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A precautionary defection, the birth of the Magical Mystery Tour, and the fine tune in for a single release 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 7th of April.

0:00 - Introduction.

0:28 - In 1961, the Beatles play at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg.

0:42 - In 1962, the Beatles perform twice without George Harrison.

1:16 - In 1963, the Beatles play the Savoy Ballroom in Portsmouth.

1:31 - In 1964, the Beatles film the police station sequence of A Hard Day's Night.

2:10 - In 1965, the Beatles shoot the pub cellar sequence scene of Help!

2:36 - In 1966, the Beatles add tape loops on Tomorrow Never Knows.

3:52 - Then, they start recording Got To Get You Into My Life.

4:23 - In 1967, George Martin completes several stereo mixes for Sgt Pepper's.

4:58 - Paul McCartney has an idea that will become Magical Mystery Tour.

6:03 - In 1969, Paul McCartney and Glyn Johns work on the final mix of Get Back.

6:50 - Conclusion.

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Thanks to Alessandro d’Amito, Chiara Colafemmina, Daniele Monterisi, Fabio Ingegno, and Mariella Tarantino.