Today in Beatles History: July 30

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

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1960
The Silver Beatles perform at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard,
Wallasey. The violence, noise, and general destruction that
accompany the Saturday night sessions here leads nearby residents
to complain, and the ballroom will be closed to beat groups for
nearly five months. The Silver Beatles, meanwhile, begin searching
desperately for a drummer, because their opportunity to play in
Hamburg, West Germany, will evaporate if they are unable to
complete their instrument line-up.

1961
The Beatles perform at Blair Hall, Walton, Liverpool.

1962
The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the ****rn Club, Liverpool,
then travel to Bootle to appear at St. John's Hall, which is
re-named the Blue Penguin Club on rock show nights.

1963
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London), recording songs for their second album. Because they have
two radio appearances to record during the afternoon (see separate
entry), The Beatles work on their album songs in the morning (10:00
am-1:30 pm) and then again through the evening (5:00 pm-11:00 pm).
During the morning session, The Beatles record nine takes of
"Please Mr. Postman" and 10 takes of "It Won't Be Long". In the
evening session, George Martin records his piano overdub for
"Money" (which had been recorded by The Beatles on July 18), then
The Beatles tape 5 more takes of "Till There Was You" (adding to
the takes from July 18), 8 takes of "Roll Over Beethoven", 13 more
takes of "It Won't Be Long", and 13 takes of "All My Loving".

1963
The Beatles tape an interview for the BBC radio program "Non Stop
Pop", for its "Pop Chat" segment. Recorded at London's Playhouse
Theatre. Broadcast on August 30.

1963
The Beatles, at the Playhouse Theatre in London, record six songs
for the BBC radio program "Saturday Club". The songs: "Long Tall
Sally", "She Loves You", "Glad All Over", "Twist and Shout", "You
Really Got a Hold On Me", and "I'll Get You". Broadcast on August
24, with the last three songs being included in the portion of the
program that is broadcast overseas. One track from this session is
included on the 1994 Beatles double-CD "Live at the BBC"--"You
Really Got a Hold On Me" (Disc one, Track 23).

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Continuing work on "Hey Jude", going through take 23 and
a reduction mixdown into take 25. But these recordings are more in
the way of rehearsals, for The Beatles have booked sessions at
Trident Studios to record the official version. During this
session, The Beatles are filmed for segments in a short documentary
about the various forms of British music (titled "Music!"). The
footage is aired in the USA on Feb.22, 1970, on the NBC-TV special
"Experiment in Television".

1969
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studios Two and Three, EMI
Studios, London). Recording overdubs for "Come Together",
"Polythene Pam/She Came In Through the Bathroom Window", "You Never
Give Me Your Money", and "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight". Then
The Beatles begin to assemble the "medley" that will make up side
two of the album. Paul tells tape operator John Kurlander to
discard "Her Majesty", but Kurlander can't bring himself to do so,
tacking it onto the end of the medley tape, about 20 seconds after
the end of "The End". The next day, when acetate discs are cut
from the tape, "Her Majesty" is included. Hearing it like this,
Paul likes it and decides to keep it, including the lengthy silence
preceding it.

[G] 1971
UK release of George Harrison single "Bangla Desh/Deep Blue"
(Apple). 6 weeks on the charts; highest position #10.

1976
UK release of double LP "The Beatles Tapes" (Polydor). First
release of interviews recorded by David Wigg for BBC radio's "Scene
and Heard" program (1969-73).

[G] 1991
US re-release of George Harrison (and Ringo Starr, others) album
"The Concert for Bangla Desh" on CD (Capitol).



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