Year: 1968
In the morning of 18 October 1968, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were arrested by the Drugs Squad.
Studios One, Two and Three and Rooms 41 and 42, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott The Beatles’ only 24-hour recording session began at 5pm …
Wednesday 16 October 1968 Travel George Harrison missed The Beatles only 24-hour recording session, as he flew to Los Angeles on this day.
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott With the recording of the White Album completed, final mixing and sequencing took place over a number …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott The Beatles worked on eight White Album songs during this 7pm-7.30am session, which also saw the completion …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott The final song to be recorded for the White Album was ‘Julia’, John Lennon’s tribute to his …
Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott With the White Album nearing completion this was a session devoted to the creation of …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott Work continued on ‘Savoy Truffle’ during this session, with the addition of a saxophone overdub, scored by …
Studios Two and Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineers: Ken Scott, Ken Townsend The Beatles added overdubs to three The Beatles (White Album) songs, and mixes …
Although he had bought Mornyork Ltd in September 1964, which became Harrisongs Ltd in December that year, on this day George Harrison set up a second music publishing company, …
Studios Two and Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineers: Ken Scott, Ken Townsend The evening of John Lennon’s 28th birthday was spent in EMI Studios, where …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott The Beatles recorded two new songs by John Lennon for the White Album during this 4pm-8am session, …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott This lengthy recording session, lasting from 2.30pm until 7am the following morning, saw mono and stereo mixes …
Trident Studios, St Anne’s Court, London Producer: George Martin Engineer: Barry Sheffield This session, which took place at London’s Trident Studios between 6pm and 1am, saw more overdubs added …
Trident Studios, St Anne’s Court, London Producer: George Martin Engineer: Barry Sheffield Recording for two White Album songs took place on this day at London’s Trident Studios: ‘Martha My …
Trident Studios, St Anne’s Court, London Producer: George Martin Engineer: Barry Sheffield This was The Beatles’ third consecutive recording session at London’s Trident Studios. They began work on George …
Trident Studios, St Anne’s Court, London Producer: George Martin Engineer: Barry Sheffield Having recorded the backing track the previous day, The Beatles added further overdubs to ‘Honey Pie’, begun …
Trident Studios, St Anne’s Court, London Producer: George Martin Engineer: Barry Sheffield The Beatles returned to London’s Trident Studios for the recording of the White Album song ‘Honey Pie’, …
Monday 30 September 1968 Books The only authorised biography of The Beatles was published in the United Kingdom on this day. Written by Hunter Davies, The Beatles was published by William Heinemann Limited.
Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott This 7pm-1.30am session saw mono mixes created for three White Album songs, as well as …