"I heard about them through a lad who was asking for a record by them in one of my stores, or my family’s stores in October 1961," Brian Epstein, 1964 Always diligent, Brian Epstein tracked down the record My Bonnie by Tony Sheridan and The Beatles, recorded in Hamburg. Staff informed him The Beatles, he learned were a local band who regularly played in a local club, close to the shop. Epstein decided to check them out Brian Epstein first saw The Beatles at the Cavern on November 9, 1961. He came backstage and then attended more gigs over the next few weeks. Then he told his brother he wanted to manage them. It was an extraordinary decision but Epstein's CV had followed an unusual trajectory. Before agreeing to manage the family business he had trained as an actor at RADA and his musical preferences were classical. Epstein was also homosexual at a time when it was still illegal. This was not uncommon in the entertainment business but Brian appeared to court danger by hav...