Zu Laut ! - The 1962 Star Club Concerts

The Beatles
 
Zu Laut ! (4xDiscs) - Front cover Zu Laut ! (4xDiscs) - Rear Cover
Zu Laut ! - The 1962 Star Club Concerts (4xDiscs) - Front Cover Zu Laut ! - The 1962 Star Club Concerts (4xDiscs) - Rear Cover

Label Graphophone
Catalogue No.   GR-62
Release date October 2018
Total time C.D. 1 - 74 minutes 49 seconds
C.D. 2 - 58 minutes 22 seconds
C.D. 3 - 71 minutes 57 seconds
D.V.D. - 2 hours 10 minutes 18 seconds
Comments :                            A 3 C.D. + 1 DVD Deluxe Edition - Reconstructed by John Baron Reith

This is a mock stereo version of The Beatles Live at The Star Club in Hamburg recordings.
The digital stereo processing allows you to discern each instrument better than previous mono releases of this material.
This release also includes a re-mastered stereo version of all of the U.S. Star Club singles released in 1982 and a great DVD.

In an essential article about the tapes in Record Collector, spread over two issues in the summer of 2015, the most intense examination and research was made and identified.
Finally after 53 years, Hans Olof Gottfridsson together with Richard Moore had been allowed to use the notes of Larry Grossberg, producer and director of the initial Lingasong 1977 releases, and were able to present the complete running order of the original tape.
Record Collector - Star Club Recordings The Reel Story - Part 1
Record Collector - Star Club Recordings The Reel Story - Part 2

The new information in Record Collector about the correct running order of the songs in the Star Club sets have inspired Beatlefans to compile a revised album.
The makers of "Zu Laut !" have risen to the occasion and presented two new editions of the album, one in mono and one in stereo.
In the inner page of the CD booklet, they have also included information about the missing songs, as described in Grossberg's notes and Gottfridsson's article. After the publication of the article, further listening has revealed that the four notes at the start of "I Remember You" on the Lingasong set actually turns out to be the start of "Glad All Over" !
This now constitutes the first ever Star Club Beatles compilation, unofficial or official, that presents the tracks (at least within each section/set) in their correct running order. Some of the songs that were tape damaged or had missing notes have had these reconstructed, however the originals are also included for historical accuracy.

The DVD contains a load of 1966 interviews with Peter Eckhorn, Manfred Weissleder, Hans Walther Braun (who plays part of his tape) and Bettina the barmaid from the Star Club. For the first time these interviews have been translated and are presented with selectable subtitles.
It also has an 80 minutes slideshow with about 200 photos covering their time in Hamburg from 1960 to 1962, set to the soundtrack of the c.d.'s, plus an onscreen transcript of what is being sung and spoken. The transcript shows up on screen by default but can be disabled if you just wish to view the pictures.
Other material on the DVD includes:
     Archival footage of the Reeperbahn and Grosse Freiheit.
     A guided tour of Grosse Freiheit with Tony Sheridan.
     A 1972 Nationwide feature on the Star Club tapes.
     A five minute sequence shot inside the Star Club for the TV series Hafenpolizei in 1962.
     Footage shot inside the Top Ten and Star Club in 1966.
     Bruno Koschmider's films of the Bambi, Indra and Kaiserkeller, and colour footage of the Reeperbahn and Grosse Freiheit from 1959.

There is an 12 page card booklet with a few old pictures, the tracklist and a more detailed write-up.
The booklet also includes:
The Story Of The Star Club Tapes by Charles Repka.
Article and pictures of two of Ted "Kingsize" Taylor's reel-to-reel tape recorders.
Pictures and story of the actual tapes.

p.s. All credit to Lord Reith for putting it all together.


C.D. 1 - Stereo Version Part One

Sets are not necessarily in chronological order.
Recorded 18th-31st December 1962.
Letters "like (A)" refer to Record Collector article May-June 2015.

No. Title Time
Set One (A)
1 Be-Bop-A-Lula (with Fred Fascher on vocals) 2:34
2 Link 0:28
3 I Saw Her Standing There 2:49
4 Link 0:43
5 Hallelujah, I Love Her So (with Horst Fascher on vocals) 2:10
6 Link 0:26
7 Red Hot (with John on organ, final 32 seconds reconstructed) 1:25
Set Two (B)
8 Sheila (first four bars reconstructed) 1:55
9 Link 0:42
10 Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey 2:09
11 Link 0:18
12 Shimmy Like Kate 2:17
13 Link 0:54
14 Reminiscing 1:44
15 Link 0:50
16 Red Sails In The Sunset 2:21
17 Link 0:11
18 Sweet Little Sixteen 2:47
19 Link 1:04
20 Roll Over Beethoven 2:22
21 Link 0:34
22 A Taste Of Honey (final 40 seconds reconstructed) 2:33
Set Three (C) (Christmas)
23 Nothin' Shakin' But The Leaves On The Tree 1:17
24 Link 1:10
25 I Saw Her Standing There 2:54
26 Link 0:39
27 To Know Her Is To Love Her 3:07
28 Link 0:34
29 Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby 2:28
30 Link 0:48
31 Till There Was You 2:17
32 Link 0:24
33 Where Have You Been All My Life ? 2:25
34 Link 0:59
35 Lend Me Your Comb 1:52
36 Link 0:29
37 Your Feet's Too Big 2:30
38 I'm Talking About You 2:00
39 Link 0:56
40 A Taste Of Honey 1:51
Set Four (F) - (Probably same night as set three)
41 Link 1:07
42 Matchbox 2:42
43 Link 0:43
44 Little Queenie 4:00
45 Link 0:59
46 Roll Over Beethoven 2:38
47 Goodnight 0:21


C.D. 2 - Stereo Version Part Two

Sets are not necessarily in chronological order.
Recorded 18th-31st December 1962.
Letters "like (A)" refer to Record Collector article May-June 2015.

