![]() ![]() Historian Mark Lewisohn, who has written a number of books about the Beatles, says in a statement that the photos show the band members in “leather trousers and cotton tops,” before they had figured out their signature looks, per BBC News. ![]() The photos were taken by a Liverpool-based fan. Drummer Ringo Starr wouldn’t join the band until 1962, a little over a year later, completing the “Fab Four.” The newly discovered photos feature John Lennon, 20, and Paul McCartney, 19, singing and playing guitar George Harrison, 18, also plays guitar, while Best, 19, plays drums behind them. ![]() Lennon and McCartney first performed there together in 1957. There’s very, very, very few.”Īll of the Beatles were born in Liverpool, and the city is where the band formed. “That’s why there are so few shots of the Beatles in the Cavern. ![]() “Not many people had cameras back then,” says Wane. Paul Wane, managing director at Tracks, a music memorabilia company based in the United Kingdom that owns the photos, tells CNN’s Jack Guy that the photos were taken by a fan who followed the nascent pop band in the early 1960s, before they had officially released any music. The band would release its first single, “ Love Me Do,” a year later. Now, rare photos of the group-including original drummer Pete Best-from that performance have been discovered. In 1961, shortly before their rise to fame, the Beatles played a local gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. ![]()
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