Month: April 1969

Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: Jeff Jarratt This session began with a lead guitar overdub onto the best take of Let It …

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: Chris Thomas/The Beatles Engineer: Jeff Jarratt The Beatles began work on Ringo Starr 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 …

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 …

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, …

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. …

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.

Two days after being interviewed by Eamonn Andrews for the Today programme, John Lennon and Yoko Ono made another television appeareance.

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 …