The Beatles October 1963

Title: Drop In
Type: TV Show
Filming Location: SVT Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Filming Date: October 30th 1963
Broadcast Date: November 3rd 1963
Country Of Broadcast: Sweden
Duration: 12:06 Minutes
Quality: B
Source: "The Lord Reith Advent Calendar" (Lord Reith)
Other Sources: "The Beatles Back To The Past 1963 Vol 2" (BA Productions/BedHead Productions)

Notes: Despite having completed their concert tour of Sweden the night before, The Beatles returned to Stockholm to record an appearance on the Sveriges Television music show Drop In.

The recording took place in front of a studio audience at the Arenateatern (arena theatre), a small theatre in Stockholm`s Grona
Lund amusement park. Also on the bill were Gals & Pals and the singer Lill-Babs.

The Beatles arrived for camera rehearsals in the afternoon, before taking lunch at a restaurant in nearby Solliden. They were
joined by Mal Evans, Neil Aspinall, producer Klas Burling, presenter Kersti Adams-Ray and a some photographers. John Lennon and Paul McCartney are said to have played a piano in the restaurant.

The Beatles had intended to perform "She Loves You" and "Twist And Shout" on Drop In, but Klas Burling persuaded them to keep
the audience happy and play one more song. They launched into "I Saw Her Standing There", after which Kersti Adams-Ray attempted to start up the show`s theme tune.

The Beatles weren`t finished, however. Burling managed to talk them into playing one more song to round off the show. They
played "Long Tall Sally", after which they joined in with handclaps for the Drop In closing theme. Afterwards The Beatles were driven in a green police car to Stockholm’s Continental Hotel