Today in Beatles History: October 17

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on October 17. **

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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 David Lewis Club, Liverpool.

1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at lunchtime and then again
at night. In between the two shows, they make their television
debut, appearing live on the program "People and Places".

1962
In between their lunchtime and night shows at the ****rn Club, The
Beatles travel to Studio Four, Granada TV Centre, Manchester,
Lancashire, to make their television debut. They appear live on a
local magazine program called "People and Places", which is
broadcast across north and northwest England. After two rehearsals
lasting nearly three hours, The Beatles perform two songs for the
live transmission, "Some Other Guy" and "Love Me Do".

1963
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). The Beatles worked on three recording projects in one
day: 1) a failed attempt to improve their track "You Really Got a
Hold On Me" for the "With the Beatles" LP, 2) recording their 5th
single, "I Want to Hold Your Hand/This Boy", and 3) recording "The
Beatles' Christmas Record", the first of seven annual Christmas
records distributed free to members of their fan club (the second
Christmas record would be the first one issued to fan club members
in the US). This session was also important in that it marked the
introduction of four-track recording at EMI, which allowed for more
creativity in the studio. The Beatles used this new recording
process for "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "This Boy", both of
which were completed in 17 takes. Parlophone released the single
on November 29. The Beatles then recorded the 12th take of "You
Really Got a Hold On Me", finally deciding to not try any
ad***ional takes.

1967
John, Paul, George, and Ringo attend a memorial service for Brian
Epstein at the New London Synagogue, Abbey Road.

[P] 1983
UK release of Paul McCartney LP "Pipes of Peace" (Parlophone).
Songs: "Say Say Say" [with Michael Jackson], "The Man" [also with
Michael Jackson], "Pipes of Peace", "The Other Me", "Keep Under
Cover", "So Bad", "Sweetest Little Show", "Average Person", "Hey
Hey", "Tug of Peace", and "Through Our Love".

[G] 1987
George Harrison makes an unannounced appearance with Bob Dylan on
stage at Wembley Arena.

[G] 1988
US release of Traveling Wilburys single, CD single, and cassette
single "Handle With Care/Margarita" (Wilbury). George Harrison is
one of the 'Wilburys'.

[G] 1988
UK release of Traveling Wilburys single "Handle with
Care/Margarita" (Wilbury). Some copies issued in a picture sleeve
with a peel-off sticker. Also released on this date with track
listing "Handle with Care (extended version)/Margarita": 3-inch CD
single, 10-inch single, and a 12-inch single. The 12-inch single
was issued in a facsimile of a 78 rpm brown-card stitched sleeve.

[P] 1988
UK re-release of Wings LP and CD "Venus and Mars" (both on the Fame
label). The CD version had bonus tracks "Zoo Gang", "Lunch Box -
Odd Sox", and "My Carnival". Also re-released this date on both LP
and CD: Paul McCartney's album "Tug of War" (Fame).

[G] 1989
US release of George Harrison compilation CD, LP and cassette "Best
of Dark Horse: 1976-1989" (Dark Horse). Includes two new songs:
"****amamie Business" and "Poor Little Girl". Previously released
songs: "Cheer Down", "Blow Away", "That's the Way It Goes", "Wake
Up My Love", "Life Itself", "Got My Mind Set on You", "Crackerbox
Palace", "Cloud 9", "Here Comes the Moon", "When We Was Fab", "Love
Comes to Everyone", and "All Those Years Ago". The CD and cassette
formats have an ad***ional song, "Gone Troppo".



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