THE BEATLES in LIVERPOOL, HAMBURG, LONDON PEOPLE | VENUES | EVENTS | THAT SHAPED THEIR MUSIC

The Beatles in Liverpool, Hamburg, London deals with the all-important early years of the group. Takes you from the birth of The Beatles, all the way through to the global phenomenon that the world's media-with no little irony-dubbed "Beatlemania". It details: The People. The Venues. The Events. It includes sections on the birth of rock 'n' roll, in the USA and Britain; talks about the influence African-American music had on the group; covers the state of 'pop' and the media in Sixties' Britain;