Hamburg Jukebox podcast

Hamburg Jukebox # 7

Hamburg Jukebox — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:47:40 GMT

All the gangsters would come in - the local Mafia. they'd send a crate of champagne on stage, imitation German Champagne, and we had to drink it or they kill us. They'd say, "Drink, and then do "What'd I Say"

Hamburg Jukebox #6

Hamburg Jukebox — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:45:17 GMT

"I grew up In Hamburg, not Liverpool" Saturday would start at three or four in the afternoon and go on until five or six in the morning. The Germans were fabulous, because if they liked you they would send up crates of beer.

Hamburg Jukebox #5

Hamburg Jukebox — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:48:01 GMT

Their first gig in Hamburg was at the notorious Indra Club, frequented by rowdy drunks. After a shaky start at the club, the Beatles honed their stage presence over the course of close to 50 consecutive nights of playing. As they got better word spread and the crowds got bigger and bigger. Finally things got out of hand and the police decide to shut down the club. That did not stop the Beatles, the simply moved to a larger venue at the Kaiserkeller. With the Beatles came the crowds.

Hamburg Jukebox #4

Hamburg Jukebox — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:42:12 GMT

Thinking they would get rich and famous they instead they found dirty clubs, long hours, filthy living arrangements, and swarms of easy woman. They played through the night, and slept behind a movie screen in a theatre.

Hamburg Jukebox #3

Hamburg Jukebox — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:47:55 GMT

"The show seems like a riot - like one hell of a great party going on next door ."

Hamburg Jukebox #2

Hamburg Jukebox — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:02:24 GMT

The original tape had been crudely recorded on a Philips home tape recorder, by fellow musician Ted "Kingsize" Taylor, and was considered as a possible live album "cash-in" release after Beatlemania had begun. The sound quality was so poor, however, that the idea was abandoned, and the tape languished in a Liverpool music office for over a decade.

Hamburg Jukebox #1

Hamburg Jukebox — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:33:41 GMT

Original Beatles manager Allan Williams claimed in his autobiography, The Man who Gave The Beatles Away, that in the late 1970s he was salvaging materials from condemned buildings due to be torn down; learning of the recording, and with the office they were stored in now abandoned, he obtained permission to enter the building and recover the tape. Lingasong Records bought the rights to the tape, and invested $125,000 in a thorough remix of the recordings.