A couple of holiday breaks, several interviews and a 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 2nd of May.

Episode Description

0:00 – Introduction.
0:27 – In 1961, the Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, West Germany.
0:39 – In 1962, the Beatles play the Star-Club in Hamburg.
0:49 – In 1964, the Beatles go on holiday.
2:52 – In 1965, the Beatles travel to Amesbury for three days of shootings for Help!.
3:27 – In 1966, the Beatles are interviewed for the 400th episode of BBC Radio’s Saturday Club.
4:02 – Paul and Ringo are interviewed individually for BBC’s foreign broadcast.
4:31 – Then, Paul goes out and meets with Bob Dylan, Brian Jones and Keith Richard.
4:52 – In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed by Michael Wale for BBC’s How Late It Is.
5:38 – The shooting of The Magic Christian, featuring Ringo Starr, is completed.
6:04 – The Beatles have two recording sessions into the night for Something.
7:26 – Glyn Johns keeps on working on the Get Back tapes.
7:37 – Conclusion.

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

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