A BEATLES TOUR IN LONDON

with Dave Jones Thursday 27 August 1998

DAVE JONES from Cavern City Tours in Liverpool was our first excellent guide on this historical day, which ended with a visit at ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS.


Dave Jones outside Indica Gallery

6 Masons Yard. This was the place of INDICA BOOKS & GALLERY. It was opened in Mars 1966 by Barry Miles, Peter Asher and John Dunbar. Even Paul McCarney invested £5000. They supported the underground literature and art scen in London in various ways. This is also the place where JOHN LENNON first met YOKO ONO. On 9 November 1966 John arrived here for a sneak preview of an art exhibition called "Unfinished Paintings and Objects". John Dunbar introduced him then to the artist - a Japanese woman called Yoko Ono.

3 Piccadilly. The place of LONDON PAVILION. Three Beatles films had their world premieres here.
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT on 6 July 1964 (when the place was crowded with fans), HELP on 29 July 1965 and YELLOW SUBMARINE on 17 July 1968.

London Pavilion



1 Coventry Street is the place of PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE where the Royal Command (Variety) Performance took place on Monday 4 November 1963. The audience included the Queen Mother and Princess Margret. Before The Beatles performed their last track 'Twist And Shout', John Lennon made his classical statement: "For this number we'd like to ask your help. Will the people in cheaper seats clap your hands? All the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewellery"

Prince Of Wales Theatre

3 Saville Row, ex Apple Corps

3 Savile Row was the place for The Beatles' company APPLE CORPS 1968 - 1972. At lunchtime on Thursday 30 January 1969 The Beatles had their last live concert here on top of the roof - the legendary ROOFTOP CONCERT. Situated in the basement was APPLE STUDIOS, where The Beatles recorded the album 'LET IT BE'.
When we stood there, the door was suddenly opened by a nice gentleman . "Do you want to see the roof?" he asked. Unfortunately we had to run further, since the last people of our group just slipped around the corner and cried for us to come after. What a pity!

9 Kingly Street was the place for the nightclub BAG O' NAILS, one of The Beatles' favourite places 1967-68. It was here, on 15 May 1967, that PAUL McCARTNEY met the New Yorker LINDA EASTMAN for the first time.

Miranda Club, formerly Bag O' Nails



5 - 6 Argyll Street was the place of NEMS, Brian Epsteins office 1964-65. Very near London Palladium...

NEMS



7 - 8 Argyll Street is the place of the LONDON PALLADIUM, where The Beatles got widespred fame in Britain through their appearance on the TV-show 'Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium' on13 October 1963. This was the day 'Beatlesmania' started.

London Palladium



165-169 New Bond Street is the place of ASPREY's, London's premium jewellery store which was seen in the HELP movie. When The Beatles was filming on the street outside the store, John Lennon ran in and managed to spend £600 (a fortune in 1965!) in a few minutes. Cynthia became happy afterwards, believe me!

Asprey's



17 St Annes Court was the place of TRIDENT STUDIOS. Since they had better equipment than EMI (8-track machines), The Beatles came here to record 'Hey Jude', 'Dear Prudence', 'Honey Pie', 'Savoy Truffle', 'Martha My Dear' and 'I Want You'.

Trident Studios


1 Soho Square
is the place of
Paul McCartney's headquarter MPL Communications Ltd.

MPL



132 Charing Cross Road was the place of Dick James Music and The Beatles' Nothern Songs 1962-64. Brian Epstein arrived here 27 November 1962 to discuss a music publishing contract with Dick James, which The Beatles later signed.

Dick James Music and Nothern Songs

And now it was time for a short lunch. Immediately we ran over to Helter Skelter music-book store in Denmark Street nearby.

In the afternoon Richard Porter from London Beatles Fan Club took us out on his London Beatles Tour. Read about it on next page.

All photos and text by Bengt Wärmlind

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