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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Friday, October 4, 1963 - 0 Comments

Studio Nine, Television House, Kingsway, London

The Beatles' debut on the televsion show most synonymous in Britain with the so-called "Swinging Sixties", and equally synonymous - in London, with Friday evenings (The Weekend Starts Here!) - Ready, Steady, GO!

This edition of RSG! like most until M...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Thursday, October 3, 1963 - 0 Comments

Studio Three, EMI Studios, London

and NEMS Enterprises, Monmouth Street, London

All of the Beatles but George arrived back in England on Wednesday, October 2nd. He returned this day although after this 10:00 am-1:00 pm session at EMI which saw Ringo, overdub a new vocal onto "I wanna be your man" ...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Wednesday, October 2, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles enjoying their last day of Holiday........

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Tuesday, October 1, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles still on Vacation......................

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Monday, September 30 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles were still away on holidays when a 10:00am-1:15pm editing, overdubbing and mixing session took place this day in Studio Two at Abbey Road. "Little Child" and "Hold Me Tight" were edited, George Martin recorded additional keyboard passages for "Money (That's What I Want)" and "I Wanna Be ...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Monday, September 16, to Monday, September 30 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles are on VACATION!

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Sunday, September 15, 1963 - 0 Comments

Royal Albert Hall, London

The Beatles headed this afternoon show, the annual "Great Pop Prom" promoted by Valentine, Marilyn and Roxy magazines in aid of the Printers' Pension Corporation. Eleven other acts appeared, including the Rolling Stones, DJ Alan Freeman was the compere.

On September 16th,...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Saturday, September 14, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles - (Victory) Memorial Hall, Northwich

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Friday, September 13, 1963 - 0 Comments

Public Hall, Preston

After this show, Paul drove 25 miles to the Imperial Ballroom in Nelson, arriving just after midnight, to appear on a panel judging the "Imperial Miss 1963" contest, part of the annual "Young Ones" Ball, sponsored by the local newspaper - the "Nelson Leader".

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Thursday, September 12, 1963 - 0 Comments

Studio Two, EMI Studios, London

On July 5th, Brian Epstein verbally agreed to the group undertaking a June 1964 concert tour of Australia, and on December 2nd the contract was formally signed. Now though, to satisfy demands from Australian radio, the group recorded four messages for broadcast there...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Wednesday, September 11, 1963 - 0 Comments

Studio Two, EMI Studios, London

Back to EMI for more work on the second album, to be released as "With The Beatles". From 2:30 to 6:00 pm the group recorded three new Lennon-McCartney numbers: one take of "I Wanna Be Your Man", Ringo's vocal vehicle on the album (the previous day, John and Paul had...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Tuesday, September 10, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles had a day off.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Monday, September 9, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles had a day off.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Sunday, September 8, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles - ABC Theatre, Blackpool

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Saturday, September 7, 1963 - 0 Comments

Before traveling to Croyden for their evening's work, the Beatles stopped off at the Playhouse Theatre in London to record a BBC radio session for Saturday Club - a special edition, it's fifth birthday show, 262 shows after the first broadcast on October 4, 1958, to be transmitted in the Light Progr...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Friday, September 6, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles - Odeon Cinema, Dunstable Rd. Luton, Bedfordshire

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Thursday, September 5, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles - Gaumont Cinema, Taunton

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Wednesday, September 4, 1963 - 0 Comments

The firts of a four-night run promoted by John Smith. Brian Epstein granted him this mini-tour because of the earlier cancellation of several "Mersey Beat Showcase" dates. The Beatles' fee was £250 per night.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Tuesday, September 3, 1963 - 0 Comments

Studio Two, Aeolian Hall, London

Recordings for the final three editions of the 15-part BBC Light Programme radio series "Pop Go The Beatles", taped in one long session. The first of the three was produced, as usual, by Terry Henebery, but the final two were handled by Ian Grant.

Including rehears...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Monday, September 2, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles took a break today.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Sunday, September 1, 1963 - 0 Comments

A Sunday TV taping for ABC Television, but not this time for "Thank your lucky stars" - this appearance was on the variety show "Big Night Out", hosted by Mike and Bernie Winters. (It was the first of four Beatles TV engagements with the comedian brothers)

Fellow guests in this edition included Bil...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Saturday, August 31, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Mercy Sound was well received as a sharply-observed documentary by critics and public alike, and at least 2 requests for copy prints were received, and complied with one being presented to the Lord Mayor of Liverpool for preservation in the city archive, the other going to what has siince become...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Friday, August 30, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles filmed outside Ringo's house, 10 Admiral Grove, Liverpool S. Ringo was filmed coming out through the front door, battling his way through a horde of kids (most of whom loooked around seven-years-old and seemed to have been put there by the television crew) and getting into George's open-...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Thursday, August 29, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles filmed walking on the top deck of a ferry boat travelling between Liverpool Pier Head and Wallasey, signing autographs and looking over the bow. Then they shot footage at Speke Airport, South Liverpool, where they acted out an airport arrival, descending the steps of an airplane.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Wednesday, August 28, 1963 - 0 Comments

Again from 9:30 am, the Beatles filmed in a dressing room at the BBC's Dickenson Road premises in Manchester, frankly discussing their past and their aims and hopes for the future, considering that the present boom probably couldn't last much longer. They were also filmed applying theatrical make-up...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Tuesday, August 27, 1963 - 0 Comments

Location filming in Southport, Manchester and Liverpool

A six-night residency - two "houses" per night in Southport, just up the coast from Liverpool. The Beatles' repertoire comprised "Roll Over Beethoven", "Thank you Girl", "Chains", "A Taste of Honey", "She Loves You", "Baby, It's You", "From Me...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Monday, August 26th to Saturday, August 31st, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles - Odeon Cinema, Southport

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Sunday, August 25, 1963 - 0 Comments

The Beatles - ABC Theatre, Blackpool

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Thursday, August 22, 1963 - 0 Comments

Southern Independent Television Centre, Northam, Southampton, Hampshire

Six nights in Bournemouth, two shows each. It was during this week, athe their hotel in town, the Palace Court, that photographer Robert Freeman took the "half-shadow" cover photo for their next album, "With The Beatles".

On W...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Wednesday, August 21, 1963 - 0 Comments

Studio Three, EMI Studios, London

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