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 demo studio owned by their publisher, Dick James.
Each member of The Beatles sang on the recording, with Paul McCartney also playing piano. A number of songs and skits were recorded, which were edited into a 10-part, six-minute piece on 2 December. The songs included ‘Everywhere It’s Christmas’, ‘Orowainya’, and ‘Please Don’t Bring Your Banjo Back’, and the sketches included ‘Podgy The Bear And Jasper’ and ‘Felpin Mansions’.
We worked it out between us. Paul did most of the work on it. He thought up the ‘Pantomime’ title and the two song things.
The Beatles’ Fourth Christmas Record – Pantomime: Everywhere It’s Christmas was edited by The Beatles’ press officer at Abbey Road on 2 December 1966, and was sent to members of The Beatles’ UK fan club on 16 December.
Would these have been recorded on across multiple tracks as was then the practice (at least one for vocals and another for the piano) or were they more slapdash and just done on one track? Do we know?