1973 BBC reports on the Star-Club tape
A clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 17 September, 1973, has been made available again by the BBC Archives. The story is about the origin of the “Live! at the Star-Club...
Category: Beatles Hamburg
Cry For A Shadow
I just came back from the Norwegian Beatles Festival, which was held in Bergen this weekend. It started on Thursday with a screening of the documentary about Colin Hanton, John, Paul and George’s first...
Ringo gets back to the Star Club in new song
Ringo Starr is the drummer on a new single, “Bed of roses”, from Ian Hunters’ new album, “Defiance Part 1”. The song is about the Star Club in Hamburg, and both Roy Young and...
Autographed “Ain’t She Sweet”
John Lennon must have given thousands of autographs over the years, but here’s an odd one just about to be auctioned off – from the famous Tony Sheridan sessions for Polydor in 1961. This...
Star-Club 60 years anniversary
The time for village music was over when Star-Club opened its doors on Friday 13 April 1962. The club has legend status due to the many music pioneers and famous performers who visited the...
Paul shares “missing” Indra Club photo
Long time followers of our blog have seen this photo many times, as we have been forever in search for a good copy of a complete version of it. Taken as one of a...
The Irish Mother, the Race horse and the Beatles
How a determined Irish woman help launch the career of the biggest pop band in history by guest blogger Brendan Farrell Mona (Mo) Best was the mother of a member of the most famous...
Hamburg papers
A bunch of papers from The Beatles’ early days in Hamburg is one of the highlights in the upcoming auction, “Entertainment Memorabilia including property from the Harvey Goldsmith Collection”. The auction is held on...
Saga of the missing Beatles
Long time followers of this blog may recall the cropped photo from The Beatles’ first engagement as professional musicians, at the Indra Club in Hamburg. At the time, August 17, 1960, The Beatles was...
New books from Apcor
A couple of books looking for a publisher have been picked up by Apcor, the idealists behind the “A is for Apple” series of books. The new books, one about the Beatles in Hamburg,...
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