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02. Cry For A Shadow / Why (Can't You Love Me Again) (NH 52275)
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#2-1 Cry For A Shadow / Why (Can't You Love Me Again) (1st. Press "Push-out Center": NH 52275)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Cry For A Shadow (Harrison/Lennon) (Ver. A)
SIDE 2 Why (Can't You Love Me Again) (Crompton/Sheridan) (Ver. A)
RELEASE DATE
28th February. 1964/First Press
SLEEVE: FRONT SLEEVE: BACK SIDE 1--> Click! SIDE 2--> Click! DISK--> Click!
sleeve sleeve label why label
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Original company sleeve.
Polydor logo mark and the words "MADE IN ENGLAND" were printed.
With a narrow print type on the label. The words "MADE IN ENGLAND" and "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1961" were printed on the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
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"MFD. BY DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (GREAT BRITAIN) LTD" was printed at outer rim. Side1 Side2 Side1 Side2
With side-1 credited to "The Beatles" & with side-2 credited to "TONY SHERIDAN with THE BEATLES. Matrix suffixed with "1" on both side.
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER
NH 52275
LABEL
Polydor Orange Scroll label
MIX
Mono
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 NH 52275 A = 1  1
SIDE 2 NH 52275 B = 1  1
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (GREAT BRITAIN) LTD.
CENTER
Push-out center
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1 M.C.P.S.
SIDE 2 Pan-Musik Ltd.
PRODUCER Bert Kaempfert
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
Original Polydor orange sleeve
COMMENTS
"Cry for a Shadow" is an early Beatles instrumental. It was recorded on 22 June 1961 at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg, Germany while they were performing as Tony Sheridan's backup band for a few tracks. It was written by George Harrison with John Lennon as a parody of The Shadows style.
This single exists in only one known official version and have an orange label. There is no British edition of this single with a red label.

1st.pressing was manufactured two ways: both with and without the push-out center.

*Cry For A Shadow: Instrumental (Performance only by the Beatles)
Version A

*Why: Lead Vocal: Tony Sheridan / Backing play: The Beatles
Version A



#2-2 Cry For A Shadow / Why (Can't You Love Me Again) (1st. Press "Solid Center": NH 52275)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Cry For A Shadow (Harrison/Lennon) (Ver. A)
SIDE 2 Why (Can't You Love Me Again) (Crompton/Sheridan) (Ver. A)
RELEASE DATE
28th February. 1964/First Press
SLEEVE: FRONT SLEEVE: BACK SIDE 1--> Click! SIDE 2--> Click! DISK--> Click!
sleeve sleeve label why label
SLEEVE CLOSE UP LABEL CLOSE UP
sleeve
sleeve
label label
label
Original company sleeve.
Polydor logo mark and the words "MADE IN ENGLAND" were printed.
Solid Center. The words "MADE IN ENGLAND" and "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1961" were printed on the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label label label
"MFD. BY DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (GREAT BRITAIN) LTD" was printed at outer rim. Side1 Side2 Side1 Side2
With side-1 credited to "The Beatles" & with side-2 credited to "TONY SHERIDAN with THE BEATLES. Matrix suffixed with "1" on both side.
OTHER ITEM
-

CATALOG NUMBER
NH 52275
LABEL
Polydor Orange Scroll label
MIX
Mono
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 NH 52275 A = 1  1
SIDE 2 NH 52275 B = 1  1
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (GREAT BRITAIN) LTD.
CENTER
Solid center
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
-
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1 M.C.P.S.
SIDE 2 Pan-Musik Ltd.
PRODUCER Bert Kaempfert
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
Original Polydor orange sleeve
COMMENTS
"Cry for a Shadow" is an early Beatles instrumental. It was recorded on 22 June 1961 at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg, Germany while they were performing as Tony Sheridan's backup band for a few tracks. It was written by George Harrison with John Lennon as a parody of The Shadows style.
This single exists in only one known official version and have an orange label. There is no British edition of this single with a red label.

1st.pressing was manufactured two ways: both with and without the push-out center.

*Cry For A Shadow: Instrumental (Performance only by the Beatles)
Version A

*Why: Lead Vocal: Tony Sheridan / Backing play: The Beatles
Version A



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