 
        Beatles-related dates for October 

        Compilation made by Victor Munoz
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        Last update: 02 September 1998


 
 
 
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1 October 
 
1962 
 -- A new and revised contract is signed by The Beatles and Brian.  
 
1963 
 -- Brian writes to the `Glasgow Record and Mail', making clear  
that the first two hits of Gerry and the Pacemakers were not  
written by Lennon and McCartney, but by Mitch Murray.  
 
1964 
 -- Brian appears on the live BBC 1 TV program, `Tonight',  
interviewed by Cliff Michelmore about `A Cellarful Of  
Noise'.   
 -- UK LP release: `The Beatles Versus The Four Seasons'.  
 
1966 
 -- ``Yesterday'... And Today', 15th  week in the Top 100  
(Billboard).   
    `Yellow Submarine', 6th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
[? Arrow 93FM web site]  
    `Eleanor Rigby', 4th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1967 
 -- First UK appearance of Traffic, at the Saville Theatre.  
 
1968 
 -- Trident Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `Honey Pie' (take  
1).  Mono mixing: `Honey Pie' (unnumbered rough remix, from  
take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield;  
2nd Engineer: unknown.  
    Remixes for George Martin, to compose the score.  
 
1969 
 -- US LP release: `Abbey Road'.  
 
1971 
 -- US Gold certification: `Imagine' LP.  
 
1988 
 -- John is honoured with a star in the streets of Hollywood.  
 -- First episode of a BBC series, essentially based on `The  
Beatles At The Beeb' collection.  
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Globe, Stockholm (The New World Tour).  
  
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2 October 
 
1962 
 -- US release: `Chains', with The Cookies.  
 
1963 
 -- `She Loves You', 5th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical  
Express chart).    
    `Please Please Me' LP, 28th week in the Top 10 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 -- Harold McMillan renounces his position as Prime Minister.  
 
1964 
 -- `A Cellarful Of Noise' is published in Britain.  
 --  Granville Theatre, London. Rehearsal for a special British  
edition of the US TV show `Shindig'.   
 
1965 
 -- Congresscentrum, Amsterdam: Grand Gala Du Disque,  
International Edison Awards ceremony. Brian receives the  
Edison Award on behalf of the Beatles for `Beatles For Sale'.  
 -- `Help!' single, 8th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
    `Yesterday', 1st week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 10.00pm-2.30am.  Mono mixing: `Your Mother Should  
Know' (remixes 21-25, from take 52). Recording: `Hello  
Hello' (working title of `Hello, Goodbye') (takes 1-14, tape  
reduction of take 14 into takes 15, 16). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Graham  
Kirkby.    
 
1968 
 -- Trident Studios. 4.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `Honey Pie'  
(overdub onto take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer:  
Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown.   
 
1969 
 -- Abbey Road, Room 4. 9.00-11.00am. Stereo mixing: `Across The  
Universe' (remixes 1, 2, from take 8). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Jeff Jarratt; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons.   
    Remix of `Across The Universe' for `No One's Gonna Change  
Our World'. Addition of sound effects, and speeding up of  
the tape.   
 -- John, in an interview, says that Apple is like a big black  
hole that takes all his benefits as an author and singer.  
 
1971 
 -- `Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey' 7th week in the Top 40  
(Billboard).   
  
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3 October 
 
1962 
 -- Performance at the Cavern, with Billy Kramer and the  
Coasters, and the Echoes.   
 
1963 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: `I Wanna Be Your Man'  
(takes 14-15); `Little Child' (takes 19-21). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer:  
unknown.   
 
1964 
 -- `A Hard Day's Night' LP number 1, 11th week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
    `A Hard Day's Night' single 12th and last week in the Top 40  
(Billboard).   
    `Matchbox', 3rd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
    `Slow Down', 2nd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).    
 -- Granville Theatre, London. Recording of a performance for the  
US TV show `Shindig', special British edition.   
 
1968 
 -- Trident Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `Savoy Truffle'  
(take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield;  
2nd Engineer: unknown.   
 
1969 
 -- Abbey Road. Compilation and banding by George Martin of `No  
One's Gonna Change Our World'.  
 -- Lansdowne Recording Studios, London. John, Yoko and the Plastic  
Ono Band record `Don't Worry Kyoko'.   
 
1988 
 -- Premiere of `Imagine: John Lennon', in Westwood, California.  
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert at the Sportshalle, Hamburg, Germany (Get Back  
Tour).   
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Mainmarkthalle, Mannheim, Germany (The  
News World Tour).  
    
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4 October 
 
1963 
 -- Television House. Performance for Associated-Rediffusion's  
`Ready, Steady, Go!', transmitted live.   
 
1966 
 -- Dandie Fashions is incorporated.   
 
1967 
 -- Wembley TV Studios, Wembley, Middlesex. John and George appear  
live on `The Frost Programme'.   
 
1968 
 -- Trident Studios. 4.00pm-4.30am. Recording: `Martha My Dear'  
(take 1); `Honey Pie' (overdub onto take 1); `Martha My  
Dear' (overdub onto take 1). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown.  
    6.00-9.00pm: `Honey Pie' strings, woodwinds, brasses.  
    9.00-12.00pm. Strings, woodwinds, brasses for `Martha My  
Dear'.   
    12.00-4.30am. `Martha My Dear' fresh vocal; `now she's hit  
the big time!' line for `Honey Pie'.  
 
1969 
 -- `Abbey Road' number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart).  
 
1974 
 -- UK LP release: `Walls And Bridges'.  
    UK single release: `Whatever Gets You Thru The Night'/`Beef  
Jerky'.  
 
1986 
 -- `Twist And Shout', 6th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).   
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert at the Sportshalle, Hamburg, Germany (Get Back  
Tour).   
 
1998 
 -- Julian performs at the United Nations sponsored concert for  
the International Association Against Drugs, in San Patrignano,  
Italy.    
  
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5 October 
 
1962 
 -- UK single release: `Love Me Do'/`P.S. I Love You'.  
 -- First radio broadcast of a Beatles record (Radio Luxemburg).  
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' LP number 1, 22nd week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
 -- 10.00-12.00am. BBC's `Saturday Club' broadcast (recorded 7  
September 1963).  
 -- Concert at the Concert Hall, Glasgow.  
 
1966 
 -- `Yellow Submarine', 9th week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical  
Express chart).  
    `Eleanor Rigby', 9th  week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical  
Express chart).  
 -- First issue of the `International Times', first British  
underground newspaper.  
 
1968 
 -- `Hey Jude', number 1, 2nd week, 6th week in the Top 30  
(Billboard). [4th week in the Top 40? Arrow 93FM web site]  
    `Revolution', 4th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 -- Trident Studios. 6.00pm-1.00am. Recording: `Savoy Truffle'  
(overdub onto take 1); `Martha My Dear' (overdub onto take  
1). Mono mixing: `Honey Pie' (remix 1, from take 1); `Martha My   
Dear' (remix 1, from take 1); `Dear Prudence' (remix 1, from  
take 1). Stereo mixing: `Honey Pie' (remix 1, from take 1);  
`Martha My Dear' (remix 1, from take 1). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown.  
 
1974 
 -- `Whatever Gets You Thru The Night', 1st week in the Top 40  
(Billboard).   
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart, Germany (The  
New World Tour).  
  
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6 October 
 
1962 
 -- First signing of records by the Beatles (`Love Me Do'/`P.S.  
I Love You'), at the Dawson's Music Shop, Widnes.  
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Regal, Kircaldy.  
 
