August 29 in The Beatles History

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on August 29. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1959
The Quarry Men (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and
Ken Brown) perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, Hayman's Green, West
Derby, Liverpool. This is the opening night of a new teen club in
the spacious cellars of a large Victorian house that is owned by
Mrs. Mona Best. This is the first of seven straight Saturdays that
The Quarry Men will play here. Originally, the booking was for the
Les Stewart Quartet, the group with which George Harrison had been
playing. Les Stewart and Ken Brown had gotten into a serious
argument and Stewart walked out, swearing he'd never come back.
Brown asked George Harrison if he knew of anyone who could step in
and save the day. George got in touch with John Lennon and Paul
McCartney, and The Quarry Men play the club's opening performance,
resurrecting The Quarry Men from a brush with disbanding.

1960
The Beatles perform at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg,
West Germany.

1961
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club, Liverpool - a lunchtime
show.

1962
The Beatles perform at Floral Hall Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire.

1963
The Beatles perform at the Odeon Cinema in Southport.

1963
The Beatles filming for a documentary being made to explore the
"Mersey Beat" boom. The Beatles are filmed walking on the top deck
of a ferry boat and signing autographs. Later, at Speke Airport in
south Liverpool, they act out an airplane arrival, descending steps
from an airplane.

1964
The Beatles, on tour in the USA, perform at Forest Hills Tennis
Stadium, Forest Hills, New York. One show in front of 16,000 fans.

1965
The Beatles, on tour in North America, perform a show at the
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California. The first of two nights
at the Hollywood Bowl. The Beatles' performance is recorded for
possible release on record, but technical problems (most especially
Paul's microphone going out) render the recordings unusable.

1966
The Beatles play their last concert before a paying audience, at
Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. A crowd of 25,000
is in attendance. John and Paul, knowing what the fans do not
(that this will be the last concert ever) bring cameras on stage
and take pictures between songs. During their final tour, The
Beatles have not played a single song from their newest album,
"Revolver", accentuating the incompatibility between their current
musical interests and performing live. As The Beatles fly out of
San Francisco, George comments, "Well, that's it, I'm not a Beatle
anymore." While that is technically inaccurate, it gives proof to
the fact that The Beatles have evolved and are no longer the "Fab
Four". The Beatles will go their own separate ways for several
months, giving rise to e***orials lamenting the demise of The
Beatles. However, in late November they will get back into the
studio together and forge a new, stunning identity.

[O] 1967
Brian Epstein's funeral is held in Liverpool. Only family members
attend; The Beatles are not present. After Brian's death, The
Beatles do not appoint a new manager, but assume that
responsibility themselves. Their first big project will be
"Magical Mystery Tour", but their lack of experience in producing
and directing movies will result in a film that is somewhat
self-indulgent and amateurish. Admittedly, for some, those
elements give the movie a certain charm. For the larger audience,
however, "Magical Mystery Tour" (the movie) will be an unmitigated
flop. At this point in The Beatles' career, Paul McCartney will
begin to exert more influence upon the other Beatles, largely due
to the lack of interest that John and George have in continuing
being Beatles, causing them to follow Paul's lead as Beatles while
they pursue their own outside interests individually. Mark
Lewisohn has a curious take on the situation, suggesting that John,
George, and Ringo, having become successful, were suddenly content
to sit back and let Paul, the truly industrious one, do the driving
(so to speak). Yet a careful reading of Lewisohn's works betrays a
clear bias in favor of McCartney. Indeed, if one looks at John
Lennon's activities outside of The Beatles, one is surely
hard-pressed to explain Paul's emerging leadership role within The
Beatles as arising from John's becoming lazy or 'less industrious'.
Perhaps a more accurate explanation is that Paul still viewed The
Beatles as his primary artistic outlet, while John and George were
beginning to find greater satisfaction outside of the group.
Indeed, Paul has admitted as much.

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Trident Studios, London).
Overdubbing vocals, handclaps, tambourine, piano, and flugelhorn
onto "Dear Prudence".

[O] 1969
UK release of Jack Bruce LP "Songs For a Tailor", which contains
the song "Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune". George
Harrison, using the pseudonym L'Angelo Misterioso, plays guitar on
that song. Released in the US on October 6, 1969.

[P] 1985
Paul McCartney purchases, at auction, a crude recording of The
Beatles performing at the ****rn Club in July 1962. McCartney pays
2,100 pounds. The tape is reported to include the following
tracks: "Hey! Baby", "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody", "Hippy
Hippy Shake", "Please Mr. Postman", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Ask Me
Why", "Sharing You", "Your Feets Too Big", "Words of Love", "Till
There Was You", "Dizzy Miss Lizzie", "I Forgot to Remember to
Forget", "Matchbox" (with vocal by Pete Best), "Shimmy Shake",
"Memphis", "Young Blood", and "Dream Baby". [Note: the song "Dizzy
Miss Lizzie" is often spelled "Dizzy Miss Lizzy".]

[P] 1989
UK re-release of Wings album "London Town" on CD, LP, and cassette
(Fame). The CD has the bonus track "Girl's School".



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