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Author: Roy Adams Title: Hard Nights Subtitle: My Life In Liverpool Clubland Publisher:   Milo Country: UK Date: 1 Oct 2003 Format: Paperback Genre: Non-Fiction, Biography ISBN-13: 9781903854204 Rating: Rate Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:    Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search on eBay This is an affiliate link for which we may be compensated.

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‎272 pages.

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Ringo Starr's famous phrase "A Hard Day's Night" sums up the life of Roy Adams, a legend in Liverpool clubland. Bouncer, bodybuilder and clubboss, he was the last owner of the legendary Cavern Club and rubbed shoulders with gangsters, entertainers and rock stars. This is his unexpurgated story of nightlife in one of th world's most vibrant and violent cities.

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JPGR&B SUBS 29th Dec 2022		Review Annotation: This is a moderately interesting piece of work from the owner of club-land properties in Liverpool's Mathew Street, site of the Cavern Club where the Beatles and many other groups played. Adams was involved in establishing the New Cavern (following the demise of the original Cavern club in the early 1970s), plus the clubs, Revolution and Eric's, at the same premises on that famous Liverpool side street. Following the demise of Eric's, Adams opened the short-lived Adam's Club in Wood Street (in the newly-developed Ropewalks area of the city). The text is illuminating for its insight into Liverpool's nightlife and 'gangster' fraternities, but is in all likelihood of only passing interest to Beatles collectors. It is of far greater use to the researcher of Liverpool's varied popular music scenes, which informs the reader of the intricate web of property holdings and alliances in Liverpool's city centre (irrespective of the actual club operating on the premises) that have always had a great bearing on the music purveyed and performed in the area over decades. However, overall the work is (sadly) rather poorly written, and required serious rewriting and sub-editing. This lack of proofing causes it, at times to be a little unrewarding and repetitive: this is a pity, for much is to be learnt here. Michael Brocken Source: The Beatles Bibliography: A New Guide To The Literature - Michael Brocken and Melissa Davis (The Beatle Works Ltd., 2012), with acknowledgement, and used here with permission from the authors for educational and historical purposes only. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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