In Spite Of All The Danger / That'll Be The Day

Track list

Disc 1

1. In Spite Of All The Danger

   Written by Paul McCartney, George Harrison

   Studio version • A

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Guitar John Lennon : Guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Guitar Percy F Phillips : Recording engineer John 'Duff' Lowe : Piano Colin Hanton : Drums

   Session Recording: Jul 12, 1958 • Studio Phillips Sound Recording Service

Disc 2

1. That'll Be The Day

   Written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison

   2:08 • Studio version • A

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Guitar John Lennon : Guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Guitar John 'Duff' Lowe : Piano Colin Hanton : Drums

   Session Recording: Jul 12, 1958 • Studio Phillips Sound Recording Services

I was amazed that Paul had That’ll Be The Day, the first track that they’d ever done [as The Quarry Men, in 1958]. Duff Lowe, their pianist, had kept it. I think everybody got to keep it for a week. There was only one copy, so maybe John had it first, then Paul, then George, then Colin Hanton the drummer, and maybe Duff Lowe was the last one to get it for a week. But he had nobody to pass it on to, so he just kept it. Twenty years later he still had it, he was going to put it in an auction, he phoned Paul and he said, “Hey, I’ve still got this thing, d’you want it?” So Paul bought it off him.

Neil Aspinall – From Neil Aspinall Interview – Paul Du Noyer