Recording, mixing: I Am The Walrus
Studios One and Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott Two separate sessions took place on this day, involving overdubs for the Magical Mystery Tour …
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Recording: The Fool On The Hill
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Ken Scott Although they had begun recording ‘The Fool On The Hill’ during the previous day’s session, on this evening The Beatles …
Recording, mixing: The Fool On The Hill
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott Paul McCartney had taped a demo of ‘The Fool On The Hill’ on 6 September 1967. During …
Recording, mixing: Your Mother Should Know, Blue Jay Way
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott Although The Beatles had recorded a version of ‘Your Mother Should Know’ on 22 and 23 August …
Recording, mixing: Flying
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick One of The Beatles’ requirements for the Magical Mystery Tour project was the creation of enough music …
Recording: Blue Jay Way
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Following the initial session on 6 September 1967, work continued on George Harrison’s song ‘Blue Jay Way’.
Recording, mixing: I Am The Walrus, The Fool On The Hill, Blue Jay Way
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick A productive eight-hour session, which saw The Beatles continue work on ‘I Am The Walrus’, and the …
Recording: I Am The Walrus
Studio One, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Following the death of Brian Epstein on 27 August 1967, The Beatles regrouped at Paul McCartney’s London …
Recording: Your Mother Should Know
Chappell Recording Studios, London Producer: George Martin Engineer: John Timperley This was the second recording session for the Magical Mystery Tour song ‘Your Mother Should Know’, and took place …
Recording: Your Mother Should Know
Chappell Recording Studios, London Producer: George Martin Engineer: John Timperley The Beatles’ first recording session since 26 June 1967 took place at Chappell Recording Studios in Maddox Street, London, …
George Harrison attends an Alla Rakha recording session
On the fifth day of his US trip, George Harrison attended a recording session by the Indian musician Alla Rakha in Los Angeles.
The Chris Barber Band records Catcall
Chappell Recording Studios, London Producers: Chris Barber, Giorgio Gomelsky, Reggie Kind During the Quarry Men days Paul McCartney had written a jazz-style instrumental titled ‘Catswalk’, which was never properly …
Lennon and McCartney sing on The Rolling Stones’ We Love You
John Lennon and Paul McCartney attended a Rolling Stones recording session at Olympic Studios on this day, where they contributed backing vocals, handclaps and percussion (tambourine and maracas respectively) …
Recording, mixing: All You Need Is Love
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The day after the Our World satellite broadcast of The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’, the …
Recording: All You Need Is Love
Studio One, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick This was the second day of orchestral rehearsals for ‘All You Need Is Love’, ahead of the …
Recording: All You Need Is Love
Studio One, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick This was the first day the orchestral instruments were recorded for ‘All You Need Is Love’. The …
Mixing: All You Need Is Love
Studio Three (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick With the basic backing track for ‘All You Need Is Love’ largely complete, mono mixes …
Recording: All You Need Is Love
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The Beatles had begun work on ‘All You Need Is Love’ on 14 June 1967. Five days …
Recording: All You Need Is Love
Studio One, Olympic Sound Studios, London Producer: George Martin Engineer: Eddie Kramer On 18 May 1967 a contract was signed committing The Beatles to represent the BBC and Britain …
Editing, mixing: You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The five discrete parts of ‘You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)’ were edited …