1964 
 -- Studio 2. 3.00-6.45pm. Recording: `Eight Days A Week' (takes  
1-6). Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: `Eight Days  
A Week' (takes 7-13). Producer: George Martin; Engineer:  
Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Mike Stone.   
    First time the Beatles take an incomplete idea into  
the studio and experiment various ways of recording it.  
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00-12.00pm. Recording: `Blue Jay Way' (overdub  
onto take 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff  
Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   
    Recording of celli for `Blue Jay Way'.  
 -- Closing of the UFO Club, at the basement of the Blarney  
Club, London.  
 
1968 
 -- Transmision of the `Hey Jude' clip on the US TV programme  
`Smothers Brothers Show'.   
 
1969 
 -- US single release: `Something'/`Come Together'.  
 
1973 
 -- `Live And Let Die' single, 12th and last week in the Top 40  
(Billboard).   
 
1979 
 -- `Arrow Through Me', 3rd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1988 
 -- London and New York premieres of `Imagine: John Lennon'.  
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert at the Festehalle, Frankfurt, Germany  
[Festhalle?] (Get Back Tour).  
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany  
[Festehalle?] (Get Back Tour).  
 
1997 
 -- Publishing date for `Paul McCartney---Many Years From Now' in  
England.    
  
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7 October 
 
1962 
 -- Night Cavern session: The Beatles, Red River Jazzmen, The  
Bluegenes, The Zodiacs.  
 
1963 
 -- Date proposed by Brian to Alistair Taylor to have lunch  
together.   
 -- Concert at the Caird Hall, Dundee.  
 -- [Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The  
Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To  
The Forum'.  
 
1964 
 -- Meeting of the Beatles, Brian and Walter Shenson to discuss  
plans for the next film.  
 
1965 
 -- `Kinfauns', Esher, Surrey. George photographic session with  
`Beatles Book' photographer Leslie Bryce for the magazine's `at home'  
series.  
 
1967 
 -- The Beatles reject a millionaire offer to play the Shea  
Stadium.   
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30pm-7.00am. Tape copying: `Honey Pie' (of remix  
mono 1 and remix stereo 1); `Martha My Dear' (of remix mono  
1 and remix stereo 2). Stereo mixing: `While My Guitar  
Gently Weeps' (remix 1, from take 25). Mono mixing: `While  
My Guitar Gently Weeps' (remixes 1, 2, from take 25).   
Recording: `It's Been A Long Long Long Time' (working title  
of `Long Long Long') (takes 1-67). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Mike Sheady.  
 
1975 
 -- A US Court of Appeals cancelles the order to deport John  
from the USA. End of the process of deportation.    
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert at the Festehalle, Frankfurt, Germany  
[Festhalle?] (Get Back Tour).  
  
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8 October 
 
1949 
 -- Hamish Stuart is born.  
 
1962 
 -- Lunch time Cavern session: The Beatles.  
 -- EMI House, ground floor studio. Recording for Radio  
Luxembourg's `The Friday Spectacular'.   
 
1963 
 -- [Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The  
Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To  
The Forum'.  
 
1964 
 -- Enfield Town Driving Test Centre, Enfield Town, Middlesex.  
Morning. Ringo takes his driving test, successfully.   
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-6.00pm. Recording: `She's A Woman' (takes  
1-7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd  
Engineer: Ken Scott/ Mike Stone.   
    Ringo uses the chocalho for the first time. First session for `I  
Feel Fine'/`She's A Woman'.   
 
1965 
 -- First night of `Star Scene '65', at the Granada Cinema,  
Bedford. First anyone's official association (Brian's, in  
this case), with a pirate radio company (Radio London):  
Everly Brothers, supported by Cilla Black, Lionel Bart and  
his Kick Dancers, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, Paddy,  
Klaus and Gibson, the Marionettes, and the Alan Elsdon Band.  
 
1966 
 -- ``Yesterday'... And Today', 16th  week in the Top 100  
(Billboard).   
    `Yellow Submarine', 7th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
[? Arrow 93FM web site]  
    `Eleanor Rigby', 5th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).   
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 4.00pm-8.00am. Recording: `It's Been A Long Long  
Long Time' (working title of `Long Long Long') (overdub onto  
take 67); `I'm So Tired' (takes 1-14); `The Continuing Story  
Of Bungalow Bill' (takes 1-3). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Mike Sheady.  
    First female `lead vocal' on a Beatles recording (Yoko  
Ono, on `The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill').  
    Visit at the studio: Maureen Starkey.  
 
1971 
 -- UK LP release: `Imagine'.   
 
1980 
 -- John and Yoko sign a contract with Geffen Records for the  
distribution of `Double Fantasy'.  
 
1988 
 -- 2nd episode of a BBC series, essentially based on `The  
Beatles At The Beeb' collection.  
 
1998 
 -- Start of Julian Lennon Australia tour.  
  
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9 October 
 
1940 
 -- 18.30. John Lennon is born at the Maternity Hospital, Oxford  
Street, Liverpool.  
 
1962 
 -- Cavern lunchtime session: the Big Three.  
    Cavern evening session: Buddy Brittain and the Regents, the  
Big Three, the Undertakers, and  the Strangers.  
 -- Visit to the editorial office of `Record Mirror', 116  
Shaftesbury Avenue, London.   
 
1963 
 -- `She Loves You', 6th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical  
Express chart).    
    `Please Please Me' LP, 29th week in the Top 10 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 -- BBC Paris Studio, London. 10.00-11.00pm. Recording for BBC's  
`The Ken Dodd Show': `She Loves You'.  
 -- Broadcast of `The Mersey Sound' [`The Mersey Beat'?],  
television BBC documentary. It includes images and an interview with  
Brian.   
 -- [Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The  
Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To  
The Forum'.  
 -- Recording for BBC's `The Public Ear'.   
 -- (After 8 October's midnight.) The Beatles see a Ronald Kirk  
performance at the Ronnie Scott Club, London.  
 
1964 
 -- 18.15 and 20.40. Concert at the Gaumont Theatre, Bradford.  
    Start of UK tour, with Mary Wells, Tommy Quickly, Sounds  
Incorporated, Michael Haslam, the Remo Four, the Rustiks,  
and Bob Bain.  
 -- Brian and Lionel Bart announce a concert starring Judy  
Garland.It never materializes.  
 -- Recording of three themes at the Granville Theatre, London,  
before an audience, for the US TV programme `Shindig'. One  
of the songs is `The House Of The Rising Sun'.   
 
1965 
 -- Party organized by Lionel Bart to celebrate the opening of his  
new musical `Twang!'. Brian and all 4 Beatles among the guests.  
 -- `Help!' single, 9th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
    `Yesterday', 2nd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-5.30am. Stereo mixing: `The  
Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill' (remix 1, 2, from take  
3). Mono mixing: `The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill'  
(remix 1, from take 3).  Recording: `Long Long Long'  
(overdub onto take 67). Tape copying: `Helter Skelter' (of  
take 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd  
Engineer: John Smith.   
Studio 1. Time unknown. Recording: `Why Don't We Do It In  
The Road' (takes 1-5). Producer: not assigned; Engineer and  
2nd Engineer: Ken Townsend.   
    Copy of take 3 of `Helter Skelter', for Paul. Paul alone works  
on `Why Don't We Do It In The Road'.   
 
1969 
 -- Yoko is taken to the King's College Hospital, London. She  
suffers a miscarriage.   
 
1970 
 -- Abbey Road. End of recordings for `John Lennon/Plastic Ono  
Band'.   
 
1971 
 -- Opening of Yoko's exhibition `This Is Not Here' at the  
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York. John is guest artist.   
 -- John, Yoko, Ringo, Mal Evans, Allen Ginsberg, Eric Clapton,  
Phil Spector, Klaus Voorman, Neil Aspinal and Jim Keltner celebrate  
John's birthday in a New York hotel room. Drunken jam session.   
 -- `Uncle Albert', 8th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1975 
 -- 1.00am. Yoko has throes of childbirth.  
    New York Hospital. Morning. Sean Taro Ono Lennon is born.  
 
