Archive for July, 2019
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July 31, 1969
31 Jul 2019Another day, another Beatles session. Yawn city, except that at this point we’re less than a month away from the…
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July 30, 1969
30 Jul 2019At this point the bits and pieces that would make up the Abbey Road Side 2 medley were mostly finished.…
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July 29, 1969
29 Jul 2019Mark Lewisohn’s The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions is a pretty reliable barometer of how important a particular session is in…
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July 28, 1969
28 Jul 2019Most of you are probably familiar with Brian Eno’s “Oblique Strategies,” a set of cards containing instructions that he uses…
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July 25, 1969
25 Jul 2019To all outward appearances, everything was hunky-dory today as The Beatles continued to add to the medley that would occupy…
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July 24, 1969
24 Jul 2019Another productive and, at times, even enjoyable session today. It began with Paul, alone in Studio Two, recording a demo…
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July 23, 1969
23 Jul 2019The end is near. At this point we’re less than a month away from the last time all four Beatles…
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July 22, 1969
22 Jul 2019Today’s Beatles session began with Paul’s third and penultimate go at laying down a lead vocal for “Oh! Darling.” After…
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July 21, 1969
21 Jul 2019In his book Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick recalls: We happened to be working on “Come Together” just as…
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July 20, 1969
20 Jul 2019There was a good piece in the New York Times this week about how they chose the eight words that…