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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: February 11, 1969 - 0 Comments
The Beatles - A Day in The Life: February 11, 1969

Room 53, EMI Studios, London

Stereo mixes, ending with a tape compilation, of the January 30th rooftop recordings: "I've Got A Feeling", (two versions) "Don't Let Me Down, "Get Back" (two versions) "The One After 909" and "Dig A Pony".

Source: Mark Lewisohn/The Complete Beatles Chronicle

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Monday December 17, 1962 - 0 Comments

Studio Four, Granada TV Center, Manchester

The Beatles 3rd appearance on the Granada television program, "People & Places", transmitted live this time between 6:35 and 7:00 pm.

They peformed 2 numbers, "Love Me Do" and "Twist and Shout", as rehearsed from 3:00 to 4:00 pm and again from 4:15 to 6:0...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Sunday, December 16, 1962 - 0 Comments

Night: Cavern Club, Liverpool

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Saturday, December 15, 1962 - 0 Comments

Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead

Two entirely separate engagements in one night. During the evening, the Beatles performed a standard Majestic booking. Then, at midnight, the first ever Mersey Beat poll awards show (for 1962) began. As winners of the poll, the Beatles closed the show at 4:00 pm and we...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Friday, December 14, 1962 - 0 Comments

Music Hall, The Square, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

A major booking with promoter Lewis Buckley. Most top acts of the day played here.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Thursday, December 13, 1962 - 0 Comments

Another southern engagement, arranged following the withdrawal of Joe Brown, originally advertised to appear.

LOVE ME DO, PARLOPHONE RECORDING

THE BEATLES ALSO ROBIN HALL AND JIMMIE MACGREGOR WITH SUPPORTING GROUP

CORN EXCANGE, BEDFORD

December 13, 8:00 to 11:30 pm Admission 3

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Wednesday, December 12, 1962 - 0 Comments

Lunchtime: Cavern Club, Liverpool

Night: Cavern, Club, Liverpool

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Tuesday, December 11, 1962 - 0 Comments

La Scala Ballroom, Runcorn

The Beatles' second Runcorn date, although - unlike the first - this was a NEMS presentation.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Monday December 10, 1962 - 0 Comments

Lunchtime: Cavern Club, Liverpool

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Sunday December 9, 1962 - 0 Comments

George Martin and his assistant, Judy Lockhart-Smith attended the performance, a year less four days after Decca's Mike Smith had done the same.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Saturday December 8, 1962 - 0 Comments

Oasis Club, Manchester

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Friday, December 7, 1962 - 0 Comments

Lunchtime:Cavern Club, Liverpool

Nighttime: Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey

The Beatles headed a seven-group line-up at the Tower.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Thursday, December 6, 1962 - 0 Comments

Club Django, Queen's Hotel, Promenade, Southport, Lancashire

As the name implies, Club Django was a jazz venue, but its management was too aware of the Beatles' escalating prominence to pass up an opportunity of booking the group.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Wednesday, December 5, 1962 - 0 Comments

Lunchtime: Cavern Club, Liverpool

Nighttime: Cavern Club, Liverpool

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Tuesday, December 4, 1962 - 0 Comments

Studio Four, Wembley Studios, Wembley Park Drive, Wembley, Middlesex

The Beatles made their London-area television debut with this spot on the children's program Tuesday Rendezvous, transmitted by the the capital's weekday ITV Station, Associated-Rediffusion.

It was a live appearance, broadcast fr...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Monday, December 3, 1962 - 0 Comments

TWW Television Centre, Bath Rd, Bristol, Somerset

Another ITV appearance, produced by TWW (Television Wales and the West) and seen only in that and other nearby regions.

