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 …
John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly to Aalborg, Denmark
John Lennon and Yoko Ono flew to the small city of Aalborg in Denmark on this day.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono visit Rochester Cathedral
John and Yoko arrived back in England on this day from Canada, where they had launched their global peace campaign. Part of the campaign was to have been a …
John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau
John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1969 peace campaign came to a close on this day following a meeting with Canada’s prime minister Pierre Trudeau.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono give a press conference in Montreal
John Lennon and Yoko Ono had flown to Toronto, Canada on 16 December 1969 to begin a peace campaign. On this day they travelled to Ottawa, stopping briefly in …
Mixing, editing: Get Back album
Olympic Sound Studios, Barnes, London Producer: Glyn Johns The final Beatles-related studio booking of 1969 was a mixing and editing session for the unreleased Get Back album. None of …
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for CBC Weekend
Following their encounter with Marshall McLuhan at the University of Toronto, John Lennon and Yoko Ono gave an interview to CBC-TV’s news and current affairs show CBC Weekend.
Television: John Lennon in conversation with Marshall McLuhan
During his final Canadian peace campaign of 1969, John Lennon took part in a number of media engagements. Two occurred on this day, the first at the department of …
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed by Associated Press
On the evening of 18 December 1969, in the house owned by musician Ronnie Hawkins where they were staying during their Canadian trip, John Lennon and Yoko Ono gave …
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for CBC-TV
John Lennon and Yoko Ono gave an interview on this day to two reporters, Nick Steed and Ken Cavanaugh, from Canada’s state broadcaster CBC-TV.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono record a message for Japanese radio
On the second morning of their Canadian peace campaign, John Lennon and Yoko Ono recorded a message to be broadcast on Japanese radio.
Mixing: Plastic Ono Band live: Lyceum Ballroom, London
Studio One (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Geoff Emerick The Plastic Ono Band gave their only UK concert on 15 December 1969 at the Lyceum in London. …
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed by WABC-AM radio
During their late-1969 peace campaign in Toronto, Canada, John Lennon and Yoko Ono stayed at the farm owned by fellow musician Ronnie Hawkins, on Mississauga Road, Ontario.