When the book came out, McCartney burned it in ... Then, of course, there was Hamburg [where the Beatles performed in Germany in the '60s] and all the hookers. It really shocked me that Paul ...

The Beatles' time in Hamburg was plagued by problems, but it helped them improve musically which led to their discovery.

The Liverbirds went on to prove Lennon wrong by following in the Beatles’ vaunted footsteps and becoming a headlining act in Hamburg’s seedy ... McGlory and Saunders’ book affords readers ...