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Live: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool

8.00pm, Saturday 26 September 1959 (52 years ago)

This was the Quarrymen's fifth performance at Mona Best's Casbah Coffee Club, a members-only venue in Liverpool's Hayman's Green.

The group had been booked by Best to perform a Saturday night residency at the club, which accommodated around 300 fans.

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