Sweets For My Sweet – The Searchers At The Star-Club Hamburg

Sweets For My Sweet – The Searchers At The Star-Club Hamburg is the first live album by English rock band The Searchers, recorded in spring 1963 at the German Star-Club during their Hamburg residency. It was recorded before the group's success in England. Soon after, they signed with Pye Records and went on to score many hits. Later, The Searchers re-recorded some of these tracks in studio and issued on their albums or singles (incl. hit versions of Sweets for My Sweet and "Ain't That Just Like Me"). Nevertheless LP have never been officially released in the UK, although live recording of the song Sweet Nothin's made the UK Top 50.[1]

Sweets For My Sweet – The Searchers At The Star-Club Hamburg
Live album by
The Searchers
Released1963
Recorded1 March 1963
GenreRock/Pop
LanguageEnglish
LabelPhilips
The Searchers chronology
Meet The Searchers
(1963)		 Sweets For My Sweet – The Searchers At The Star-Club Hamburg
(1963)		 Sugar and Spice
(1963)
The Searchers US chronology
Meet The Searchers / Needles and Pins
(1964)		 Hear! Hear!
(1964)		 This Is Us
(1964)
Singles from Sweets For My Sweet – The Searchers At The Star-Club Hamburg
  1. "Sweets for My Sweet"
    Released: 1963 (Germany), 1964 (US)
  2. "Sick and Tired"
    Released: 1964 (Germany)
  3. "I Sure Know a Lot About Love"
    Released: 1964 (Germany)
  4. "Ain't That Just Like Me"
    Released: 1964 (US)
The US edition (Mercury Records)
Hear!_Hear! (1964)

Overview

Some of the well known bands played at the Star-Club, Hamburg and recorded live stuff at the same time for the special various artists live LP. Only mono recordings were possible, most of them made in the afternoon session, when the club was closed (the applause was copied later).[2] The initial album from these recordings was released in Germany as "Twist im Star-Club Hamburg" and in the UK as "Twist at the Star-Club Hamburg" (Philips BL7578, 1963). The following musicians performed on this album: The Searchers, Sounds Incorporated, The Rattles, The Star Combo and Peter Nelson & The Travelers. Three songs by The Searchers appeared (Sweet Nothin's, Beautiful Dreamer and Shakin' All Over), but they made 19 recordings at all. In the meantime "Sweets for My Sweet" establishing the band in the UK, so Philips decided to release 13 more Searchers' tracks from these live sessions. The result was an album named Sweets For My Sweet – The Searchers At The Star-Club Hamburg. The album peaked at No. 11 on the German album chart on March 5th 1964.[3] The Searchers didn't get paid for the recordings. The record company and the Star-Club's owner, Manfred Weissleder, got the money.[4]

US version (Hear! Hear!)

The US version of the Star-Club album was retitled Hear! Hear!. Mercury Records released it in the summer of 1964 in mono (MG 20914) and stereo (SR 60914), although the original recordings were only made in mono. Song "Always It's You", originally recorded by the Everly Brothers, was omitted from the track list. Album entered the LP charts on July 20 went to No. 120 and stayed for 8 weeks.[5] Two more singles from the LP were released in the US on Mercury label, "Sweets for My Sweet" and "Ain't That Just Like Me". Both failed the charts, although studio version of the second one went to No. 61.[6] More Searchers' recordings from the Star-Club were released on the band's next live album named The Searchers Meet the Rattles.

Rerelease

Star-Club Records label rereleased complete Searchers' catalogue from Hamburg for the first time in 1979. Double album with the same title and cover art as the original was presented in a gatefold sleeve. The album was expanded with the inclusion of six additional tracks: "Beautiful Dreamer", "Sweet Nothin's", "Shakin' All Over" (all from "Twist at the Star-Club Hamburg" LP), Sweet Little Sixteen, "Don't You Know" (The Crickets song) and Maybellene. Plus 5 tracks performed by Sounds Inc., The Rattles and the Star Combo. Bear Family Records released complete show on CD in 2002 under the title The Searchers ‎At The Star-Club.

Track listing
Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Sweets for My Sweet"Doc Pomus, Mort ShumanTony Jackson2:15
2."Ain't That Just Like Me"Earl Carroll (vocalist), Billy GuyChris Curtis1:53
3."Listen To Me"Charles Hardin, Norman PettyTony Jackson, Mike Pender2:25
4."I Can Tell"Bo Diddley, Samuel SmithChris Curtis1:45
5."Sick and Tired"Chris Kenner, Dave BartholomewChris Curtis2:38
6."Mashed Potatoes"Dessie RozierTony Jackson2:33
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."I Sure Know A Lot About Love"Gary S. Paxton, Buddy MizeTony Jackson2:07
2."Rosalie"Fats Domino, Dave BartholomewJohn McNally2:18
3."Led In The Game"Buddy HollyTony Jackson2:03
4."Hey Joe"Billy RobertsMike Pender2:32
5."Always It's You"Felice and Boudleaux BryantTony Jackson, Mike Pender, Chris Curtis2:05
6."Hully Gully"Fred Sledge Smith, Clifford GoldsmithTony Jackson2:23
7."What I'd Say"Robert Byrne, Will RobinsonChris Curtis2:21

Personnel

The Searchers

References
  1. "Searchers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. "The Searchers Discography by M. Denger". The Starclub Recordings (Early 1963).
  3. "Official German Charts/". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. Mike Pender (2014). The Search for Myself. Genuine Article Books. p. 57. ISBN 9780993121302.
  5. "Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. "Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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