The Beatles in Hamburg: The Stories, the Scene and How It All Began

by Spencer Leigh

Book Overview

When the fledgling Beatles went to Hamburg in 1960, they had no idea that their world--and music--was going to change forever. Associating with gangsters and prostitutes and sleeping in appalling conditions behind a cinema screen, the Beatles pounded out beat music in strip clubs and dens of vice like the Indra, the Kaiserkeller, the Top Ten, and the Star-Club. In the process, they changed their way of playing, got arrested and deported, wore black...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569768161
• ISBN13: 9781569768167
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 9.4"