Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Quarrymen recorded two songs in the spring or summer of 1958 at Phillips Sound Recording Services in Liverpool. They pressed their performance onto a mono 10-inch shellac disc for personal use rather than commercial release.
Ringo Starr played drums during the Beatles recording session on the 15th of October 1960 in Hamburg while Pete Best was absent. Stuart Sutcliffe attended the session but did not play and Lu Walters provided vocals and bass guitar for the track.
Manager Brian Epstein kept the reel-to-reel tapes after the band failed the audition on New Year's Day 1962. He arranged for the recordings to be pressed onto monoacetate discs, one of which reached Parlophone producer George Martin.
Producers hired Andy White for a second attempt on the 11th of September 1962 because they were concerned about Ringo Starr drumming on the original version. During this session Ringo played maracas and tambourine while White handled percussion and drums.
The Beatles recorded almost their entire debut album Please Please Me between 10am and 10:45pm in Studio 2 on the 11th of February 1963. They also captured several takes of Hold Me Tight which remained unused until seven months later when re-recorded for their next album.