MUSC 171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sitar, String Quartet, Please Please Me (Song)
28 Apr 2016
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Hamburg was like the las vegas of . Beatles were booked into 2 dreary clubs they played for about 7 hours a night. Stuart, their oldest member had just turned 20, the were na ve. They were hardened, they were tighter, they became professionals, their repertoire expanded. Everybody who goes to hamburg comes back improved e. g. better song writing. Mersey beat newspaper started promoting the beatles realized their talent. The cavern converted to rock n roll with the beatles as a recurring band. Went back to hamburg in 1960 and made their first record. Fall 1961 beatles local stars in liverpool and hamburg. Brian struck by music, beat, sense of humour convinced the beatles that he had connections to make them big. Brian took them over smoothed out their image (pictures) George martin an unlikely producer intrigued by beatles demo that brian played arranged recording test to see what they could do they had charm.
