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.
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.
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.
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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