August 4 in The Beatles History

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on August 4. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1961
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club - a lunchtime show. That
night they appear at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool.

1962
The Beatles perform at Victoria Hall, Wirral, Cheshire.

1963
The Beatles perform at Queen's Theatre in Blackpool. So many fans
are crowded around the theatre, blocking every entrance, that The
Beatles have to go through a construction area, up and across some
scaffolding to the roof of the theatre, from where they are lowered
through a trap door.

1967
UK re-release of 1964 album "The Beatles First" (Polydor). No
change in track listing.

1967
Re-release in Sweden of Beatles LP "The Beatles First" (Polydor).

1969
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Recording vocal overdubs for "Because". George Harrison
asks George Martin to arrange an orchestral score for "Something".
"The Beatles Anthology 3" has the vocal overdub track, without any
instrumentation, for "Because" (Disc two, Track 20).

[J] 1973
During recording sessions for his "Mind Games" LP, John Lennon
records the song "Rock and Roll People". The song will end up
being omitted from the album, and John will give the song to Johnny
Winter. Lennon's recording of the song appears on his posthumous
album "Menlove Ave."

[J] 1980
John Lennon begins recording sessions at the Hit Factory for the
"Double Fantasy" album, as well as for songs that will make up his
posthumous "Milk and Honey" album.



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