1979 
 -- John and Sean's birthdays are celebrated at the restaurant  
Tavern on the Green, Central Park, New York.   
 
1980 
 -- In New York's sky, planes write congratulatory words for  
John and Sean, for their birthday.  
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert at the Palais Omnisport De Bercy, Paris (Get  
Back Tour).  
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (The New  
World Tour).  
  
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10 October 
 
1962 
 -- Cavern lunch session: the Beatles.  
    Cavern evening session: the Beatles, the Four Jays, Ken  
Dallas and the Silhouettes.  
 
1963 
 -- [Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The  
Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To  
The Forum'.  
 
1964 
 -- `A Hard Day's Night' LP number 1, 12th week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
    `Matchbox', 4th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
    `Slow Down', 3rd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 -- 18.15 and 20.45. Concerts at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester.  
 -- Brian gets the British representation of the American group  
New Christy Minstrels, and plans to take them to the UK for  
one week of radio and television promotion in January.  
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-7.15am. Recording: `Piggies' (overdub onto  
take 12); `Glass Onion' (overdub onto take 33). Stereo  
mixing: `Glass Onion' (remixes 1, 2, from take 33); `Rocky  
Raccoon' (remix 1, from take 10); `Long Long Long' (remixes  
1-4, from take 67). Mono mixing: `Glass Onion' (remixes 10,  
11, from take 33). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken  
Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.    
Studio 3. Time unknown. Recording: `Why Don't We Do It In  
The Road' (overdub onto take 5, tape reduction take 5 into  
take 6, overdub onto take 6). Producer: not assigned;  
Engineer and 2nd Engineer: Ken Townsend.  
    Recording of strings for `Piggies' and `Glass Onion'.   
 
1989 
 -- Paul's concert in Paris (Get Back Tour).  
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (The New  
World Tour).  
 
1995 
 -- LP release: `Working Class Hero', tribute album for John.   
  
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11 October 
 
1956 
 -- Blair Cunningham is born at Memphis, Tennessee.  
 
1962 
 -- `Love Me Do' enters the favorite songs ranking published by  
`Record Retailer'.  
 -- Cavern lunch session: Freddie and the Dreamers.  
 
1963 
 -- [Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The  
Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To  
The Forum'.  
 -- Concert at the Stoke Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent.  
 
1964 
 -- 17.00 and 19.45. Concerts at the Odeon, Birmingham.  
 
1965 
 -- Paul attends a session at Decca Studios, London, for  
Marianne Faithfull's version of `Yesterday', meeting the  
producer Mike Leander.  
 -- Marriage of Gerry Marsden and Pauline Behan, at St Mary's  
Church, Woolton, Liverpool. Brian attends.  
 -- US release of 6 Capitol singles: `Twist And Shout'/`There's  
A Place'; `Love Me Do'/`P.S. I Love You'; `Please Please  
Me'/`From Me To You'; `Do You Want To Know A Secret'/`Thank  
You Girl'; `Roll Over Beethoven'/`Misery'; `Boys'/`Kansas  
City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!'   
 
1967 
 -- Opening of John and Yoko's art exhibition, `Half-A-Wind  
Show', at the Lisson Gallery, London.  
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 3.00-6.00pm. Recording: `Savoy Truffle' (overdub  
onto take 1).  
Studio 2 (control room only). 6.00-12.00pm. Mono mixing: `Piggies'  
(remixes 1-4, from take 12); `Don't Pass Me By' (remix 1, from take 7  
and edit of edit piece 4); `Good Night' (remixes 1, 2, from take   
34).  Stereo mixing: `Piggies' (remixes 1-3, from take 12);  
`Don't Pass Me By' (remix 1, from take 7 and edit of edit  
piece 4); `Good Night' (remix 1, from take 34). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John  
Smith.   
    Recording of brasses for `Savoy Truffle'.   
 
1971 
 -- US single release: `Imagine'/`It's So Hard'.  
 
1975 
 -- `You', 1st week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1986 
 -- `Twist And Shout', 7th and last week in the Top 40  
(Billboard).   
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert at the Palais Omnisport De Bercy, Paris (Get  
Back Tour).  
  
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12 October 
 
1962 
 -- Performance at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, as main  
support act for Little Richard, along with 10 other  
Liverpool groups. Among them: the Undertakers, Rory Storm,  
Billy J. Kramer, Lee Curtis, and the All Stars (with Pete  
Best).  It is rumored that during the evening Little Richard  
tries to seduce Paul.  
    Later, performance at the Cavern, with Little Richard.  
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' LP number 1, 23rd week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
 -- [Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The  
Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To  
The Forum'.  
 
1964 
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00-10.30am. Mono mixing:  
`She's A Woman' (remix 1, from take 6). Stereo mixing: `She's  
A Woman' (from take 6). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.   
Studio 2 (control room only). 2.30-3.00pm. Mono mixing:  
`Eight Days A Week' (remix 1, from take 13). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken  
Scott.   
 -- Brian Epstein Automobiles Limited is incorporated, with  
Brian one of its opening directors.  
 -- Wendy Hanson returns from the USA to work at Argyll Street  
NEMS office.  
 -- US LP release: `Songs, Pictures And Stories Of The Fabulous  
Beatles'.  
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-7.00pm. Recording: `Run For Your Life' (takes  
1-5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd  
Engineer: Ken Scott/Phil McDonald.   
Studio 2. 7.00-11.30pm. Recording: `This Bird Has Flown'  
(working title of `Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)')  
(take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith;  
2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.   
    First session for `Rubber Soul'. First use of the sitar.  
 -- Opening night of James Baldwin's play `Amen Corner', at the  
Saville Theatre, presented by Brian. Attendance of Brian,  
and his guests, Dusty Springfield, Sir Joseph Lockwood,  
Lionel Bart, Andrew Oldham, Walter Shenson, Dick James.  
 
1966 
 -- `Yellow Submarine', 10th and last week in the Top 30 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
    `Eleanor Rigby', 10th  and last week in the Top 30 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 -- NEMS Enterprises admits that the Moody Blues have splitted  
up.  
 
1967 
 -- De Lane Lea Music Recording Studios. 2.30-8.00pm. Mono  
mixing: `It's All Too Much' (remixes 1, 2, from take 2).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Dave Siddle; 2nd  
Engineer: Mike Weighell.   
Studio 3. 6.30pm-2.00am. Mono mixing: `Blue Jay Way'  
(remixes 2-9, from take 3). Editing: `Blue Jay Way' (of mono  
remixes 6, 9). Recording:  `Accordion (Wild)' (working title  
of `Shirley's Wild Accordion') (takes 1-8, tape reduction  
take 8 into takes 9, 10, overdub onto take 10, takes 11-15).  
Mono mixing: `Accordion (Wild)' (working title of `Shirley's  
Wild Accordion') (remixes 1, 2, 3, from takes 10, 7, 14,  
respectively). Producer: John Lennon; Engineer: Ken Scott;  
2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.    
    First John official credit as producer in a Beatles  
session.   
 
1968 
 -- `Hey Jude' number 1, 3rd week, 7th week in the Top 30  
(Billboard). [5th week in the Top 40? Arrow 93FM web site]  
    `Revolution', 5th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 7.00pm-5.45am. Stereo mixing:  
`Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey'  
(remix 1, from take 12); `Helter Skelter' (remix 1-5, from  
take 21); `Mother Nature's Son' (remixes 1, 2, from take  
26); `Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' (remixes 1-4, from take 23). Mono  
mixing: `Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My  
Monkey' (remix 1, from take 12); `Mother Nature's Son'  
(remixes 1, 2, from take 26); `Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' (remix  
10, from take 23); `Long Long Long' (remix 1, from take 67).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer:  
John Smith.  
 -- 1st showing on US television of a 7-minute promotional short  
called `A Mod Odyssey', including a footage of the Beatels  
at TVC (TV Cartoons Ltd).  
 
