Recording: Instant Karma! by Plastic Ono Band
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Phil Spector Engineer: Geoff Emerick The third single by Plastic Ono Band, ‘Instant Karma!’, was written, recorded and mixed on 27 January …
Year: 1970
Ringo Starr appears on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
While in Los Angeles to promote his film The Magic Christian, Ringo Starr made a taped appearance on the NBC television show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.
Mixing: The Inner Light
Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Geoff Emerick Engineers: Peter Bown, Jeff Jarratt For reasons unknown, ‘The Inner Light’, the b-side to The Beatles’ 1968 single …
John Lennon is interviewed in Paris by Reuters
John Lennon and Yoko Ono had left Denmark on 25 January 1970, following an extended stay which began the previous December. They were delayed in Paris on their return …
Ringo and Maureen fly to Los Angeles
Ringo Starr and his wife Maureen Starkey flew from London’s Heathrow Airport to Los Angeles on this day.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono have their hair cropped in Denmark
John Lennon and Yoko Ono stayed in Aalborg in Denmark over the new year and most of January 1970, to be with Ono’s daughter Kyoko. She was living there …
John Lennon’s Bag One exhibition is raided by police
John Lennon’s Bag One, an exhibition of lithographs including several containing erotic imagery, had opened on 15 January 1970. Just 24 hours later it was raided by police officers, …
John Lennon’s Bag One exhibition opens in London
An exhibition of John Lennon’s erotic lithographs opened on this day at the London Arts Gallery at 22 New Bond Street, London W1.
Recording, mixing: Sentimental Journey, Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing by Ringo Starr
Olympic Sound Studios, London Producer: George Martin The seventh recording session for Ringo Starr’s debut studio album, Sentimental Journey, took place on this day.
Recording, mixing: Let It Be, For You Blue – George Harrison’s final recording session with The Beatles
Olympic Sound Studios, Barnes, London Producer: Glyn Johns This two-hour session away from Abbey Road was ostensibly a remix session for the songs ‘Let It Be’ and ‘For You …
Glyn Johns compiles the second Get Back album
Olympic Sound Studios, London Producer: Glyn Johns The Beatles had rejected producer Glyn Johns’ first attempt at fashioning an album from the Get Back/Let It Be tapes. On this …
John Lennon and Yoko Ono give a press conference in Aalborg, Denmark
John Lennon and Yoko Ono had flown to Aalborg in Denmark on 29 December 1969, to be with Ono’s daughter Kyoko over the new year period. They stayed with …
Recording: Let It Be – The Beatles’ last recording session as a group
Studio two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Phil McDonald Although there were two further recording sessions for the Let It Be album involving just one member …
Recording: I Me Mine
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Phil McDonald Although The Beatles’ last recording session as a quartet had taken place on 20 August 1969, there …