Archive for November, 2016
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November 29, 1966
29 Nov 2016There was more work today on “Strawberry Fields Forever”: two more takes (5 and 6) which were then mixed down…
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November 28, 1966
28 Nov 2016“For the first time,” says Mark Lewisohn in today’s entry in The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, “there was no real…
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November 25, 1966
25 Nov 2016After breaking new ground yesterday with “Strawberry Fields Forever,” today The Beatles retreated to familiar territory. With December looming, it was…
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November 24, 1966
24 Nov 2016This post is being written in 2016 in California, where it’s Thanksgiving, though many of us are not feeling quite…
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November 23, 1966
23 Nov 2016“I think we were itching to get going,” Paul recalled of the days leading up to the [Nov. 24] session.…
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Time passed in a vague blur
22 Nov 2016In his book The Beatles, Bob Spitz paints the following portrait of John Lennon during this period: During the weeks…
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November 20, 1966
20 Nov 2016Today, I am told, John Lennon and George Harrison crossed paths with the Four Tops at a party hosted by…
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November 19, 1966
19 Nov 2016Today’s entry on The Beatles Bible is entitled “Paul McCartney has the idea for Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,”…
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Mid-November 1966
15 Nov 2016Again we find ourselves here in a period for which little record exists. We do know that John and George…
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November 7, 1966
07 Nov 2016Today marked a turning point in Beatles history. Visiting the Indica Gallery in London, John Lennon was introduced to an…