John Lennon Meets His Father

The start of the Beatles' second Hamburg residency, John Lennon reuniting with his father, and a stormy last recording session 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 1st of April.

0:00 - Introduction.
0:43 - In April 1958, Eric Griffiths leaves the Quarrymen.
1:11 - In 1961, the Beatles start their residency at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg.
2:07 - In mid April 1961, Stu Sutcliffe writes to Allan Williams.
2:37 - In late April 1961, Deutsche Grammophon agrees to record Tony Shridan with the Beatles.
3:11 - In mid-to-late April 1962, Bert Kaempfert records another two songs with Tony Sheridan featuring the Beatles.
4:25 - In 1963, the Beatles record two shows for BBC Radio's Side By Side.
5:37 - In 1964, the Beatles return to the Scala Theatre in London.
6:13 - John Lennon is summoned at NEMS offices to meet his father.
7:45 - In early April 1964, Derek Taylor starts working on Brian Epstein's A Cellarful Of Noise.
8:56 - In 1965, the Beatles kept filming Help!.
9:11 - In 1966, John Lennon acquires The Psychedelic Experience by Timothy Leary and others.
10:30 - In 1967, the Beatles record one last song for the Sgt. Pepper's album.
11:56 - In 1969, John Lennon is interviewed with his wife Yoko for ITV's Today.
12:47 - During spring 1969, a bootleg copy of Get Back appears in the United States.
12:59 - In 1970, Phil Spector records choir and orchestra on three Let It Be tracks.
14:48 - Conclusion.

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