The Beatles arrived in India for the first time, following a brief refueling stop in Bangkok, early in the morning of 6 July 1966.
Although they had hoped to spend time in India resting and discovering the country's music, their stay was anything but relaxing.
George Harrison: Before the tour was...
Rizal Memorial Football Stadium, Vito Cruz St., Manila, Luzon, The Phillippines
The calm before the storm, two performances before a total of 80,000 fans, 30,000 at the afternoon show and 50,000 in the evening.
The Beatles had never intended to snub the Philippin...
In the morning of 3 July The Beatles flew from Japan to the Philippines, stopping briefly en route in Hong Kong.
Their aeroplane refuelled at Kaitak airport in Hong Kong, During the 70-minute delay The Beatles rested in the VIP lounge, before continuing t...
The Beatles performed their last two shows at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan on this day. They performed five times in total at the venue over three days. Each of the shows was seen by 1,000 fans. Death threats against The Beatles had been received, and the...
The Beatles performed two shows at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan on this day.
The shows were each seen by 1,000 fans. As with the previous day's concert, the first performance from this day was filmed by Nippon Television. Footage from both was broadcast...
Five show in the Nippon Budokan Hall, one on June 30, 1966 and two each on July 1st and 2nd - before 10,000 fans on each occasion.
The group and their entourage stayed at the Tokyo Hilton, where they occupied the Presidential Suite. Security at the hotel was so tig...
Following The Beatles' unscheduled nine-hour stop in Anchorage, Alaska, their long journey to Tokyo continued.
Ringo Starr said "Anchorage, Alaska, was like a cowboy town to us; it was really like a backwater. My only great memory of Alaska is that at the airport they have ...
Following the Hamburg date on their three-stop German tour of 1966, The Beatles began their long journey to Japan.
They began by returning first to London Airport, before catching the inaugural flight by Japanese Airlines. This took The B...
The Beatle's train pulled into the central station in Hamburg a little after 6:00 am on June 26th. It was the first time any member of the group had set foot in the city since January 1963, when - as relative nobodies - they had completed their fortnight's Christmas...
In the morning The Beatles were driven in a fleet of Mercedes cars, flanked by police on motorcycles, to Munich railway station. From there a special train took The Beatles from Munich to Essen for two shows at the Grugahalle.
The train had been used in the previo...
The Beatles' brief 1966 tour of West Germany, Japan and the Philippines began on this day, with two concerts at the Circus-Krone-Bau in Munich, Germany.
The shows took place at 5.15pm and 9pm. The second show was filmed by German television network Zweites ...
On June 23rd 1966, the Beatles flew from London Airport to Munich for a three-city tour of West Germany. For promotional purposes, the German leg of their 1966 tour would be called 'Bravo-Beatles-Blitztournee.' The opening acts on this tour of Munich, Essen and Hamburg included The Rattles, Peter an...
Studio Three (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Recording for the Revolver album had been completed the day before. During this final session, mono and stereo mixes of six songs were made to complete the album.
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Having spent much of the day working on mono and stereo mixes for six Revolver songs, The Beatles began a night-time session in which they completed a new song from scratch.
Studio One, EMI Studios, London
A new mono mix of "Got To Get You Into My Life" doubling the brass sound of previous versions, prepared between 6:00 and 8:30 pm.
The #1 song in the US on June 19, 1966
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Paul McCartney's turns 24 today - 50 years ago. (An appearance on ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’ was made.)
Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
A 7:00 pm to 1:30 am session during which "Here, There And Everywhere" received an additional Paul McCartney vocal overdub, backing his own lead, and an extra guitar passage was added onto "Got To Get You Into My Life". The evening ended with five new mono mixes of t...
Studio Two, Television Centre, London and Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
Although by June 1966 it had been running for over two years, The Beatles had never previously appeared live on the BBC music show Top Of The Pops. They had pre-recorded exclusive performances in BBC studios, or sent promotio...
June 15, 1966. The Beatles' album "Yesterday & Today" is released with the controversial "butcher" sleeve, showing group members smiling amongst a group of decapitated baby dolls. The original photo was pulled after one day, and replaced by a more conventional cover.
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Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
Paul had already shown himself adept at writing beautiful ballads, and they rarely come any better than this song, "Here, There And Everywhere", the recording of which was spread over three days.
Four rhythm track takes were recorded during this first session, 7:00 ...
Getting read to record the next hit.......Guess which one?
...The Beatles in-between recording at Studio Two in London.
...The Beatles, with the completion of "Good Day Sunshine" are in-between recording at EMI Studios in London.
...The Beatles are in-between sessions at EMI Studios in London.
...Paperback Writer released on this day 50 years ago.....
