Thanks for a very decent, and well written article. It's a part of the Beatles' life that you never get to read about in too much detail, other than the usual "They started off in the Star Club (which is obviously wrong) where they honed their skills," and also the - almost obligatory - mention of Astrid Kercherr. Am I correct in also thinking that it was during this time that they met Klaus Voorman, designer of the Revolver album cover, and occasional guest musician? If any one can expand and put this right on this , please feel free to let me know on here
A very sincere "Thank You!" for an unashamed wallow through nostalgia which was a perfect start to my Saturday morning! Amongst other things it reminded me of: both my sisters went to lessons in Tap-and-Ballet at a large private house which was next door to Rory Storm's house on Broadgreen Road [Liverpool 13]. Rory and the Hurricanes provided the music for at least one of the school's Christmas performances. St Oswald's church was "standing room only" packed for the sad occasion of his funeral. Happy Days! Paul McDermott Liverpool
Another interesting point from this. Many, many MANY years back, when most records were still almost all produced in Mono, I remember us having a copy of the Beatles and Tony Sheridan single "my Bonnie", it was actually the B side of Ain't she sweet. it was on the original Orange (Parlaphone?) label. Thinking back, I reckon it was a re-release, to cash in on the Beatles' fame, because it was titled as "Tony Sheridan AND The Beatles". Sadly, record care back then, never really went much beyond making sure the record wasn't left on the floor, where it could have been stood on, so no idea what happened to it, also don't know if it ever would have been worth anything, nobody really knew much about such matters back then
Thanks for a very decent, and well written article. It's a part of the Beatles' life that you never get to read about in too much detail, other than the usual "They started off in the Star Club (which is obviously wrong) where they honed their skills," and also the - almost obligatory - mention of Astrid Kercherr. Am I correct in also thinking that it was during this time that they met Klaus Voorman, designer of the Revolver album cover, and occasional guest musician? If any one can expand and put this right on this , please feel free to let me know on here
A very sincere "Thank You!" for an unashamed wallow through nostalgia which was a perfect start to my Saturday morning! Amongst other things it reminded me of: both my sisters went to lessons in Tap-and-Ballet at a large private house which was next door to Rory Storm's house on Broadgreen Road [Liverpool 13]. Rory and the Hurricanes provided the music for at least one of the school's Christmas performances. St Oswald's church was "standing room only" packed for the sad occasion of his funeral. Happy Days! Paul McDermott Liverpool
Another interesting point from this. Many, many MANY years back, when most records were still almost all produced in Mono, I remember us having a copy of the Beatles and Tony Sheridan single "my Bonnie", it was actually the B side of Ain't she sweet. it was on the original Orange (Parlaphone?) label. Thinking back, I reckon it was a re-release, to cash in on the Beatles' fame, because it was titled as "Tony Sheridan AND The Beatles". Sadly, record care back then, never really went much beyond making sure the record wasn't left on the floor, where it could have been stood on, so no idea what happened to it, also don't know if it ever would have been worth anything, nobody really knew much about such matters back then