March 4th – On This Day In Beatles History

Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 9:09 am

1961 Performance at Aintree Institute in Aintree, Liverpool.

1964 Studio 3 (control room only). 10.00-11.00am. Mono mixing: `I Call Your Name’ (from take 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: unknown; 2nd Engineer: not assigned.`Please Please Me’ LP, 50th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `With The Beatles‘ number 1, 15th week (UK New Musical Express chart). Shooting of early scenes for `A Hard Day’s Night‘, on board a train leaving from Paddington Station. [Some day between 2 and 6 March 1964.] After a day of filming in the West Country for `A Hard Day’s Night’, the Beatles return to Westbourne Park Station, London.

1966 UK EP release: `Yesterday’. Yesterday (EP). The `Evening Standard‘ publishes Maureen Cleave‘s interview to John, with comments on Christianism.

1967 Robert Stigwood signs the Bee Gees to an agency contract with NEMS Enterprises for 5 years. Michael Bullock is reinstated by Brian as Saville Theatre house manager.

1969 Odeon Theatre, London. Premiere of the film `Isadora’. Paul attends. Surprise visit of Princess Margaret during shooting of a scene in a French restaurant for `The Magic Christian’. After,lunch of Princess Margaret, Denis O’Dell, Ringo and Peter Sellers. Paul, Linda and Heather visit during shooting of `The Magic Christian’.