Quarrymen 1958 In Spite of All the Danger

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- In Spite of All the Danger 0:28

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"In Spite of All the Danger" is one of the first songs recorded by the Quarrymen, then consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, pianist John Lowe, and drummer Colin Hanton.
The song was written by McCartney and Harrison and is the only song to credit the two alone. It is believed to have been recorded on Saturday 12 July 1958 (three days before Lennon's mother's death). However, that recording date is disputed by the group. The recording was made at Percy Phillips' home studio in Liverpool, and cost 17 shillings and six pence. Along with their cover of Buddy Holly's "That'll Be the Day" recorded at the same session, these songs were the first recordings made by what would become the Beatles. McCartney has claimed to have written the song: "'In Spite Of All The Danger' was actually written by me and George played the guitar solo! We were mates and nobody was into copyrights and publishing, nobody understood".
The tape was wiped after being pressed on a 10-inch disc. Only one copy of the "That'll Be the Day" and "In Spite of All the Danger" recordings was made, and each band member kept the acetate disc for a week. Lowe was the last to have it, keeping it for nearly 25 years. In 1981, Lowe attempted to sell it at auction, but McCartney intervened and purchased it from him. McCartney had engineers restore as much of the record's sound quality as possible and then made approximately 50 copies of the single that he gave as personal gifts to family and friends. In 2004, Record Collector magazine named the original pressing the most valuable record in existence, estimating its worth at £100,000, with the 1981 copies made by McCartney coming in second on the list at £10,000 each. It was not released to the public until it appeared on 1995's Anthology 1 collection along with "That'll Be the Day.” The song's recording was depicted by The Nowhere Boys in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy which was accurate even to the 17/6d charge for the recording session. McCartney sometimes played the song throughout his 2005 world tour and would continue to perform it through 2018's Freshen Up (tour).

Here I´ve intended to show a possible rendition with the same gear they used to play in 1957-58.
- Gallotone Champion (John)
- Zenith 17 (Paul)
- Hofner President (George)

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