Wednesday, 6th June, 1962 One of the most important days in Beatles history. Today The Beatles played in Studio Two at the EMI Studios at 3, Abbey Road, London for the first time. The session ran from 7:00 to 10:00pm and started off with The Beatles running through a selection of (undocumented) tunes as an informal [...]
The New Musical Express (NME) website is reporting that Julian Lennon (above) has sold a financial stake in his late father John’s legendary compositions for The Beatles. The deal was made with Primary Wave Music Publishing. The sell-off relates to the songwriting income generated from The Beatles compositions, as opposed to the publishing rights, which [...]
On Tuesday (April 10th) Apple Corps. issued a Press Release stating that long-time Beatle confidante Neill Aspinall is stepping down as CEO of Apple Corps and will be replaced by music industry veteran Jeff Jones, formerly with BMG. Aspinall has been associated with The Beatles since 1960 when he was a lodger at the Best [...]
Wednesday, 11th April, 1962 John, Paul and Pete fly from Liverpool to Hamburg to begin a seven week engagement at the Star-Club. The still sick George is scheduled to fly out the following day. It is the first time any of them have flown and are in a state of excitement when they arrive at [...]
Beatles Unlimited, the official Dutch Beatles fanclub, has announced it will organise the 28th International Beatles Convention in Music Centre de Kom in Nieuwegein. The programme will include Beatles films, a quiz and auction. The doors will open at 10.00 and the day will end 22.00 h . There is no advance ticket sale, tickets [...]
Saturday, 17th March, 1962 The Beatles performed at the Village Hall in Knotty Ash as part of a “St. Patrick’s Night Rock Gala” alongside Rory Storm & The Hurricanes (featuring Ringo Starr on drums). The event had been organized by promoter Sam Leach who had taken over the responsibility of organizing “beat nights” at the [...]
According to a post on the Abbey Road News Links webpage, plans have been announced for Ontario’s first ever community-based Beatles festival to be held in the City of Orillia. Known as the “Orillia Beatles Celebration“, the three-day event on September 21, 22 and 23, 2007 is sponsored and managed by the Orillia Festival Committee, [...]
A few days ago I was lucky enough to get a chance to see “Eddie Clayton” perfom, and it was one of those once in a life time concert experiences. Eddie Clayton was the name of the leader of Ringo Starr’s first skiffle group and was also the alias occasionaly used by Eric Clapton when [...]
Tuesday, 13th January, 1962 While The Beatles played another lunch-time gig at The Cavern in Liverpool, Brian Epstein was in London having his first meeting with Parlaphone Records producer George Martin. Epstein played Martin the 78rpm acetate discs of the Decca audition that had been made at the Oxford Street HMV store the previous week. Martin did [...]
Friday, 9th February, 1962 The Beatles played both lunch-time and a night-time gigs at The Cavern today. As part of Brian Epstein’s plan to move the group away from suburban dance halls and into better venues, they made their first foray onto the college circuit with a gig at the Technical College Hall in Birkenhead, [...]
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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.
