A friend of mine got to work with Bernard Purdie some years ago. He told me that Bernard said he was going to reveal which songs he "replaced Ringo" on in his upcoming memoir. Apparently the reason he kept it secret all those decades was because nobody paid him enough money, but with the money he was getting from his autobio, he considered it enough money. And you know what? HE STILL DIDN'T REVEAL WHICH SONGS THEY WERE. Of course, if you listen to the Capitol versions versus the Parlophone versions, there's zero difference in the drumming! Purdie had claimed that there were 21 (!!!!) tracks that he recorded over. But here's the thing: there are seven songs that The Beatles recorded for Polydor in Hamburg, and of course it's very likely that Bernard was the session drummer who overdubbed a second track on the East Coast releases. It's theoretically possible that he did, say, an average of three takes each, so that would make it 21. For what it's worth, the versions that have Bernard Purdie's drums overdubbed do pack a lot more punch, but at the same time the drums are way too loud. (Supposedly the reason that Bert Kaempfert made Pete take away a couple of drums was that he was playing too loud for Bert to know how to handle the production duties.) BTW, one version of the story I heard Purdie tell in an interview or something was that he did the overdubbing under direct supervision of Brian Epstein himself, and after the session was over, someone with a guitar walked in. Bernard asked Brian what was up with that, and Brian replied, "Never mind." (or something like that.) I don't think I've ever seen that Ain't She Sweet album outside of Beatles history books! I do have Vee-Jay's equivalent ripoff album, Jolly What! The Beatles With Frank Ifield On Stage, and the MGM album, the latter of which was given to me by a record collecting friend who didn't want it. (Free copy of The Beatles with Tony Sheridan and Guests?? YES, PLEASE!) BTW, Bernard Purdie was the drummer for the Broadway revival of Hair back in 2009. I saw it a few times. Gotta say, he did kick some pretty serious ass on those skins. The cast recording from that production is so laid back, though, that it doesn't do him or any of the other musicians justice.
Hi David, Great pickup !! I first saw these Tony Sheridan lp covers in the great Beatles Forever 1977 book by Nicholas Schaefer. It was my Beatles Bible and is still one of the very best books out there, so these albums became mythical to me until I finally bought them many years later---great stuff !!
@@collectingbeatles101 My objection is not that you didn't play the song, but rather that the title you used for your video strongly suggests that the video is of the song playing. Perhaps you didn't do that deliberately as click-bait to deceive people into clicking on your video, but regardless of your intention, that is exactly what your misleading title does.
A friend of mine got to work with Bernard Purdie some years ago. He told me that Bernard said he was going to reveal which songs he "replaced Ringo" on in his upcoming memoir. Apparently the reason he kept it secret all those decades was because nobody paid him enough money, but with the money he was getting from his autobio, he considered it enough money. And you know what? HE STILL DIDN'T REVEAL WHICH SONGS THEY WERE. Of course, if you listen to the Capitol versions versus the Parlophone versions, there's zero difference in the drumming! Purdie had claimed that there were 21 (!!!!) tracks that he recorded over. But here's the thing: there are seven songs that The Beatles recorded for Polydor in Hamburg, and of course it's very likely that Bernard was the session drummer who overdubbed a second track on the East Coast releases. It's theoretically possible that he did, say, an average of three takes each, so that would make it 21. For what it's worth, the versions that have Bernard Purdie's drums overdubbed do pack a lot more punch, but at the same time the drums are way too loud. (Supposedly the reason that Bert Kaempfert made Pete take away a couple of drums was that he was playing too loud for Bert to know how to handle the production duties.)
BTW, one version of the story I heard Purdie tell in an interview or something was that he did the overdubbing under direct supervision of Brian Epstein himself, and after the session was over, someone with a guitar walked in. Bernard asked Brian what was up with that, and Brian replied, "Never mind." (or something like that.)
I don't think I've ever seen that Ain't She Sweet album outside of Beatles history books! I do have Vee-Jay's equivalent ripoff album, Jolly What! The Beatles With Frank Ifield On Stage, and the MGM album, the latter of which was given to me by a record collecting friend who didn't want it. (Free copy of The Beatles with Tony Sheridan and Guests?? YES, PLEASE!)
BTW, Bernard Purdie was the drummer for the Broadway revival of Hair back in 2009. I saw it a few times. Gotta say, he did kick some pretty serious ass on those skins. The cast recording from that production is so laid back, though, that it doesn't do him or any of the other musicians justice.
Hi David, Great pickup !! I first saw these Tony Sheridan lp covers in the great Beatles Forever 1977 book by Nicholas Schaefer. It was my Beatles Bible and is still one of the very best books out there, so these albums became mythical to me until I finally bought them many years later---great stuff !!
Same here! That book is probably the reason why I'm collecting most of this stuff!
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Click-bait, you didn't play the song. Dislike.
LOL... these are review videos! I can't play songs on here, as much as I would like to! Please don't be too upset with me
@@collectingbeatles101 My objection is not that you didn't play the song, but rather that the title you used for your video strongly suggests that the video is of the song playing. Perhaps you didn't do that deliberately as click-bait to deceive people into clicking on your video, but regardless of your intention, that is exactly what your misleading title does.