1969 
 -- Russ Gibbs, of the WKNR-FM, affirms he has received  an  
anonymous phone call saying that Paul has died.  
 -- Yoko miscarries. End of Yoko's stay at the King's College  
Hospital, London.    
 
1974 
 -- `Whatever Gets You Thru The Night', 2nd week in the Top 40  
(Billboard).   
 
1983 
 -- `Say Say Say' number 1, 1st week (Billboard).  
 
1997 
 -- John Denver dies in the Monterrey Bay, San Francisco,  
California, when the plane he flies falls in the sea.   
 -- Free concert to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Summer of  
Love.   
  
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13 October 
 
1941 
 -- Neil Aspinall is born.  
 
1962 
 -- Cavern evening session: Zenith Six, the Beatles, Group One.  
 
1963 
 -- Evening: Performance on BBC-TV's `Sunday Night at the London  
Palladium'. Brian attends.   
 -- [Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The  
Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To  
The Forum'.  
 
1964 
 -- 18.20 and 20.30. Performances at the ABC Theatre, Wigan,  
 -- EMI Studios. Brian records a record with readings from `A  
Cellarful Of Noise'. Producer: George Martin.  
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-12.15am. Recording: `Drive My Car' (takes  
1-4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd  
Engineer: Ken Scott.  
    First proper session extended past midnight.  
 -- Brian flies to the USA to see the edited film of the Shea  
Stadium concert.  
 
1967 
 -- The song for the film `How I Won The War' is released, with  
Musketeer Gripweed and the Third Troop.  
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-6.00am. Recording: `Julia' (takes 1-3).  
Stereo mixing: `Julia' (remix 1, from take 3); `Dear  
Prudence' (remix 1, from take 1); `Wild Honey Pie' (remixes  
1, 2, from take 1); `Back In The USSR' (remix 1, from take 6);  
`Blackbird' (remix 1, from take 32). Mono mixing: `Julia'  
(remix 1, from take 3); `Dear Prudence' (remixes 1-5, from  
take 1); `Blackbird' (remix 10, from take 32). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.  
    Recording of the last song for `The Beatles': `Julia'. The  
only John solo recording for the group.  
 
1969 
 -- The press reports that Yoko has had a miscarriage.  
 -- Savoy Theatre, London. London debut concert of Mary Hopkin.  
Paul, Linda, Ringo and Maureen attend.   
 
1979 
 -- `Arrow Through Me', 4th and last week in the Top 40  
(Billboard).   
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Palais Omnisport De Bercy, Paris (The New  
World Tour).  
  
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14 October 
 
1963 
 -- Photographs of the London Palladium performance are  
published on the front pages of every London newspaper.  
 
1964 
 -- 18.30 and 20.45. Performances at the Apollo, Manchester.  
Filmed by ABC-TV.   
 -- Brian sends a cable to Harold Wilson on the eve of the  
General Election: `Hope your group is as much a success.'  
 
1966 
 -- It is stated that Northern Songs Limited made a profit of  
614,000 pounds in 1965.  
 
1968 
 -- Morning: Ringo and his family fly to Sardinia, taking 2-week  
vacations.  
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-7.30am. Stereo mixing: `I Will' (remix 1,  
from take 68); `Birthday' (remix 1, from take 22).  
Recording: `Savoy Truffle' (overdub onto take 1). Mono  
mixing: `Savoy Truffle' (remixes 1-6, from take 1); `While  
My Guitar Gently Weeps' (remixes 10, 11, from take 25);  
`Long Long Long' (remixes 2, 3, from take 67).    
Stereo mixing: `Savoy Truffle' (remixes 1, 2, from take 1);  
`While My Guitar Gently Weeps' (remixes 10-12, from take  
25); `Yer Blues' (remixes 1-5, from takes 16, 17 and edit  
piece take 1); `Sexy Sadie' (remixes 1-3, from take 117);  
`What's The New Mary Jane' (remixes 1, 2, from take 4).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer:  
John Smith.   
    End of recordings for `The Beatles'.  
 
1978 
 -- `London Town' single, 1st week in the Top 40 (Billboard).   
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Palais Omnisport De Bercy, Paris (The New  
World Tour).  
 
1997 
 -- Royal Albert Hall. Performance of `Standing Stone', by the  
London Symphony Orchestra.  
  
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15 October 
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Floral, Southport.   
 -- 57 Green Street, London. 4.30pm. Session with `The Beatles  
Book' photographer Leslie Bryce. 2 shots, in the staircase.   
 
1964 
 -- 18.15, 20.30. Concerts at the Globe, Stockton.  
 
1965 
 -- Visit at Neil and Mal's flat (16 Montagu Mews West,  
Marylebone, London). Photographer Leslie Bryce takes  
pictures.   
 
1966 
 -- Brian flies to the USA with Georgie Fame, to find a co-star  
for Fame's Christmas show at London, promoted by Brian.  
 -- ``Yesterday'... And Today', 17th  week in the Top 100  
(Billboard).   
    `Yellow Submarine', 8th and last week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
[? Arrow 93FM web site]  
    `Eleanor Rigby', 6th and last week in teh Top 40 (Billboard).   
 -- Kevin McDonald, whose company Kevin McDonald Associates  
operates the club Sibylla's, dies.   
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 6.00-8.00pm. Stereo mixing: `Happiness Is A Warm  
Gun' (remixes 1-4, from take 65); `I'm So Tired' (remixes  
1-5, from take 14); `Cry Baby Cry' (remixes 1-3, from take  
12). Mono mixing: `I'm So Tired' (remixes 1-3, from take  
14); `Cry Baby Cry' (remix 1, from take 12). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John  
Smith.    
 
1969 
 -- Ringo and Maureen travel to Los Angeles.  
 
1980 
 -- First day of auction of old Abbey Road Studios recording  
stuff.   
 
1983 
 -- `Say Say Say', 1st week in the Top 40 (Billboard).   
 
1984 
 -- LP release: `Valotte', by Julian Lennon.   
 
1988 
 -- 3rd episode of a BBC series, essentially based on `The  
Beatles At The Beeb' collection.  
  
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16 October 
 
1959 
 -- George Martin produces a Peter Sellers' session using sitar  
and tabla, for the song `Wouldn't It Be Loverly', of the   
`Songs For Swingin' Sellers' LP.  
 
1963 
 -- `She Loves You',  7th week in the Top 10 (UK  
New Musical Express chart).   
    `Please Please Me' LP, 30th week in the Top 10 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 -- Bernard Delfont announces the Beatles will perform at the  
Royal Command Performance.   
 -- Evening: Concert at the Floral Hall, Southport.  
 -- The Playhouse Theatre, London. 9.00-10.00pm. Recording for  
BBC's `Easy Beat': `I Saw Her Standing There'; `Love Me Do';  
`Please Please Me'; `From Me To You'; `She Loves You'.  
     Last BBC performance of `Love Me Do' and `Please Please Me'.    
 
