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Wednesday, September 28, 1960

Hamburg

Concert • By The Beatles • Part of the Indra Club concerts

Last updated on January 12, 2022


Details

  • Country: Germany
  • City: Hamburg
  • Location: Indra Club

Location

  • Location: Indra Club

Timeline

From Meet the Beatles for Real: Hello Madame! – This photograph was taken on Wednesday, September 28, 1960 at Harold’s Café, a hotel bar on the Grosse Freiheit in Hamburg. The band was still playing the Indra Club located just down the street. The pic was taken by one of those roving photographers who, in those days, used to snap souvenir photos for a fee. With so many visiting sailors coming into port, I would imagine that it was a lucrative business. In this case, he presumably took six photos, one for each of the guys sitting at the table. The unfamiliar participant sitting third from left is Helmut (a waiter). Because the Beatles were chatting and moving their heads as the photos were snapped, the images taken at that moment look very similar to each other, but are not identical. The photographer was using a Polaroid camera, so the photos were “instant” – pulled out of the camera and handed to the Beatles on the spot. To my knowledge, only four of the six photos have been documented. The one featured here is Paul’s, which he promptly sent to his girlfriend back in Liverpool, Dot Rhone. This appears in Paul’s new “Lyrics” book. The one that George bought appears in the “Beatles Anthology” book. Pete’s photo is featured in the Casbah book written by Roag Best. I own the original that Stuart bought that day. He captioned and dated it on the reverse side before sending it home to his family. The only two that I haven’t seen are John’s and Helmut’s, assuming they still exist.

Indra Club

This was the 43rd concert played at Indra Club.

A total of 48 concerts have been played there • 1960Aug 17thAug 18thAug 19thAug 20thAug 21stAug 22ndAug 23rdAug 24thAug 25thAug 26thAug 27thAug 28thAug 29thAug 30thAug 31stSep 1stSep 2ndSep 3rdSep 4thSep 5thSep 6thSep 7thSep 8thSep 9thSep 10thSep 11thSep 12thSep 13thSep 14thSep 15thSep 16thSep 17thSep 18thSep 19thSep 20thSep 21stSep 22ndSep 23rdSep 24thSep 25thSep 26thSep 27thSep 28thSep 29thSep 30thOct 1stOct 2ndOct 3rd


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