Recording: Revolution
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Following a set of rehearsals on the previous evening, The Beatles began proper recording of ‘Revolution’, which …
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Recording: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Revolution
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Although The Beatles had recorded a remake of ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’ during the previous night’s session, they began …
Ringo Starr performs on Solomon King’s A Hundred Years Or More
Ringo Starr arrived early for The Beatles’ session on this day, so he dropped in to Abbey Road’s Studio Two where soul singer Solomon King was recording a ballad, …
Recording: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Following three abortive days of work on ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’, The Beatles started afresh with a remake during …
Recording: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick This session, which took place from 5pm-1.30am, was an eventful one which saw numerous overdubs added to …
Recording: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick This was the second recording session for ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’, and saw vocal overdubs added to the previous …
Recording: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’, one of the more complex recordings for the White Album, was begun on this day. …
Recording: Good Night
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Peter Bown The Beatles continued work on ‘Good Night’ on this day, following an initial session on 28 June …
Recording: Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The third recording session for ‘Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey’ saw more …
Paul McCartney records Thingumybob by Black Dyke Mills Band
The Black Dyke Mills Band, a brass band from Yorkshire, England, was one of Apple Records’ first signings. On this day Paul McCartney recorded them performing the Lennon-McCartney composition …
Recording: Good Night
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott The Beatles began work on ‘Good Night’, the White Album’s final track, on this day.
Recording: Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Following a previous day of rehearsals, The Beatles recorded six takes of ‘Everybody’s Got Something To Hide …
Recording: Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The Beatles began studio work on ‘Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey’.
George Harrison produces Jackie Lomax’s Sour Milk Sea
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Harrison George Harrison produced a third session on this day for fellow Liverpudlian musician Jackie Lomax, recording Harrison’s song ‘Sour Milk …
Mixing, editing: Revolution 1, Revolution 9
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Work on both ‘Revolution 1’ and ‘Revolution 9’ finished on this day, with a final mixing and …
George Harrison produces Jackie Lomax’s Sour Milk Sea
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Harrison George Harrison produced the second session on this day for fellow Liverpudlian musician Jackie Lomax, recording Harrison’s song ‘Sour Milk …
George Harrison produces Jackie Lomax’s Sour Milk Sea
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Harrison George Harrison produced a session on this day for fellow Liverpudlian musician Jackie Lomax, recording Harrison’s song ‘Sour Milk Sea’.
Recording, mixing: Revolution 1, Revolution 9
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The recording of ‘Revolution 1’ was completed on this day, and the song and ‘Revolution 9’ were …
Recording: Revolution 9
Studios One, Two and Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Following several days’ work compiling tape loops and effects, John Lennon assembled the master …
Recording, mixing: Blackbird, Revolution 9
Studios Two and Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick George Harrison and Ringo Starr were both in America on this day, but John Lennon …