Infighting, Shouting, Arguing...

A breakthrough for the recording career of the Fab Four, a meeting with Bob Dylan, and another bitter argument during the band’s long death are among the highlights of this episode of What A Fab Day, the podcast telling you the day by day story of the Beatles. Today, we focus on what happened to the Fab Four on the 9th of May.

0:00 - Introduction.
0:30 - In 1961, the Beatles play at the Top Ten club in Hamburg, West Germany.
0:43 - In 1962, Brian Epstein meets George Martin to follow through his promise to record the Beatles.
2:13 - The Beatles are on the stage of the Star-Club in Hamburg.
2:22 - In 1965, the Beatles keep on filming Help!
3:11 - At night, they meet Bob Dylan after watching him live at the Royal Albert Hall.
3:27 - In 1966, Paul and Ringo record For No One.
4:48 - In 1967, the Beatles record a 16 minute instrumental jam that will not be released.
5:35 - In 1969, George's Electronic Sound and John's and Yoko's Unfinished Music No. 2 are released today.
6:45 - The Beatles have a mixing session with Glyn Johns that ends up in a fight.
9:01 - Paul participates to Steve Miller's My Dark Hour.
9:37 - Conclusion.

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