This album is actually Tony Sheridan featuring The Beatles or The Beat Brothers as they were known when they recorded these songs as Tony Sheridan's backing band. The Beatles are featured prominently only on two songs on this album, "Ain't She Sweet" which is sung by John Lennon and the instrumental "Cry for a Shadow" which is the only Beatles song that is credited as being written by Harrison/Lennon.
This is also the only album that features The Beatles original drummer, Pete Best. He was replaced by Ringo Starr during the recording of the Beatles first studio album.
The Beatles original bassist Stu Sutcliffe was present at these recording sessions but he did not play.
There were many variations of this album released, under many different titles, such as "The Beatles First," "The Beatles in Hamburg," "In the Beginning" and many more. Each of these differently titled albums used the same early recordings of Tony Sheridan and the Beatles and had the same song list.
The earliest release that I'm aware of under the title In the Beginning (Circa 1960) is from Polydor Records in 1970. The copy I have, pictured here is an original 1970 pressing.
The song "Cry for a Shadow" is misprinted as "Cry for My Shadow" on the record label.
Track List
Side 1
1. Ain't She Sweet
2. Cry for a Shadow
3. Let's Dance
4. My Bonnie
5. Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby
6. What'd I Say
Side 2
1. Sweet Georgia Brown
2. The Saints (When the Saints Go Marching In)
3. Ruby Baby
4. Why
5. Nobody's Child
6. Ya Ya