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Author Inglis, Ian, 1948-

Title The Beatles in Hamburg / Ian Inglis
Published London : Reaktion, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations
Series Reverb
Reverb series.
Contents Introduction : a long engagement -- Hamburg before the Beatles, the Beatles before Hamburg -- Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll -- Lovers and friends (I still can recall) -- Something old-- -- --Something new -- Other voices, other rooms -- The sound of the city -- The Beatles after Hamburg, Hamburg after the Beatles -- Conclusion : a long and winding road
Summary John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr are four of the most famous names in the history of music. In the 1960s, the Beatles became the bestselling pop band in the world, inspiring legions of fans and developing into popular music icons. Fifty years later, their recordings are still in demand. But none of this happened overnight. As Ian Inglis reveals in this tale of the band's early years, before they took the world by storm, the Beatles were little more than an inexperienced, semi-professional group of talented musicians in dire need of practice. Inglis tells
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-203) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Beatles
Beatles -- Travel -- Germany -- Hamburg
SUBJECT Beatles fast
Subject Rock music -- England -- Biography
Rock concerts -- Germany -- Hamburg
Rock music -- Germany -- Hamburg -- 1961-1970
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Rock.
Rock concerts
Rock music
Travel
England
Germany -- Hamburg
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781861899521
1861899521