August 30 in the Beatles History

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on August 30. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1960
The Beatles perform at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg,
West Germany.

1961
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club, Liverpool - a night
performance.

1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club, Liverpool, at lunchtime and
at Riverpark Ballroom, Chester, at night. Also appearing for this
night of "Non-Stop Twist & Jive" is Gerry & the Pacemakers.

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. Shooting outside of Ringo's house--Ringo is
filmed leaving his house, having to fight his way through the crowd
of teenagers gathered outside, and making his way to George's
open-top sports car, which speeds away with fans hanging onto the
back. Ringo then shoots a solo scene, visiting a women's beauty
parlor in recognition of his comments about wanting to be a lady's
hairdresser. This is the final day of filming for the documentary,
which was originally going to be called "The Beatles", but which
was changed to "The Mersey Sound", since other groups were included
in the film. A limited-area broadcast of the completed film will
be made on October 9 to London and the north. A nationwide
transmission is broadcast on November 13. "The Mersey Sound" was
well-liked by both critics and the public, and copy prints are
requested by (and provided to) the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and the
National Film Archive in London. Extracts from this documentary
have appeared many times over the years. One very important clip
was exported to America--a segment with The Beatles performing "She
Loves You" was sold to the US television network NBC for "The Jack
Paar Show". Brian Epstein is quite upset over this, because he
does not want to jeopardize his exclusive Beatles contract with Ed
Sullivan. Nonetheless, this clip of The Beatles is broadcast on
the Paar show, becoming the first appearance of The Beatles on
American television (except for news reports). The television
critic for "The New York Times", Jack Gould, is unimpressed with
The Beatles. He comments, "It would not seem quite so likely that
the accompanying fever known as Beatlemania will also be
successfully exported. On this side of the Atlantic it is dated
stuff" (Lewisohn).

1964
The Beatles, on tour in the USA, perform at Convention Hall,
Atlantic City, New Jersey, for 18,000 fans.

1965
The Beatles, on tour in North America, perform one show at the
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California. The concert is recorded,
and seven tracks will be included on the 1977 album "The Beatles at
the Hollywood Bowl" ("Twist and Shout", "She's a Woman", "Dizzy
Miss Lizzie", "Ticket to Ride", "Can't Buy Me Love", "A Hard Day's
Night", and "Help!"). For their two consecutive nights at the
Hollywood Bowl, The Beatles earn $90,000. [Note: the song "Dizzy
Miss Lizzie" is often spelled "Dizzy Miss Lizzy".]

1968
UK release of Beatles single "Hey Jude/Revolution" (Apple). First
single (and first record) released on the Apple label. 11 weeks on
the charts; highest position #1.

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Trident Studios, London).
Mono and stereo mixes are made for "Dear Prudence".

[J] 1972
John Lennon performs two One to One benefit concerts with
Elephant's Memory at Madison Square Garden in New York. The
concerts are to benefit the Willowbrook School for Children. The
concerts are recorded, and some of the songs are later e***ed into
the LP and video "John Lennon: Live in New York City". John
purchased $60,000 worth of tickets to distribute to volunteer
fund-raisers. The event, organized by Geraldo Rivera, raised over
$1.5 million. Other acts performing were Stevie Wonder, Roberta
Flack, and Sha Na Na.

[O] 1974
UK release of Harry Nilsson LP "***** Cats", which was produced by
John Lennon. Ringo Starr plays drums and maracas on the album.
The album includes John's song "Mucho Mungo".

[J] 1984
At an auction in London, Beatle fans spend $271,180 for Beatles
memorabilia. Highest price paid was $23,056 for an unpublished
manuscript written by John Lennon.

1988
UK re-release of Beatles single "Hey Jude/Revolution" (Apple).
20th anniversary reissue. Released as a regular 7-inch single and
also as a 7-inch picture disc. A 12-inch single and a 12-inch
picture disc single were also released (on the Parlophone label).

1999
The world premiere of the restored animated Beatles film "Yellow
Submarine" is held in Liverpool, England. George Martin and Neil
Aspinall attend the premiere. The Liverpool City Council have
declared this day as "Yellow Submarine Day", the climax of
International Beatles Week (August 25-31). The Beatles' 1968
motion picture has been digitally remastered, including its
soundtrack. Both the movie (home video on VHS and DVD) and the
album ("Yellow Submarine Songtrack", on CD and cassette) are
scheduled for release on September 14.



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