George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Pete Best, and Roy Young on stage at The Star-Club in
George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Pete Best, and Roy Young on stage at The Star-Club in Hamburg, (May?) 1962; photos by Doris Kaempfert (?), © K & K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns, Bert Kaempfert Music - K & K/Redferns via Getty Images.“When The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, secured a recording contract with EMI in 1962, he sent a telegram to the band in Hamburg, Germany: ‘Congratulations boys. EMI request recording session. Please rehearse new material.’ The Beatles replied to the telegram with postcards. Paul McCartney wrote, ‘Please wire GBP 10,000 advance royalties.’ John Lennon scribbled, ‘When are we going to be millionaires?’ But George Harrison made the following request: ‘Please order four new guitars.’ While his band mates visualized piles of money, Harrison could think only about guitars.” - Andy Babiuk, Harrison by the editors of Rolling Stone (2002) (x) -- source link
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