1964 
 -- Studio 1 (control room only). 2.30-5.30pm. Mono mixing: `No  
Reply' (remixes 1, 2, from take 8). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: A. B. Lincoln.  
 -- 18.15, 20.30. Concerts at the ABC Theatre, Hull.  
 -- Appearance on the TV programme `Ready Steady Go'.  
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-7.00pm. Recording: `Day Tripper' (takes 1-3).  
Studio 2. 7.00-12.00pm. Recording: `Day Tripper' (overdub  
onto take 3); `If I Needed Someone' (take 1). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken  
Scott.   
 -- `Help!' single, 10th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
    `Yesterday', 3rd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1968 
 -- Abbey Road, Rooms 41, 42, Studios 1, 2, 3. 5.00pm (Wednesday  
16)-5.00pm (Thursday 17). Mono mixing: Crossfades and edits  
for  `The Beatles'; `Why Don't We Do It In The Road' (remix  
1, from take 6).  Stereo mixing: Crossfades and edits for  
`The Beatles'; `Why Don't We Do It In The Road' (remix 1,  
from take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott;  
2nd Engineer: John Smith.   
Studio 2 (control room only). Time unknown. Tape copying:  
`It's All Too Much' (of take 2, called take 196). Mono  
mixing: `It's All Too Much' (remix 1, from take 196). Stereo  
mixing: `It's All Too Much' (remix 1, from take 196).  
Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer:  
Dave Harries.   
    Copy of `It's All Too Much' for `Yellow Submarine'. Copy of take  
2 called 196, the highest Beatle take number.   
 
1968 
 -- George flies to Los Angeles to produce the first Jackie  
Lomax record.  
 
1969 
 -- The Beatles are ready to sell their Northern Songs Ltd.  
shares.   
 
1971 
 -- `Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey', 9th week in the Top 40  
(Billboard).   
 
1980 
 -- Second and last day of auction of old Abbey Road Studios  
recording stuff.  
 
1987 
 -- US single release: `Got My Mind Set On You'/`Flying Hour'.  
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert at the Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, Germany (Get  
Back Tour).  
 
1992 
 -- Concert in homage of Bob Dylan. Guests, among others, George  
Harrison, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty.  
 
1998 
 -- John Lennon art exhibition at the Crown Center, Kansas City,  
Missouri.   
  
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17 October 
 
1962 
 -- First TV performance, on TV Granada's `People and Places'.  
 -- Cavern lunch session: the Beatles.  
    Cavern evening session: the Beatles, the Big Three, Group  
One.   
 
1963 
 -- Lunch with the winners (Karen, Anne, Vicky, Susan) of  
competition in the teen magazine `Boyfriend' at the  
restaurant Old Vienna.   
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-5.30pm, 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: `The Beatles'  
Christmas Record' (unnumbered takes); `You Really Got A Hold  
On Me' (take 12); `I Want To Hold Your Hand' (takes 1-17);  
`This Boy' (takes 1-17). Producer: George Martin; Engineer:  
Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Geoff Emerick.  
    First Christmas record. First session for `I Want To Hold  
Your Hand'/`This Boy'. First 4-track Beatles recording.  
 
1964 
 -- `A Hard Day's Night' LP number 1, 13th week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
    `Matchbox', 5th and last week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
    `Slow Down', 4th and last week in the Top 40 (Billboard).   
 
1967 
 -- 6.00pm. Memorial service held for Brian, with the attendance  
of all 4 Beatles, at the New London Synagogue, 33 Abbey Road.   
 
1968 
 -- Abbey Road, Rooms 41, 42, Studios 1, 2, 3. 5.00pm (Wednesday  
16)-5.00pm (Thursday 17). Mono mixing: Crossfades and edits  
for  `The Beatles'; `Why Don't We Do It In The Road' (remix  
1, from take 6).  Stereo mixing: Crossfades and edits for  
`The Beatles'; `Why Don't We Do It In The Road' (remix 1,  
from take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott;  
2nd Engineer: John Smith.   
Studio 2 (control room only). Time unknown. Tape copying:  
`It's All Too Much' (of take 2, called take 196). Mono  
mixing: `It's All Too Much' (remix 1, from take 196). Stereo  
mixing: `It's All Too Much' (remix 1, from take 196).  
Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer:  
Dave Harries.   
    Copy of `It's All Too Much' for `Yellow Submarine'. Copy of take  
2 called 196, the highest Beatle take number.   
 -- George records with Jackie Lomax in Los Angeles.  
 
1969 
 -- Hot Chocolate releases a cover of `Give Peace A Chance' in  
the USA.  
 
1978 
 -- End of period (since 18 September) booked by Ringo at Compass  
Point Studios, Bahamas. Not used.   
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert at the Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, Germany (Get  
Back Tour).   
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Flanders Expo, Vent, Belgium (The New  
World Tour).  
 
1998 
 -- John Lennon art exhibition at the Crown Center, Kansas City,  
Missouri.   
    
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18 October 
 
1926 
 -- Charles Edward Berry is born.  
 
1957 
 -- Evening: Performance of the Quarrymen in a ball held by the  
Conservative Club, at the New Clubmoor Hall, Broadway,  
Liverpool. Paul's debut.   
    Paul plays for John a couple of tunes he had composed, one  
of them being `I Lost My Little Girl'.   
 
1961 
 -- Performance at the Cavern, with Ian and the Zodiacs and the  
Four Jays.  
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Shrewsbury Music Hall.  
 
1964 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-11.30pm. Recording: `Eight Days A Week'  
(takes 14-15); `Kansas City/`Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!' (takes 1-2);  
`Mr Moonlight' [re-make] (takes 5-8); `I Feel Fine' (takes  
1-9); `I'll Follow The Sun' (takes 1-8); `Everybody's Trying  
To Be My Baby' (take 1); `Rock And Roll Music' (take 1);  
`Words Of Love' (takes 1-3). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Geoff Emerick.  
    Visit at the studio: Carl Perkins. [?]  
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-5.45pm. Recording: `If I Needed Someone'  
(overdub onto take 1); `In My Life' (takes 1-3). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken  
Scott.   
 -- Brian returns from the USA.  
    Evening. Brian attends a Joan Baez concert, at the Royal  
Albert Hall, London.  
 
1967 
 -- Premiere of `How I Won The War' at the London Pavilion. All  
4 Beatles attend.   
    After, they attend a party at Cilla Black's flat (9 b  
Portland Place, London).   
 -- John and Cynthia see the annual Motor Show at the Earl's  
Court Exhibition Building, London.  
 
1968 
 -- 11.30. The police registers  John and Yoko's flat, at  
Montague Square, and arrests them for possession of drugs.  
They are taken to the Marylebone Lane Police Station. For a short  
while they stay at lawyer Nicholas Cowan's house (35 Redcliffe Road,  
West Brompton, London).   
 -- Studio 1. 12.00-1.00pm. Tape copying: `Yer Blues' (of edit  
of remix mono 3 and edit piece take 1); `Don't Pass Me By'  
(of remix mono 1). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: not  
assigned; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.   
    Copies made to  correct some imperfections of the master  
tape. End of sessions for `The Beatles'.  
 -- Harry Moss cuts the mono version of `The Beatles' at Abbey  
Road.   
 
1969 
 -- `Come Together', 1st week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
    `Something', 1st week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1975 
 -- `You', 2nd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1982 
 -- UK LP release: `20 Greatest Hits'.  
 
1988 
 -- LP release: `Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1'.   
 
1998 
 -- John Lennon art exhibition closes at the Crown Center, Kansas  
City, Missouri.  
  
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19 October 
 
1961 
 -- Performance of part of the Beatles and part of Gerry and the  
Pacemakers, under the name of Beatmakers, at the Litherland  
Town Hall, Liverpool.  
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' LP number 1, 24th week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
 
1964 
 -- 18.30, 20.50. Concerts at the  ABC, Edinburgh.  
 
1965 
 -- Recording of `The Beatles Third Christmas Record'.  
 
1967 
 -- Studio 1. 7.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `Hello Hello' (working  
title of `Hello, Goodbye') (overdub onto take 16, tape  
reduction take 16 into take 17). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  
 
1968 
 -- `Hey Jude' number 1, 4th week, 8th week in the Top 30  
(Billboard). [6th week in the Top 40? Arrow 93FM web site]    
    `Revolution', 6th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 -- John and Yoko appear at the Marylebone Magistrate's Court.  
They are remanded on bail until a further hearing. Cover  
photograph of `Unfinished Music Number 2---Life With The  
Lions' taken.  
    Hours later, Yoko is taken to the Queen Charlotte's  
Maternity Hospital.   
 -- Harry Moss cuts the mono version of `The Beatles' at Abbey  
Road.   
 
