Akustik Studio  in the Klockmann-House. The Beatles made their first recording as a group on October 15, 1960 with Lou Walters and Ringo Starr. They recorded "Summertime" at a record your own voice booth on the 5th or 6th floor.. The building now contains several bars, a bank and a Kodak shop. 

GEORGE: We also recorded with Lou Walters. He was Rory Storm's bass player. He was a guy who thought he was a singer. He paid to have the record made himself.

 
The Beatles and Tony Sheridan drove to the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Harburg for a recording session on June 22, 1961. The Beatles had agreed to do the session for 330 Marks each. They had worked this plan out a few days earlier at the Top Ten Club with producer Bert Kaempfert. 

The recording area was actually the city's and school's assembly hall and gymnasium. When it was built in 1930 for 5 million Marks it had been equiped with everything that was considered modern in those days: projection facilities for movies, a three-keyboard organ, a draft-free air conditioning system, as well as large lighting and black-out systems. Most importantly it was noted for its excellent acoustics. Many German hits had been recorded on the hall's stage, which could quickly be converted to a recording studio with the use of portable equipment.

The store, which has existed in Hamburg for more than 70 years, supplied much equipment to the Top-Ten Club and the Star-Club.

The sound equipment of the two clubs came from here, and the musicians, who stayed in the neighboring Hotel Pacific, for months sometimes, bought both instruments and accessories here. In the 60s the store was located in the Schanzenstraße 71.

At one of them there was a riot among the fans. Unfortunately this building was demolished many years ago. 

For those shows the Beatles stayed out of town at the Schloss Hotel, the castle at Tremsbuttel on June 26, 1966.

TEAR GAS !!!!!
SMOKE BOMBS !
RUBBER CLUBS !!
WATER CANNONS !!!

Six years after the Beatles began their career in Hamburg they returned to perform for the last time on an European stage on June 26, 1966.

About 11,200 fans crowded into the Ernst-Merck-Hall. In the best seats, sat prominent people from the media, politics, industry, etc. -- even Helmut Schmidt (then interior minister in Hamburg) attended.

 The titles that were played are:

Rock And Roll Music
She's A Woman
If I Needed Someone
Day Tripper
Baby's In Black
I Feel Fine
Yesterday
I Wanna Be Your Man
Nowhere Man
Paperback Writer
I'm Down

Both concerts took place from 3:00 - 4:45 PM and 7:00 - 8:45 PM. Between them was a press conference, that Paul McCartney broke off early out of sheer boredom.

The Ernst-Merck-Hall at its peak, was a real Mecca for Rock and Jazz fans.  Bill Haley, Pink Floyd, Queen, Who, Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, and many more played here. Even sports events and classical concerts were held here. It got its name in honor of Ernst Merck, who erected the Planten un Blomen (Plants and Flowers) zoological garden on the neighboring premises in 1861. The hall was removed in the late '80s. Only modern exibition halls reman.