Beatles history - 1967 August
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1
Tuesday |
George and Pattie Harrison, Neil Aspinall, Alex the Magician and Jennie Boyd visit the Haight-Ashbury district, San Francisco. |
1
Tuesday |
Premiere of `Film Number 4', by Yoko. |
2
Wednesday |
George visits the Ravi Shankar's music school, in Los Angeles. |
3
Thursday |
Brian does not attend a meeting with Dr. John Flood planned for this day. |
4
Friday |
UK LP re-release: `The Beatles' First'. |
5
Saturday |
Date offered to Brian by Dr. John Flood for their meeting, to replace the 3 August meeting, which Brian could not attend. Brian cannot accept this date either. |
7
Monday |
`Disc and Music Echo' publishes an article by Derek Taylor, on his visit to Haight-Ashbury with George. |
8
Tuesday |
John and Julian pose for fans photographs at their house at St George's Hill State, near Cavendish Road, Weybridge, Surrey. |
9
Wednesday |
Joe Orton is killed by Kenneth Halliwell. |
9
Wednesday |
Lucy Martin, daughter of George Martin and his wife Lucy, is born. |
11
Friday |
Thomson House, London. Photographic session with Richard Avedon, for a set of `solarised' prints, and other left unsolarised. Photograph of gatefold sleeve of LP `Love Songs' taken.
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14
Monday |
Queenie Epstein arrives in London to stay with Brian at his Chapel Street house. |
16
Wednesday |
Dr. Norman Cowan examines Brian. |
17
Thursday |
Brian writes a letter to Derek Taylor, then in California, about his next (never materialised) trip to New York. |
18
Friday |
Brian tells his mother and Peter Brown he will soon travel to the USA and Canada to appear in some TV programmes. |
18
Friday |
UK single release: `We Love You', by the Rolling Stones (backing vocals by John and Paul). |
19
Saturday |
Jason Starkey is born, at the Queen's Charlotte Maternity Hospital, Hammersmith, London. |
19
Saturday |
Brian announces that Traffic will make their first performance in Britain, at the Saville Theatre. The Saville Theatre autumn season is extended to 16 weeks. |
20
Sunday |
Date booked for Tim Buckley's performance at the Saville Theatre. |
20
Sunday |
Cream flies to the USA, beginning a tour. |
20
Sunday |
Cilla Black flies to Portugal, beginning her holiday. |
22
Tuesday |
Chappell Recording Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `Your Mother Should Know' (takes 1-8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: John Timperley; 2nd Engineer: John Iles. |
23
Wednesday |
Chappell Recording Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `Your Mother Should Know' (tape reduction take 8 into take 9, overdub onto take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: John Timperley; 2nd Engineer: John Iles. Visit at the studio: Brian Epstein. |
23
Wednesday |
Evening: Brian and Queenie go to the Saville Theatre. |
24
Thursday |
Queenie leaves from London to Liverpool, by train. |
24
Thursday |
8.00pm. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's public lecture in the Hotel Hilton's ballroom. John, Cynthia, Paul, Jane, Michael McCartney, George, Patti, and Jenny Boyd attend.
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24
Thursday |
Ringo visits Maureen and Jason at Queen's Charlotte Hospital. |
24
Thursday |
Long conversation of the Beatles with Brian about the `Magical Mystery Tour' film. |
25
Friday |
Afternoon: Trip to Bangor, from Euston station.
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25
Friday |
Brian receives by phone news that BBC television offered Cilla Black her own series. |
25
Friday |
Afternoon: Brian goes to Kingsley Hill. 8.00pm. Peter Brown and Geoffrey Ellis arrive in Kingsley Hill. 10.00pm. Brian announces to Peter and Geoffrey he will take a drive. Brian arrives in his Chapel Street house to spend the night. |
26
Saturday |
About 5.00pm or 5.30pm. Brian phones to Kingsley Hill. With Peter Brown, he agrees to phone to tell the train that would take him back from London. About 5.00pm. Antonio Garcia, Brian's butler, takes some food to Brian's room. |
27
Sunday |
Day booked for the beginning of the Saville Theatre autumn season. |
27
Sunday |
The `Sunday Express' reveals that Pete Best works in a bakery in Liverpool, earning 18 pounds a week. |
27
Sunday |
Brian Epstein dies. 12.00am. Antonio and Maria Garcia try to wake Brian up. About 2.30pm. Antonio Garcia phones Brian's secretary. Joanne Newfield, Alistair Taylor, Brian Barrett and John Gallway are before Brian's room door; Peter Brown stays on the phone line from Kingsley Hill. Phone calls to: Clive Epstein, Paul, David Jacobs. News get to Robert Stigwood, Vic Lewis, Allen Klein. The Beatles return from Bangor to London.
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31
Thursday |
It is announced that the Beatles will take the administration of their own business interests. |
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