Love Me Tender... by Stuart Sutcliffe?

In late october 2011 the Stuart Sutcliffe Estate suddenly began selling a recording of Stuart they claimed to be authentic... Stuart was singing 'Love Me Tender' in early Beatles sets, but where would such a recording suddenly come from? Who are the other musicians? Fans quickly became very suspicious... this video tries to explain why. If this recording was authentic it would be sensational, since no voice recording of Stuart was known to exist. But after watching this you'll probably agree that it's more likely that Pauline Sutcliffe has fallen for a scam... the instrumental music in the beginning is an excerpt from 'Cayenne', one of the few authentic recordings Stuart participated in, though never as a singer.

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Education

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• The Beatles
• Stuart Sutcliffe
• Love Me Tender

[dabluebery]

One of the finest examples of straw-man arguing I've seen. The only truth I can see after watching your video is that you couldn't pass an elementary logic class.

[Wonsaponatime]

@dabluebery Everyone's clutching at straws with this! No one has hard facts, and that includes Pauline Sutcliffe. The estate admits the doubts, but then says: oh but Pauline surely recognizes the voice beyond any doubt. The problem is that by now Pete Best, Klaus Voorman, and indirectly even Astrid Kirchherr (via a message by Klaus) have expressed that they DON'T believe it's Stuart.

[lovesutcliffe05]

@Wonsaponatime Wonsaponatime....you and your slideshow full of innuendo are BUSTED! Ed Lineberry, original member of Rain, the guy who sang "Love Me Tender" for "Birth of the Beatles" has OFFICIALLY gone on record as stating it is NOT him singing on the newly-released Sutcliffe track. As Lennon once said, "When the Rain comes, they run and hide their heads"....so you should, Wons. Everything you've put out there has been hearsay and tripe. Not ONE fact.

lovesutcliffe05 11 minutes ago

[Wonsaponatime]

@lovesutcliffe05 I never said that I think it's the same performance or the same singer! I think that the "Sutcliffe" version could very well have been a fake that was modelled after the way the song was presented in Birth of the Beatles. And may I remind you that BOTH sides are clutching at straws. The argumentation of the Estate is based on faded memories, wishful thinking and circumstantial evidence. Pauline's "yes" has as much or little weight as Klaus' and Astrid's "no".

[StrawberryLennon9]

i don't think it's him... it sounds too advanced for the recording technology they could afford back then (compare it to the quality of Beatle bootlesgs like "In Spite of All the Danger" or the early version of "I'll follow the Sun")...

[spunnjbob]

Nice to have the various renderings together for comparison, but the producer of the commentary is an idiot.

[Quintellectual]

After watching this, I don't think the jury is out....not him...

[beatlejim64]

As a long time Beatles freak...(since 1964)...I would love this to be the voice of Stu Sutcliffe...but...the jury is still out...hopefully we can get to the bottom of this...nice work on the video...

[WardellGrayDotOrg]

Well done! Thanks for this. Face meets egg...