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John singing “To Know Her Is Love Her” in the early 60s. At that time The Beatles were known as the “Silver Beatles”…

In April 1961 the Beatles made their second visit to Hamburg to appear at the Top Ten Club, 136 the Reeperbahn, Hamburg. They performed April through June 1961. Within a few weeks Stu had left the band to be with Astrid Kirchherr and to enrol at the Hamburg Art College.

The pictures are sourced from various sources on the Net and are all taken at the Top Ten Club, primarily they comprise 4 different sets of photos during the Beatles season at the Club.

The pics show for example Paul playing Piano, singing without a guitar, or playing lead guitar using a right-handed guitar turned upside down. Also Crates of beer can be seen on the stage along with half drunk beer bottles testiment to the endless supply of beer that was supplied free to the Band.

The audience join in their performance and John can be seen jumping around the stage. This is a rare glimpse into the life of the Beatles in Hamburg.

There is no recording in existence of the Beatles at the Top Ten Club 1961 so as a backdrop to the pictures a ‘quality’ live recording of Twist and Shout was used from The Royal Command performance November 1963. This is something of the sound of the Beatles from this time.

John was widely quoted as saying that the Beatles played some of their best music in Hamburg. It is also widely acknowledged that their later success was due in large part to the many long nights performing and honing their skills and teamwork in Hamburg.

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The Beatles playing “A Taste Of Honey” live at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany (1962).

The Beatles performing “Don’t Ever Change” from the album “The Beatles Live At The BBC”

“Don’t Ever Change” is a 1961 popular song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It is one of their lesser-known songs, although a version by The Crickets reached the top 5 in the United Kingdom. The Beatles performed the song on their BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles, which was later released on their 1994 compilation Live at the BBC. It was taped on August 1, 1963, had its first broadcast on August 27, 1963, was produced by Terry Henebery and was a rare harmony duet between Paul McCartney and George Harrison

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“Carol” is a song written by Chuck Berry, first released in 1958. It was later covered by The Beatles for a live BBC performance during 1963, this version was released on the 1994 compilation album “Live at the BBC”.

“A Shot of Rhythm and Blues” is a song written by Terry Thompson and first recorded by US soul singer Arthur Alexander. It was originally released in the USA in 1961, and in the United Kingdom the following year, as the b-side of You Better Move On.

The Beatles recorded “A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues” three times for the BBC in 1963, with John Lennon on lead vocals each time. One of the versions was included on the Live at the BBC album, released in 1994.

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“I Forgot to Remember to Forget” is a country song written by Stan Kesler and Charlie Feathers. It was recorded at Sun Studio July 11, 1955 by Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and Johnny Bernero on drums, and released on August 20, 1955 along with Mystery Train.

The Beatles covered this song once for a BBC radio show, From Us To You, on 1 May 1964. The recording was included on the Live at the BBC album in 1994.

Clarabella is a pop song composed by Frank Pingatore and recorded by The Jodimars (a group made of former members of Bill Haley & His Comets) in 1956. It was recorded by The Beatles for radio show Pop Go The Beatles on 2 July 1963, which was broadcast on the 16th of that month. It was released commercially much later on compact disc on the 1994 compilation album, Live at the BBC.

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This is one of the songs The Beatles played for their audition for Decca Records on January 1st, 1962. They were rejected and another band now forgotten was signed. The song was written by Consuelito Velazquez, a Mexican songwriter, and was published in 1995 on the album “Anthology 1″.

“Cry for a Shadow” is an early Beatles instrumental. It was recorded on 22 June 1961 at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg, Germany while they were performing as Tony Sheridan’s backup band for a few tracks. It was written by George Harrison with John Lennon as a parody of The Shadows style. (The Shadows, who backed Cliff Richard were the biggest British instrumental rock & roll group at the time of the recording.) It imitates the lead guitar with typical Hank Marvin licks, the melodic bass fills, and even has an imitation during the second middle 8 of the famous Jet Harris yell. It is the only Beatles track to be credited to Lennon and Harrison alone.
It was intended to be released as the b-side of “Why”, another Sheridan song with The Beatles, but the record company chose to release another song instead. In early 1964, as The Beatles were gaining popularity, the record company Polydor decided to release it, with “Why” changed to the b-side. According to Bill Harry, editor of the Mersey Beat newspaper, Cry for a Shadow’s original title was “Beatle Bop”.
It was also released in 1995 as part of the Anthology 1 compilation.

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