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'''''Live at the Star Club: 1962''''' is an [[album]] featuring songs performed live by [[The Beatles]] at the [[Star-Club]] in [[Hamburg]] on the evening of [[31 December]] [[1962 in music|1962]].; What makes this album unique is thata [[RingoNew StarrYear's Eve]] happenedshow. toWhile betheir sittingprevious inHamburg fortrips had included [[Pete Best]] on the night the songs were recordeddrums, so[[Ringo itStarr]] ishad thereplaced Beatles'him earliesta recordedfew performancemonths withbefore athis, lineuptheir offinal John,visit Paul,before George,achieving anda Ringo[[hit record]].

The original tape had been crudely recorded on a [[Philips Corporation|Philips]] home [[tape recorder]], by fellow musician Ted "Kingsize" Taylor as a memento, and was considered as a possible live album release after Beatlemania had begun. The sound quality was so poor, however, that the idea was abandoned, and the tape languished in a [[Liverpool]] music office for over a decade.

In the late [[1970s]], original Beatles manager [[Allan Williams]] was salvaging materials from condemned buildings due to be torn down. Learning of the recording, and with the office now abandoned, he obtained permission to enter the building and recover the tape, which could be remixed with the improved studio technology of the time. Lingasong Records bought the rights to the tape, and invested $125,000 in a thorough remix of the recordings. The resulting album drew praise, and gave an invaluable insight into the Beatles' early stage act.