Monday, 3 February, 1964 The Beatles spend part of the day at the US Embassy in Paris to their visas and permits to visit and work in the United States. In the US, The Beatles and Tony Sheridan album “The Beatles With Tony Sheridan and Their Guests” (MGM 4215) is released in the U.S. Tracks: [...]
Wednesday, 23 October, 1963 In Studio Two of EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London, the Beatles work on the final session for their second album “With the Beatles.” The Beatles record the final take of “I Wanna Be Your Man.” After overseeing the mixing of this song, along with “Little Child,” and “Hold Me Tight,” The [...]
Thursday, 12 September, 1963 Still at EMI Studio Two at Abbey Road, The Beatles started the day by recording four speech messages to be used on Australian radio to promote their upcoming tour there. Work then resumed on recording “With The Beatles,” with more takes of “Hold Me Tiger,” “Don’t Bother Me,” “Little Child,” and [...]
Wednesday, 11 September, 1963 The Beatles are at Studio Two in EMI’s Abbey Road studios, in London, working on songs for their second album “With the Beatles.” They record “I Wanna Be Your Man” with Ringo on lead vocal (1 take), “Little Child” (2 takes), “All I’ve Got to Do,” (15 takes), “Not a Second [...]
Wednesday, 21 August, 1963 The Beatles left Bournemouth early in the morning to arrive at EMI’s Studio Three in London by 10:00am to continue mixing and editing songs for their upcoming album. The Beatles left mid-afternoon to return to Bournemouth for two more evening shows at the Gaumont Cinema.
Monday, 19 July, 1963 Continuing their “seaside tour,” The Beatles arrive in Bournemouth on the south coast of England for another six night engagement. This time playing two houses a night at the Gaumont Cinema. At some point during the residence (the exact day isn’t known” photographer Robert Freemen shoots various pictures at the band’s [...]
Tuesday, 30 July, 1963 The Beatles in Studio Two at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios record songs for their second album. The Beatles work on their album songs in the morning (10:00 am-1:30 pm) and then again through the evening (5:00 pm-11:00 pm). During the morning session, The Beatles record nine takes of “Please Mr. Postman” [...]
Thursday, 18 July, 1963 At EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, in London The Beatles begin recording songs for their second album. They tape four songs, all cover versions: 11 takes of “You Really Got a Hold On Me”; 7 takes of “Money”; six takes of “Devil In Her Heart,” and 3 takes of “Till There Was [...]
Monday, 11th February, 1963 In Studio Two of  EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. The Beatles complete ten songs for their first album in just 585 minutes. While it was not unusual at the time for groups to record an album in a single day, it was unusual for one of this quality to be produced, [...]
NME reports that an independent record label based in Miami claims it has unheard live recordings of The Beatles from the band’s 1962 gig at Hamburg‘s Star Club, which it is planning to release. The recordings are claimed to be the first made after Ringo Starr joined the band as drummer. Fuego Entertainment has entered [...]
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
