Beatles history - 1967 September
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Friday |
Meeting of all Beatles at Paul's St John's Wood house. It is decided to continue the `Magical Mystery Tour' project and to postpone the trip to India. |
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2
Saturday |
Paul affirms that ``No one could possibly replace Brian'', and that they will go on alone, without manager. | |
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Saturday |
Date for the beginning of Brian's planned trip to New York. | |
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5
Tuesday |
Studio 1. 7.00pm-1.00am. Recording: `I Am The Walrus' (takes 1-16). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Richard Lush. Recording of rythm track of `I Am The Walrus'. Proper first `Magical Mystery Tour' session. | |
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6
Wednesday |
Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `I Am The Walrus' (tape reduction take 16 into take 17, overdub onto take 17). Mono mixing: `I Am The Walrus' (remixes 1-4, from take 17). Recording: `The Fool On The Hill' (take 1); `Blue Jay Way' (take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott. Remix of `I Am The Walrus' for cutting acetates. Recording of `The Fool On The Hill' demos (only Paul and his piano), and rythm track of `Blue Jay Way'. | |
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Thursday |
Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.15am. Recording: `Blue Jay Way' (tape reduction take 1 into take 2, overdub onto take 2, tape reduction take 2 into take 3, overdub onto take 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Peter Vince; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott. | |
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8
Friday |
Studio 3. 7.00pm-2.45am. Recording: `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (takes 1-6, tape reduction take 6 into takes 7, 8, overdub onto take 8). Mono mixing: `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (remixes 1-4, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. 1st Beatles instrumental theme released for EMI. 1st theme credited to all Beatles. Last session of uninterrupted work of Geoff Emerick as Beatles' balance engineer. | |
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8
Friday |
An official report states that Brian's death was accidental, due to accumulation of bromide contained in a drug known as Carbitral. | |
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11
Monday |
10.45am. The `Magical Mystery Tour' bus leaves from Allsop Place, London. Start of the Magical Mystery Tour. The bus visits Somerset, Cornualles; Devon; West Mailing Airport, Kent.
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11
Monday |
Day of the eventual end of Brian's stay at the Waldorf Towers, New York, during his planned trip to North America. (The alternative was 12 September.) | |
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11
Monday |
`All You Need Is Love' number 1 (Billboard). | |
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11
Monday |
US Gold certification for `All You Need Is Love'/`Baby You're A Rich Man'. | |
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12
Tuesday |
Date for the end of Brian's stay at the Waldorf Towers, New York, during his planned trip to North America (alternative day: 11 September). | |
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12
Tuesday |
On their journey north, the `Magical Mystery Tour' convoy causes traffic jams. John rips off the posters from the sides of the bus.
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13
Wednesday |
George Harrison interview for the BBC Radio program `Scene And Heard'.
Read the interview on this day |
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15
Friday |
End of shootings of `Magical Mystery Tour'. | |
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16
Saturday |
Studio 3. 7.00pm-3.45pm. Recording: `Your Mother Should Know' [re-make] (takes 20-30). Mono mixing: `Blue Jay Way' (remix 1, from take 3). Tape copying: `I Am The Walrus' (of remix mono 4); `Blue Jay Way' (of remix mono 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Jeff Jarratt. Remixes for Gavrik Losey. Visit at the studio: Gavrik Losey, assistant of `Magical Mystery Tour' producer, Denis O'Dell. First session with Ken Scott as balance engineer. | |
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17
Sunday |
Last line-up, programmed until 19 August 1967, for the Saville Theatre autumn season: John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Long John Baldry. | |
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17
Sunday |
Approximate date of Brian's trip from Toronto to California, according to his planned itinerary. | |
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18
Monday |
Shooting of striptease scene of `Magical Mystery Tour' at Raymond Revuebar, 11 Walker's Court, London. | |
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18
Monday |
John and Neil Aspinall leave from Paris to Spain. | |
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20
Wednesday |
Cilla Black's vacations due to end this day. | |
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22
Friday |
The `Time' magazine cover features a drawing by Gerard Scarfe titled `The Beatles/Their new incarnation'. | |
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22
Friday |
Town Newsagency Limited. Filming for `Magical Mystery Tour': Ringo buying tickets from John. | |
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25
Monday |
Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `The Fool On The Hill' (takes 1-3, tape reduction take 3 into take 4, overdub onto take 4). Mono mixing: `The Fool On The Hill' (remix 1, from take 4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. First proper recording of `The Fool On The Hill'. | |
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26
Tuesday |
Studio 2. 7.00pm-4.15am. Recording: `The Fool On The Hill' (tape reduction take 4 into take 5, overdub onto take 5, tape reduction take 5 into take 6, overdub onto take 6). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. | |
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27
Wednesday |
Studio 1. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `I Am The Walrus' (tape reduction take 17 into takes 18-24, with overdub onto takes 18-24). Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `I Am The Walrus' (tape reduction take 20 into take 25, overdub onto take 25); `The Fool On The Hill' (overdub onto take 6). Mono mixing: `The Fool On The Hill' (remix 2, from take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Recording of strings and choir for `I Am The Walrus'. | |
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28
Thursday |
Studio 2. 4.00-5.30pm. Tape copying: `Magical Mystery Tour' (of remix mono 7); `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (of remix mono 4). Recording: `I Am The Walrus' (tape reduction of take 25 as overdub onto take 17). Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Mono mixing: `I Am The Walrus' (remixes 2-5, from take 17). Editing: `I Am The Walrus' (of remix mono 2). Recording: `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (overdub onto take 8, takes 1-5 of overdub onto take 8). Mono mixing: `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (remixes 5, 6, from take 8). Editing: `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (of remix mono 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Copies of `Magical Mystery Tour' and `Flying' for the film producer. Recording of effects for `Flying'. The jazz-like part of the song is deleted. | |
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Friday |
Wembley TV Studios. John and George live appearance on `The Frost Programme'. Studio 2. 7.00pm-5.00am. Mono mixing: `I Am The Walrus' (remixes 6-22, from take 17). Editing: `I Am The Walrus' (of mono remixes 10, 22, called remix mono 23). Recording: `Your Mother Should Know' (tape reduction take 9 into takes 50-52, overdub onto take 52). Mono mixing: `Your Mother Should Know' (remix 20, from take 52). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby. The BBC live broadcast is included in `I Am The Walrus'. The re-make of `Your Mother Should Know' is ignored, and work returns to the original Chappell version. 7.30pm. Start of broadcast of `The Tragedy Of King Lear', BBC Third Programme. | |
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30
Saturday |
BBC Third Programme becomes Radio 3. | |
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30
Saturday |
John, George and the Maharishi appear on the TV `David Frost Show'. | |
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30
Saturday |
Date of end of 5-year contract of the Beatles and Brian. | |
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Saturday |
Frank Zappa, in an interview for the magazine `Disc And Music Echo', affirms that John was right when he said that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. |
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