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Vol. 19 to 24



 
 
 
VOL. 19

October 22, 1965-January 21, 1966
 VOL. 20

March-May 9, 1966
VOL. 21

May 9-July 1, 1966
October 22, 1965: EMI Studios, London, England
1. Nowhere Man (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

October 24, 1965: EMI Studios, London, England
2. I’m Looking Through You (early version)   (Lennon/McCartney)

3. Paul – getting the MBEs (October 26) 
4. Paul, Ringo, John & George – meeting the Queen

5. John – “We Can Work It Out”

October 29, 1965: EMI Studios, London, England
6. We Can Work It Out (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

November 3, 1965: EMI Studios, London, England
7. Michelle (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

November 4, 1965: EMI Studios, London, England
8. What Goes On (master)  (Lennon/McCartney/Starkey)
9. 12-Bar Original  (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey) 

November 8, 1965: EMI Studios, London, England
10. Studio chat 
11. Think for Yourself (master)   (Harrison) 
12. The Beatles’ Third Christmas Record

November 10, 1965: EMI Studios, London, England
13. The Word (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

14. George – The Rubber Soul album 

November 11, 1965: EMI Studios, London, England
15. You Won’t See Me (master)  (Lennon/McCartney) 
16. John – “Girl”
17. Girl (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)
18. Wait (master)  (Lennon/McCartney) 
19. I’m Looking Through You (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

20. George & Ringo – making promo films  (November 23) 

November 29, 1965: London, England
21. On Saturday Club

November 30, 1965: London, England
22. Interview with George
23. Interview with John

January 21, 1966: Epsom, England
24. Interview with George & Pattie Harrison

25. John – a lot of acid
26. Paul – frightened of acid 
 

1. John – “She Said She Said”

March 1966: Weybridge, Surrey, England
2. She Said She Said (demo)  (Lennon/McCartney)

3. Paul – “Eleanor Rigby”

March 1966: London, England
4. Eleanor Rigby (demo)  (Lennon/McCartney)

March 25, 1966: London, England
5. Interview

6. John – The Yesterday And Today album cover (March 25) 

7. George & Ringo – making Revolver as the follow-up to Rubber Soul

April 6, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
8. Paul, George & John – “Tomorrow Never Knows”
9. Tomorrow Never Knows (take 1)  (Lennon/McCartney)

April 7, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
10. Paul – tape loops for “Tomorrow Never Knows” (April 7)
11. George, Paul, Ringo & George Martin –  listening to “Tomorrow Never Knows” in 1995
12. Got to Get You into My Life (take 5)  (Lennon/McCartney)

April 13, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
13. George & Ringo – presenting George’s songs
14. Love You To (master)  (Harrison) 
15. Paul – the idea of “Paperback Writer”
16. Paperback Writer (takes 1-2)  (Lennon/McCartney)

April 14, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
17. Paperback Writer (master)  (Lennon/McCartney) 

April 16, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
18. John – backwards music on “Rain”
19. Rain (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

April 19, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
20. Doctor Robert (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

April 20, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
21. And Your Bird Can Sing (take 2)  (Lennon/McCartney)
22. And Your Bird Can Sing (vocal overdubs on take 2)  (Lennon/McCartney)

April 22, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
23. Tomorrow Never Knows (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

April 26, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
24. And Your Bird Can Sing (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

April 28, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
25. Eleanor Rigby (take 14)  (Lennon/McCartney)

April 29, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
26. I’m Only Sleeping (rehearsal)  (Lennon/McCartney)
27. I’m Only Sleeping (take 1)  (Lennon/McCartney)

May 2, 1966: London, England
28. Interview with Ringo
29. Interview with Paul

May 6, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
30. I’m Only Sleeping (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

May 9, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
31. For No One (take 1)  (Lennon/McCartney)

May 9, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
1. For No One (take 9)  (Lennon/McCartney)

May 16, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
2. George – “Taxman”
3. Taxman (master)  (Harrison)

May 19, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
4. For No One (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

5. Ringo – getting laughed at for his songs

June 1, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
6. Ringo & Paul – “Yellow Submarine”
7. Yellow Submarine (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

June 3, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
8. I Want to Tell You (master)  (Harrison)

June 6, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
9. Eleanor Rigby (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

June 9, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
10. Good Day Sunshine (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

June 16, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
11. Here, There and Everywhere (take 7)  (Lennon/McCartney)

June 17, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
12. Here, There and Everywhere (master)   (Lennon/McCartney)
13. Got to Get You into My Life (master)   (Lennon/McCartney)

June 21, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
14. She Said She Said (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

15. Paul – initial reaction to Revolver

June 24, 1966: Munich, West Germany
16. Interview

17. George & Paul – performing the new material onstage

June 24, 1966: Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, West Germany
18. Nowhere Man  (Lennon/McCartney)

June 25, 1966: Essen, West Germany
19. Interview

20. George – controversy in Japan

June 30, 1966: Tokyo, Japan
21 Press conference

22. Paul, George & Ringo – locked up in Japan
23. George – the audiences in Japan

June 30, 1966: Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
24. Rock and Roll Music  [Chuck Berry] 
25. She’s a Woman  (Lennon/McCartney)
26. If I Needed Someone  (Harrison)
27. I Feel Fine  (Lennon/McCartney)
28. I’m Down  (Lennon/McCartney)

July 1, 1966: Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
29. Day Tripper  (Lennon/McCartney)
 
 

 


 