1974 
 -- `Whatever Gets You Through The Night', 3rd week in the Top 40  
(Billboard).   
 
1983 
 -- `Say Say Say' number 1, 2nd week (Billboard).  
  
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20 October 
 
1939 
 -- Raymond Jones is born in Oldham.  
 
1953 
 -- Tom Petty is born.   
 
1963 
 -- 10.31-11.30pm. BBC's `Easy Beat' broadcast (recorded 16  
October 1963).  
 -- Recording of performance for ABC-TV's `Thank Your Lucky  
Stars' in Birmingham.   
 
1964 
 -- 18.30 and 20.45. Performances at the Caird Hall, Dundee.  
 -- Brian produces his first record, for Rory Storm and the  
Hurricanes, at IBC Studios, London.  
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-6.30pm. Recording: `We Can Work It Out'  
(takes 1-2). Studio 2. 7.00-11.45pm. Recording: `We Can Work  
It Out' (overdub onto take 2). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.   
 -- US gold certification for `Yesterday'/`Act Naturally'.  
 
1967 
 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-3.45am. Recording: `The Fool On The Hill'  
(overdub onto take 6); `Hello Hello' (working title of  
`Hello, Goodbye') (overdub onto take 17). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.  
    Recording of flute for `The Fool On The Hill' and viola for  
`Hello, Goodbye'.    
    2.30am. The viola overdub session ends.   
 -- UK release: `Catcall', with the Chris Barber Band.  
 
1969 
 -- US LP release: `The Wedding Album'.  
    US single release: `Cold Turkey'/`Don't Worry Kyoko'.  
 -- George and Pattie attend a Ravi Shankar concert in London.  
 -- Paul concert at the Olympiahalle, Munich (Get Back Tour).   
 
1980 
 -- UK LP release: `The Beatles Ballads'.  
 
1984 
 -- `No More Lonely Nights', 1st week in the Top 40 (Billboard).   
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Zenith, Toulon, France (The New World  
Tour).   
  
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21 October 
 
1963 
 -- Studio 1 (control room only). 10.00am-1.00pm. Mono mixing:  
`I Want To Hold Your Hand' (from take 17); `This Boy'  
(remixes 1, 2, from take 15). Editing: `This Boy' (of  
mono remixes 1, 2). Stereo mixing: `I Want To Hold Your  
Hand' (remix 1, from take 17). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: not assigned.   
    End of sessions for `I Want To Hold Your Hand'/`This Boy'.  
 
1964 
 -- Abbey Road, Room 65. 2.30-5.45pm. Mono mixing: `I Feel  
Fine' (remixes 1-4, from take 9); `I'll Follow The Sun'  
(from take 8); `She's A Woman' (remix 2, from take 6);  
`Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby' (from take 1). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ron  
Pender.   
 -- 18.40 and 21.00. Concerts at the  Odeon, Glasgow.  
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-7.00pm. Recording: `Norwegian Wood (This Bird  
Has Flown)' [re-make] (takes 2-4).   
Studio 2. 7.00-12.00pm. Recording: `Nowhere Man' (takes  
1-2). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd  
Engineer: Ken Scott.   
 
1968 
 -- Harry Moss cuts the stereo version of `The Beatles' at Abbey  
Road.  
 
1974 
 -- John returns to Record Plant Studios, to record tracks for  
the LP `Rock'n'Roll', this time produced by himself.  
 
1977 
 -- US LP release: `Love Songs'.  
 
1978 
 -- `London Town' single, 2nd and last week in the Top 40  
(Billboard).   
 
1985 
 -- Recording of the TV special `Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly  
Session With Carl Perkins And Friends'. Appearance of George, Ringo,  
Carl Perkins and Eric Clapton.   
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert at the Olympiahalle, Munich (Get Back Tour).  
 
1998 
 -- End of Julian Lennon Australia tour.  
  
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22 October 
 
1962 
 -- Concert at the  Queen's Hall, Widnes, with Lee Curtis and the  
All Stars, and the Mersey Beats.  
 
1964 
 -- Studio 1 (control room only). 11.00am-12.00noon. Mono  
mixing: `I Feel Fine' (remix 5, from take 9). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ron  
Pender.    
 -- 18.00, 20.30. Concerts at the Odeon, Leeds.   
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 10.30-11.30am. Recording: `In My Life'  (overdub  
onto take 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Stuart  
Eltham; 2nd Engineer: Mike Stone.  
Studio 2. 2.30-7.00pm. Recording: `Nowhere Man' [re-make]  
(takes 3-5).  
Studio 2. 7.00-11.30pm. Recording: `Nowhere Man' (overdub  
onto take 4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman  
Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.  
    Recording of electric piano solo for `In My Life'.   
 
1966 
 -- Gold certification for `Revolver'.  
 -- ``Yesterday'... And Today', 18th  week in the Top 100  
(Billboard).   
 
1968 
 -- Studio 1. The George Martin Orchestra (41 musicians directed  
by Martin), re-records the B-side of `Yellow Submarine' LP.  
 
1969 
 -- Paul goes to Scotland, on vacations.  
 
1971 
 -- First stereo remix of `Baby You're A Rich Man'.  
 
1974 
 -- Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles. John records tracks for LP  
`Rock'n'Roll'. Producer: John Lennon.   
 
1983 
 -- `Say Say Say', 2nd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).   
 
1988 
 -- 4th episode of a BBC series, essentially based on `The  
Beatles At The Beeb' collection.  
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert at the Olympiahalle, Munich (Get Back Tour).   
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Palasport, Fierenze, Italy (The New World  
Tour).  
  
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23 October 
 
1963 
 -- `She Loves You', 8th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical  
Express chart).    
    `Please Please Me' LP, 31st week in the Top 10 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 -- Studio 2. 10.00am-1.00pm. Recording: `I Wanna Be Your Man'  
(take 16). Mono mixing: `I Wanna Be Your Man' (from take  
16); `Little Child' (from edit of takes 15, 18); `Hold Me  
Tight' (from edit of takes 26, 29). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: unknown.   
    After lunch, The Beatles fly to Sweden.  
 -- Brian is interviewed for the new Southern TV programme `For  
Art's Sake'.   
    After the programme Brian flies to Sweden to join the group's  
tour.  
 
1964 
 -- 18.40, 21.00. Concerts at the Gaumont State Cinema, West  
Hampstead, London.  
 
1965 
 -- `Help!' single, 11th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
    `Yesterday', 4th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1968 
 -- Studio 1. The George Martin Orchestra (41 musicians directed  
by Martin), re-records the B-side of `Yellow Submarine' LP.  
 
1971 
 -- `Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey', 10th week in the Top 40  
(Billboard).   
    `Imagine' single, 1st week in the Top 40 (Billboard).   
 
1974 
 -- Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles. John records tracks for LP  
`Rock'n'Roll'. Producer: John Lennon.   
 
1980 
 -- US single release: `(Just Like) Starting Over'/`Kiss Kiss  
Kiss'.   
 -- Mark David Chapman sings himself out of work as John Lennon.   
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Palasport, Fierenze, Italy (The New World  
Tour).  
 
1995 
 -- US `Newsweek' cover: `Meet The Beatles (Again)'.   
  
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24 October 
 
1962 
 -- Brian writes to Tito Burns, giving him hopes of Beatles  
availability for live shows.  
 
1963 
 -- Start of Sweden Tour. Concert at the Karlaplansstudion,  
Karlaplan, Stockholm.   
Recorded for Swedish radio and for Swedish TV, through the programme  
`Drop In'.    
 
