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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: July 6, 1966 - 0 Comments

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...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: July 5, 1966 - 0 Comments

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: July 4, 1966 - 0 Comments

The Beatles leave the Philippines

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...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: July 3, 1966 - 0 Comments

The Beatles arrive in Manila, Philippines

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 - A Day in The Life: July 2, 1966 - 0 Comments

Live: Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo

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 - A Day in The Life: July 1, 1966 - 0 Comments

Live: Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo

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...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 30, 1966 - 0 Comments

Live: Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo

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...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 29, 1966 - 0 Comments

The June 29, 1966 flight dodged a storm, JAL attendant recalls, but that was nothing compared to the tempest that awaited the Fab Four at the Budokan.

The Liverpool mop tops came to Tokyo for a historical and ill-fated visit that helped seal the fate of their live tours.

Feet planted on Japanese g...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 28, 1966 - 0 Comments

Travel: Alaska to Tokyo

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 ...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 27, 1966 - 0 Comments

A brief history of the Beatles' (brief) time in Alaska

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 Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 26, 1966 - 0 Comments

Live: Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg

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...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 25, 1966 - 0 Comments

Live: Grugahalle, Essen, Germany

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 - A Day in The Life: June 24, 1966 - 0 Comments

Live: Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany

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 ...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 23, 1966 - 0 Comments

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...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 22, 1966 - 0 Comments

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.

The session began at 7pm and finished at 1.30am the next morning. Two mono mixes ...
The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 21, 1966 - 0 Comments

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.

 The session for She Said She Said began at 7pm and ended at 3.45am the following morni...
The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 20, 1966 - 0 Comments

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.

 

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 19, 1966 - 0 Comments

The #1 song in the US on June 19, 1966

 

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 18, 1966 - 0 Comments

Paul McCartney's turns 24 today - 50 years ago. (An appearance on ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’ was made.)

 

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 17, 1966 - 0 Comments

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...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 16, 1966 - 0 Comments

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...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 15, 1966 - 0 Comments

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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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 14, 1966 - 0 Comments

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 ...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 13, 1966 - 0 Comments

Getting read to record the next hit.......Guess which one?

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 12, 1966 - 0 Comments

The Beatles in-between recording at Studio Two in London.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 12, 1966 - 0 Comments

The Beatles, with the completion of "Good Day Sunshine" are in-between recording at EMI Studios in London.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 11, 1966 - 0 Comments

The Beatles are in-between sessions at EMI Studios in London.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 11, 1966 - 0 Comments

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 10, 1966 - 0 Comments

Paperback Writer released on this day 50 years ago.....

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 10, 1966 - 0 Comments


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