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Artist: The Beatles Title: JIm Gretty Presents Venue: Albany Cinema City:   Liverpool, England, UK Date: Sunday, 15 Oct 1961 Collection:   Attended     Wishlist  Community:

	Lineup	Rating
1	The Beatles	Rate
2	Ken Dodd	Rate
3	Denis Smerdon	Rate
4	Jim Gretty	Rate
5	Edna Bell	Rate
6	Jackie Owen And The Joe Royal Trio	Rate
7	Dennis Horton And Gladys Ambrose	Rate
8	The Eltones	Rate
9	Bert King	Rate
10	Shirley Gordon	Rate
11	Lennie Rens	Rate
12	Bob McGrady	Rate
13	Dunn And Markey	Rate
14	Joe Cordova	Rate
15	Les Arnold	Rate
16	The Dusty Road Ramblers	Rate

Notes

Jim Gretty was a Country & Western guitar player and a variety agent. He also worked part time at Hessy's music store in Liverpool and it was Jim who sold John Lennon his first guitar in 1957. Although the Beatles appeared half way down the advertised bill, they actually closed this show with a ten minute spot for this afternoon matinee.

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TopPopper 19th Apr 2015		Apparently he was an ambulance driver by day. The Beatles were booked here for no fee, and according to Mark Lewisohn, were "awful".
kab2112 SUBS 19th Apr 2015		George Martin was responsible for the production and stage management at this event. Obviously not THE George Martin, but an interesting co-incidence.

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