Thursday, 3rd August, 1961
The Beatles played this evening at the St. John’s Hall in the Tuebrook area of Liverpool.
The same day the third issue of Mersey Beat hit the local newsstands and contained the first of a series of record review columns by local record store owner, Brian Epstein.
Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
