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Harrison's quote[edit]

It could be notable that George's quote about the "naughtiest city in the world" echoes the Reeperbahn's age-old established tourist-attraction slogan of being die sündigste Meile der Welt ("the most sinful mile in the world") in German, see for instance [1], [2]. That slogan can't be much newer than the time of the lads's stay there, as by the 1970s, all the actually sinful parts were already beginning to re-locate to Herbertstraße, leaving the Reeperbahn itself mostly with casinos, restaurants, theaters, and small opera houses (also see the Deutsche Welle link about that). In fact, I think that slogan that George's quote seems to resemble already appears in the 1944 film Große Freiheit Nr. 7.

What's also missing would be how Paul told either in Barry Miles's Many years from now or in the Anthology book how the Reeperbahn was where he learned to tune their guitars only by putting his head on their sound boxes to feel each string's individual vibration by sense of touch alone. This was because the only time they were given to tune their guitars was when the other bands were playing 24/7 at top volume next to them on the stage or next to the room they were sleeping at, and Paul concedes that this hard Reeperbahn apprenticeship gave him the skill to learn to play any instrument under the sun by himself within hours or even just minutes. --2003:71:4E07:BB23:9163:E32E:3FE1:A5D3 (talk) 22:34, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Suitability of reference used in article[edit]

You are invited to join the discussion at WT:BEATLES#Craig Cross. Ojorojo (talk) 18:45, 17 May 2019 (UTC) —Ojorojo (talk) 18:45, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Section names[edit]

Have always forgotten to raise this until now, but "Sex, drugs and rock and roll" as a section name? This is Wikipedia; wouldn't something more formal like 'Hedonism' or 'Debauchery' (or both) be preferred? As for "Astrid Kirchherr, Voormann, and Vollmer", why is only Astrid referred to in full (because the section name would be too long I imagine, but it should be consistent or better yet renamed to something like 'Associates', 'Social cirlce' or something, maybe?--TangoTizerWolfstone (talk) 06:04, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"LEAVING LIVERPOOL" COULD USE A SHAKEOUT[edit]

A number of statements in the "Leaving Liverpool" section contradict the exhaustively-researched "extended version" of Lewisohn's Beatles History. There are likely other similar issues in the greater entry "The Beatles in Hamburg". Jsusky (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not the first recording![edit]

The recording with Tony Sheridan at Friedrich-Ebert-Halle was not the first recording in the band's history. In fact, The Quarrymen had been recorded on the fateful day that John met Paul at the Wollton village fete. With John, Paul, and George, they recorded "That'll be the day" b/w "In Spite of All the Danger" on 12 July 1958 in Liverpool. And after that, they regularly recorded themselves in their parents's living rooms with various tape recorders. Except for the recording at the Woolton village fete, a number of those recordings were published on Anthology 1. --2003:DA:CF39:B850:B0C1:6147:7FAF:C2D2 (talk) 04:51, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]