Shooting The Sgt Pepper's Album Cover

A ghost-writing agreement, the shooting of the cover of Sgt Pepper’s, and an unused looping experiment by Phil Spector 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 30th of March.

0:00 - Introduction.
0:28 - In 1962, the Beatles play two gigs at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
0:55 - In 1963, the Beatles/ Montez/ Roe packaged tour is on at the Guildhall in Portsmouth.
1:07 - Brian Epstein pays Derek Taylor an advance for his work as ghostwriter of his autobiography, A Cellarful of Noise.
2:55 - In 1965, the Beatles are busy with the shootings for Help!...
3:11 - ...and with the recordings of That Means A Lot and You're Going To Lose That Girl.
4:09 - In 1967, the photo session producing the sleeve cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band takes place at Michael Cooper's studio.
5:23 - Then, the Beatles complete With A Little Help From My Friends.
5:44 - In 1970, Phil Spector tried an experiment with loop tapes in the studio.
6:25 - Conclusion.

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