No. Title Time
Set Five (E)
1 Preamble 1:03
2 Road Runner (soundcheck) 0:53
3 The Hippy Hippy Shake 1:45
4 Link 0:15
5 Link 0:38
6 A Taste Of Honey (with Tony Sheridan on backing vocals ?) 1:59
Set Six (H) - (some announcements missing)
7 I Remember You (some looping still present) 1:24
8 Ask Me Why 2:24
9 Besame Mucho 2:48
10 Mr. Moonlight 2:13
11 Falling In Love Again 2:12
12 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) 1:46
Set Seven (I)
13 I'm Talking About You 2:01
Set Eight (K)
14 Long Tall Sally 1:50
Set Nine (unknown section)
15 Twist And Shout 1:26
Other Artists:
Kingsize Taylor And The Dominoes (D, G)
16 Money (That's What I Want) 3:50
17 Sparkling Brown Eyes 2:13
18 Lovesick Blues 2:48
19 First Taste Of Love 2:11
20 Dizzy Miss Lizzie 3:03
21 Do You Believe 2:12
22 Ooh Poo Pah Shimmy 2:51
23 Twist And Shout 2:45
Carol Elvyn And The Star Club Combo (E)
24 Big River 2:16
Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers (K)
25 Hully Gully 1:36
Unedited Versions :
26 Red Hot 1:02
27 Sheila 1:49
28 A Taste Of Honey 1:59
29 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) 1:43
30 Ted Owen Star Club Auction Tape Excerpt 1:01


C.D. 3

No. Title Time
U.S. Singles Collection - Re-Mastered Stereo Version
1 Roll Over Beethoven 2:15
2 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) 2:42
3 Sweet Little Sixteen 2:54
4 The Hippy Hippy Shake 1:52
5 Lend Me Your Comb 2:29
6 Your Feets Too Big 2:22
7 Where Have You Been All My Life ? 1:55
8 Mr. Moonlight 2:11
9 A Taste Of Honey 2:17
10 Besame Mucho 2:47
11 Till There Was You 2:00
12 Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby 2:32
13 Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey 2:42
14 Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Tree) 1:22
15 Little Queenie 4:05
16 To Know Her Is To Love Her 3:20
17 Sheila 1:58
18 Falling In Love Again 2:05
19 Be-Bop-A-Lula 2:37
20 Hallelujah, I Love Her So 2:05
21 Matchbox 3:15
22 Red Sails In The Sunset 2:10
23 Shimmy Like Kate 2:34
24 I'm Talking About You 1:53
25 Long Tall Sally 1:46
26 I Remember You 1:57
27 Twist And Shout 2:06
28 Ask Me Why 2:41
29 I Saw Her Standing There 2:36
30 Reminiscing 1:59


The D.V.D.

The DVD contains 9 titles as below (in green), plus a menu sequence lasting 32 seconds (title 10).

No. Title Time
1/10 - Slideshow with about 200 photos
Hamburg from 1960 to 1962
Set to the soundtrack of the c.d.'s .... plus ....
an onscreen transcript of what is being sung and spoken.
The transcript shows up on screen by default but can be disabled if you just wish to view the pictures
30 Chapters - 79:58
1 Soundcheck 1:04
2 Road Runner (soundcheck) 0:49
3 The Hippy Hippy Shake 1:50
4 A Taste Of Honey 2:47
5 Ask Me Why 2:26
6 Be-Bop-A-Lula 2:34
7 I Saw Her Standing There 3:17
8 Hallelujah, I Love Her So 3:15
9 Red Hot 1:29
10 Sheila 1:49
11 Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey 2:51
12 Shimmy Like Kate 3:14
13 Reminiscing 2:28
14 Red Sails In The Sunset 2:46
15 Sweet Little Sixteen 3:18
16 Roll Over Beethoven 3:07
17 A Taste Of Honey 3:11
18 Nothin' Shakin' But The Leaves On The Tree 1:30
19 I Saw Her Standing There 3:52
20 To Know Her Is To Love Her 4:14
21 Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby 2:59
22 Till There Was You 2:50
23 Where Have You Been All My Life ? 3:32
24 Lend Me Your Comb 2:27
25 Your Feet's Too Big 2:42
26 I'm Talking About You 2:35
27 A Taste Of Honey 3:19
28 Matchbox 3:24
29 Little Queenie 4:06
30 Signing Off 0:21
2/10 - BBC's Nationwide 1972
Bernard Falk on the Hamburg "Lost" Beatle Tapes
Interview with Kingsize Taylor and Alan Williams
1 Chapter - 10:09
3/10 - Bruno Koschmider's films of
Reeperbahn and Grosse Freiheit (Early 60's)
The Bambi, Indra and Kaiserkeller
1 Chapter - 9:33
4/10 - Interviews (1966)
Peter Eckhorn, Manfred Weissleder,
Hans Walther Braun and Bettina
1 Chapter - 11:08
5/10 - Inside Star Club 1962
From TV Series "Hafenpolizei"
1 Chapter - 5:10
6/10 - Inside The Top Ten Club
1 Chapter - 1:18
7/10 - Inside The Star Club (1966)
1 Chapter - 1:49
8/10 - Interviews with Rosi and Lisa
1 Chapter - 1:45
9/10 - Tony Sheridan's Hamburg
1 Chapter - 8:56 (in Colour)
10/10 - Red Hot (Hamburg Film)
Menu Sequence
1 Chapter - 0:32


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