5 - Episode 5 - When We Was Fab

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5 - Episode 5 - When We Was Fab

Episode 5 - When We Was Fab It is 1963: the Beatles have left the Cavern, although they return for a final gig on 3 August. I say that this was their 275th appearance but I can’t find my calculation. Bob Wooler had originally told a reporter that the Beatles had played 292 times but he didn’t put much thought into this. And what does it mean? Do you include the Quarrymen? Is an evening appearance followed by an all-nighter two shows? It’s a difficult one. The episode concentrates on musicians who remained including Freddie Starr and the Hideaways, whose American member John State was killed in Vietnam. Noel Walker talked about producing the Big Three at the Cavern and then a multi-artist LP for Decca. The Hamburg band the Rattles played the Cavern for a week and reveal that Cavern girls wanted to “sleep with a Nazi”. Says Dickie Harrach, “We were kept pretty busy.” An innovation was the weekly Junior Cavern Club for those under 16. (Commercial) Tick-a-tick Timex The Hideaways (at the Cavern)

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