The Beatles Bible

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: Phil Spector
Engineer: Geoff Emerick

The third single by Plastic Ono Band, Instant Karma!, was written, recorded and mixed on this day. Read more »

Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: Geoff Emerick
Engineers: Peter Bown, Jeff Jarratt

For reasons unknown, The Inner Light, the b-side to The Beatles' 1968 single Lady Madonna, was given its first stereo mix on this day. Read more »

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. Read more »

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 Blue. Read more »

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 day he put together a second Get Back LP for their consideration, although it too was rejected. Read more »

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 of The Beatles, this was their last time recording as a group - albeit without John Lennon. Read more »

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 were several other sessions involving one or more members up until April 1970. Read more »

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 The Beatles attended. Read more »

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. Two days later Geoff Emerick prepared stereo mixes for a possible album release. Read more »

Olympic Sound Studios, Barnes, London
Producer: Glyn Johns

When The Beatles decided that the unreleased Get Back album should be the soundtrack for Michael Lindsay-Hogg's documentary, Glyn Johns was asked to compile a set of songs that better reflected the film's content. Read more »

Room 4, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald

The last Beatles-related recording session of 1969 wasn't for a Beatles release at all. Instead it was for a television special celebrating George Martin, on which Ringo Starr had agreed to make an appearance. Read more »

Room 4, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald

This was the second day of stereo mixing for the US compilation Hey Jude, following an initial session on 2 December 1969. Read more »

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Geoff Emerick

A demo recording of Louis Armstrong's 1930 hit Blue Turning Grey Over You had been taped for Ringo Starr's debut studio album Sentimental Journey on 28 November 1969. On this day a 17-piece ensemble performed the backing track and Starr added his lead vocals. Read more »

Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Geoff Emerick

In preparation for the release of the US compilation Hey Jude, stereo mixes of two of the songs were prepared on this day. Read more »

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Geoff Emerick

Work continued on Ringo Starr's debut studio album, Sentimental Journey, with a new lead vocal recorded, and a demo of another song. Read more »

Room 4, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producers: Geoff Emerick, John Lennon
Engineer: Mike Sheady

This session was booked by John Lennon to prepare what he hoped would be a Plastic Ono Band single: You Know My Name (Look Up The Number), with What's The New Mary Jane on the b-side. Read more »

Room 4, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Geoff Emerick

Rough stereo mixes of two songs recorded for Ringo Starr's debut studio album, Sentimental Journey, were made on this day. Read more »

Trident Studios, London
Producer: George Martin

The fourth recording session for Ringo Starr's debut studio album, Sentimental Journey, took place on this day. Read more »

Wessex Sound Studios, Highbury New Park, London
Producer: George Martin

The third recording session for Ringo Starr's debut studio album, Sentimental Journey, took place on this day. Read more »

Wessex Sound Studios, Highbury New Park, London
Producer: George Martin

The second recording session for Ringo Starr's debut studio album, Sentimental Journey, took place on this day. He taped the song Stormy Weather with George Martin producing. Read more »