLES: The Top Selling Record Album in all time. Best band ever. Their music is worth remembering. Timeless & Classic. John was a genius composer with cool voice like paul with real rocker voice. and theyre cutie. Goerge was a real cutie best lead guitarist & writes songs that is touching. Ringo best drummer. They Rules. Nothing compares them ever. nothing can ever come close to even. band nowadays just sucks. Rock on beatles. you live forever. NOTHING COMPARES.
lightyears888 4 years ago
You said it all, correctomundo.
Joshua12345 4 years ago
There's a reason for this, Bass amplification was in its infancy, ask anyone learning Beatles songs,their chords are mostly treble toned to suit the PA's of the time, McCarney was a genius in this respect( and many others)
sunbeams7 5 years ago
You're right this has charm. I've never heard this before. Thank you for posting!
sabeth86 5 years ago