beatles hamburg beatles members john_lennon paul_mccartney george_harrison regularly performed different clubs hamburg period august december chapter group history performance skills widened reputation led recording brought attention beatles booking agent decided send group hamburg group managed seniors proved successful having permanent drummer time recruited best days departure breaking contract playing club harrison deported age best arrested deported attempted arson best set fire living quarters beatles met hamburg instrumental adoption famous time hamburg decided leave group continue studies april year leaving group died brain hamburg 1960s hamburg germany main fourth largest world virtually entire city reduced rubble world war bombing raids arrived hamburg grown ruins established reputation europe city vice criminal activity contrast economically depressed post war liverpool hamburg wealthy city williams year old liverpool businessman promoter sent leading group seniors later known seniors hamburg enjoying success wanted send additional group initially tried send hurricanes storm group committed holiday camp turned williams offer williams started promoting concerts beatles played club liverpool offered beatles hamburg booked club hamburg season starting august said impressed musical group hoped find better act follow permanent drummer looked fill hamburg position difficult later said far set drums expensive item harrison seen best playing run mother regarded steady drummer playing bass drum beats bar pushed rhythm known liverpool time mean moody magnificent female fans convinced good group broke asked best hamburg telling earn week best chance teacher training college passed school exams unlike harrison failed theirs decided playing hamburg better career quarter hamburg club located known area prostitutes found dangerous place looked different usual father reluctant let teenage son hamburg relented visit williams told shouldn worry aunt reluctant allow hamburg wanting continue studies earn best audition williams club august travelled hamburg day member group williams later admitted audition best needed found drummer willing travel hamburg tell best case asked money group paid week promoters liverpool paid williams drove group equipment loaded crane ferry august landed beatles williams wife brother lord translator future making total people resulted journey uncomfortable dangerous williams obtained work permits west_germany detained hours williams finally convinced authorities students holiday work permits later obtained arrival hamburg note lord williams ran called club liverpool harrison played backing music july hamburg clubs early 1960s hamburg scene revolved pronounced german popular clubs like ice cream shop decorated neon lights posters advertising performers clubs club job customers inside drinks expensive beer customers afford pay dealt severely beaten thrown beatles arrived early morning august trouble finding area hamburg infamous unfortunately closed manager neighbouring club found open group slept red leather seats group played club night told sleep small cinema cold poor condition later said lived backstage toilets smell room old concrete walls heat paint sets beds covers flags frozen remembered living toilet like right ladies toilet bed late day sound cinema old german women door having fashion group obliged use cold water washing paid day seven days week playing finishing evening playing clock morning german customers found group comical beatles sounded like meant small boy harrison remembered best thing group seen neon lights clubs restaurants saying area prostitutes couldn audience hamburg like learning play people best remembered depressing place filled tourists having heavy old red compared larger club owned located nearby closure complaints noise beatles played starting october performances playing schedule remained said play hours hours end song lasted minutes solos improved playing copy played liked best germans liked long loud beatles simply standing performed liverpool come stage loudly shout customers harrison explained prompted dance like knock heads best level german school communicate better rest group invited sing number called twist played drums best complained felt uncomfortable stage business manager decided club attract customers presented continuous live music williams warned beatles competition face playing club hurricanes saying better pull hurricanes coming know good going knock early october storm hurricanes free travel hamburg replacing seniors arrived hamburg october having negotiated paid seniors beatles played minute sets day alternating beatles appalled living conditions beatles groups like seniors sleeping room booked hamburg violence conflict stage wood balanced beer groups bet break stage days slight crack appeared storm jumped upright piano finally broke johnny guitar remembered storm hit stage cracked loudly formed shape disappeared drummer slid hole furious replace live music box groups went road cafe breakfast followed armed beat punishment born hamburg nightclub west german boxing champion career cut short unintentionally killed sailor street fight later friend beatles protected drunken customers occasionally apartment window street started arguments audience eventually member audience jump stage hit job protect group occasions beer bottles thrown remembered audience hitler nazi salute pull black pretend people laughed missing performance evening found toilet woman broke bucket cold water threw ordered stage furious complained stage wet snapped don shit going onstage don care naked short time later audience laughter ran saw playing guitar wearing toilet seat neck later asked liverpool journalist publish photos showing walking brother fred sang lead vocals group sang love alliance beatles continued later went work performance skills according typical art student bad skin reputation grew began wearing tight trousers dark sunglasses high spot singing love tender drew applause beatles sang increasing friction started making jokes size playing described beatles biographies appearing uncomfortable onstage playing audience best denies recalling usually good animated audience beatles steadily improved time hamburg noticed musicians time recalled got better better groups started coming watch accolades come big club hang watch got song played group played minutes non stop group members walking stage wash drink returning wrote letter mother saying improved thousand fold arrival moment tells group liverpool touch saturday october williams arranged recording session hurricanes small booth fifth floor house williams asked harrison play sing harmonies recording best town buying hurricanes drummer played drums time harrison recorded recorded songs fever september song club opened operated late october beatles left club work club offered group money better echo slightly better place sleep club group broke contract reported harrison working legal age limit working club harrison deported november best went belongings found total darkness best found attached nail