The start of the Beatles’ second Hamburg residency, John Lennon reuniting with his father, and a stormy last recording session 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 1st of April.

Episode Description

0:00 – Introduction.
0:43 – In April 1958, Eric Griffiths leaves the Quarrymen.
1:11 – In 1961, the Beatles start their residency at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg.
2:07 – In mid April 1961, Stu Sutcliffe writes to Allan Williams to inform him that he won’t earn any commission for the Beatles’ engagement in Hamburg.
2:37 – In late April 1961, Deutsche Grammophon agrees to record Tony Shridan with the Beatles as backing band.
3:11 – In mid-to-late April 1962, Bert Kaempfert records another two songs with Tony Sheridan featuring the Beatles.
4:25 – In 1963, the Beatles record two shows for BBC Radio’s Side By Side.
5:37 – In 1964, the Beatles return to the Scala Theatre in London to shoot the party sequence of A Hard Day’s Night.
6:13 – After the shootings, John Lennon is summoned at NEMS offices to meet his father for the first time after 18 years.
7:45 – In early April 1964, Derek Taylor starts working on Brian Epstein’s A Cellarful Of Noise.
8:56 – In 1965, the Beatles kept filming Help!.
9:11 – In 1966, John Lennon acquires The Psychedelic Experience by Timothy Leary and others.
10:30 – In 1967, the Beatles record one last song for the Sgt. Pepper’s album.
11:56 – In 1969, John Lennon is interviewed with his wife Yoko for ITV’s Today.
12:47 – During spring 1969, a bootleg copy of Glyn Johns’s mixes of the Get Back album appears in the United States.
12:59 – In 1970, Phil Spector records a choir and an orchestral on three Let It Be tracks.
14:48 – Conclusion.

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

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