Tag: 1968
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Ken Scott George Harrison’s song ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ was completed on this day.
Prior to The Beatles’ 7pm recording session, Paul McCartney was filmed with Mary Hopkin for a children’s television show.
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 …
Having walked out of The Beatles on 22 August 1968, Ringo Starr rejoined the group on this day.
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Ken Scott The Beatles had recorded the backing track for George Harrison’s ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ on 16 August 1968, but …
Trident Studios, St Anne’s Court, London Producer: George Martin Engineer: Barry Sheffield The Beatles completed the recording of ‘Dear Prudence’ during this 5-11pm session, which took place at Trident …
The Beatles second – and final – UK single of 1968 was an all-time classic. ‘Hey Jude’, with ‘Revolution’ on the b-side, was also the group’s first on their …
Trident Studios, St Anne’s Court, London Producer: George Martin Engineer: Barry Sheffield This was the second session at London’s Trident Studios for the White Album song ‘Dear Prudence’, recording …
Trident Studios, St Anne’s Court, London Producer: George Martin Engineer: Barry Sheffield The Beatles returned to Trident Studios in London’s Soho district, where they had previously recorded ‘Hey Jude’, …
Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Ken Scott Copies of four completed songs recorded for the White Album were made during this half-hour session, which took …
Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Ken Scott With Ringo Starr having left The Beatles, albeit temporarily, the work schedule for the White Album slowed somewhat …
One of The Beatles’ most successful singles, ‘Hey Jude’/‘Revolution’ was issued in the US on this day. It was also the group’s first on their Apple label, and had …
John Lennon and Yoko Ono made an appearance on the fourth edition of Frost On Saturday, presented by David Frost, on this evening.
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott The day after Ringo Starr temporarily quit The Beatles, the rest of the group continued work on …