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Handwritten lyrics for Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds sell for $200,000

John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the Sgt Pepper song Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds have sold at auction for $200,000.

John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for A Day In The Life sell for $1.2m

John Lennon handwritten lyrics for The Beatles' song A Day In The Life have sold at auction for $1.2 million.

Sgt Pepper to be released as downloadable content for The Beatles: Rock Band

The remaining songs from Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band are to be released as downloadable content for The Beatles: Rock Band next week.

Tape copying: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise), Nowhere Man

Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Geoff Emerick During this brief session, which ran from 2.30-3.30pm, balance engineer Geoff Emerick made tape copies of three songs for the Yellow Submarine soundtrack.

Recording, mixing: Only A Northern Song, Sgt Pepper run-out groove

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The final touch was added to the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band during this session: the gibberish sounds which filled the run-out groove of the vinyl record.

Recording, mixing: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise), Only A Northern Song

Studios Two and Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The final song to be mixed in stereo for the Sgt Pepper album was the reprise of the title track. It was followed by The Beatles' first recording session since 3 April 1967.

Mixing: Good Morning Good Morning, Only A Northern Song

Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Mono mixes of the Sgt Pepper song Good Morning Good Morning were finalised during this session, and a non-album track - George Harrison's Only A Northern Song - was also mixed.

Mixing: Getting Better, She's Leaving Home, When I'm Sixty-Four, Lovely Rita

Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick This was the second consecutive stereo mixing session for the Sgt Pepper album, and saw work completed four songs.

Mixing: Sgt Pepper crossfades, With A Little Help From My Friends, Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!, Fixing A Hole, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Stereo mixes of four Sgt Pepper songs were created during this session, which lasted from 7pm until 1am.

Mixing: Sgt Pepper crossfades, Good Morning Good Morning

Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The Sgt Pepper song Good Morning Good Morning was mixed in mono and stereo during this session, and crossfades for the album were assembled. The session ran from 7pm until 1am the following morning.

Mixing, editing: Within You Without You

Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Within You Without You was completed during this session, with the creation of final mono and stereo mixes.

Recording, mixing: Within You Without You

Studios One and Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The last song to be completed for the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album was Within You Without You.

Recording, mixing: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

Studio One, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The final song to be begun for the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album was a reprise of the title track. It was recorded in a single session on this day.

Recording, mixing: With A Little Help From My Friends, Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Recording for the Sgt Pepper song Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! was completed during this session, and mono mixes were created.

Recording: With A Little Help From My Friends

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The start time for this session was an unusually late 11pm, due to the cover shoot for the Sgt Pepper album earlier in the day.

Cover shoot for Sgt Pepper

Prior to a late night recording session at Abbey Road, The Beatles visited Michael Cooper's London photographic studio where the cover photographs for Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band were taken.

Recording: Good Morning Good Morning, Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!, With A Little Help From My Friends

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The sound effects for Good Morning Good Morning, assembled on the previous day, were added to the song during this session.

Recording: Good Morning Good Morning, Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick John Lennon recorded a second lead vocal for Good Morning Good Morning on this evening, following a first attempt on 16 February 1967. Lennon harmonized with himself during parts of the song.

Recording, mixing: Getting Better

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer, engineer: Peter Vince On 21 March 1967 The Beatles had attempted to record backing vocals for Getting Better. The session was abandoned, however, after John Lennon accidentally took LSD in the studio.

Recording, mixing: Within You Without You

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Work continued on George Harrison's song Within You Without You during this session, which began at 7pm and finished at 2.15am.