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115: The Beatles' First - Paul Abbott

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The Beatles First Professional Recordings

The first recording session which took place on Thursday the 22nd Friday the 23rd of June 1961 at the Friedrich Ebert Hull in Hamburg. The two mics recorded live on a two track tape recorder and Pete Best described the studio as an unexciting school gym with a massive stage and lots of drapes. Paul McCartney's bass playing is just a treat because he's barely a bass player at this point at yet he's already brilliant so you touched on it there Pete's bass drum or lack thereof yeah.

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