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| | Label: Recall Records
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Editorial Review:
Authorized Lost Decca Sessions cd's are only available from Recall Records.
1. Money
2. The Shiek of Araby
3. Memphis
4. Three Cool Cats
5. Sure To Fall
6. Take Good Care Of My Baby
7. September In The Rain
8. 'Till There Was You
9. Crying, Waiting, Hoping
10. To Know Her Is To Love Her
11. Besame Mucho
12. Searchin'
13. Like Dreamers Do
14. Hello Little Girl
15. Love Of The Loved
Lost Decca Sessions Reviews:
NOT QUITE AS ADVERTISED! 
2009-12-14 - If "ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED" means that someone hooked a turntable up to their computer and ran these songs through Nero, Roxio, or some other audio program before burning them onto CD, then this description is accurate. While overall, the quality of these recordings is fairly "respectable", there is obvious surface noise present from the first second to the last. As a self proclaimed "audiophile", I really had a hard time tuning it out as much as I wanted to just try and enjoy the recordings.
While a cover album, I find the songs themselves to be enjoyable, and represent a varied array of styles. It is also interesting to use this as a "gauge" of the Beatles growth and development between these recordings and their first EMI release, Please Please Me.
As mentioned in other reviews, I would only recommend this item for hardcore Beatlemaniacs that just want to have every piece of recorded material available in their collection. Otherwise I would caution anyone to steer clear of any Beatles release that is not issued through EMI/Capitol.
Essential for any Beatles fan. 
2009-12-09 - I'd been searching for these complete sessions on c.d. for years to replace a worn out partial collection on cassette. The quality is, as you would expect, that of a demo tape but the sound quality is fine. What you get is a rough and ragged rock n roll band running through part of their Hamburg stage set. It's a hugely enjoyable and facinating collection. Surprising is the number of times George Harrison takes the lead vocal. Also worth noting is how ordinary Pete Best's drumming is. It's often snidely remarked that Ringo Starr was not a great drummer but when you listen to this it's easy to see how good he was and how crucial he was to the Beatles future developement. An essential purchase for any true Beatles fan.
Or.. history worth listening to 
2009-11-29 - Interesting piece of history. The Beatles still a bit searching for their own sound. It's always said that Decca made an historical mistake. Nevertheless on hearing these sessions at that time understandable. Not bad, but still another band in a row of hundreds in these years. Funny how much lead vocals seems to be for George Harrison. For the Beatles fan (which I am for certain) really worth buying. Note: none of the recordings on the Lost Decca Sessions are on the Beatles Anthology cd's if I'm right.
Lost Decca Sessions 
2009-11-21 - Well, having listened to this C.D.,I'm sorry to say this album is pure crap! Yes, I am a die hard Beatles fan, but I can't figure why anybody would like this recording. The instruments sound cheap,the drummer is woeful and the sound in parts sounds thin.I admit this is an early offering by the fab three and poor drummer, but parts of this are unlistenable. I heard my mates copy and wouldn't even bother to buy it myself. Very poor album.
Beatles3ever
2009-10-11 - Don't know if it is the missing Ringo drums.
Don't know if I've listened to the bootleg too many times.
But is that all there is?
I hope Pete Best is getting some money from this. Not that
I know the exact ego clashes that caused his ouster. The
chemistry here is still missing. But as to what he missed
out...poor guy ought to get a little.
A good sampling of the roots of the Beatles. None of that
ridiculous Muddy Water-Blind Whoever-Hooker-Hank Williams
connections. It was pop radio. Make Believe Ballroom with
Martin Block. Top Thirty. That influenced The Beatles.
