Expert: James Michael Anderson - 2/13/2008

Question
When I was a kid, as a big beatles' fan I bought a record called: the Beatles first and Tony Sheridan. The tittles on it are: Ain't she sweet, cry for a shadow, let's dance, my Bonnie, If you love me baby, what I'd say etc...On the record cover it's written "original recording" yet it was released by Impact/Polydor, and I know the album was recorded in Germany...?I just wanted to know if it was rare as I've never seen it anywhere else, of course you can find the songs on he internet, but I'm curious to know. Thanks in advance for your reply

Answer
I also have the same album.  While one could make a case that it is rare and not easily obtained, unfortunately, those tracks are on albums from many different labels because they were "Beatle" songs which weren't owned under contract of Parlaphone/Capitol.  
So the album is rare in terms of being hard to come by, but since there isn't much demand for it, it isn't worth much.