Studio One, Olympic Sound Studios, London
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Glyn Johns
This was the first of four consecutive Beatles recording sessions at Olympic Sound Studios in Barnes, London, and saw work continue on George Harrisonâs song âSomethingâ.
This was for overdubs onto the backing track, which had been recorded on 2 May 1969. Harrison recorded a lead guitar part, and Paul McCartney re-recorded his bass guitar line.
It has been reported that Harrison later re-recorded his lead guitar part during the 15 August orchestral overdub session. However, a reduction mix known as take 37, made on 11 July 1969, contains Harrisonâs solo. Since he did not record lead guitar for the song between 5 May and 16 July, it is most likely that the final solo was recorded during this session at Olympic.
The session lasted from 7.30pm to 4am the following morning. âSomethingâ was then left alone until 11 July, and work wasnât concluded until 15 August.
I'm excited to announce that we'll be hosting a T-shirt giveaway contest on April 15th, 2025, which you'll be able to participate in on our upcoming video, The White Album Sessions Part 2. If you win, you can choose between the two designs and which color you'd like. Which one do you like best?
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2ď¸âŁ Like the White Album Sessions Part 2 video and leave a comment on it telling us your favorite song from the White Album and why!
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Stuart Sutcliffe, the brilliant young painter who was a bass guitarist with The Beatles in their early period, died on this day of a brain haemorrhage.
He had been suffering from increasingly severe headaches and blackouts since settling in Hamburg with Astrid Kirchherr, his German fiancĂŠe. The cause of these remained uncertain, though Sutcliffe believed they were a consequence of overwork.
In February he had collapsed during an art school class, and dropped out of education. The Kirchherr family suspected a brain tumour, and sent him for x-rays, although nothing amiss was found. Two doctors subsequently saw Sutcliffe but they too could find nothing wrong.
By March 1962 the headaches had grown in frequency, escalating at times to violent fits, and Sutcliffe often suffered temporary blindness. His moods were volatile, ranging from calm normality to suicidal mania. Most of the final two weeks of his life were spent in bed.
On 10 April Astrid Kirchherr received a call from her mother while working in her photography studio. She was told that Sutcliffe had collapsed once more and he was to be sent to the hospital.
Kirchherr rushed home to accompany him in the ambulance. Sutcliffe was already unconscious, and died in her arms during the journey to the hospital. The cause of death was listed as cerebral paralysis caused by bleeding in the right ventricle of the brain.
The precise nature of Sutcliffeâs health issues has never been determined, and there has been considerable speculation as to the causes. One theory is that a blow to the head during a fight, possibly with John Lennon, led to the haemorrhage.
However, the lengthy deterioration in Sutcliffeâs health make cerebral bleeding through injury an unlikely scenario. It is more probable that Sutcliffe died as a result of an aneurysm or arteriovenous malformation (AVM), both of which are congenital disorders.
đ ON THIS DAY: Julian Lennon is born (1963) Happy birthday, Julian!
John Charles Julian Lennon, son to John and Cynthia Lennon, was born early on 8 April 1963 at Liverpoolâs Sefton General Hospital.
"John had phoned often over the last few days and I knew [his aunt] Mimi would tell him Iâd gone into the hospital when he called again, but it hadnât occurred to me that he should be at the birth. Having fathers present for the birth just wasnât the custom then. The person I wanted was my mum, but she was still in Canada, so I had to go through the birth alone." â Cynthia Lennon, John
The birth was far from painless, with Cynthia enduring more than 24 hours in labour. Julian was born at 6.40am (some sources say 7.45am), and weighed 6lb 11oz.
"In the early hours of Monday morning, April 8, I was taken into the delivery room and told that I was ready to give birth. I was given gas and air, but it made me feel sick and I was exhausted from the long hours in labour with no food and only a few sips of water to keep me going. It was an Afro-Caribbean midwife who told me firmly that if I didnât get on with it my baby would die and so would I. Terrified, I rallied every last ounce of strength and pushed my baby into the world at six-fifty a.m. Our son arrived with the cord round his neck and yellow with jaundice, so the midwife whisked him away. I was cleaned up and moved back to a bed in the ward. A short while later he was put into my arms and I looked down at him for the first time. He was tiny, his small face scrunched up and bright red. I thought he was absolutely perfect. He was put into a cot beside me and we both slept, exhausted from the long hours of labour." â Cynthia Lennon, John
The Beatles were on tour at the time, and John Lennon didnât see his son until 11 April. On this evening the group were in the south of England, performing at the Swimming Baths in Leyton, London.
đ ON THIS DAY: Recording: Tomorrow Never Knows (1966)
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Geoff Emerick
The first session for The Beatlesâ Revolver took place on this day, with three takes of John Lennonâs remarkable âTomorrow Never Knowsâ.
The session took place in studio three at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, and began at 2.30pm. At this time the song had the working title âMark Iâ.