The program was a weekly pop music show with the very 1960's (and aptly Welsh sounding) title Discs A Gogo, supposedly set - usi...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Sunday Dec 2, 1962 - 0 Comments

Embassy Cinema, Broadway, Peterborough, Northants

This fine piece of Eptstein opportunitism backfired disastrously when the Beatles bombed on this Frank Ifield package bill, and in both the "houses" too. The experience may have been good, but damage to the group's collective ego was extensive. Abou...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Saturday, December 1, 1962 - 0 Comments

(Victory) Memorial Hall, Northwich

and Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey

The Beatles were added to the New Brighton bill a day before the show in order to boost flagging ticket sales. It meant a hurried journey up from Northwich and a very late-night spot on stage.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Friday, November 30, 1962 - 0 Comments

Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunch time)

Town Hall, Market St. Earlestown (night)

Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire

The Earlestown engagement, billed as "The Big Beat Show No. 2" was presented by T&T Vicars Sports and Social Club (Football Section)


Mono mixes of "Please Please Me" and "Ask Me Why" for ...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Thursday, November 29, 1962 - 0 Comments

Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Wednesday, Nov 28th 1962 - 0 Comments

Night Cavern Club, Liverpool - and 527 Club, Lewis's, Ranelagh Street, Liverpool

Two engagements in one night, the second of which was a "Young Idea Dance", for the staff of Lewis's, the premier department store in Liverpool, held on the top floor of the shop.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Tuesday, November 27, 1962 - 0 Comments

BBC Paris Studio, Regent Street, London

The Beatles' first radio session in London. It took place at the Corporation's confusingly named "Paris Studio" - situated not in France, but just south of Piccadilly Circus in the heart of the West End.

The recording was for the Light Programme Show, "The T...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Monday, November 26, 1962 - 0 Comments

Studio Two, EMI Studios, London

With the modest success of "Love Me Do", the Beatles were invited to return to EMI to record a second single. "Please Please Me", first aired in the studio on September 11th, was completed during this session, booked for 7:00-10:00 pm, but was finished 15 minutes ahe...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Sunday, November 25, 1962 - 0 Comments

Night Cavern club, Liverpool

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Saturday, November 24, 1962 - 0 Comments

Royal Lido Ballroom, Central Beach

Prestatyn, Flintshire

Only the Beatles' second engagement in Wales, following the debut in nearby Rhyl four months earlier.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Friday, November 23, 1962 - 0 Comments

The Lunchtime slot at the Cavern Club this day was played by the Remo Four because the Beatles were in London for an audition with BBC Television, arranged so that their TV potential could be assessed.

Surprisingly, the audition came about not through the endeavours of Brian Epstein, but through two persuasive letters sent to the Corporation by one of the the Beatles' fans, David John Smith of Preston, who wrote asking for the group to be featured on BBC programmes. Assuming that Smith managed the group, the BBC wrote back to him offering them an audition in London on November 6th. Smith passed on the letter to NEMS Enterprises, from where Clive Epstein (brother Brian was with the Beatles in Hamburg) re-arranged this November 23rd date.

The 10 minute audition took place at 12:20 PM in a central London church hall. Four days later, Brian Epstein received a non-committal "Don't call us, we'll call you" letter from Mr. Ronnie Lane, Light Entertainment Auditioner. It would only be when the Beatles had enjoyed a number one record that they would make their BBC TV debut.

After the audition, the Beatles sped back to Merseyside for an unusual engagement at the Tower Ballroom, the 12th annual "Lancashire and Cheshire Arts Ball". Sharing the bill with the Beatles were Billy Kramer and the Coasters (prior to Epstein's signing Kramer to a management contract, adding the spurious middle initial J and severing the Coasters link in favor of Manchester group the Dakotas) the Llew Hird Jazz Band and the Clan McCLeod Pipe Band.

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Wednesday, November 22, 1962 - 0 Comments

Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Wednesday, November 21, 1962 - 0 Comments

Cavern Club, Liverpool

Lunchtime and Night Gig

The Beatles - A Day in The Life : Tuesday, November 20, 1962 - 0 Comments

Floral Hall, Southport

Another two "house" theatre appearance.

The Beatles - A Day in The Life - 0 Comments

Lunchtime at the Cavern Club, then a afternoon trip of 85 miles to Staffordshire for a double header:

Smethwick Baths Ballroom, also known as “Thimblemill Baths” 2nd of the double header GIG was

at the Adelphi Ballroom in West Brom:

Lots of Tea Boy’s…
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