concrete wall room set fire real damage reported attempted arson evening walking heard mit come best spent hours deported december work permit revoked days later went home train cold stayed hamburg later borrowed money german girlfriend liverpool early january liverpool contacted weeks best mother numerous phone calls hamburg recover group equipment liverpool group played engagement december playing bass shows shocked vast improvement playing singing residency hamburg struck powerful best drumming pushing group play harder probably best developed loud drumming style tell best hamburg play loud possible harrison turned immigration problems solved beatles went hamburg residency club playing march july secure return paid german authorities cost best liverpool previous winter fellow musician later remembered living conditions club john george paul stuart pete booked open smart moved dormitory club slept terrible look washed shirts place like chinese laundry great times afraid life old lady took care decided leave beatles concentrate art studies took bass player group later enrolled pop artist lent president model bass guitar asked change strings play strings arranged backwards buy specially left handed bass bought bass guitar model music store bought guitar model harrison bought gibson matching jackets door neighbour liverpool worn stage clothes soon items clothing group bought cowboy boots jeans black leather jackets trousers tailor shop said bit money second time bought leather pants looked like april beatles booked opening act launch new club opened capacity thousand people cinema style seating beatles booked play left job beatles permanent road manager earning money driving earning van ferried hamburg beatles returned hamburg plane play april arrival informed death time second star club visit november group drummer beatles stayed hotel having luxury single rooms time stayed hotel pacific booking december harrison said came play big place fantastic great sound system time hotel remember long walk club going city portions final performances taped portable recorder associate group playing club tapes released west_germany label beatles live hamburg germany subsequently released formats titles set list lead singer saw standing roll harrison shake sweet little sixteen lend feet big red sails sunset everybody trying baby harrison bout long tall remember gon sit right cry life twist shout taste honey harrison kansas_city leaves tree harrison know love harrison little falling love ask love club manager brother till harrison sex drugs rock roll explained beatles experienced sex girls liverpool got hamburg women hung clubs late night dancers prostitutes harrison called hamburg city world said time got hamburg girlfriend likely suddenly involved hard core artist obviously knew thing sex eye opener frontman remembered visiting hamburg paid money went sat guy came biggest lady seen lives looked like bus bra ran door quick didn hear shut wanted money john said better cause trouble beatles introduction hamburg group play hours offered saying awake supplied beatles taken beer feel helped awake early hours morning looking harrison said group mouth stay awake days recalled pills saw musicians falling drink work wore said usually legitimate use required doctor note mother able obtain local chemist supplied drug asking questions later asked owner publish photographs showing group playing tubes explained plentiful supply hamburg known produce increased focus association decreased fatigue decreased appetite record release recording released single recorded hamburg group time club recording came beatles recruited singer residency club act backing group series recordings recordings label produced famed instrumental hit called wonderland night reached number year produced june beatles drove hamburg minutes hamburg record friedrich auditorium hall paid recording second recording session june session signed group year contract session june october released appeared west german charts beat brothers generic happened backup group explained didn like said change german audience went record song later released january copies pressed label bring beatles attention key figure subsequent development commercial success september harrison german copy record sent hamburg harrison loaned played venues members group lent october year old manager record department father music store liverpool asked record year old boy find files beatles record following day requested girls time mentioning beatles seen playing club nearby street taylor assistant later said story invented jones order copies record founder later story knowing beatles harry talking band long time group promoted saying brian knew perfectly beatles page second issue regardless interest record eventually led way taylor lunch hour november initially repelled dark damp club congratulated performance early fans beatles heard group play girlfriend initially horrified idea spending time district watching beatles times eventually persuaded come having previously listened jazz beatles played totally new friends visited night arriving clock sitting stage years old later said like merry round head looked absolutely astonishing life changed couple minutes wanted know fascinated harry later wrote walked head immediately turn way wrote friend hardly eyes walked club tried talk break left asked beatles mind letting photographs photo session impressed groups taken friends morning took photographs park called der close started dating engaged november credited beatles personally told friends art school run sort beatles boyfriend stuart liked got nerve hair asking cut hair pete best hair wouldn work suffering intense taken hospital april rode ambulance died ambulance reached hospital days later met beatles hamburg airport told died brain asked design sleeve beatles album revolver played bass solo recordings harrison designed artwork volume sets beatles anthology series published book called volume limited edition containing set photographs memory drawings beatles time hamburg later years beatles returned hamburg june staying castle played concerts june later said born liverpool grew hamburg door famous posed photo later covers albums photo taken time beatles playing club later commented memories hamburg reflecting hamburg stage wanted pack hated going hamburg times scene brian fulfill contract harrison positive memories period hamburg bordered best beatles times didn luxury didn clothes pretty couldn afford hand weren famous didn contend comes fame philosophical hamburg certainly great childhood memory think things enhanced time exciting think felt better little later career started bit success records memorial square constructed hamburg meeting streets containing steel sculptures beatles construction costs amounted provided sponsors donors idea creating memorial beatles initiated hamburg radio station hamburg mayor said opening time hamburg commemorated great group square illuminated resembles spinning band members shown outline form figure drummer best
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