1961 – The Beatles perform at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool.
1962 – The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby.
1963- The Beatles perform two shows for two separate “houses” at Queen’s Hall, Widnes. Both shows are sell-outs.
1964- Release in Sweden of Beatles single “All My Loving/I Saw Her Standing There” (Odeon). Nine weeks in the Swedish charts; highest position #1.
The Beatles -All My Loving – Live (rare version)
1964: The Beatles meet Cassius Clay
Obviously we were having an effect, because all these people were clamouring to meet us – like Muhammad Ali, for instance. We were taken to meet him on that first trip. It was a big publicity thing. It was all part of being a Beatle, really; just getting lugged around and thrust into rooms full of press men taking pictures and asking questions. Muhammad Ali was quite cute, he had a fight coming up in a couple of days with Sonny Liston. There is a famous picture of him holding two of us under each arm.
George Harrison
I sparred with Cassius Clay, as he was called then – I taught him everything he knew. That was a thrill, of course, and I was putting my money on Liston, so I really knew what was happening!
Ringo Starr
1965- The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios, London). Recording “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” (9 takes). Flautist Johnnie Scott is called in to record tenor flute and alto flute parts for John’s song. Paul’s “Tell Me What You See” is completed in four takes. The Beatles also record one take of a song intended as Ringo’s vocal contribution for the next album, the Lennon-McCartney song “If You’ve Got Trouble”. A few overdubs were recorded to the track, but it was judged a failure and shelved indefinitely. “The Beatles Anthology 2” includes “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” before the flute overdub (Disc one, Track 4). Also on “Anthology 2” is the previously-unreleased “If You’ve Got Trouble” (Disc one, Track 5)
