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Scott Timberg:

Of the many great shows your humble blogger attended last year, one of the very finest  was a performance by Bambi Kino, a kind of indie-rock supergroup formed to pay tribute to the Beatles ragged, rockabilly-loving years in Hamburg.

So I’m happy to report that this group — made up of members of Catpower, GbV, Nada Surf and Maplewood — has just released an album, recorded at Hamburg’s Indra Club, that captures the spirit of its shows quite well. It’s made up, of course, of the music the Beatles were playing in 1960 and ‘61 — Chuck Berry’s “Talking About You,” Buddy Holly’s “Crying Waiting Hoping,” Johnny Kidd’s “Shakin’ All Over” — played with the roughness and speed of the leather-jacketed Liverpudlians.

I’ve been keeping my eye on Bambi Kino since Timberg wrote about them last year, silently hoping they’d release a record or a DVD or something. Looks like my wish was granted

To give you a flavor of Bambi Kino, below is a video of “Anna (Go to Him)”, which is not on the record (but was on The Beatles’ first record, Please Please Me).