If you read my blog on October 17, 2007* and grabbed some Fuego stock at that time, you’re probably smiling right now. Fuego Entertainment just released this news today:
Fuego Entertainment Acquires 15 “Lost”, Never Before Released, Recordings by The Beatles
Jan 10, 2008 6:00:00 AM MIAMI, FL — (MARKET WIRE) — 01/10/08 — Fuego Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB: FUGO) today announced it has acquired 15 tracks of previously unreleased music by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, “The Beatles.”
The recordings were made in 1962, a short time before their signing with E.M.I., during the FAB FOUR’S first live appearance together at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany playing before a small audience of about twenty to thirty people.
The original tape of this live recording was “lost” for over 33 years in the record and tape collection of legendary music producer and promoter Mr. Jeffrey Collins.
The Star Club Hamburg recorded most groups that appeared at their club in the late 50s and early 60s under a performance contract that included payment in full for any live recordings made at their club. Many of these recordings were released by Polydor (West Germany). However this particular tape was sold along with several others to Jeffrey Collins, of the Collins Organization, a booking agency in London, England.
The original idea was that the tapes would be used to promote the Star Club as a venue and the groups to other clubs that the Collins Organization used. The tapes were in fact not touched until 1994 when, with the release of the B.B.C. tapes and a renewed interest in The Beatles, Mr. Jeffrey Collins decided to search for the lost tapes.
This 15 track set was recorded at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany a short while after the Ted Taylor recordings and boast different and perhaps better takes of “A Taste of Honey” and “Hippy Hippy Shake” (using Tony Sheridan as a 5th Beatle). These are the only two songs found on the original Star Club releases with which this recording should not be confused.
This is an historical recording because it was the very first time that Ringo Starr actually played with The Beatles “live” after replacing Pete Best on the drums.
Other tracks make good use of Kingsize Taylor’s Band “The Dominoes” who utilize their piano on such Beatles favorites as “Money,” “Twist and Shout” and “I Saw Her Standing There” all of which were subsequently used on The Beatles’ first studio recordings for E.M.I.
What makes this album truly unique are the eight songs not available on any previously released L.P.s or singles — which include Paul McCartney singing Hank Williams’ “Lovesick Blues” and George Harrison vocalizing Maurice Williams’ “Do You Believe.” One of the most outstanding tracks on this album must be “Ask Me Why” showing just how John Lennon and Paul McCartney became
such a winning combination.The complete list of all the tracks, the complete story of how this “lost” tape from The Beatles came into the possession of Mr. Jeffrey Collins and sound clips from several of the recordings from this album will soon be available on our Fuego Entertainment, Inc. web site at www.FuegoEntertainment.net. When you enter the web site click on the “Fuego Plus” menu button.
“I am delighted to be given the opportunity to work with such professional businessmen within the Fuego Entertainment Organization and I am truly looking forward to running the new joint venture and achieving the goals that we will set for ourselves,” said Jeffrey Collins.
“Our previously announced Joint Venture with Mr. Collins’s Echo Vista Group, incorporates into our exciting music library an extraordinary, diverse, valuable catalog of music. In some cases, never released recorded music, The Beatles is only one example. I’m extremely excited about this acquisition and the future release of this historical Beatles album. They are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed music groups in the history of popular music,” stated Hugo Cancio, President & CEO of Fuego
Entertainment.This one of a kind historical album will be released under the Echo-Fuego joint venture, a majority control music division of Fuego Entertainment. A release date will be announced in the near future.
2 Comments
we live 1/2 way between wimberley and austin. I have just recently become connected to all of your work. My husband,Joe ely just found 30 year old Flatlander tapes that are very rare as well. not the Beatles but still is very interesting and fun . We plan to release them as well. we talked about having a “Happy Channel” about 3 years ago as we interviewed Anum Thubten Rinpoche (who used to live in Hawaii), We did the interview in wimberley a few years ago. so I am very interested in all of your work and we would like to meet you soon. Many thanks for all of your work
sharon ely.
Great time to top-up on this stock, as since the lawsuit by Apple Corp. has caused the stock to drop to 6x the value it was back in January. With Joe’s clearing it will be no time back up to its highest and beyond.