Archive for April, 2019
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April 30, 1969
30 Apr 2019The Beatles worked on two, very different, songs today. First George added a guitar solo to what would become the…
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April 29, 1969
29 Apr 2019Mark Lewisohn’s The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions describes today’s studio work with precise brevity: The re-recording, as an overdub, of…
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April 27, 1969
27 Apr 2019There was a recording session today, but not a Beatles session. It was a John and Yoko session, at which…
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April 26, 1969
26 Apr 2019This was a strange, interstitial period in Beatle history, during which they recorded sporadically with no particular goal in sight.…
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April 22, 1969
22 Apr 2019There were two Beatle-related — or to be more accurate John-and-Yoko- related — events today. But since my time is short and…
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April 20, 1969
20 Apr 2019There was a recording session today at which The Beatles worked on “I Want You” — adding congas (which one…
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April 18, 1969
18 Apr 2019Starting at 2:30 PM today George, working alone, added a guitar solo and an organ part to “Old Brown Shoe”;…
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April 16, 1969
16 Apr 2019This day marked the first time since February 22 that all four Beatles were in the studio together. The purpose…
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April 14, 1969
14 Apr 2019So eager was John to get his new song down on tape, he actually showed up at Abbey Road for…
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Welcome back, Geoff
12 Apr 2019It’s at this point that Geoff Emerick returns as a character in the Beatles saga. In fact, he had been…