December 1962 at the Star-Club during their final Hamburg residency. The album is a double album featuring live performances by The Beatles, recorded in late was released in 1977. The performances were recorded on a home tape machine using a single microphone, resulting in a low fidelity recording. Ted "Kingsize" Taylor began to investigate possible marketing of the tapes in 1973. The tapes were eventually bought by Paul Murphy and subjected to extensive audio processing to improve the sound, leading to the 1977 album. The album provides historic insight into the group's club act in the period after Ringo Starr joined but before the emergence of Beatlemania.