I Saw Her Standing There (album)
I Saw Her Standing There is a compilation album by the English rock band The Beatles. Available as both a 2-CD and a 2-LP set, it is a collection of their early recordings, featuring songs from the band's Decca Auditions and performances from the Cavern Club, as well as their first ever radio interview. The album also includes the instrumental track "Cry for a Shadow", the only Beatles composition to be credited to "Harrison/Lennon".
CD version
The CD version of the album contains 49 songs, 29 of which are previously unreleased on any official Beatles album.
Disc 1 is mainly compiled from recordings credited to rock and roll singer Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers, the name the Beatles used for their early Hamburg recordings as Sheridan's backing group. However, other Sheridan backing groups in the early 1960s also used the Beat Brothers name, and Beatles participation can only be positively confirmed for tracks 1, 7, 10, 12, 13, and 19-21 from that group of recordings as presented on the first CD.
Ringo Starr appears only on the last two tracks on disc 2.
LP version
Due to the limited amount of music that can fit on a vinyl record, the 2-LP version compiles only the highlights of the original CD, and contains 27 songs.
Tracklist
CD version
From the album liner notes:
- Disc 1
- Tracks 1–21: Tony Sheridan & The Beatles
- Tracks 22–24: Teenagers Turn, 7.3.1962
- Tracks 25–27: Here We Go, 11.6.1962
- Track 28: Cavern Club Summer 1962
- Disc 2
- Tracks 1–10: Decca Demos, Recorded 1 January 1962
- Track 11: Cavern Club, 22 August 1962
- Tracks 12–13: Cavern Club 5.9.1962
- Track 14: The Beatles First Radio Interview, 27 October 1962
- Tracks 15–19: Cavern Club, October 1962
- Track 20: Recorded 4.9.1962 (Ringo Starr, Drums)
- Track 21: Recorded 11.9.1962 (Andy White, Drums)