In the 1960s, many of the giants of rock music played at the club. The club closed on 31 December 1969 and the building it occupied was destroyed by a fire in 1987. The address in Hamburg area St. Pauli was: Große Freiheit 39; Große Freiheit is a side street of the Reeperbahn.The club achieved worldwide renown through the performances of The Beatles, who played there 13 April - 31 May, 1–14 Novemb
er, and 18–31 December 1962. A performance or parts of several performances from the end of the latter stay was or were recorded on a home tape machine, and a remixed version was released in 1977 as Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962.The Beatles' first Hamburg Club performance was at the Indra Club (also in Große Freiheit) on 17 August 1960.
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