The remainder of the Beatles’ tour of America was more of the same. In Washington, to which the Beatles traveled aboard a private railroad car called the “King George,” 2,000 teenage fans mobbed the locked metal gates of Union Station. At their concert in the Coliseum that night the Beatles were showered with flashbulbs,…
1956: Egmond George Harrison bought this “Beginner’s Guitar,” made in Holland by Egmond and distributed by Rosetti, from a schoolmate with £3 he’d gotten from Mum 1958: Hofner President Hofner President f-hole acoustic (vintage unknown): In a quantum leap from his first instrument, and with a little help from Mum, Harrison purchased this handsome Hofner, a top-of-the-line, single-cutaway…
1963 Concert at the ABC, Blackpool. 1964 Peter Brown moves to London. Studio 2. 7.00-11.00pm. Recording: ‘Baby’s In Black’ (takes 1-14, and 13 [unnumbered] edit pieces). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ron Pender. First session for ‘Beatles For Sale’. ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ film New York premiere. 1965 ‘Help!’ single number 1,…
1963 Studio 2. 10.00am-1.30pm. Recording: ‘Please Mister Postman’ (takes 1-9); ‘It Won’t Be Long’ (takes 1-10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham. 5.00-5.29pm. BBC’s ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ broadcast (recorded 10 July 1963, 1.30-3.30pm). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0W3YAV9HaI The Playhouse Theatre, London. Much earlier than 5.30-6.30pm, the contracted time. Recording for BBC’s ‘Saturday…
1963 Epstein signs a contract for the Beatles to perform at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, in January 1964. The Playhouse Theatre, London. 8.45-9.45pm. Recording for BBC’s ‘Easy Beat’: ‘I Saw Her Standing There’; ‘A Shot Of Rythm And Blues’; ‘There’s A Place’; ‘Twist And Shout’. Only live take of ‘A Shot Of Rythm And Blues’….
Recently on TV interview in which Ringo was asked about the famous Candlestick Park last ever concert show in 1966 and he said that: “…what was also great, beside we played really well, was that we met Johnny Cash. He came to the gig.” According to Larry Kane, the meeting took place the year…
1962 Performance at the Majestic, Birkenhead. 1963 Concert at the Queen’s Hall, Leeds. 1965 Two concerts at the Cinema Teatro Adriano, Rome, Italy. 1966 Arrival in Tokyo. 1967 The Monkees arrive in the UK for their concerts at the Empire Pool, Wembley. 2nd day of the trial on drugs charges of Mick…
1961–The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany. 1963–The Beatles perform at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey. Another Brian Epstein “Mersey Beat Showcase,” and the last time The Beatles will perform here. Their appearance is sensational. 1964–Ringo Starr, flying in from Sydney, rejoins The Beatles in Melbourne, Australia. The Beatles…
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1963 ‘Please Please Me’ LP number 1, 1st week (UK Melody Market chart?). ‘From Me To You’ number 1, 1st week (UK Melody Market chart?). 1964 Dick James Music and Northern Songs install their headquarters at 71–75 New Oxford Street, Blumsbury, London. 1966 ‘Rubber Soul’, 22nd week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express…