The Beatles in Hamburg: Recent Episodes
Beppe Brocchetta
The Beatles went to play abroad for the first time, the line-up consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison on guitars, Stuart Sutcliffe on bass and Pete Best on drums. In the photo the Kaiserkeller in Hamburg.
The very first photographs of the Beatles taken by Astrid Kirchherr in November at Hamburger Dom, the important fair of rides held three times a year in Hamburg, are exceptional. In those days John Lennon bought the Rickenbacker 325 guitar.
On 4 October 1960 the Beatles moved from Indra to the Kaiserkeller, due to protests over the loud noise with the consequent intervention of the police. Both the locals were owned by the same owner and were located on the Grosse Freiheit, one side of the Reeperbahn in Hamburg.
The Beatles were playing overseas for the first time, the line-up consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison on guitars, Stuart Sutcliffe on bass and Pete Best on drums. Under the new and definitive name, the Beatles made their debut at the Indra in Hamburg on August 17, 1960.