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A most unusual concert, a record really hard to beat, and an attempted jam session with Jefferson Airplane 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 4th of April.

0:00 - Introduction.

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

0:39 - In 1962, the Beatles performed a a lunchtime and an evening concert at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.

0:50 - In 1963, the Beatles recorded several songs for BBC Radio's Side By Side.

1:52 - At night, they performed at the Roxburgh Hall in Stowe.

2:26 - In 1964, the Beatles make history placing 12 songs on the Hot 100 Billboard chart.

4:03 - In 1967, George Harrison and George Martin complete Within You Without You.

4:44 - Paul McCartney meets Jefferson Airplane.

5:26 - In 1969, Glyn Johns works on a new mono mix of Get Back and Don't Let Me Down.

5:43 - Conclusion.

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