Monday, January 2, 1967
For The Beatles
Last updated on February 8, 2023
Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Previous session Dec 30, 1966 • Recording "Penny Lane" and mixing "When I'm Sixty Four", "Penny Lane"
Article Jan 01, 1967 • Paul McCartney enjoys New Year Eve in Liverpool
Interview January 1967 • The Beatles interview for The Beatles Monthly Book
Session Jan 02, 1967 • Tape copying "When I'm Sixty-Four", "Strawberry Fields Forever"
Session Jan 04, 1967 • Recording "Penny Lane" #3
Session Jan 05, 1967 • Recording "Penny Lane", "Carnival Of Light"
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane" 7" Single
On this day, from 2:30 to 4 pm, copies of the final mixes of “When I’m Sixty-Four” and “Strawberry Fields Forever” were made for Capitol Records in the USA. None of The Beatles were present during this session.
Tape copying • Tape copying of remix mono 8
Tape copying • Tape copying of remix mono 12
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions • Mark Lewisohn
The definitive guide for every Beatles recording sessions from 1962 to 1970.
We owe a lot to Mark Lewisohn for the creation of those session pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - the number of takes for each song, who contributed what, a description of the context and how each session went, various photographies... And an introductory interview with Paul McCartney!
The Beatles Recording Reference Manual: Volume 3: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band through Magical Mystery Tour (late 1966-1967)
The third book of this critically - acclaimed series, nominated for the 2019 Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) award for Excellence In Historical Recorded Sound, "The Beatles Recording Reference Manual: Volume 3: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band through Magical Mystery Tour (late 1966-1967)" captures the band's most innovative era in its entirety. From the first take to the final remix, discover the making of the greatest recordings of all time. Through extensive, fully-documented research, these books fill an important gap left by all other Beatles books published to date and provide a unique view into the recordings of the world's most successful pop music act.
If we modestly consider the Paul McCartney Project to be the premier online resource for all things Paul McCartney, it is undeniable that The Beatles Bible stands as the definitive online site dedicated to the Beatles. While there is some overlap in content between the two sites, they differ significantly in their approach.
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