Archive for June, 2016
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June 30, 1966
30 Jun 2016According to my sources, The Beatles landed at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport at 3:40 AM today, having traveled many miles and…
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June 28, 1966
28 Jun 2016After leaving Anchorage, The Beatles had a long flight to Tokyo. In fact they did not land until early June…
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June 27, 1966
27 Jun 2016Above: John, Paul, and Ringo’s hair in their hotel suite in Anchorage. The chronology becomes a bit tricky now,…
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June 26, 1966
26 Jun 2016The Beatles had first come to Hamburg in 1960, contracted to serve as house band at a nightclub on the…
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June 25, 1966
25 Jun 2016Today the Bravo-Beatles-Blitztournee continued in Essen with two shows at the Grugahalle (which I believe translates literally as “Enormodome”). The…
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June 24, 1966
24 Jun 2016Today the boys played two shows at the Circus-Krone-Bau in Munich, Germany. The setlist looked like this: Rock and Roll…
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June 23, 1966
23 Jun 2016Today the Beatles flew to Germany in preparation for a three-show promotional tour during which they would visit Munich, Essen,…
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June 20, 1966
20 Jun 2016During this week The Beatles gradually put the finishing touches on their new album (still untitled at this point), overdubbing and…
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June 16, 1966
16 Jun 2016In today’s session The Beatles revisited Paul’s “Here, There and Everywhere,” apparently dissatisfied with Tuesday’s takes. All the work paid…
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June 15, 1966
15 Jun 2016Today saw the release in the U.S. of the compilation album Yesterday and Today, a shameless money-grab made up up…