In Spite of All the Danger

1995

In Spite of All the Danger ( dt spite of all the danger ) is a song from 1958 by the British school band The Quarrymen, later emerged from the The Beatles. Composed it was by Paul McCartney and George Harrison. A commercial release took place only in 1995 as part of the Anthology series.

Background

In Spite of All the Danger is one of the first recordings of Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison. At this time the three played under the name The Quarrymen, in addition accompanied by John Lowe (piano) and Colin Hanton (drums). McCartney later claimed for themselves, to have composed the song alone. Since the band is not yet versed with copyright information, you have given as an additional author George Harrison, because that played the guitar solo on the recording. McCartney wrote the song already about 14 years old, and it should be according to his instructions closely to a song by Elvis Presley (probably Tryin 'to Get to You) lean.

Recording

The song was recorded in 1958 in a private studio in Liverpool, which belonged to Percy F. Phillips ( 1896-1984 ). In addition to In Spite of All the Danger, the band also 'll Be the Day by Buddy Holly recorded. Both songs were recorded in only a quarter of an hour on a single microphone live on tape. The recordings were pressed in connection to a 10 -inch shellac disk. The tape was not archived, but re-recorded for each shot in the studio. Phillips calculated the Quarrymen this 17 shillings and 6 pence. However, the band could muster only 15 shillings, so the Phillips shellac plate a few days retained until the remaining money was paid.

Publication

Since the five -piece band now had to share a shellac plate, they agreed that each could keep the plate one week. First they had John Lennon, who she gave McCartney, then she went to George Harrison, Colin Hanton and ultimately to John Lowe. This she kept for the next 23 years.

1981 Lowe had the record at the British auction house Sotheby's appreciate what was being reported in the Sunday Times. Paul McCartney Then got in touch with Lowe to record him for it. The exact purchase price is not known. It is known that McCartney's first offer of £ 5,000 from Lowe was rejected.

McCartney was In Spite of All the Danger and That'll Be the Day revise sound from a sound engineer and then gave away 50 copies of the record to friends and family members.

Only in 1995 appeared In Spite of All the Danger under the Anthology series of the Beatles. Here, however, the song was shortened by about 40 seconds. Since 2005, Paul McCartney plays the song occasionally at his concerts.

2004 described the magazine Record Collector the original shellac record as the most expensive record in England and quantified its value to £ 100,000 (now around 111,000 pounds, the equivalent of about € 131,000 ). The 1981 -built copies of McCartney are estimated at 10,000 pounds each.

Occupation

  • John Lennon: vocals, guitar
  • Paul McCartney: Guitar, backing vocals
  • George Harrison: guitar, backing vocals
  • Colin Hanton: drums
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