November 1 in the Beatles History

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on November 1. **

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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 Kaiserkeller Club, Grosse Freiheit,
Hamburg, West Germany.

1961
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at lunchtime and then again
at night.

1962
The Beatles perform at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany. The
first night of a 14-night stand. They share the bill with Little
Richard, and they play three and one-half hours each night.

1963
UK release of Beatles EP "The Beatles (No. 1)" (Parlophone).
Songs: "I Saw Her Standing There", "Misery", "Anna", and "Chains".
Highest chart position: #2.

1963
The Beatles begin a lengthy tour of Britain, performing two shows
at the Odeon Cinema in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Their
repertoire for the tour is "I Saw Her Standing There", "From Me to
You", "All My Loving", "You Really Got a Hold On Me", "Roll Over
Beethoven", "Boys", "Till There Was You", "She Loves You", "Money",
and "Twist and Shout". Not that the song selection mattered very
much--the screaming had become so loud that no one could hear much
more than a few notes of music, not even The Beatles themselves.
Supporting The Beatles are The Rhythm & Blues Quartet, The Vernons
Girls, Frank Berry, The Brook Brothers, Peter Jay & the Jaywalkers,
and The Kestrels. For each night on the tour The Beatles earn 300
pounds.

[O] 1963
UK release of the Rolling Stones' single "I Wanna Be Your Man"
(Decca). The song was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
John and Paul had visited with the Rolling Stones and had offered
the partially-written song to them. After the Rolling Stones
expressed interest in the fragment of the song that John and Paul
played for them, Lennon and McCartney went into another room for
about ten minutes and completed the song. "I Wanna Be Your Man"
went on to become the Rolling Stones' first Top Twenty hit.
Released in the US on February 17, 1964.

[O] 1963
UK release of Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas single "I'll Keep You
Satisfied" (Parlophone). The song, cre***ed to Lennon-McCartney,
was written by Paul McCartney. Highest UK chart position: number
4. Released in the US on November 11 (Liberty Records), where it
will peak at number 30 in the charts. The Beatles themselves never
recorded the song, although a demo tape was probably made for
George Martin and Kramer.

1964
The Beatles, on a tour of Britain, perform two shows at the Astoria
Cinema in Finsbury Park, London.

1965
The Beatles take part in rehearsals and filming for a television
special, "The Music of Lennon & McCartney", which will feature The
Beatles and other artists performing Lennon-McCartney songs. The
Beatles lip-sync to "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out" (John
"playing" harmonium instead of guitar on the second song). The
Beatles pretend to be playing to a studio audience, but the
accompanying applause is overdubbed later. The songs performed,
and the artists who performed them, are as follows: a song medley
(The George Martin Orchestra); "A World Without Love" (Peter and
Gordon); "I Saw Him Standing There" (Lulu); "From Me to You" (Alan
Haven and Tony Crombie); "She Loves You"/medley (Fritz Spiegel's
Ensemble); "Day Tripper" (Beatles); "Yesterday" (begun by Paul
McCartney, taken over by Marianne Faithfull); "She Loves You"
(Antonio Vargas); "Things We Said Today" (sung in French by Dick
Rivers); "Bad to Me" (Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas); "It's For
You" (Cilla Black); "Ringo's Theme (This Boy)" (the George Martin
Orchestra); "If I Fell" (Henry Mancini); "And I Love Him" (Esther
Phillips); "A Hard Day's Night" (Peter Sellers); and "We Can Work
It Out" (Beatles). Broadcast on December 16 (in London) and
December 17 (the rest of Britain). Recorded at Granada TV Centre,
Manchester.

1967
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Three, EMI Studios,
London). "All You Need Is Love" and "Lucy in the Sky with
Diamonds" are mixed into mono for the soundtrack of the movie
"Yellow Submarine". Then applause sound effects are assembled for
use in the movie. Lastly, reduction mixdowns are made of "Hello
Goodbye" and stereo mixes are prepared for "The Fool on the Hill".

[G] 1968
UK release of George Harrison soundtrack LP "Wonderwall Music"
(Apple). Harrison composed the film score. First album released
on Apple label.

1969
The Beatles' LP "Abbey Road" reaches #1 in the US charts.

[J] 1974
John Lennon asks permission from a US court to question the
Immigration and Naturalization Service about its motivation for
wanting to deport him. He also wants to ask about former US
Attorney General John Mitchell's role in the affair.

