1960 The Beatles perform at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, West Germany.
1961 – The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool, and a night show at Village Hall, Knotty Ash, Liverpool. This will be their last performance for two weeks, with John Lennon and Paul McCartney about to take a trip to Paris
1962- The Beatles perform at the Oasis Club, Manchester.
1964
Studio 2. 2.30-6.30pm. Recording: ‘Every Little Thing’ (takes 1-4); ‘I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party’ (takes 1-7). Studio 2. 7.00-10.45pm. Recording: ‘I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party’ (takes 8-19); ‘What You’re Doing’ (takes 1-7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Mike Stone.
1965
‘Help!’ single, 10th and last week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart).
1967
Wembley TV Studios. John and George live appearance on ‘The Frost Programme’.
Studio 2. 7.00pm-5.00am. Mono mixing: ‘I Am The Walrus’ (remixes 6-22, from take 17). Editing: ‘I Am The Walrus’ (of mono remixes 10, 22, called remix mono 23). Recording: ‘Your Mother Should Know’ (tape reduction take 9 into takes 50-52, overdub onto take 52). Mono mixing: ‘Your Mother Should Know’ (remix 20, from take 52). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby.
The BBC live broadcast is included in ‘I Am The Walrus’. The re-make of ‘Your Mother Should Know’ is ignored, and work returns to the original Chappell version.
7.30pm. Start of broadcast of ‘The Tragedy Of King Lear’, BBC Third Programme.
1971
US single release: ‘Mrs. Lennon’/’Midsummer New York’.
1974 – John Lennon appeared on WNEW-FM in New York as a guest DJ.
1984 – Prince’s single “Let’s Go Crazy” hit No. 1. He then held the No. 1 single, album and film simultaneously. Only the Beatles had accomplished the feat previously.
| “Oh, George has some unique licks. His solos are like a singer would sing.” – Billy Preston |
