Hunter Davies’ biography of The Beatles is published
The only authorised biography of The Beatles was published in the United Kingdom on this day. Written by Hunter Davies, it was published by William Heinemann Limited.
Month: September 1968
Mixing: Happiness Is A Warm Gun, What’s The New Mary Jane, Glass Onion, I Will
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 …
Editing, recording, mixing: Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott Two separate sessions took place on this day, both of which saw work continue on the White …
Recording: Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott The Beatles continued work on ‘Happiness Is A Warm Gun’ during this 7pm-2am session. While recording the …
Recording: Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott One of the White Album’s highlights, ‘Happiness Is A Warm Gun’, had its first recording session on …
Recording: Piggies, Glass Onion
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott The day after they recorded the backing track for ‘Piggies’, the song was completed aside from the …
Recording: Piggies
Studios One and Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott Work began on ‘Piggies’ during this session. It was the third George Harrison song to …
Recording, mixing: Birthday
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott While the sessions for the White Album often found The Beatles labouring for days on individual songs, …
George Harrison is interviewed for New Musical Express and BBC
George Harrison gave an interview on this day to New Musical Express journalist Alan Smith, at Apple Corps’ headquarters at 3 Savile Row, London.
Recording, mixing: Helter Skelter, I Will
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott The Beatles completed the recording of ‘I Will’ during this session, and created the mono mix of …
Recording: I Will, Glass Onion
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott The Beatles began recording the White Album ballad ‘I Will’ during this session.
Recording: Glass Onion
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott The third recording session for ‘Glass Onion’ saw further overdubs onto the rhythm track, which had been …
Recording: Glass Onion
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott Having recorded the rhythm track for ‘Glass Onion’ during the previous day’s session, The Beatles began overdubbing …
Recording: Glass Onion
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott The Beatles began the recording of ‘Glass Onion’, the third song on the White Album, during this …
Recording: Helter Skelter
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott Having recorded the backing track of ‘Helter Skelter’ on the previous night, the song was completed during …
Recording: Helter Skelter
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Ken Scott The Beatles had recorded three lengthy rehearsal takes of ‘Helter Skelter’ on 18 July 1968. During this …
Recording: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Ken Scott George Harrison’s song ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ was completed on this day.
Television: Paul McCartney and Mary Hopkin filmed for Magpie
Prior to The Beatles’ 7pm recording session, Paul McCartney was filmed with Mary Hopkin for a children’s television show.
Recording: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Ken Scott Two separate versions of ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ were worked on during this session: overdubs to the first group …
Filming: Hey Jude, Revolution
On this day The Beatles filmed promotional clips for ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘Revolution’ at Twickenham Film Studios.
