Here, you’ll find all the May episodes of What A Fab Day.
During the month, The Beatles…
…tape an extensive array of songs as demos for what will become the White Album;
…have romantic liasons;
…launch Apple Records and a host of other business ventures under the Apple umbrella;
…relax a bit, meeting with friends, partying, or going on holiday;
…work on the Abbey Road medley, and on many more songs from their catalogue;
…and much more!
Click on the episode title to go to the episode notes, or on the play button to listen to the episode!
ep. 121 – 1 May: Demos For The White Album
ep. 122 – 2 May: John And Yoko On BBC’s How Late It Is
ep. 123 – 3 May: The Magical Mystery Tour’s Final Overdubs
ep. 124 – 4 May: John And George In Tahiti
ep. 125 – 5 May: George Harrison’s Guitar Work
ep. 126 – 6 May: The Abbey Road Medley Shapes Up
ep. 127 – 7 May: Paul’s Solo Sequence In Help!
ep. 128 – 8 May: Allen Klein Is The New Beatles’ Business Manager
ep. 129 – 9 May: Infighting, Shouting, Arguing…
ep. 130 – 10 May: The Beatles’ Big 1960 Audition
ep. 131 – 11 May: The Beatles Launch Their Own Record Label
ep. 132 – 12 May: The Fabs Are Thankful Again
ep. 133 – 13 May: John And Paul Talk Business In New York
ep. 134 – 14 May: The 1968 Tonight Show Catastrophe
ep. 135 – 15 May: Paul McCartney Meets Linda Eastman
ep. 136 – 16 May: The Beatles On Pops And Lenny
ep. 137 – 17 May: The Beatles Record Their Weirdest Song
ep. 138 – 18 May: The Beatles Tour With Roy Orbison
ep. 139 – 19 May: John And Yoko Become Lovers
ep. 140 – 20 May: The Beatles’ 1960 Scottish Tour
ep. 141 – 21 May: The Beatles Record Two BBC Sessions
ep. 142 – 22 May: Apple Tailoring Opens Shop
ep. 143 – 23 May: A Day In The Life Banned By BBC
ep. 144 – 24 May: The Beatles Working For Tony Sheridan
ep. 145 – 25 May: The Beatles Record It’s All Too Much
ep. 146 – 26 May: The Beatles Live In A Yellow Submarine
ep. 147 – 27 May: Dylan And Lennon Chatting On Film In 1966
ep. 148 – 28 May: Partying And Drugs At Epstein’s
ep. 149 – 29 May: Polydor Releases Hamburg Beatles Songs
ep. 150 – 30 May: The Beatles Have A Revolution!
ep. 151 – 31 May: The Beatles Pops Alive! In 1964
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