An irate letter, several studio sessions and an unseen scene 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 20th of April.

Episode Description

0:00 – Introduction.
0:27 – In 1961, the Beatles get a bitter letter from Allan Williams during their second residency in Hamburg, West Germany.
1:41 – In 1962, the Beatles enjoy a day off.
1:54 – In 1963, the Beatles are on the stage of the Mersey View Pleasure Grounds in Frodsham.
2:11 – In 1964, Paul McCartney films his own solo sequence for a Hard Day’s Night.
3:17 – George Martin creates a mono and stereo mix for A Hard Day’s Night.
3:30 – In 1965, the Beatles are busy filming in Twickenham Film Studios, for their Help! film.
4:30 – In 1966, the Beatles record And Your Bird Can Sing and practice Taxman.
5:28 – In 1967, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is mixed in stereo and Only A Northern Song gets further overdubs.
6:21 – In 1969, the Beatles and Billy Preston record overdubs on I Want You (She’s So Heavy) and then start recording Oh! Darling.
7:12 – Conclusion.

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

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