Saturday, 7th April, 1962
The Beatles played a rare Saturday night gig at The Casbah Coffee Club in West Derby before moving on to The Cavern where they joined The Saints Jazz Band on the bill.
The Beatles played both gigs as a trio after Brian Epstein insisted that an unwell George stay home and rest prior […]
Saturday, 31st March, 1962
The Beatles second excursion to the southern areas of the UK, and their first under Brian Epstein’s management, seems at first glance to be almost as strange in its choice of venue as the abortive trip to Aldershot the previous December.
This time The Beatles performed at the Subscription Rooms on George Street […]
Saturday, 24th February, 1962
The Beatles play a night time gig at another new venue booked by Brian Epstein, the YMCA on Birhkenhead Road in Hoylake on the Wirral peninsula across the Mersey from Liverpool. The YMCA club organizer, a Charles Tranter, had been eager to book the Beatles since early in September 1961 and had […]
Tuesday, 20th February, 1962
The Beatles play an evening gig at The Floral Hall in the local resort town of Southport. The event was advertised as a “Rock ‘n’ Trad Spectacular, ” also on the bill were Gerry & the Pacemakers and Rory Storm & the Hurricanes, with the “trad” (jazz) music provided by […]
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 not […]
Monday, 12th February, 1962
The Beatles travelled to Broadcasting House in Piccadilly, Manchester to audition for the local BBC radio station. The audition came as a result of Brian Epstein’s application to the Variety Department on January 10th.
The audition was to be held for Peter Pilbeam, producer of “teen” radio prgrammes for the North-West of England, […]
Monday, 12th February, 1962
The Beatles travelled to Broadcasting House in Piccadilly, Manchester to audition for the local BBC radio station. The audition came as a result of Brian Epstein’s application to the Variety Department on January 10th.
The audition was to be held for Peter Pilbeam, producer of “teen” radio prgrammes for the North-West of England, […]
Saturday, 10th February, 1962
The Beatles continued their exploration of new venues with another Brian Epstein booking in Birkenhead. This time they played at a Youth Club dance held at the St Paul’s Presbyterian Church Hall on North Road in the Tranmere area of Birkenhead. The hall was lesss than half-a-mile from the Techincal College where […]
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, across the […]
Wednesday, 7th February, 1962
With a recovered Pete Best back on drums, The Beatles palyed two shows today; lunch-time and night-time gigs, both at The Cavern.
Around this time (it may have been either the 6th or 7th February) Brian Epstein was informed of Decca’s decision to pass on The Beatles, during which Decca A&R manager is […]
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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.
