Archive for July, 2018
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July 31, 1968
31 Jul 2018As The Beatles continued to work on “Hey Jude” today at Trident Studios — where they had moved so they could…
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July 30, 1968
30 Jul 2018As “Hey Jude” continued to take shape today, a film crew happened to be in the studio, taking footage for…
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July 29, 1968
29 Jul 2018Between the last session and the Mad Day Out, Paul and John had been working together — an unusual occurrence…
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July 28, 1968
28 Jul 2018This was the day of the epic Beatles photo shoot that became known as the “May Day Out.” In the…
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July 22–25, 1968
22 Jul 2018A week in the wilds of Montana beckons. For previous hiatuses (hiati?) on this site, I’ve prescheduled a bunch of…
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July 20, 1968
20 Jul 2018Today Jane Asher went on the BBC to announce to the world that her fiancé, Paul “Ol’ Twitchy Dick” McCartney,…
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July 19, 1968
19 Jul 2018Another new song today, this time one of John’s — the one he had started just as he and George…
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July 18, 1968
18 Jul 2018After finishing off “Cry Baby Cry” — adding vocals, guitar, harmonium, tambourine, and “tea party effects” — today The Beatles…
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July 17, 1968
17 Jul 2018Today the Fabs were excused from the studio to take a field trip to Piccadilly Circus, where they attended the…
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July 16, 1968
16 Jul 2018Geoff Emerick is officially listed as the engineer for today’s session, but in his telling of the story, he did…