Today in Beatles History: October 4

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

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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. The first of 58 nights. At the
Kaiserkeller, still playing seven days a week, The Beatles play
alternating sets with Rory Storm & the Hurricanes. It is here that
John, Paul, and George become friendly with Hurricanes drummer
Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr), and they think far less of Pete
Best's drumming abilities after seeing Ringo in action. This only
adds to the tension between Pete and the other Beatles, for Pete
does not really fit in with the others, especially in their use of
drugs and their wild antics. The huge stage at the Kaiserkeller at
first awes The Beatles, who are accustomed to the tiny Indra Club
stage, but soon they are back to putting on the frantic act they
learned at the Indra Club. Often The Beatles perform drunk, mostly
due to the generosity of appreciative customers who send beer for
them onto the stage, and most of those generous souls are not the
type to accept a rejection of their hospitality.

1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at lunchtime.

1963
The Beatles, at the Television House in Kingsway, London, appear
live on the relatively new television program "Ready, Steady, Go!"
They lip-sync to their songs "Twist and Shout", "I'll Get You", and
"She Loves You". The lip-sync format was rather obvious on "I'll
Get You", because none of The Beatles was playing the harmonica
part, which could be clearly heard. As The Beatles pretended to be
performing, teen dancers gyrated around the small podium that The
Beatles were standing on. The Beatles also gave an interview. The
Beatles' performance of "She Loves You" is re-broadcast on November
8, and the complete three-song set is re-broadcast on December 31.

[J] 1967
John and George return to Wembley Studios to tape a follow-up
television interview to their earlier appearance on "The Frost
Programme". Viewer interest in their first discussion of
Transcendental Me***ation was so strong that the two Beatles were
invited back for further discussions, including a panel discussion
and a question-and-answer session with the studio audience. As
with the previous interview, the program is broadcast later the
same night.

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Trident Studios, London).
Recording is begun and nearly completed for "Martha My Dear",
including the strings and horns overdub. The saxophones and
clarinets overdub for "Honey Pie" is also recorded. Paul also
records the tinny line "now she's hit the big time!" for "Honey
Pie".

[J] 1974
UK release of John Lennon LP "Walls and Bridges" (Apple). Songs:
"Going Down on Love", "Whatever Gets You Through the Night", "Old
Dirt Road", "What You Got", "Bless You", "Scared", "#9 Dream",
"Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)", "Steel and Glass",
"Beef Jerky", "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)", "Ya
Ya".

[J] 1974
UK release of John Lennon single "Whatever Gets You Through the
Night/Beef Jerky" (Apple). Released on the same day as the "Walls
and Bridges" LP.

[J] 1977
John and Yoko hold a press conference in Japan at the end of a
four-month vacation there. John announces that his top priority
for the next several years will be the raising of his son Sean and
that all artistic concerns will be secondary.

1978
Re-release in Sweden of Beatles double compilation LP "The Beatles
1962-1966" (Parlophone). Red vinyl.

1978
Re-release in Sweden of Beatles double compilation LP "The Beatles
1967-1970" (Parlophone). Blue vinyl.

1982
UK re-release of Beatles single "Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You"
(Parlophone) as both a regular single and a picture disc.
Twentieth anniversary commemorative reissue. A 12-inch single was
released on November 1 which contained both versions of "Love Me
Do" (one on which Ringo plays drums, the other using a session
drummer) along with "P.S. I Love You".

[J] 1988
US release of posthumous John Lennon CD and double LP "Imagine:
John Lennon" (Capitol). Songs: "Real Love" (1980 demo), "Imagine"
(1970 demo); Beatles songs "Twist and Shout" (mono), "Help!", "In
My Life", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "A Day In the Life",
"Revolution" (single version), "The Ballad of John and Yoko",
"Julia", "Don't Let Me Down"; and Lennon solo songs "Give Peace a
Chance" (uncut single version), "How?", "Imagine" (released album
version), "God", "Mother" (live from One to One Concert), "Stand By
Me", "Jealous Guy", "Woman", "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)", and
"(Just Like) Starting Over". The track "A Day in the Life" has a
clean intro, not the crossfade beginning heard on the "Sgt.
Pepper'sõ?Ư" album.

[J] 1988
Premiere of the documentary film "Imagine: John Lennon" in New
York. The UK premiere will be Oct. 25. General release to be Oct.
28.

[P] 1999
UK release of Paul McCartney album "Run Devil Run". Tracks: "Blue
Jean Bop", "She Said Yeah", "All Shook Up", "Run Devil Run", "No
Other Baby", "Lonesome Town", "Try Not to Cry", "Movie Magg",
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man", "What It Is", "Coquette", "I Got Stung",
"Honey Hush", "Shake a Hand", and "Party". Some top chart
positions: Austria - #18; Germany - #21; Sweden - #23; Switzerland
- #36.



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