Beatles Hamburg 1961 Cry For A Shadow - Rmk

This is a reupload of previously up Cry that was blocked (copyrights issue.....fixed). "Cry for a Shadow" is an instrumental rock piece recorded by the Beatles on 22 June 1961. They recorded the song at Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg, Germany while they were performing as Tony Sheridan's backup band for a few tracks, under the moniker the Beat Brothers. It was written by George Harrison with John Lennon, as a parody of the Shadows style. (The Shadows, who backed Cliff Richard, were the biggest British instrumental rock & roll group at the time of the recording.) It imitates the lead guitar with typical Hank Marvin licks, the melodic bass fills, and even has an imitation during the second middle eight of the famous Jet Harris yell. It is the only Beatles track to be credited to Lennon and Harrison alone. It was intended to be released as the B-side of "Why", another Sheridan song with the Beatles, but the record company chose to release another song instead. In early 1964, as the Beatles were gaining popularity, the record company Polydor decided to release it, with "Why" changed to the b-side. According to Bill Harry, editor of the Mersey Beat newspaper, "Cry for a Shadow"'s original title was "Beatle Bop". These were the only recordings of George Harrison still using his Grasiozo Resonet Futurama guitar. Here I´ve intended to show a possible rendition with the same gear they used to play in 1961. Rickenbacker 325c58 (John) Hofner 500/1 1961 bass (Paul) Grazioso Resonet Futurama (George) This video is for entertainment purposes only.