[J] 1982
UK release of John Lennon compilation LP "The John Lennon
Collection" (Parlophone). Songs: "Give Peace a Chance", "Instant
Karma", "Power to the People", "Happy Xmas (War is Over)",
"Whatever Gets You Through the Night", "Stand By Me", "#9 Dream",
"Mind Games", "Love", "Imagine", "Jealous Guy", "(Just Like)
Starting Over", "Woman", "I'm Losing You", "Beautiful Boy (Darling
Boy)", "Watching the Wheels", and "Dear Yoko". [Note: The album
will be re-released in the UK on October 23, 1989, with two
ad***ional tracks, "Move Over Ms. L" and "Cold Turkey".]


** The following events all took place sometime in November. **
[J] 1966
In early November 1966, John Lennon records (at least) four demos
of his new song "Strawberry Fields Forever". One of those demos
was released on "The Beatles Anthology 2" (Disc two, Track one).

1968
The Beatles separately record contributions for "The Beatles 1968
Christmas Record", which is released to fan club members on
December 20. Visiting George Harrison while George was in the USA
producing a Jackie Lomax album, singer Tiny Tim recorded the
Beatles song "Nowhere Man" for inclusion on the Christmas record.

[J] 1968
John and Yoko tape a 40-minute interview with a Dutch sociologist
and writer, the interview taking place in the waiting room of a
dentist in London. Yoko was alone for the first half of the
interview while John was being treated by the dentist. Broadcast
in The Netherlands on January 15, 1969.

[G] 1968
George Harrison records the instrumental track "No Time or Space",
the track appearing on Harrison's "Electronic Sound" LP. Bernie
Krause has claimed that it is his performance on this track, which
was recorded as he demonstrated the new Moog synthesizer for
George. Krause had provided some synthesizer effects for the
Jackie Lomax album that George was producing.

[P] 1977
Joe English departs from Wings.

[J] 1980
John Lennon records a demo of the unreleased song "Dear John", one
of the last songs he ever composed (and perhaps the very last).

[J] 1981
US re-release of John Lennon single "Happy Xmas (War is Over)
[John, Yoko, others]/Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [John]" (Geffen).
Originally released with alternate B-side.

1982
US release of Beatles LP "The Silver Beatles" (Audio Rarities).
Picture disc containing 10 of the 15 songs from the Jan, 1, 1962,
Decca au***ion.

1986
US release of Beatles interview LP "Here There and Everywhere"
(Cicadelic). Interviews taped by Derek Taylor during the filming
of the movie "Help!" in the Bahamas, Feb.-Mar. 1965.

[P] 1988
US re-release of Paul McCartney albums on CD: "Red Rose Speedway"
(with bonus tracks "The Mess", "I Lie Around", and "Country
Dreamer"); "Venus and Mars" (with bonus tracks "Zoo Gang", "Lunch
Box-Odd Sox", and "My Carnival"); and "McCartney II" (with bonus
tracks "Check My Machine" and "Secret Friend").

[J] 1996
Release of "The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus", filmed in
December 1968, on videocassette and laserdisc. This is the first
time the film has been issued. When it was originally decided to
postpone release of the film, the metal canisters containing the
original film were stacked in odd places, such as under a
secretary's desk and in a bathroom, because no one knew what to do
with them. The Stones' road manager, Ian Stewart, hoping to
protect the film from being lost, put the canisters in his barn,
only he didn't tell anyone that he had done so. Eventually the
Stones assumed the film was forever lost, occasionally wondering
where it might have gone to. After Stewart's death, his widow
found the film canisters in the barn, underneath a lawnmower and a
pair of boots. The finally-released show features an appearance by
John Lennon. He performs "Yer Blues", playing rhythm guitar,
accompanied by Eric Clapton (lead guitar), Keith Richard (bass),
and Mitch Mitchell (drums), the 'group' going by the name 'The
Dirty Mac'. Later, the four of them are joined by Yoko Ono and
violinist Ivry Gitlis for a standard blues jam, called "Her Blues",
featuring Yoko Ono's free-form vocalizing. Also performing in the
film are The Who, Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and,
of course, The Rolling Stones. The guitarist appearing with Jethro
Tull is Tony Iommi, who will later become a founding member of
Black Sabbath; Iommi was with Jethro Tull for only a few weeks,
filling in for the recently-departed Mick Abrahams.



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