Long before the 'hoorigans' descended on Japan last summer, the arrival of another group of Englishmen was giving Japanese officials sleepless nights.
Within hours of putting the final touches to their groundbreaking album "Revolver," the Beatles had boarded a plane for Germany, from where they made their to Japan for the second leg of what was to be their final ever tour.
Among other things, physical assault, boot camp scheduling, a raft of restrictions, and, in Japan, audiences so politely quiet that the band could hear how musically poor they'd become live, helped convince the Fab Four that this tour would be their last.
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