Filming date Feb 11, 1968
Promotional film • For The Beatles • Directed by Tony Bramwell
Filming location: EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, UK
Film Feb 11, 1968 • Shooting of "Lady Madonna (Version 1)" promo film
Film Feb 11, 1968 • Shooting of "Lady Madonna (Version 2)" promo film
Film Feb 11, 1968 • Shooting of "Lady Madonna (Version 3)" promo film
Session Feb 15, 1968 • Mixing "Lady Madonna"
Article Feb 19 to Mar 24, 1967 (Paul) • The Beatles in India
Next film June 1968 • Shooting of "Apple promotional film" promo film
Officially appears on Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1968)
1968 • For The Beatles • Directed by Tony Bramwell
1968 • For The Beatles • Directed by Tony Bramwell
The promotional clip was filmed when the Beatles recorded “Hey Bulldog” in the recording studio. If the intention was to film the Beatles miming “Lady Madonna“, the end result shows them playing “Hey Bulldog“.
Three versions of the “Lady Madonna” clip were edited from the footage, including special effects such as filters and double exposures and extra material filmed at the “Step Inside Love” session for Cilla Black in November 1967.
The “Lady Madonna” clip was first shown on BBC TV’s Top Of The Pops on March 14, 1968, but it’s unclear which version it was. The second version (with George Harrison eating beans) was first shown on German TV on March 9, 1968.
In 1999, the footage from the Lady Madonna clip was finally used to make a promo clip for “Hey Bulldog.”
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