This Day in Beatle History

September 30

2008 (Feb 20) - Beatles' Autographed Rolling Stones Album Auctioned

A 1976 Rolling Stones album bought for £2 at a car boot sale sold for £4,000 at an auction. The ‘Black and Blue’ LP was signed by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul and Linda McCartney and George Harrison as well as members of the Rolling Stones. The seller obtained the album after haggling the cost down from £3.

2010 (Sep 30) - John Lennon Museum Closes

After 10 years, the first ever John Lennon museum closes. Located outside of Tokyo, it shuts down because Yoko Ono wants Lennon’s spirit to remain in motion, saying, “If the Museum which houses his spirit never moved, it would be a grave, not a Museum.”

October 1

1962 (Jun 6) - First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become 'Abbey Road'

The first Beatles recording session took place at EMI studios. The group recorded four tracks, one of which was ‘Love Me Do’ the four musicians received payments for the session of £7.10 ($12.07) each.

1962 (Oct 1) - Beatles Sign Contract With Brian Epstein

The Beatles sign a five year contract with Brian Epstein. He agrees to manage them for 25% of their earnings.

1964 (Oct 1) - 'A Hard Days Night' Behind the Iron Curtain

The Beatles first film, A Hard Day’s Night, becomes the first movie to debut behind the ‘Iron Curtain’ of Communist countries. It is shown in Prague.

1964 (Oct 1) - The Beatles vs The Four Seasons Released

Vee Jay Records had lost the rights to issue any new Beatles material, but they could repackage as much old as they liked.
In order to milk as much profit as possible from the Beatles, the label issued this double record. Sales were much slower than anticipated and less than 20,000 copies were distributed. As a side, the label lost The Four Seasons as well about the time of the release.

1966 (Feb 18) - Brian Wilson Finishes 'Good Vibrations'

Beach Boy Brian Wilson finished recording the future classic song ‘Good Vibrations’, which went on to become the band’s third US number-one hit. As a child, his mother told him that dogs could pick up “vibrations” from people, so that the dog would bark at “bad vibrations” Wilson turned this into the general idea for the song.