Stuart Sutcliffe and John Lennon performing in Hamburg, 1961. Photograph: Juergen Vollmer/Redferns The archive of Stuart Sutcliffe, the original bassist with the Beatles, is up for sale, featuring more than
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In April 1962, when the Beatles arrived in Hamburg, Germany, for their third stint playing in the city’s music clubs,
A friend of John’s Lennon‘s from the Liverpool College of Art, Stu Sutcliffe was the original bassist in the Beatles. In July 1961, upon the conclusion of their second residency in