VOL. 22

July 1-Early November 1966
VOL. 23

Early November 1966-February 14, 1967 
 VOL. 24

February 16-April 3, 1967
July 1, 1966: Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1. Baby’s in Black  (Lennon/McCartney)
2. Yesterday  (Lennon/McCartney)
3. I Wanna Be Your Man  (Lennon/McCartney)
4. Paperback Writer  (Lennon/McCartney)

5. Ringo – the pressure of touring
6. Ringo, George, John & Paul – playing the Philippines (July 4-5) 
7. George – Beatlemania in India (July 5)

July 8, 1966: London, England
8. Interview 

August 6, 1966: London, England
9. Interview with John and Paul

10. John, Paul, George & Ringo – the Jesus statement and controversy in the U.S. 

August 8, 1966: Chicago, Illinois, USA
11. Brian Epstein statement

August 11, 1966: Chicago, Illinois, USA
12. Press conference

August 12, 1966: Chicago, Illinois, USA
13. Press conference

August 22, 1966: New York, USA
14. Press conference 

15. Ringo & George – less people at Shea (August 23)

August 24, 1966: Los Angeles, USA
16. Press conference

August 25, 1966: Seattle, Washington, USA
17. Press conference

18. Paul, George, Ringo & John – ending touring 

August 29, 1966: Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California, USA
19. Yesterday  (Lennon/McCartney)
20. Nowhere Man  (Lennon/McCartney)
21. Paperback Writer  (Lennon/McCartney)

August 31, 1966: London, England
22. Press conference

23. John – scared to break free
24. Ringo – visiting John in Spain

September-November 1966: Spain or England
25. Strawberry Fields Forever (acoustic demo)

26. George – going to India
27. Paul – working on The Family Way

28. Paul & John – “Strawberry Fields”

Early November 1966: Weybridge, Surrey, England
29. Strawberry Fields Forever (demo)
 

Early November 1966: Weybridge, Surrey, England
1. Backwards experiment (Lennon)

2. John – meeting Yoko for the first time  (November 9) 

3. Ringo, Paul & George – back to the studio 
4. Paul – the mellotron on “Strawberry Fields”

November 24, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
5. Strawberry Fields Forever (take 1)  (Lennon/McCartney)

November 25, 1966: London, England
6. The Beatles’ 1966 Christmas Record

November 28, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
7. Strawberry Fields Forever (take 2)  (Lennon/McCartney)

November 29, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
8. Strawberry Fields Forever (take 7)  (Lennon/McCartney)

December 15, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
9. Strawberry Fields Forever (take 15)  (Lennon/McCartney)

December 20, 1966: London, England
10. Interview

December 21, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
11. When I’m Sixty-Four (master)  (Lennon/McCartney

December 22, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
12. Strawberry Fields Forever (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

January 9, 1967, 1966: EMI Studios, London, England
13. Penny Lane (brass overdub)  (Lennon/McCartney) 

14. Paul & John – surrealism and “Penny Lane”

December 30, 1966-January 17, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
15. Penny Lane (mix of different takes)  (Lennon/McCartney)

January 17, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
16. Penny Lane (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

17. Paul & John – “A Day in the Life”

January 19, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
18. A Day in the Life (take 1)  (Lennon/McCartney)

19. Paul – the middle bit

January 20, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
20. A Day in the Life (take 6)  (Lennon/McCartney)

January-February 1967: Weybridge, Surrey, England
21. Good Morning Good Morning (demo)   (Lennon/McCartney)

22. George, John, Paul & Ringo – the idea of Sgt. Pepper 

February 2, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
23. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band  (take 10 vocal excerpt)  (Lennon/McCartney)

February 10, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
24. George Martin – filling the empty bars of “A Day in the Life”

February 14, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
25. Only a Northern Song (take 12)   (Harrison)
 

1. John – “Good Morning Good Morning” 

February 16, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
2. Good Morning Good Morning (take 8)  (Lennon/McCartney)

February 17, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
3. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (takes 1-2)   (Lennon/McCartney)
4. Paul – bass playing and Sgt. Pepper
5. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (take 7)   (Lennon/McCartney)

February 20, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
6. Sound effects for Mr. Kite

February 21, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
7. Fixing a Hole (master)   (Lennon/McCartney)

February 22, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
8. A Day in the Life (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

9. Ringo – spending a lot of time in the studio 

March 1, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
10. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (takes 6-8)  (Lennon/McCartney)

March 2, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
11. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

March 3, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
12. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

March 20, 1967: London, England
13. Interview with John and Paul

March 20, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
14. She’s Leaving Home (master)  (Lennon/McCartney) 

15. Ringo & John – no drugs in the studio

March 21, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
16. Lovely Rita (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

17. Ringo & George – boredom in the studio

March 22, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
18. Within You Without You (instrumental track)   (Harrison)

March 23, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
19. Getting Better (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

March 28, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
20. Animal noises for Good Morning Good Morning

March 29, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
21. Good Morning Good Morning (master)   (Lennon/McCartney)

22. Ringo – making the album cover

March 30, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
23. With a Little Help from My Friends (master)   (Lennon/McCartney)

March 31, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
24. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (master)   (Lennon/McCartney)

April 1, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
25. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (take 5)  (Lennon/McCartney)

April 1, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
26. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (master)  (Lennon/McCartney)

April 3, 1967: EMI Studios, London, England
27. Within You Without You (master)  (Harrison)
 


 
 
 
 


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