1964 
 -- 18.30, 21.00. Concerts at the Granada Theatre, Walthamstow.  
London.   
 -- Concert at the  Odeon, Lewisham. [?]  
 -- `A Hard Day's Night' LP number 1, 14th week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
 -- Joanne Epstein is born to Clive Epstein and his wife  
Barbara.   
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-7.00pm. Recording: `I'm Looking  
Through You' (take 1). Studio 2. 7.00-11.30pm. Recording:  
`I'm Looking Through You' (overdub onto take 1). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken  
Scott.   
 -- Party hosted by Brian, `Star Scene '65', at the Scotch of St  
James Club, London. Guests, among others: the Everly  
Brothers, Ringo and Maureen, P. J. Proby, Eric Burdon, George  
and Pattie, Paul, Jimmy Tarbuck, Micky Most, Billy J.  
Kramer, the Dakotas, Cilla Black.  
 
1966 
 -- Epstein books the Four Tops for a show at the Saville  
Theatre and a major British tour.  
 
1967 
 -- NBC-TV broadcasts `A Hard Day's Night' in the USA.   
 
1968 
 -- Stereo mixing, Editing: B side of `Yellow Submarine'.  
 
1969 
 -- UK single release: `Cold Turkey'/`Don't Worry Kyoko'  
    UK LP release: `Space', with the Modern Jazz Quartet.  
 
1974 
 -- Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles. John records tracks for LP  
`Rock'n'Roll'. Producer: John Lennon.   
 
1975 
 -- An extraordinary general meeting decrees that Triumph  
Investment Trust be wound up.  
 -- UK LP release: `Shaved Fish'.  
    US LP release: `Shaved Fish'.   
 
1976 
 -- UK single release: `Imagine'/`Working Class Hero'.  
 
1979 
 -- Paul is awarded a Rhodium Record, by the  Guinness Records  
Book, as the most succesful musician in the century.  
 
1980 
 -- UK single release: `(Just  Like) Starting Over'.  
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert at the Palaeur, Rome (Get Back Tour).  
    
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25 October 
 
1957 
 -- Robbie McIntosh is born.  
 
1962 
 -- The Playhouse Theatre, Manchester. 8.00-8.45pm. Recording  
for BBC's `Here We Go': `Sheila'; `Love Me Do'; `A Taste Of  
Honey';  `P.S. I Love You'.  
    1st session of Ringo for the BBC. The only live take of `P.S.  
I Love You'. The only BBC take of `Sheila'.  
 -- 1st ever interview, for the radio of the Cleaver and  
Clatterbridge hospital, Wirral. Paul comments: `John Lennon  
is the leader of the group'.   
 
1963 
 -- Two concerts at the Sundsta-aulan, Karlstad, Sweden.  
 
1964 
 -- 18.00, 20.45. Concerts at the Hippodrome, Brighton.  
 -- The Beatles receive 4 1963 Ivor Novello awards: `She Loves  
You' (most aired and most sold song); `I Want To Hold Your  
Hand' (second most aired song); `All My Loving' (second song  
of the year).  
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00am-1.00pm. Mono mixing:  
`Drive My Car' (from take 4); `In My Life' (from take 3);  
`If I Needed Someone' (from take 1); `Day Tripper' (remix 1,  
from take 3); `Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' (from  
take 4); `Nowhere Man' (from take 4). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Mono mixing: `The Fool On The Hill'  
(remixes 10-12, from take 6). Editing: `The Fool On  
The Hill' (of remix mono 12). Recording: `Hello Hello'  
(working title of `Hello, Goodbye') (tape reduction take 17  
into takes 18-21, overdub onto take 21). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby.   
 
1968 
 -- Stereo mixing, Editing: B side of `Yellow Submarine'.  
 -- John and Yoko announce that their child should be born in  
February.   
 
1969 
 -- `Come Together', 2nd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
    `Something', 2nd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1974 
 -- End of John sessions at Record Plant Studios, to record  
additional tracks for the LP `Rock'n'Roll', this time  
produced by himself.   
 
1975 
 -- `You', 3rd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
    `Letting Go', 1st week in the Top 40 (Billboard).   
 
1977 
 -- Start of sessions for `London Town' LP, at Abbey Road  
Studios.   
  
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26 October 
 
1962 
 -- Concert at the Liverpool Empire,  with Little Richard.  
 -- 5.00-5.29pm. BBC's `Here We Go' broadcast (25 October 1962  
session, except `Sheila').  
 -- `Love Me Do' enters the UK ranking.  
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' LP number 1, 25th week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
 -- Two concerts at the Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm.   
 -- Broadcast of ABC-TV's `Thank Your Lucky Stars', with a  
performance recorded 20 October 1963, in Birmingham.  
 -- Brian's first appearance on `Juke Box Jury', with Jimmy  
Henney and Barbara Young.  
    After the show, Brian has dinner with Lionel Bart.   
 
1964 
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00am-12.45pm. Mono mixing:  
`I Don't Want To Spoil The Party' (from take 19); `Rock And  
Roll Music' (from take 1); `Words Of Love' (from take 3);   
`Baby's In Black' (remix 2, from take 14); `I'm A Loser'  
(remix 2, from take 8); `Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!' (from  
take 1).  
 Studio 2 (control room only). 12.45-1.05pm. Stereo mixing:  
`Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!'  (from take 1).   
Studio 2. 4.30-6.30pm. Recording: `Honey Don't' (takes 1-5).  
Studio 2. 7.30-10.00pm. Recording: `What You're Doing'  
[re-make] (takes 13-19); `Another Beatles Christmas Record'  
(takes 1-5). Editing: `Another Beatles Christmas Record'  
(of takes 1-5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman  
Smith; 2nd Engineer: A. B. Lincoln.  
    Visit at the studio: Carl Perkins [?].  Last day of recordings  
for `Beatles For Sale'.   
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00am-12.30pm. Stereo  
mixing: `Drive My Car' (from take 4); `Day Tripper' (from  
take 3); `In My Life' (from take 3); `If I Needed Someone'  
(from take 1); `Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' (from  
take 4); `Nowhere Man' (from take 4). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ron Pender.   
 -- 11.15am. The Beatles enter Buckingham Palace.  
    Morning: the Beatles receive the MBE medals from Queen  
Elizabeth II, at Buckingham Palace.  
    Press conference at the Saville Theatre. Brian and Dezo  
Hoffmann attend.  
 
1966 
 -- Alma Cogan dies from cancer at the Middlesex Hospital.    
 -- The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi arrives in Santiago.  
 
1968 
 -- `Hey Jude' number 1, 5th week, 9th week in the Top 30  
(Billboard). [7th week in the Top 40? Arrow 93FM web site]  
    `Revolution', 7th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1972 
 -- The Beatles [Lennon?] appear on cover of magazine `Jet'.   
 
1973 
 -- US single release: `Mind Games'/`Meat City'.   
 
1974 
 -- `Whatever Gets You Thru The Night', 4th week in the Top 40  
(Billboard).   
 
1983 
 -- `Say Say Say' number 1, 3rd week (Billboard).  
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert at the Palatrussardi, Milano (Get Back Tour).  
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Palau San Jordi, Barcelona (The New World  
Tour).   
  
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27 October 
 
1963 
 -- Debut of Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas on `Sunday Night  
at the London Palladium'. Brian attends.  
 -- Two concerts in Goteborg.  
 
1964 
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00am-12.30pm. Mono mixing:  
`What You're Doing' (from take 19); `Honey Don't' (from take  
5); `Mr Moonlight' (remixes 1, 2, from takes 4, 8); `Every  
Little Thing' (from take 9); `Eight Days A Week' (remixes 2,  
3, from takes 13, 15).  Editing: `Mr Moonlight' (of mono  
remixes 1, 2); `Eight Days A Week' (of mono remixes 2, 3).  
Studio 2 (control room only). 12.30-1.00pm. Stereo mixing:  
`Eight Days A Week' (remixes 1, 2, from takes 13, 15);   
`Every Little Thing' (from take 9); `What You're Doing'  
(from take 19); `Honey Don't' (from take 5). Editing: `Eight  
Days A Week' (of stereo remixes 1, 2). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.    
 
