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The Beatles - 1961 - The Savage Young Beatles With Tony Sheridan (1965)
Around October of 1965, a small label called Savage Records released an album of Sheridan material. Where Savage got the songs to use on the album is not known. My theory is this: an album called The Beatles First had been issued in Germany in April of 1964, containing much of the same lineup as The Savage Young Beatles. Bootleggers in New York bought a copy of the record, and some time later -- with MGM's "My Bonnie" and Atco's "Ain't She Sweet" having hit the charts -- they decided to pirate the German Polydor album. Apparently in order to avoid possible lawsuits, they removed three of the four sides of the MGM and Atco hit singles from the album, reducing it to eight songs. The Savage album, appropriately named The Savage Young Beatles, contained four of the Sheridan/Beatles tracks and four songs by Tony Sheridan. The front cover deceptively shows the group without Tony and mentions Tony's name (on the front cover) only at the bottom, as though "T. Sheridan" were one of the songs. To its credit, however, the proper lineup of the Beatles (with Pete Best) was shown on the cover -- rather than making it appear as though these were "new" releases.(Frank Daniels)
01 - Let's Dance 02 - What'd I Say 03 - Sweet Georgia Brown 04 - Ruby Baby 05 - Ya Ya 06 - Why (Can't You Love Me Again) 07 - Cry For a Shadow 08 - If You Love Me Baby
