January 20 or 26, 1968 ?
Recording session with Roger McGough & Mike McGear
For McGough & McGear
Last updated on December 7, 2024
January 20 or 26, 1968 ?
For McGough & McGear
Last updated on December 7, 2024
From June 18, 1967 to early 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McGough & McGear (Mono)
Recording studio: EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Previous session Jan 14, 1968 • "And The Sun Will Shine / The Dog Presides" session
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Session January 20 or 26, 1968 ? • Recording session with Roger McGough & Mike McGear
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AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "McGough & McGear (Mono)" LP
Paul McCartney produced the “McGough & McGear” album, featuring Roger McGough and his brother Mike McGear, with recording beginning in June 1967 and the album’s release in May 1968.
Barry Miles’ “The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years” records that Paul McCartney, Mike McGear, and Roger McGough had a recording session at Abbey Road on January 26, 1968. Meanwhile, John C. Winn’s “That Magic Feeling (The Beatles’ Recorded Legacy)” cites January 20 as the date, noting Jimi Hendrix’s participation in the recordings.
Jimi indeed contributed to two tracks of the album, “Ex-Art Student” and “So Much“.
On January 20, 1968 — under the direction of #PaulMcCartney — #JimiHendrix records tracks for the self-titled, McGough and McGear (EMI Parlophone, PCS 7047, 1968) album at DeLane Lea Studios in #London contributing guitar parts for the songs “Ex-Art Student” and “So Much.”
From Jimi Hendrix on Twitter, January 20, 2023
Written by Mike McCartney / McGear, Roger McGough
Recording • Overdub by Jimi Hendrix
Written by Mike McCartney / McGear, Roger McGough
Recording • Overdub by Jimi Hendrix
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