Beatles history - 1967 November
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1
Wednesday
Abbey Road, Room 53. 10.00am-1.00pm. Mono mixing: `All You Need Is Love' (remix 11, from take 58); `Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' (remix 20, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Studio 3 (control room only). 2.30-6.00pm. Recording: `Untitled Sound Effects' (take 20); `Hello, Goodbye' (tape reduction take 21 into takes 22-25). Stereo mixing: `The Fool On The Hill' (remixes 1-5, from take 6). Editing: `The Fool On The Hill' (of remix stereo 5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby. Mono mixing of `All You Need Is Love' and `Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' for the `Yellow Submarine' film. Sound effects: applauses, for the `Yellow Submarine' film.
2
Thursday
Studio 3. 2.30-6.00pm. Recording: `Hello, Goodbye' (overdub onto take 22). Mono mixing: `Hello, Goodbye' (remixes 1-6, from take 22). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Jeff Jarratt.
3
Friday
`Sunny Heights' (rock garden). Shooting for `Blue Jay Way' sequence in `Magical Mystery Tour'.
6
Monday
Studio 3 (control room only). 2.30-6.00pm. Stereo mixing: `Hello, Goodbye' (remixes 1, 2, from take 22); `I Am The Walrus' (remixes 1-7, from take 17 and from remix mono 22); `Your Mother Should Know' (remixes 1, 2, from take 52); `Magical Mystery Tour' (remixes 1-4, from take 9). Editing: `I Am The Walrus' (of stereo remixes 6, 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott. The BBC transmission for `I Am The Walrus' is added to the stereo mix from the mono mix.
7
Tuesday
Studio 2 (control room only). 2.30-5.45pm. Stereo mixing: `Blue Jay Way' (remixes 1, 2, from take 3); `Flying' (remix 1, from take 8). Editing: `Blue Jay Way' (of remix stereo 2); `Flying' (of remix stereo 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Peter Mew. Studio 1. 9.00pm-4.30am. Mono mixing: `Blue Jay Way' (remixes 20-28, from take 3). Stereo mixing: `Blue Jay Way' (remixes 10-12, from take 3). Editing: `Blue Jay Way' (of remix mono 27, of remix stereo 12). Stereo mixing/Recording: `Magical Mystery Tour' (remixes 5, 6, from remix stereo 4 with new overdub). Mono mixing/Recording: `Magical Mystery Tour' (remixes 8-10, from remix mono 7 with new overdub). Tape copying: `I Am The Walrus' (of remix mono 23); `Your Mother Should Know' (of remix mono 25); `Flying' (of edit of remix mono 6 and of edit of remix stereo 1); `Magical Mystery Tour' (of remix mono 10 and of remix stereo 6); `Blue Jay Way' (of edit of remix mono 27 and of edit of remix stereo 12); `The Fool On The Hill' (of edit of remix mono 12); `Strawberry Fields Forever' (of remix stereo 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby. Recording of sound effects for `Magical Mystery Tour'. Copies of `I Am The Walrus', `Your Mother Should Know', `Flying', `Magical Mystery Tour', `Blue Jay Way', `The Fool On The Hill' and `Strawberry Fields Forever', for Capitol.
8
Wednesday
New York premiere of `How I Won The War'.
9
Thursday
First issue of `Rolling Stone'. John as Private Gripweed appears on cover.
10
Friday
Shooting of three `Hello, Goodbye' clips, directed by Paul, at the Saville Theatre.
14
Tuesday
Closing of John and Yoko's art exhibition, `Half-A-Wind Show', at the Lisson Gallery, London.
15
Wednesday
Studio 2 (control room only). 10.30-11.00am. Mono mixing: `Hello, Goodbye' (remix 10, from take 22). Tape copying: `It's All Too Much' (of remix mono 1); `All Together Now' (of remix mono 6); `Only A Northern Song' (of remix mono 6). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer; Richard Lush. Mix of `Hello, Goodbye' without violas, for use as playback on the clip. Copies of `It's All Too Much', `All Together Now' and `Only A Northern Song' for `Yellow Submarine' producers.
17
Friday
Abbey Road, Room 53. 10.00am-1.15pm. Stereo mixing: `I Am The Walrus' (remix 25, from take 17). Editing: `I Am The Walrus' (of stereo remixes 25, 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott. New mix of the first half of `I Am The Walrus', in order to build the stereo master. End of `Magical Mystery Tour' sessions.
21
Tuesday
76 Old Compton Street, 1st floor, London. Norman's Film Production. Roy Benson and the Beatles session for cutting the `Magical Mystery Tour' film. They are filmed by a BBC crew.
22
Wednesday
George session for `Wonderwall' film. Recording: sound effects; `India', `Swordfencing' (both working titles). First session of `Wonderwall'.
23
Thursday
George session for `Wonderwall' film. Recording: sound effects; `India', `Swordfencing' (both working titles). Classical musicians.
24
Friday
Abbey Road. First John's solo session, compiling sound effects for the National Theatre production for its play `Scene Three, Act One', based on the short homonymous story included on `In His Own Write'.
24
Friday
UK single release: `Hello, Goodbye'/`I Am the Walrus'.
Hello Goodbye / I Am the Walrus (Single)
24
Friday
IBC Studios, London. Debut recording session by Grapefruit, for single `Dear Delilah'. John and Paul attend.
26
Sunday
Broadcast of the `Hello, Goodbye' clip, on the Ed Sullivan show.
27
Monday
US single release: `Hello, Goodbye'/`I Am the Walrus'. US LP release: `Magical Mystery Tour'.
Hello Goodbye / I Am the Walrus (Single) Magical Mystery Tour (US album)
28
Tuesday
Studio 3. 6.00pm-2.45am. Recording: `Christmas Time (Is Here Again)' (take 1 [music], takes 1-10 [speech], overdub of sound effects onto edit/remix). Mono mixing: `Christmas Time (Is Here Again)' (from take 1 [music], from takes 2, 6, 10 [speech]). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. 5th and last Christmas record made jointly by all Beatles and at Abbey Road. Visit at the studio: Victor Spinetti. 2.45-4.30am. Abbey Road. 2nd John's solo session, compiling sound effects for `Scene Three, Act One'.
29
Wednesday
Studio 1 (control room only). 2.30-5.30pm. Editing: `Christmas Time (Is Here Again)' (of unnumbered mono remix). Tape copying: `Christmas Time (Is Here Again)' (of master version). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Copy for print at Lyntone Records..
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