THE RECORDS THAT STARTED IT ALL

 An ORIGINAL 1961 and 1962 German FIRST ISSUES of "My Bonnie/The Saints"

POLYDOR NH 24 673

by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers, the first-ever appearance of the Beatles on record anywhere in the world !

The pair of Original Beatles first 45 vinyl records  

The labels are VG+ with no writing.

MY BONNIE  "ROCK" GERMAN INTRO  VINYL IS G some scuffs

MY BONNIE  "TWIST" ENGLISH INTRO  VINYL IS G+ some scuffs

A pair of original orange company sleeves with some little tears 

and 

Original Twist picture sleeve has some rips.

remanufacture  Rock picture sleeve, with wear and tear and writing.

There were two versions of that first single, one (called the "Rock" version) had the intro in German released Oct. 23, 1961 and the other (the "Twist" version) had the slow intro in English released Jan. 5, 1962. Both records were released on Polydor Records in Germany. The Beat Brothers included Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Pete Best.  

The history "My Bonnie" b/w "The Saints" (credited to Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers) was first released in October 1961with the "Rock" German intro, and reached #5 in the German Hitparade. 5 January 1962 the "Twist" version with the English intro was released.  In the United Kingdom  the single was released on 5 January 1962 (credited to Tony Sheridan and The Beatles)with the English intro "Twist". In the United States, the release of 4 April 1962 (Decca 31382) was cancelled but a few promo was release,Then the material was released on 27 January 1964 on MGM K-13213 as The Beatles with Tony Sheridan.

 

 My Bonnie played a more pivotal role in their fortunes: it brought them to the attention to Liverpool record shop owner Brian Epstein. A local fan named Raymond Jones is said to have requested the song in his NEMS store, setting events in motion which led to Epstein becoming The Beatles' manager.

A kid had gone into Brian's record store and asked for My Bonnie by The Beatles. Brian had said, 'No it's not, it's by Tony Sheridan,' and he ordered it. Then Brian heard that we were playing 200 yards away. So he came to the Cavern and the news got to us: 'Brian Epstein is in the audience - he might be a manager or a promoter. He is a grown-up, anyway.' It was Us and Grown-ups then. Paul McCartney
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