Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
A 2:30 to 8:00 pm session that brought completion to "Good Day Sunshine" with such overdubs as George Martin's honky-tonk piano solo. Six mono mixes concluded the evening, two hours ahead of the scheduled 10:00 pm end-time.
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Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
A 2:30 to 8:00 pm session that brought completion to "Good Day Sunshine" with such overdubs as George Martin's honky-tonk piano solo. Six mono mixes concluded the evening, two hours ahead of the scheduled 10:00 pm end-time.
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Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
The backing track for Paul McCartney's song Good Day Sunshine was recorded during a 12-hour session which began at 2.30pm.
Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
One of the quickest recordings on Revolver was Paul's "Good Day Sunshine" in that the released version was take one -although it had numerous overdubs and could in no way be compared with the truly-live one-take recordings of 1963 and 1964. Actually, the group record...
WABC All American Survey for Week of 7 June 1966
1. Strangers In the Night - Frank Sinatra (Reprise) 2. Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones (London) 3. Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle (Columbia) 4. A Groovy Kind of Love - The Mindbenders (Fontana) ...
WABC All American Survey for Week of 7 June 1966
1. Strangers In the Night - Frank Sinatra (Reprise) 2. Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones (London) 3. Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle (Columbia) 4. A Groovy Kind of Love - The Mindbenders (Fontana) ...
Studio Three, EMI Studios, London
Tape copying and mono mixing of "And Your Bird Can Sing", "For No One", "I'm Only Sleeping" and "Tomorrow Never Knows", done from 7:00 to 12:00 pm, and one final vocal overdub by Paul onto "Eleanor Rigby", midnight to 1:30 am.
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--On tape (Ed Sullivan Show) The Beatles perform "Rain" & "Paperback Writer" (segment begins with intro by the Beatles).
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Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
The final overdub onto what would be titled "I Want To Tell You" was of Paul's bass guitar. (Recording the bass separately onto a vacant track of the four-track tape allowed greater manipulation of its sound during mixing.) Four mono mixes of this song and five of "Y...
Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
In securing an unprecedented three compositions on a 14 song Beatles album, George was having problems with his titles. What was in the end to become "Love You To", itself a title not mentioned in the lyric, had the working name "Granny Smith", after the brand of app...
Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
Having recorded the backing track on May 26, 1966, The Beatles and friends added sound effects and backing vocals for Yellow Submarine on this day.
Two tracks were remaining on the tape, and The Beatles raided the trap room at Abbey Road to find suitable instrument...
During a short break in the sessions for Revolver, Ringo Starr took part in a photoshoot for The Beatles Book magazine.
The session was conducted by Leslie Bryce, the staff photographer from the magazine. It took place at Sunny Heights, Starr's home in Weybridge.
The Beatles' unprecedented sonic experimentation on their 1966 album Revolver make it one rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest albums. But ironically, one of the album’s greatest innovations happened on a B-side that came out before the final album.
Backward guitar and sitar solos appear throughout Revolver, w...
The Beatles enjoying a small break.
...The Beatles spend time with Bob Dylan in his room at the Mayfair Hotel in London.
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The Beatles were all fans of Bob Dylan, whom they had first met in August 1964. They met him again the following year, and once more on this day during his tour of the United Kingdom.
In 1965 Dylan divided audiences by moving from his folk roots and adopting electric instruments. On this tour he w...
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
The backing track for Paul McCartney's children's song Yellow Submarine was recorded on this day, along with lead and backing vocals.
The Beatles began the session, which started at 7am and finished at 1am the following morning, by filling two tape reels with rehearsals of the song. Most of these were later wiped, however.
Four takes of the rhythm track were then recorded onto two tracks of the tape. John Lennon used his Gibson Jumbo acoustic guitar, McCartney played bass guitar, George Harrison was on tambourine and Starr played drums.
The fourth track was judged to be the best, and onto this Starr overdubbed his lead vocals, joined by the others in the chorus. A fourth track was filled with additional vocals.
Source: Beatles Bible
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The Beatles - enjoying a short break
...Paperback Writer was released.
Here is what Paul McCartney says about writing Paperback Writer:
“I arrived at [John Lennon’s house in] Weybridge and told John I had this idea of trying to write off to a publishers to become a paperback writer, and I said, ‘I think it should be written like a lette...
Monte Carlo
May 22, 1966 - George and Pattie at the opening day of the Monaco Grand Prix watching the Formula One races along the streets in Monte Carlo. British driver Jackie Stewart won the first Formula One race of the 1966 season.
Portobello Road
May 21, 1966 - After an all night party Chrissie Shrimpton and Mick Jagger joined John & Cynthia Lennon on an early morning stroll down London’s trendy Portobello Road.
Following the previous day's shoot inside EMI Studios, The Beatles went on location at Chiswick House in London, to film promotional clips for their forthcoming single Paperback Writer/Rain.
As on the previous day, the director was Michael Lindsay-Hogg, working with a crew supplied by InterTel (VTR...
Studio One, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
For the imminent release of the Paperback Writer/Rain single, The Beatles were unwilling to appear on television for promotion. Instead, they took part in a two-day shoot which resulted in a total of seven promotional films for the songs.
This first day's filmi...
On May 17, 1966, McCartney and John Lennon attended a private listening party for Pet Sounds held at London's Waldorf Hotel.
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Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
This 12-hour session, which began at 2.30pm, was devoted entirely to overdubs and mixing for Paul McCartney's "Got To Get You Into My Life".
The Beatles had recorded the rhythm track on April 8, 1966. In the interim McCartney decided to add a brass section, made up...
Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
A long day of overdubs, mixing and copying some of the best mixes up to date. "Taxman" received its final ingredient (the "One, two, three, four" into) and was then mixed into mono, and Paul overdubbed his lead vocal onto "For No One".
John Lennon and Paul McCartney spoke with Flip Magazine for an exclusive interview that was published in Flip's May 1966 issue. John discusses his opinions of other artists performing Lennon/McCartney songs, while Paul mentions his interest in writing a song about Penny Lane based on inspiration fro...
The Beatles are not at the studio today, and will be back later in the week.
...The Beatles in-between recording at EMI Studios in London
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