Month: April 1969
Wednesday 30 April 1969
Studio
Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Jeff Jarratt This Beatles recording session began with a lead guitar overdub onto the best take of …
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Jeff Jarratt The Beatles continued the recording of Ringo Starr's second-recorded composition, Octopus's Garden, during this 7.30pm-1am session.
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: John Lennon Engineer: Jeff Jarratt On 22 April 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono had recorded the track John And Yoko, which …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas/The Beatles Engineer: Jeff Jarratt The Beatles began work on Ringo Starr's second-recorded composition, Octopus's Garden, taping 32 takes of the …
Studio Three (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Jeff Jarratt On 22 April 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono had recorded the track John And Yoko, which which …
Room 4, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Peter Mew A rough mono mix was created of the Let It Be song Two Of Us during this hour-long late-night session.
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Jeff Jarratt Following the ceremony on the roof of Apple in which John Lennon changed his name to John Winston Ono Lennon, …
John Lennon formally changed his middle name by deed poll from Winston to Ono, during a brief ceremony held on the roof of the Apple building at 3 Savile …
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Jeff Jarratt Work continued on John Lennon's I Want You (She's So Heavy) during this 7pm-12.45am session, which also …
Studios Two and Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Jeff Jarratt The Beatles finished the recording of George Harrison's song Old Brown Shoe on this day, …
Wednesday 16 April 1969
Studio
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Jeff Jarratt John Lennon and Paul McCartney had recorded The Ballad Of John And Yoko on 14 April 1969. …
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Just three days after the release of the Get Back single, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were …
The Beatles' 19th British single, and their first for 1969, was Get Back, with Don't Let Me Down on the b-side.
Although they were rarely seen in public as a group by April 1969, on this day The Beatles took part in their penultimate photo session together.
Olympic Sound Studios, Barnes, London Producer: George Martin Engineer: Glyn Johns Mono mixes of Get Back had been made at Abbey Road on 26 March 1969, in preparation for …
Two days after being interviewed by Eamonn Andrews for the Today programme, John Lennon and Yoko Ono made another television appeareance.
Thursday 3 April 1969
Radio
Inside Studio 3B at the BBC's Broadcasting House in London, George Harrison gave an interview on this day to Sue MacGregor for the Radio 4 show The World At …
On the day they returned from their lightning trip to Vienna, John Lennon and Yoko Ono made an appearance on the Thames Television news show Today, hosted by Eamonn …
