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From their 1962 debut single Love Me Do to the most recent remastered albums, this is an album-by-album, track-by-track catalogue of every songs ever released by The BeatlesIncludes: A chronology of key events in the life of the greatest ever rock band Separate sections on compilation albums, the Anthology series and non-EMI recordings Eight pages of colour picturesThis is the books that Beatles fans have been looking for - packed with details, facts and pictures its the definitive concise guide to the music of The Beatles.
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Copyright 2010 Omnibus Press
This edition 2010 Omnibus Press
(A Division of Music Sales Limited, 14-15 Berners Street, London W1T 3LJ)
ISBN: 978-0-85712-361-9
The Author hereby asserts his / her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with Sections 77 to 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages.
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Cover and book design by Fresh Lemon.
Picture credits:
Text pages: all images LFI, except page 72 Rex Features and page 173 Getty Images
Colour section: all images LFI, except: page 2: Cavern Club, page 3: group picture including Stuart Sutcliffe, page 4: New York arrival, page 5: Shea Stadium, Washington Coliseum, page 7: John & Yoko and page 8 portrait of Paul Mccartney Getty Images. Page 7: Paul & Linda Rex Features.
PART I
THE ORIGINAL ALBUMS
PART II
COMPILATION ALBUMS
PART III
NON-EMI SESSIONS
PART IV
THE NINETIES AND BEYOND
JULY 7
Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr) born in Liverpool, the birthplace of all four Beatles.
SEPTEMBER
George starts at the Liverpool Institute.
SEPTEMBER
Paul enters the Liverpool Institute.
OCTOBER 9
John Winston Lennon born.
JUNE 18
James Paul McCartney born.
SEPTEMBER
John starts at Quarry Bank High School, having left Dovedale Primary School in July.
FEBRUARY 24
George Harrison born.
APRIL
John buys his first single, Lonnie Donegans skiffle hit, Rock Island Line.
Georges mother buys him a guitar from a boy at school for 3.
JUNE 18
For his 14th birthday, Pauls father buys him a trumpet which he swaps for a Zenith acoustic guitar, priced 15.
MARCH
Inspired by Lonnie Donegan and fired up by Elvis Presleys Heartbreak Hotel, John and his school friend Pete Shotton start a skiffle group which they call The Blackjacks, soon to become The Quarrymen.
OCTOBER 31
Pauls mother dies of breast cancer. Within a few weeks of his mothers death, Paul has written his first song, I Lost My Little Girl.
JULY 6
John and Paul meet for the first time, at the Woolton Parish Church Garden Fete, held at St. Peters Church where The Quarrymen are performing.
OCTOBER 18
Paul plays his first gig with The Quarrymen.
FEBRUARY 6
George joins the Quarrymen.
JULY 15
Johns mother, Julia, is killed in a road accident.
AUGUST 16
The Beatles leave Liverpool for their first season in Hamburg.
MID-OCTOBER
The group change their name to Johnny & The Moondogs.
JANUARY 17
Johns friend Stuart Sutcliffe is persuaded by John to buy a bass guitar and join Johnny & The Moondogs.
AUGUST 6
The Beatles invite Pete Best to be their drummer.
MAY
Stuart suggests The Beetles as a new name for the group. John decides on Beatles.
JANUARY
Paul takes over on bass.
FEBRUARY 9
They play their The Cavern under the name of The Beatles. The club would become forever associated with the group.
JUNE 22/23
The Beatles, with Paul on bass and Stuart Sutcliffe watching but not playing, back Tony Sheridan on a recording session for German producer and orchestra leader Bert Kaempfert.
DECEMBER 6
The Beatles accept Brian Epstein as their manager.
APRIL 1
The start of a three-month,
13-week season at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg.
JANUARY 1
The Beatles audition for Decca Records but are turned down.
DECEMBER 27
At a show at Litherland Town Hall, The Beatles play their Hamburg set which has an electrifying effect on the young audience.
NOVEMBER 9
Brian Epstein see The Beatles for the first time at the Cavern.
APRIL 10
Stuart Sutcliffe, who had remained in Hamburg, is rushed to hospital with a brain haemorrhage, but dies in the ambulance. He was 22.
MAY 9
George Martin meets with Brian Epstein at Abbey Road.
AUGUST 15
Pete Best plays his last shown with the group.
APRIL 13-30
The Beatles play a seven-week season at the Star-Club.
AUGUST 23
John marries Cynthia Powell.
JUNE 6
The Beatles recorded four numbers in Abbey Road studios but George Martin does not like Pete Bests drumming.
SEPTEMBER 4
The Beatles record Love Me Do.
AUGUST 18
Ringo joins The Beatles.
DECEMBER 18 31
The Star-Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg. The Beatles fifth and final residency in Germany.
FEBRUARY 11
Abbey Road. All ten new tracks needed to make the Please, Please Me album are recorded in one ten-hour session
DECEMBER 27
Love Me Do reaches number 17 in the Record Retailers Top 50 charts, its highest position.
MARCH 22
The album Please, Please Me is released in the UK
APRIL 11
From Me To You is released in the UK.
OCTOBER 5
Love Me Do is released.
JANUARY 11
Please, Please Me is released in the UK. The Beatles appeared on ABC TVs Thank Your Lucky Stars, performing Please Please Me.
FEBRUARY 2
The Beatles first UK tour opens at the Gaumont Cinema, Bradford. They are effectively bottom of the bill.
AUGUST 23
She Loves You is released in the UK and reaches number one where it stays for seven weeks.
OCTOBER 23
The Beatles fly to Stockholm, arriving to a scene of screaming fans and uncharacteristic Swedish chaos.
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