History
I. Ready for the Top Ten In 1961, the boys are getting ready for their second residency in Hamburg. Let’s compare their confidence and preparedness with their first trip there last year (1960). The difference was like night and day. 1961 Hamburg was bound to be light years better than 1960 Hamburg. II. 1961 era. Let's immerse ourselves. We’re not professional historians and we don’t normally discuss scholarly methods for learning deeply about the past. We just say we’re “following the timeline” sixty years ago each day. But Wrence mentions some highfalutin academic labels of the methods we use intuitively — retracing subjects’ steps in sequence, daily immersion in the essence of the era, hermeneutical interpretation — all as part of a multi year longitudinal case analysis. As Facebook users, we just say we’re following the timeline. III. The Beatles almost sacked Paul! ...and other stuff that happened in February 1961. Facebook group https://beatles60.group/group John and Stu at the Cavern https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10159320047782009&set=g.431284081184898 Stu, Astrid, John by Mike McCartney https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10159301081712009&set=g.431284081184898 Send us a voice message via Anchor https://anchor.fm/beatles60 (It may be included on a later podcast unless you specify "Not for podcast") Contact us https://beatles60.group/contact The Barmy Beatle Blog https://barmybeatleblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beatles60/message