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Generally perceived to be The Beatles’ first artistic failure, the Magical Mystery Tour film was disliked by critics and viewers alike. In an effort to explain the group’s creation, …
Having been edited to 55 minutes from nearly 10 hours of footage, The Beatles’ television film Magical Mystery Tour had its world première on BBC 1 at 8.35.
More than two weeks before its accompanying film received its premiere on BBC television, The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour EP was released.
In the UK The Beatles chose to issue the six songs from the Magical Mystery Tour film as a double gatefold EP with a 28-page booklet. EPs, however, were …
Room 53, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick On this, the day that stereo copies of the Magical Mystery Tour EP were cut in Britain, …
Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick On 10 November 1967, The Beatles had made a promotional film for the single ‘Hello, …
Tuesday 7 November 1967 Studio Studios One and Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineers: Ken Scott, Geoff Emerick This busy day saw two separate sessions booked at different studios at Abbey …
Studio Three (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Stereo mixes of four Magical Mystery Tour songs were made in customarily swift fashion during …
The filming of the Magical Mystery Tour television special was completed on this day, with sequences for George Harrison’s song ‘Blue Jay Way’ shot at Sunny Heights, Ringo Starr’s …
Thursday 2 November 1967 Studio Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott ‘Hello, Goodbye’ received its final overdub on this day: a second bass guitar part played by Paul …
Studio Three (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott This session, which ran from 2.30-6pm, began with the recording of a brief tape containing …
Paul McCartney, Mal Evans and cameraman Aubrey Dewar were woken at 3.30am by a taxi driver, who had been hired to take them to locations in Nice where they …
Although the studio recording of ‘The Fool On The Hill’ was complete, there was no suitable film footage available for the song.
Another scene was filmed for the Magical Mystery Tour television special on this day, in Battersea in south London.
Wednesday 25 October 1967 Studio Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott This session saw overdubs onto The Beatles’ single ‘Hello, Goodbye’, and the creation of mono mixes of …
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott This session was booked for the overdubbing of flutes and violas onto ‘The Fool On The Hill’ …
Thursday 19 October 1967 Studio Studio One, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott This was the second session for The Beatles’ single ‘Hello, Goodbye’, and took place in the huge …
Thursday 12 October 1967 Studio Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: John Lennon Engineer: Ken Scott This was the first recording session for which John Lennon was officially listed as a producer. It …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The recording of George Harrison’s Magical Mystery Tour song ‘Blue Jay Way’ was completed during this session, …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott This session, which began at 10pm and ended at 2.30am the following morning, saw the creation of …