The Beatles Bible 🍏

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Beatles history tweets, plus occasional other stuff. Love is all you need.

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29 October 1991:

Paul McCartney’s seventh solo studio album, Choba B CCCP, is released in the USA.

A collection of cover versions recorded in two days, it includes several songs from the early years of rock 'n' roll.

More:

https://t.co/wOcXtvndAT

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29 October 1965:

The Beatles finish recording We Can Work It Out.

Paul McCartney double-tracks his lead vocals, and John Lennon records a second harmonium part.

Full session info:

https://t.co/FAgYxppsaU

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29 October 1973:

John Lennon's single Mind Games is released in the USA.

Lennon: "It was originally called Make Love Not War, but that was such a cliché that you couldn’t say it anymore, so I wrote it obscurely."

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29 October 1963:

The Beatles' 1963 tour of Sweden ends with a show for 2,000 fans in Eskilstuna.

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28 October 1996:

The Beatles' Anthology 3 album is released worldwide.

The album tops the US Billboard 200 chart, and goes top ten in Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, and the UK.

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https://t.co/8h0oyuBDZK

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In 2010 we interviewed Raymond Jones about the purchase of the Beatles' My Bonnie that changed music history.

"The first time I saw The Beatles I was totally blown away. I couldn't believe what I was hearing."

Read the full interview:

https://t.co/xqFcCb60x7

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28 October 1961:

"There's a record I want. It's 'My Bonnie' and it was made in Germany. Have you got it?"

Beatles fan Raymond Jones orders My Bonnie from Brian Epstein's NEMS store in Liverpool.

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27 October 1986:

Menlove Ave, a set of previously-unreleased John Lennon recordings, is released in the USA.

It contains ten songs recorded during the Rock 'N' Roll and Walls And Bridges sessions.

Read all about Menlove Ave:

https://t.co/eqoPiUFEIE

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27 October 1981:

Ringo Starr's eighth solo album, Stop And Smell The Roses, is released in the USA.

Despite guest appearances from Paul McCartney and George Harrison, the album peaks at 98 on the Billboard chart.

https://t.co/vQF7lXquR8

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27 October 1963

The Beatles play three concerts in Gothenburg, Sweden.

They make the journey from Stockholm in a single car, with their equipment in another, and stay in the Park Avenue Hotel in the centre of Gothenburg.

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27 October 1962:

The Beatles give their very first radio interview, to Radio Clatterbridge.

Paul McCartney: "John is, in fact, the leader of the group…"

Read the transcript here:

https://t.co/wPjDGYP6gz

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26 October 1973:

Paul McCartney and Wings' single Helen Wheels is released in the UK.

Helen Wheels was the name of the McCartneys' Land Rover, a pun on the phrase 'hell on wheels'. The song was recorded during the Band On The Run sessions.

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26 October 1965:

The Beatles collect their MBEs from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

Paul McCartney: "For four Liverpool lads it was, 'Wow, hey man!' It was quite funny. But she was sweet."

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https://t.co/FYhCvcGCG6

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26 October 1964:

The final recording session takes place for the Beatles' fourth EMI album, Beatles For Sale.

They record Honey Don't and What You're Doing, plus Another Beatles Christmas Record for the UK fan club.

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https://t.co/qNPQ8NU2Xt

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26 October 1963:

The Beatles play two shows in Stockholm, Sweden.

After the second concert John Lennon and Ringo Starr attend a party held by concert headliner Joey Dee at the Foresta Hotel.

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23 October 2010:

Yoko Ono unveils an English Heritage plaque at 34 Montagu Square, London.

"I am grateful to you all for commemorating John and this particular part of his London life, one which spawned so much of his great music and great art."

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https://t.co/9Hjwk7Dk0w

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23 October 1980:

John Lennon's comeback single (Just Like) Starting Over is released in the USA.

"I'd done that music and identified with it – that was my period – but I'd never written a song that sounded like that."

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23 October 1963:

The final recording session for the With The Beatles LP sees a tambourine part added to I Wanna Be Your Man, and mono mixes of that song, plus Little Child and Hold Me Tight.

Full session info:

https://t.co/1gMkmOAHQA

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21 October 1965:

The Beatles record Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) in three takes, including guitars, bass, drums, sitar, tambourine and vocals.

John Lennon: "George had just got the sitar and I said, Could you play this piece?"

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The Beatles and Apple Corps have announced that they are to take control of The Beatles Story in Liverpool, moving it from its home in Albert Dock to a new site in the city.

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