Month: November 1966
Tuesday 29 November 1966 Studio Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The Beatles recorded two more takes of ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’, numbered 5 and 6, during this 2.30-8pm …
Monday 28 November 1966 Studio Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The Beatles recorded three more takes of ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ during this second session for the song. …
John Lennon filmed a second appearance on the comedy television show Not Only… But Also on 27 November 1966.
Friday 25 November 1966 Studio Dick James House, 71-75 New Oxford Street, London Producer: George Martin The Beatles’ fourth Christmas record, Pantomime: Everywhere It’s Christmas, was recorded on this day at the first floor …
Thursday 24 November 1966 Studio Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick With touring behind them, The Beatles retreated from public view to begin work on their eighth album. …
The Four Tops had performed at the Savile Theatre in London on 13 November 1966. The venue was owned by The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein, and the backdrop for …
Paul McCartney had flown to France on 6 November 1966, and met Mal Evans in Bordeaux on 12 November before flying to Kenya for a safari holiday.
Saturday 12 November 1966 Travel One week after beginning his road trip across France, Paul McCartney had a rendezvous with The Beatles’ roadie Mal Evans in Bordeaux.
Thursday 10 November 1966 Studio Room 65, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Peter Bown This was the last of four mixing sessions to prepare stereo versions of Beatles songs ahead of the UK compilation …
Tuesday 8 November 1966 Studio Room 53, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Geoff Emerick George Martin was not present for this third stereo mixing session for the UK compilation A Collection Of Beatles Oldies …
On the day before her exhibition Unfinished Paintings And Objects was to open, Japanese artist Yoko Ono was introduced to John Lennon for the first time.
Studio One (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick This was the second of four mixing sessions to prepare stereo versions of The Beatles’ …
On this day Paul McCartney flew to France on a plane-ferry from Lydd airport in Kent, England.
Having completed his work on the Richard Lester film How I Won The War, John Lennon returned to London on this day.
On 21 October 1966 more than 150,000 cubic metres of excavated mining debris, mud and slurry from Merthyr Vale Colliery in south Wales collapsed, engulfing a school in the …
Brian Epstein’s NEMS company had moved from Liverpool to London in 1963, establishing an office at 13 Monmouth Street in the centre of the capital.