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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 21, 1965 (Sunday) - 0 Comments

The Beatles were resting after the final production of Rubber Soul.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 20, 1965 (Saturday) - 0 Comments

It's the weekend. The Beatles took a rest.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 19, 1965 (Friday) - 0 Comments

November 19, 1965

Los Beatles is a compilation album by The Beatles released originally in Argentina in 1965. It collects various songs from various singles and EPs. It was the first compilation LP released in Argentina. The track listing was: •Ticket To Ride •From Me To You •Thank You Girl •She’...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 18, 1965 Thursday) - 0 Comments

 

Today, the Beatles relaxed!

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 17, 1965 (Wednesday) - 0 Comments

Studio One, EMI Studios, London

FINAL Production for Rubber Soul - Discs were cut, lacquers were rushed to the pressing plant, and the sleeve was quickly printed.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 16, 1965 (Tuesday) - 0 Comments

Today, George Martin worked out the LP running order (Rubber Soul) and telephoned it over to Abbey Road.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 15, 1965 (Monday) - 0 Comments

Studio One, EMI Studios, London

Final production for Rubber Soul was effected from 2:30 to 5:30 pm, with "I'm Looking Through You", "You Won't See Me", "Girl", "Wait", and "Michelle" being mixed into mono, and "Wait', "I'm Looking Through You", "You Won't See Me", "Girl", and "The Word" mixed into ...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 14, 1965 (Sunday) - 0 Comments

The Beatles enjoyed a break today.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 13, 1965 (Saturday) - 0 Comments

Week of November 13, 1965


1. The Sound of Music, Soundtrack
2. Help!, The Beatles
3. The In Crowd, Ramsey Lewis Trio
4. Whipped Cream & Other Delights, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
5. Highway 61, Revisited Bob Dylan

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 12, 1965 (Friday) - 0 Comments

Today, the Beatles took a break from recording.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 11, 1965 (Thursday) - 0 Comments

Room 65/Studio Two, EMI Studios, London

Mono and stereo mixes of "The Word" were produced in Room 65, probably in the Beatles' absence, between 4:00 and 5:30 pm. The Beatles began recording at 6:00 pm, one hour ahead of time, in this final Rubber Soul session, and they also worked four hours beyond...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 10, 1965 (Wednesday) - 0 Comments

Room 65/Studo Two, EMI Studios, London

A 2:30-5:30 pm mix session in Room 65 yielded stereo masters of "Run For Your Life" and "We Can Work It Out" (not on Rubber Soul, this mix was destined for Australian and US albums). The Beatles did not attend - they arrived at Abbey Road for 9:00 pm-3:00 am s...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 9, 1965 (Tuesday) - 0 Comments

Room 65, EMI Studios, London

More mixing, probably in the Beatles' absence, 2:30-5:30 pm, with mono masters being prepared for "Michelle", "What Goes On", "Run For Your Life", "Think For Yourself", and "The Beatles" Third Christmas Record (also edited), and stereo masters being made for "Think For ...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 8, 1965 (Monday) - 0 Comments

Studio Two, EMI Studios, London

The Beatles had recorded George Harrison's If I Needed Someone in October 1965. On this day they recorded another of his compositions, Think For Yourself, under the working title Won't Be There With You.

 

The session was a late one, beginning at 9pm and finishing...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 7, 1965 (Sunday) - 0 Comments
The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 6, 1965 (Saturday) - 0 Comments

Studio Two, EMI Studios, London

The first of two re-makes of "I'm Looking Through You". Between 7:00 pm and 1:00 am, the Beatles taped two takes (numbered two and three to follow October 24th version), overdubbing all required sounds onto the second of these. By the end, they were considerably near...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 5, 1965 (Friday) - 0 Comments

50 years ago today people in US were listening to Get Off Of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones. In UK Get Off Of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones which was in the top 5 hits.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 4, 1965 (Thursday) - 0 Comments

Studio Two, EMI Studios, London

The Beatles were under pressure to complete the Rubber Soul album in time for the Christmas market. This necessitated two notable tactics: late-night recording sessions and the revival of old compositions.

The group had recorded Michelle, one of Paul McCartney's ea...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 3, 1965 (Wednesday) - 0 Comments

Studio Two, EMI Studios, London

Nine hours, 2:30-11:30 pm, spent recording and completing Paul's new ballad "Michelle". From 2:30-7:00 the Beatles perfected the rhythm track in one take. At 7:00 this was reduced into take two to vacate a track on the four-track tape, and from then until 11:30 they ...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 2, 1965 (Tuesday) - 0 Comments

Studio Six, Granada TV Centre, Manchester

Day 2 - The full line-up of songs (Artists) was: song medley (The George Martin Orchestra), "A World Without Love" (Peter and Gordon), "I Saw Him Standing There", (Lulu), "From Me To You" (Alan Haven and Tony Crombie), "She Loves You/song medley (Fritz Spie...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: November 1, 1965 (Monday) - 0 Comments

Studio Six, Granada TV Centre, Manchester

This was the first of two days at Granada TV Centre in Manchester, during which The Beatles recorded their contributions to The Music Of Lennon & McCartney, a television special first broadcast on December 16, 1965.

The Beatles mimed to We Can Work It Out...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: October 31, 1965 (Sunday) - 0 Comments

50 years ago today people in US were listening to Yesterday by The Beatles. In UK Get Off Of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones Both in the top 5 hits.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: October 30, 1965 (Saturday) - 0 Comments

50 years ago today people in the US were listening to Yesterday by The Beatles. In UK Tears by Ken Dodd was in the top 5 hits. 

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: October 29, 1965 (Friday) - 0 Comments

Studio Two, EMI Studios, London

Vocal repair work was effected onto take two of "We Can Work It Out" between 2:00 and 4:00 pm, and from then until 5:00 both this song and also "Day Tripper" were mixed twice into mono - once for record release and once for TV play-back on November 1-2.

 

Source: T...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: October 28, 1965 (Thursday) - 0 Comments

Studio One, EMI Studios, London

A rough mono mix of "We Can Work It Out", made between 5:00 and 5:30 pm, not for record release but for the Beatles to mime to during the video-taping of The Music Of Lennon & McCartney.

It was only when they heard a playback of this mix-for-TV that the Beatles real...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: October 27, 1965 (Wednesday) - 0 Comments

The number one song in the US on October 27, 1965 was Yesterday by The Beatles.

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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: October 26, 1965 (Tuesday) - 0 Comments

Stereo mixes of "Drive My Car", "Day Tripper", "In My Life", "If I Needed Someone", "Norwegian Wood", and "Nowhere Man", were prepared by George Martin between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm this day in studio one at EMI.

Although the Beatles were beginning to attend mix sessions they certainly missed this ...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: October 25, 1965 (Monday) - 0 Comments

Studio One, EMI Studios, London

Mono mixes of "Drive My Car", "In My Life", "If I Needed Someone", "Day Tripper", "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Nowhere Man", produced by George Martin from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, probably without the Beatles in attendance.

 

Source: The Complete Beatle...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: October 24, 1965 (Sunday) - 0 Comments

Studio Two, EMI Studios, London

Though stacked with potential, Paul's new song "I'm Looking Through You", wasn't easy to realize on tape. The Beatles spent the first half of this nine-hour session, 2:30-7:00 pm, recording one take of the song's rhythm track and overdubbing onto this, then spent the...

The Beatles - A Day in The Life: October 23, 1965 (Saturday) - 0 Comments

On this date, 50 years ago, people in US were listening to Yesterday by The Beatles.

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