A ghost-writing agreement, the shooting of the cover of Sgt Pepper’s, and an unused looping experiment by Phil Spector 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 what happened to the Fab Four on the 30th of March.

Episode Description

0:00 – Introduction.
0:28 – In 1962, the Beatles play two gigs at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
0:55 – In 1963, the Beatles/ Montez/ Roe packaged tour is on at the Guildhall in Portsmouth.
1:07 – Brian Epstein pays Derek Taylor an advance for his work as ghostwriter of his autobiography, A Cellarful of Noise.
2:55 – In 1965, the Beatles are busy with the shootings for Help!…
3:11 – …and with the recordings of That Means A Lot and You’re Going To Lose That Girl.
4:09 – In 1967, the photo session producing the sleeve cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band takes place at Michael Cooper’s studio.
5:23 – Then, the Beatles complete With A Little Help From My Friends.
5:44 – In 1970, Phil Spector tried an experiment with loop tapes in the studio.
6:25 – Conclusion.

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

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