Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Malcolm Addey
The Beatles’ recording sessions were largely focused on particular songs. On this occasion, however, they spent around seven hours, between 11pm and 6.15am, jamming instrumentals which were never released.
Just 16 minutes of the session was recorded, with detuned electric guitars – one of which had a vibrato effect – plus harmonium and drums. The Beatles recorded another of these jam sessions on 1 June 1967, the day Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released.
Page last updated: 16 December 2010
Is there a chance of this “Untitled” had to be “Carnival of Light”?
No, Carnival Of Light was back in January.
It made a nice change for The Beatles to record some jams for a change and in regards to who played what, my guess is that John and George played the detuned electric guitar with George most likely adding the vibrato effect on his one, Paul played the harmonium and Ringo played the drums.
Here’s some more trivia: famous American singer-songwriter Billy Joel turned 18 on this day and as it turns out, he is a big, big fan of The Beatles. If he had happened to be visiting London on this day while on a tour with The Hassles and somehow made it to EMI Studios, I bet he would’ve felt very honoured to meet his idols as an 18th birthday treat.