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1996 highlights

January

Home recordings
Circa 1996
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts opens
Jan 08, 1996
Press launch for LIPA opening
Jan 30, 1996

February

Promo campaign to celebrate Buddy Holly's 60th anniversary
February 1996
"Flaming Pie" sessions with Jeff Lynne at Hog Hill Mill #2
February 1996
Recording "Souvenir"
Started Feb 19, 1996
Recording "Flaming Pie"
Feb 27, 1996

March

Real Love
By The Beatles
Mar 04, 1996 • Released in the UK
Anthology 2
By The Beatles
Mar 18, 1996 • Released globally

April

Recording "My Old Friend"
Mid-April 1996

May

"Flaming Pie" sessions with Jeff Lynne at Hog Hill Mill #3
May 1996
Recording "Beautiful Night"
May 13, 1996
Recording "Really Love You", "Looking For You", "Beautiful Night"
May 14, 1996
All This Useless Beauty
By Elvis Costello
May 14, 1996 • Released in the UK

June

The Royal opening of Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA)
Jun 07, 1996
Overdubs for "Somedays"
Jun 10, 1996

July

Good News Exclusive (interview)
Summer 1996
The Ballad of the Skeletons
By Allen Ginsberg
Jul 15, 1996 • Released in the US
BBC Proms 1996 - a message from Paul
July - September 1996

September

21st Buddy Holly Week
Sep 11, 1996
"Flaming Pie" sessions with Jeff Lynne at Hog Hill Mill #4
September 1996
Recording "Heaven On A Sunday"
Started Sep 16, 1996
"Grateful Dead" photo film presented at the New York Film Festival
September 28-29, 1996
"Anthology 3" announced
Sep 30, 1996

October

Anthology 3
By The Beatles
Oct 28, 1996 • Released globally

November

"We're a damn good little band" (interview)
November 1996
Linda McCartney's "Roadworks: Photographs and Words" book published
Nov 07, 1996

December

Jerry Maguire (Music From The Motion Picture)
By Various Artists
Dec 10, 1996 • Released in the US
Paul & Linda get a Lifetime Achievement Awards from PETA
Dec 14, 1996
Paul McCartney to be knighted - announcement
Dec 31, 1996

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