24 “looks so cool”: Ryan Steadman, “One of These Beatles Could’ve Been the Next Jackson Pollock (No, Not Pete Best),” The Observer, January 13, 2016.

24 “Who’s the drummer?”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 299.

24 Tommy Moore: Lewisohn, Tune In, 299–300, 307.

24 Paul purchased an Elpico amplifier: Lewisohn, Tune In, 308.

24 “If you want it”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 218.

25 Long John and the Silver Beatles: Lewisohn, Tune In, 300–301.

25 “doing a moody”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 301.

25 “Because I wear three rings”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 233.

25 “He looked like a tough guy”: Philip Norman, Paul McCartney: The Life (New York: Little, Brown, 2016), 118.

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26 quiet and relaxed: Mark Lewisohn, Tune In, vol. 1, The Beatles: All These Years (New York: Crown Archetype, 2013), 310.

26 “We were crummy, horrible”: The Beatles, The Beatles Anthology (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000), 44.

26 “They’re a scruffy no-good group”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 309.

27 “fine up to the middle-eight”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 312.

27 sleep in the van: Lewisohn, Tune In, 311.

27 “a vital experience for us”: The Beatles in Scotland, BBC Radio 2, September 24, 1996.

27 “Don’t bother coming back next September”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 334; originally from interview by Lisa Robinson, September 29, 1980.

27 John’s future is blacker than ever: Lewisohn, Tune In, 334.

27 Allan Williams comes to them a week later: Lewisohn, Tune In, 334.

27 No drummer: Allan Kozinn, “Allan Williams, First Manager of the Beatles, Dies at 86,” New York Times, December 31, 2016.

27 “He’s got his own drum kit”: Hunter Davies, The Beatles: The Authorized Biography (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968), 70.

27 “keep one beat going for long enough”: Ray Connolly, Being John Lennon: A Restless Life (New York: Pegasus Books, 2018), 84.

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28 ferry from Harwich to the Hook of Holland: Hunter Davies, The Beatles: The Authorized Biography (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968), 75–76.

28 the Bambi porno theater: Mark Lewisohn, Tune In, vol. 1, The Beatles: All These Years (New York: Crown Archetype, 2013), 352.

28 “a pigsty…a run down fleapit”: Ray Connolly, Being John Lennon: A Restless Life (New York: Pegasus Books, 2018), 86.

28 Bruno Koschmider: “The Beatles’ First Performance in Hamburg,” BeatlesBible.com.

29 “We kept that big heavy four-in-a-bar going all night long”: Connolly, Being John Lennon, 88.

29 204 stage hours: Lewisohn, Tune In, 366.

29 “Your voice began to hurt with the pain of singing”: Davies, The Beatles, 78.

29 “Hamburg throat”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 362.

29 “keep it up for twelve hours at a time”: Davies, The Beatles, 93.

29 “We were the best bloody band there was”: Connolly, Being John Lennon,143.

29 “Where are we going, fellers?”: David Sheff, “Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono,” Playboy, January 1981.

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30 “Our band would be great”: Mark Lewisohn, Tune In, vol. 1, The Beatles: All These Years (New York: Crown Archetype, 2013), 375.

30 a bit peeved: Lewisohn, Tune In, 374.

30 “The guy really couldn’t play bass to save his life,” Lewisohn, Tune In, 375.

31 “looked the nasty one”: Hunter Davies, The Beatles: The Authorized Biography (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968), 86 (79).

31 “We liked his style”: John Lennon, interview by Malcolm Searle, Melbourne, June 14, 1964, quoted in Lewisohn, Tune In, 381.

31 teaching his guitar part to John: “George Harrison Is Deported from Germany,” BeatlesBible.com.

31 “I felt terrible”: Davies, The Beatles, 92.

32 picked up by the police: Philip Norman, Paul McCartney: The Life (New York: Little, Brown, 2016), 123.