Beatles/Hamburg Connection

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THE BEATLES IN HAMBURG
1960-1962

Photos by Bill Hillman accompanied by information
compiled from personal interviews and various Beatles Bios and Web Refs
www.hillmanweb.com/BEATLES .

At the invitation of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. of Tarzana, California, and Disney Theatrical, NY, I flew to Hamburg for a 10-day stay in October 2008. This gave me time to explore Hamburg before and after the main focus of the visit: the German Tarzan Musical Premiere.
I've been a Beatles admirer since the early '60s, having performed many of their songs in our stage act, as well as having played in a Beatles tribute band. It was natural then, that I take advantage of the opportunity to study the Beatles' early influences in Hamburg's Reeperbahn district. Making daily treks from my home base, Hotel 66 on Hein-Hoyer, in the heart of the St. Pauli district, I took hundreds of photos, many of which I share in this project:

THE BEATLES IN HAMBURG: 1960-1962

CONTENTS PART I: Gigs \| PART II: Digs \| PART III: Echoes \| PART IV: Reeperbahn \| PART V: Hangouts	CONTENTS Alternate Logo Links
I. Beatle Gigs: Overview www.hillmanweb.com/BEATLES/gigs.html www.hillmanweb.com/BEATLES/indra.html www.hillmanweb.com/BEATLES/kaiser.html www.hillmanweb.com/BEATLES/topten.html www.hillmanweb.com/BEATLES/starclub.html www.hillmanweb.com/BEATLES/other.html
II. Beatle Digs www.hillmanweb.com/BEATLES/digs.html
III. Beatle Echoes www.hillmanweb.com/BEATLES/echoes.html
IV. Along the Reeperbahn www.hillmanweb.com/BEATLES/reeper.html
V. Beatle Hangouts www.hillmanweb.com/BEATLES/places.html
HAMBURG	HAMBURG
VI. Hagenbeck Tierpark Jungle Animals in Hagenbeck Tierpark Expedition to Tarzan's Pellucidar Home Trek Around Tarzan's Pellucidar
VII. Hamburg Live Theatre *TARZAN THE MUSICAL PREMIERE* Intro & Pre-Production Cast ~ Credits ~ Invitation Opening Night Press Reviews I Opening Night Press Reviews II
VIII. Hamburg Trek Tarzan Swings Through Hamburg I Tarzan Swings Through Hamburg II
IX. Supplementary Photo Albums Along the Elbe River Today	.
X. The Hillman / UK Music Connection www.hillmanweb.com/uk

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EARLY YEARS PHOTO ALBUMS

	Album I: UK The Liverpool Years
	Album II: Hamburg I ~ Rock School
	Album III: Hamburg ~ The New Look

Hamburg Gets Its Official Beatles Memorial at Last
EfluxMedia.com ~ September 11th 2008
Hamburg - "All you need is..." patience and money.
28 years after the then completely unknown Beatles played their first gig in Hamburg,
and seven years after the idea was born of honouring the band with a memorial square,
the legendary mop tops are back in the city.

The commemorative square, which Hamburg Mayor Ole von Beust officially opened,
is marked by a dark granite circle 29 metres in diameter which looks like a record.
It features steel sculptures of each of the Fab Four.
To one side stands a sculpture of original Beatles' bassist Stuart Sutcliffe,
who died of a brain haemorrhage in Hamburg in 1962.

WEB REFS
The Edgar Rice Burroughs / Hamburg Connection
The Edgar Rice Burroughs / Carl Hagenbeck Connection
Hamburg with the Beatles
BeatleSource.com
The Beatles Hamburg Recordings
The Jets | The Beatles in Hamburg
TravelBlog Hamburg
Beatles in Hamburg Slide Show
Beatles Press Conference Data Base
Horst Fascher: He brought the fledgling Beatles to Hamburg
Scotty Moore Meets the Beatles
Beatles Photos
Reeperbahn Action
Beatles and their Rickenbacker Guitars
Fab Guitars of the Beatles
With the Beatles
The Beatles Story
John Lennon's Kenwood Estate

PRINT REFS
The Beatles Anthology by The Beatles
Paul McCartney by Barry Miles
A Day in the Life by Mark Hertsgaard
The Beatles: 10 Years That Shook The World - Ed. Paul Trynka

PART I: Gigs | PART II: Digs | PART III: Echoes | PART IV: Reeperbahn | PART V: Hangouts

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