Backbeat Blu-ray extras
Finally on Blu-ray (USA A1 region coded) Shout Factory has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Iain Softley’s film Backbeat (1994). The release will be available for purchase on February 19. Synopsis: From the...
Category: Beatles Hamburg
Klaus Voormann (80) joins Ringo on stage in Hamburg
Ringo made good on his promise to perform in Hamburg yesterday, after having to cancel Sunday’s concert due to illness. On stage with him during “With A Little Help From My Friends” was 80...
Cry For A Shadow LP
Oh no, they cut out Pete again! Here’s another EU “loophole” release, a hybrid of Polydor/Decca tapes with the first EMI single thrown in. From Rockwell Music in the UK, this release is limited...
Why no Let It Be film
LET IT BE In a new interview with Cinematographer Tony Richmond, who worked on the “Let It Be” film under director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Richmond weighs in on what seems to be holding up an official...
New light on the Sheridan recordings
The “My Bonnie” LP by Tony Sheridan only contains two songs backed by The Beatles. 55 years ago – the Beatles recorded “My Bonnie” and 6 other songs in Hamburg in the famous sessions...
Hamburg Beatles collection on the market
George Harrison at the Beatles’ living quarters in the cinema building across the street from the Indra Club. German Beatles expert, fan, historian and collector Uwe Blaschke died in 2010, leaving a vast collection...
Update: Indra photo found
Having just arrived at the Indra Club in Hamburg, fifty-five years ago, five piece band The Beatles was photographed inside the club, wearing their lilac stage costumes. At least one of the stage photos...
The missing piece
Fifty-five years ago today, The Beatles started their professional career as musicians. Leaving jobs, school and parents behind, they had left Liverpool to start their residency as a bar band in Hamburg’s Indra Club,...
The Star Club tape running order
The 2-part series appeared in these issues of Record Collector. The original Star-Club tape, including almost 300 minutes of The Beatles and other groups live at the club was recorded 53 years ago. In...
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