A precautionary defection, the birth of the Magical Mystery Tour, and the fine tune in for a single release 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 7th of April.

Episode Description

0:00 – Introduction.
0:28 – In 1961, the Beatles play at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg.
0:42 – In 1962, the Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club and at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, without George Harrison.
1:16 – In 1963, the Beatles play the Savoy Ballroom in Portsmouth.
1:31 – In 1964, the Beatles film the police station sequence of A Hard Day’s Night.
2:10 – In 1965, the Beatles shoot the pub cellar sequence scene of Help!
2:36 – In 1966, the Beatles add tape loops on Tomorrow Never Knows.
3:52 – Then, they start recording Got To Get You Into My Life.
4:23 – In 1967, George Martin completes several stereo mixes for Sgt Pepper’s.
4:58 – Paul McCartney has an idea that will become Magical Mystery Tour.
6:03 – In 1969, Paul McCartney and Glyn Johns work on the final mix of Get Back.
6:50 – Conclusion.

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

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