1966 
 -- Brian returns from the USA to England.  
 
1969 
 -- US gold certification for `Abbey Road'.  
    US gold certification for `Something'/`Come Together'.  
 -- Abbey Road. Ringo begins, with George Martin, the recording  
of `Sentimental Journey' LP. 1st Beatle formally recording a  
solo LP.  
 
1971 
 -- Closing of Yoko's exhibition `This Is Not Here' at the  
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York.  
 
1980 
 -- UK LP release: `Rock'n'Roll Music Volume 1'.  
    UK LP release: `Rock'n'Roll Music Volume 2'.  
    (US remixes of `Rock'n'Roll Music' LP.)  
 
1984 
 -- `No More Lonely Nights', 2nd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).   
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert at the Palatrussardi, Milano (Get Back Tour).  
 
1993 
 -- Paul concert at the Palau San Jordi, Barcelona (The New World  
Tour).   
 
1996 
 -- UK CD/LP release: `Anthology 3'.  
 
1997 
 -- UK CD release: `Lennon--Legend'.  
  
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28 October 
 
1961 
 -- 15.00. Raymond Jones asks `My Bonnie', by the Beatles, to  
Brian Epstein.  
    Soon after, another youngster asks him a Beatles record.  
 
1962 
 -- 1st ever concert at the Liverpool Empire Theatre, as  
principal support act for Little Richard, along with  
Craig Douglas, Jet Harris, Kenny Lynch, Sounds Incorporated.  
    Hours before, on the phone, Brian arranges a show with  
promoter Arthur Howes for 2 December, birth of the future  
Epstein-Howes concert promotions team.  
 
1963 
 -- Brian returns from Sweden to the UK.  
 -- Concert in Boras.  
 
1964 
 -- 18.15, 20.30. Concerts at the ABC, Exeter.  
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 5.00-5.30pm. Mono mixing: `We  
Can Work It Out' (remix 1, from take 2). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Jerry Boys.   
    Playback for Granada Television's `The Music Of Lennon And  
McCartney'.   
 -- End of `Star Scene '65' tour, at the ABC Cinema, Wigan.  
 
1966 
 -- Brian tells Sid Bernstein that there are no plans for the  
next North American tour.  
 
1968 
 -- The divorce trial of Cynthia and John is decided in favor of  
Cynthia.   
 
1996 
 -- US CD release: `Anthology 3'.  
  
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29 October 
 
1963 
 -- Concert in Eskilstuna.  
    End of first European tour (Sweden).  
 -- Epstein accepts the production of the first Beatle film.  
 -- Studio 3. 10.00am-1.00pm. Stereo mixing: `It Won't Be Long'  
(from edit of takes 17, 21); `All I've Got To Do' (from take  
15); `All My Loving' (from take 14); `Don't Bother Me' (from  
take 15); `Little Child' (from take 21); `Till There Was  
You' (from take 8); `Please Please Me' (from take 9); `Roll  
Over Beethoven' (from edit of takes 7, 8); `Hold Me Tight'  
(from edit of takes 26, 29); `You Really Got A Hold On Me'  
(from edit of takes 7, 10, 11); `I Wanna Be Your Man' (from  
take 16); `Devil In Her Heart' (from take 6); `Not A Second  
Time' (from take 9); `Money (That's What I Want)' (from edit  
of takes 6, 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman  
Smith; 2nd Engineer: Geoff Emerick and B. T. [Full name  
unknown.]   
 
1964 
 -- 18.15, 20.30. Concerts at the ABC Theatre, Plymouth.  
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 2.00-4.00pm. Recording: `We Can Work It Out'  
(overdub onto take 2).   
Studio 2 (control room only). 4.00-5.00pm. Mono mixing: `We  
Can Work It Out'  (remixes 2, 3, from take 2); `Day Tripper'  
(remixes 2, 3, from take 3). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.   
    Remixes, one for the single, other for Granada Television.  
 
1966 
 -- The Brian Epstein Trophy for drama and public speaking is  
presented by him at the Finchley Jewish Youth Club.  
 -- ``Yesterday'... And Today', 19th  week in the Top 100  
(Billboard).   
 
1967 
 -- Morning. Acanthus Road, Clapham, Battersea, London. Shooting  
of `Magical Mystery Tour' sequence, on which Ringo and Auntie Jessie  
go up a street to board the `Magical Mystery Tour' bus.   
 
1968 
 -- Studio 3 (control room only). 10.00am-1.00pm. Stereo mixing:  
`Hey Bulldog' (remixes 1-6, from take 58); `All Together  
Now' (remix 1, from take 9); `All You Need Is Love' (remixes  
1-6, from take 58); `Only A Northern Song' (remix 1, from  
remix mono 6). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Geoff  
Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby.  
    Remixes for `Yellow Submarine'. End of sessions for `Yellow  
Submarine'.    
 
1969 
 -- The `Rat Magazine' publishes the `Paul is dead' theory.  
 
1971 
 -- UK single release: `Mrs. Lennon'/`Midsummer New York'.  
 
1973 
 -- US LP release: `Mind Games'.   
    US single release: `Mind Games'/`Meat City'.   
 
1983 
 -- `Say Say Say', 3rd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1988 
 -- 5th episode of a BBC series, essentially based on `The  
Beatles At The Beeb' collection.  
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert in Zurich, Switzerland (Get Back Tour).  
  
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30 October 
 
1961 
 -- Two girls ask for more copies of `My Bonnie' at the NEMS  
record store.  
 
1962 
 -- Morning. The Beatles fly to Hamburg. [1 November?]   
 
1963 
 -- Studio 3 (control room only). 2.30-5.30pm. Stereo mixing:  
`Money (That's What I Want)' (from take 7). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: A. B. Lincoln.  
    End of work on `With The Beatles'.  
 -- `She Loves You', 9th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical  
Express chart).    
    `Please Please Me' LP, 32nd week in the Top 10 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 -- Recording for the Swedish TV programme `Drop In'.  
 
1964 
 -- 18.15, 20.30. Concerts at the Gaumont Theatre, Bournemouth.  
 
1965 
 -- `Help!' single, 12th and last week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
    `Yesterday', 5th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).  
 
1969 
 -- It is announced the release of a record by the Plastic Ono  
Band called `Gossip'.   
 
1971 
 -- UK LP release: `Imagine'.  
 -- `Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey', 11th week in the Top 40  
(Billboard).   
    `Imagine' single, 2nd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).   
 
1989 
 -- Paul concert in Zurich, Switzerland (Get Back Tour).  
  
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31 October 
 
1956 
 -- Mary Patricia Mohin dies.  
 
1963 
 -- Heathrow Airport, London. The Beatles return to England from  
Sweden. When they arrive, they coincide at the airport with the Prime  
Minister, Miss Universe and Ed Sullivan.  
 
1964 
 -- `A Hard Day's Night' LP number 1, 15th week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
 -- 18.00, 20.30. Concerts at the Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich.  
 
1966 
 -- Studio 1 (control room only). 2.30-4.30pm. Stereo mixing:  
`Paperback Writer' (remixes 1-3, from take 2). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.   
    1st session of stereo mixes of themes never mixed for  
stereo, for `A Collection Of Oldies'.  
 
1968 
 -- Linda and Heather move to England to live at Paul's house.  
 
1969 
 -- UK single release: `Something'/`Come Together'.  
    1st release in the UK of a single from an already released  
LP.   
  
