The Beatles-The Beatles Vs The Third Reich (1985, unofficial)


 

Artist: The Beatles


Label: VE

Format: LP

Cat: DX 62

Year of Release: 1985

Country and Year of Edition: US 1985 

Date of Sale: 5/31/23

Sell Price: $41.51

Condition: VG+/VG+ 

Discogs Last Sold: 2/24/23 $42.99

Low:$24.99

Median: $40.75

Average: $44.88

High: $87.49

Current low price: $45.00

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8

Have/Want:  113/43

Where Sold:  Lock Haven, PA

Time It Took To Sell:  8 years

Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums or That's Entertainment new mid 80's

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+

Sad To See It Go: No

Excellent companion piece to the official Lingasong 1977 release Live at The Star Club in Hamburg, 1962.  British businessman (and Beatles first manager) Allan Williams has a dubious message ("Hey I'm not as stupid as I look, Mates...") on the front cover claiming ownership of these unreleased tapes.  There was a falling out due to a 10%  fee he claims he was never paid, and this stuff was all recorded long before EMI had their hooks in a money machine.   Perhaps that is why Discogs allows this to be sold while most boots are blocked.  Someone with providence has to lay claim, otherwise it is public domain.

So, in glorious lo-fi mono, you get the early Beatles and German banter.  The artwork is a hilarious parody of the Vee Jay upteenth repackage of Introducing The Beatles, which paired them with the Four Seasons and letting the listener score each band track by track.  What a way to repackage an overpress.

The boot pits the Beatles vs their drunk German patrons.  If the Beatles proffer up "Ain't Nothing Shakin'" the Germans retort "Komm Gibb Mir Deine Penis."  "You Feet's Too Big?"  Say the Germans "Var Is Pete Best?"  They open with "A Taste of Honey?"  They get a "Seig Heil."  None of this is on the record of course.  

As expected, you get a non-pro recording of a very early club performance mostly of covers.  It makes for interesting listing to hear the Beatles at their live peak banging it out night after night even if the sound quality is muffled and boomy.

What do you expect for early 60's live audience tapes?



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