 At the beginning of the 1960s, while the Beatles worked in the Hamburg clubs, Barrow moved from Crosby to London to work for the Decca Record Company where he wrote the liner notes that appeared on the back of LP album covers.From his new London base he continued to contribute his weekly record column to the "Liverpool Echo" and when Liverpool record retailer Brian Epstein signed the Beatles to a management deal at the end of 1961 he contacted Barrow for professional advice.In a 1968 interview, Barrow recounted that Epstein asked him to write a column about the band.