The Beatles at St John's Hall, Tuebrook

After the Beatles returned from their first Tour of Duty in Hamburg, they were looking for gigs to play in and around Liverpool. Mona Best (Pete's mum) let them play in her Casbah Coffee Club but also created "Casbah Promotions" together with her son.

On Friday 17 February, 1961 The Beatles were paid £20 for their concert at St. John's Hall on Snaefell Avenue in Tuebrook (Liverpool). Appearing together with the "Fabulous Beatles Rock Combo" were Gene Day and the Jango Beats.

The Beatles knew Gene Day & the Jango Beats (later they were called Earl Preston and the Tempest Tornadoes), because when they arrived back from Hamburg they didn't have their equipment with them and had to borrow Gene Day's stuff for a gig in the Casbah.

Remember that The Beatles had been deported from Hamburg (George underaged,


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Valentine with the Beatles at the Cassanova Club

Happy Valentine! 50 years ago, on Tuesday 14 February 1961, the "sensational" Beatles played at the Cassanova Club in London Road, Liverpool. Other bands that play that night are Rory Storm & the Hurricanes (with Ringo Starr) and Mark Peters & the Cyclones.

In the mid 90's an 8mm film was discovered in a drawer in Liverpool. It contains a 30-second segment of the Beatles (John, Paul & George - Pete Best is obscured by John) who play at the ballroom. In the first segment George is singing and in the second one Paul does the vocals. The Beatles are wearing leather jackets, which would have been their standard attire from their Hamburg days.

The movie is in colour but silent, and could well be the oldest known film of the Beatles. Eventually the film sold for 15,000 pounds in 1996.

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4. The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox.
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