Ep. 071: George Harrison Busted For Drugs And Other Stories

The Beatles perform as a trio, Paul gets married and George is busted for drug use are among the highlights of this episode of What A Fab Day, the podcast telling you the day by day story of the Beatles. Today, we focus on the 12th of March.

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Episode Description

0:00 – Introduction.
0:28 – In 1961, the Beatles play at the Casbah Coffee Club and at The Cassanova Club in Liverpool.
0:41 – In 1962, the Beatles play the Kingsway Club in Southport.
0:53 – In 1963, with John Lennon sick, the Beatles play as a trio at the Granada Cinema in Bedford.
1:17 – In 1964, the Beatles are at the Twickenham film Studios to film A Hard Day’s Night and George Martin has a stereo mix session in Abbey Road.
2:05 – In 1969, Paul McCartney gets married…
2:38 – …John Lennon and Yoko Ono are in Abbey Road to work on Peace Song…
2:48 – …George Harrison gets busted by Norman Pilcher’s Drug Squad…
5:27 – …and Glyn Johns keeps on working on the Get Back album.
5:43 – In 1970, George and Pattie Harrison move into Friar Park.
6:34 – Conclusion.

Thanks to Alessandro d’Amito, Chiara Colafemmina, Daniele Monterisi, Fabio Ingegno, and Mariella Tarantino.
Bibliography for the series.

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