Recordings of The Beatles in Hamburg Germany.

I discovered some great recordings of The Beatles in Hamburg Germany that I never knew about before.  These recordings were made before they were famous.  To a serious fan, I would strongly suggest looking for them. You realize, listening, how good The Beatles were before the slick recording sessions and all the fanfare.  To have seen them in that period would have been great. It's kind of too bad that the recording process dulled that down a bit, but you still get it in certain performances like 'I Saw Her Standing There' and 'Twist and Shout'.  In  a live show, the bass came through much louder and the drums were thudding and hard.  It wasn't Ringo at that time, and you can tell why they had to fire Pete, but the drums still sound very rock n' roll.  It's too bad that this is all history now.

Planning the class (Entry number 2)

I have spent several hours each day this week planning The Beatles class for this spring.  We will start on May 10th and run through June 4th. I have been reviewing materials on The Beatles for about the last week and a half as well as touching up on some contextual '60s history. One thing about The Beatles, as much as I've heard them I can always find something fresh to spark my imagination. Last night I received their Live at the BBC albums in the mail.  Up until now I just had a burned copy, but to really have the experience I felt I needed the legit CDs.  (Maybe I'll get vinyl next).