Stuart Sutcliffe - The Lost Beatle

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Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle

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Item #: DC10008

Our Price: $19.99

Region: All
Running Time: 60 minutes
Color: Color/B&W
UPC: 032031800397
ISBN: 0-7697-8348-1

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At art college in Liverpool in 1959, Stuart Sutcliffe met John Lennon and they soon became close -with Lennon persuading Sutcliffe to use the proceeds of a painting he had sold to buy a bass guitar and join his band, along with Paul McCartney and George Harrison. Before long, with drummer Pete Best in the line-up, they won a contract in Hamburg playing sleazy clubs in the seedy Reeperbahn area of the city, amidst the casual sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll of the era. The newly-christened Beatles were on their way.

With the band on the brink of success, Sutcliffe left the group to concentrate on his first love, art, and his new love, German photographer Astrid Kirchherr. But Stuart's health soon began to decline. On the 10th of April 1962, Stuart suffered a seizure and slipped into a coma. As Astrid cradled his head in her hands, Stuart died of a cerebral hemorrhage, cutting short the life of the promising young artist.

Interviewees include Stuart's fiancée and Beatles stylist/photographer Astrid Kirchherr, early Beatles manager Allan Williams, Stuart's sister Pauline Sutcliffe, Liverpool flatmate to Sutcliffe and Lennon, Rod Murray and esteemed American art historian and writer Donald Kuspit.

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Interviewees include:
Stuart's fiancée and Beatles stylist/photographer Astrid Kirchherr
early Beatles manager Allan Williams
Stuart's sister Pauline Sutcliffe
Liverpool flatmate to Sutcliffe and Lennon, Rod Murray
Esteemed American art historian and writer Donald Kuspit

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