Although quite different from the final version of âTomorrow Never Knowsâ, âMark Iâ represented a huge leap forward in recording terms for The Beatles. Take one, which was released on 1996âs Anthology 2, sounded quite unlike anything the group had done before â and, indeed, bore little resemblance to contemporary music in general.
6 April 1966 was primarily spent on the songâs rhythm track and vocals. The basis of the final version of âTomorrow Never Knowsâ was take three, the last of the dayâs attempts.
The rhythm track contained Ringo Starrâs drums, Paul McCartneyâs bass guitar and George Harrisonâs tambura. Lennon then added his lead vocals, which were fed through a Hammond organâs Leslie speaker during the second half.
"It meant actually breaking into the circuitry. I remember the surprise on our faces when the voice came out of the speaker. It was just one of sheer amazement. After that they wanted everything shoved through the Leslie: pianos, guitars, drums, vocals, you name it!" â Geoff Emerick, The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn
The songâs various tape loops and effects were added on 7 April, and a final overdub containing more vocals, guitar, organ, tambourine and piano was made on 22 April.
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đ ON THIS DAY: Recording: Something (1969)
Studio One, Olympic Sound Studios, London
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Glyn Johns
This was the first of four consecutive Beatles recording sessions at Olympic Sound Studios in Barnes, London, and saw work continue on George Harrisonâs song âSomethingâ.
This was for overdubs onto the backing track, which had been recorded on 2 May 1969. Harrison recorded a lead guitar part, and Paul McCartney re-recorded his bass guitar line.
It has been reported that Harrison later re-recorded his lead guitar part during the 15 August orchestral overdub session. However, a reduction mix known as take 37, made on 11 July 1969, contains Harrisonâs solo. Since he did not record lead guitar for the song between 5 May and 16 July, it is most likely that the final solo was recorded during this session at Olympic.
The session lasted from 7.30pm to 4am the following morning. âSomethingâ was then left alone until 11 July, and work wasnât concluded until 15 August.
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I'm excited to announce that we'll be hosting a T-shirt giveaway contest on April 15th, 2025, which you'll be able to participate in on our upcoming video, The White Album Sessions Part 2. If you win, you can choose between the two designs and which color you'd like. Which one do you like best?
Hereâs how you can enter:
1ď¸âŁ Make sure you're subscribed to the channel.
2ď¸âŁ Like the White Album Sessions Part 2 video and leave a comment on it telling us your favorite song from the White Album and why!
Of course, channel members will have their own *separate* contest; that way, they'll have a greater chance at winning a shirt.
Only comments posted between 04/15 and 04/17 will be eligible. If you post after that, it's not gonna count. The winner will be chosen at random, and you have to be based in the US to participate. This contest is not sponsored by YouTube; we are solely responsible for distributing the prize. Good luck!
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đ ON THIS DAY: Stuart Sutcliffe dies (1962)
Stuart Sutcliffe, the brilliant young painter who was a bass guitarist with The Beatles in their early period, died on this day of a brain haemorrhage.
He had been suffering from increasingly severe headaches and blackouts since settling in Hamburg with Astrid Kirchherr, his German fiancĂŠe. The cause of these remained uncertain, though Sutcliffe believed they were a consequence of overwork.
In February he had collapsed during an art school class, and dropped out of education. The Kirchherr family suspected a brain tumour, and sent him for x-rays, although nothing amiss was found. Two doctors subsequently saw Sutcliffe but they too could find nothing wrong.
By March 1962 the headaches had grown in frequency, escalating at times to violent fits, and Sutcliffe often suffered temporary blindness. His moods were volatile, ranging from calm normality to suicidal mania. Most of the final two weeks of his life were spent in bed.
On 10 April Astrid Kirchherr received a call from her mother while working in her photography studio. She was told that Sutcliffe had collapsed once more and he was to be sent to the hospital.
Kirchherr rushed home to accompany him in the ambulance. Sutcliffe was already unconscious, and died in her arms during the journey to the hospital. The cause of death was listed as cerebral paralysis caused by bleeding in the right ventricle of the brain.
The precise nature of Sutcliffeâs health issues has never been determined, and there has been considerable speculation as to the causes. One theory is that a blow to the head during a fight, possibly with John Lennon, led to the haemorrhage.
However, the lengthy deterioration in Sutcliffeâs health make cerebral bleeding through injury an unlikely scenario. It is more probable that Sutcliffe died as a result of an aneurysm or arteriovenous malformation (AVM), both of which are congenital disorders.
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đ ON THIS DAY: Julian Lennon is born (1963)
Happy birthday, Julian!
John Charles Julian Lennon, son to John and Cynthia Lennon, was born early on 8 April 1963 at Liverpoolâs Sefton General Hospital.
"John had phoned often over the last few days and I knew [his aunt] Mimi would tell him Iâd gone into the hospital when he called again, but it hadnât occurred to me that he should be at the birth. Having fathers present for the birth just wasnât the custom then. The person I wanted was my mum, but she was still in Canada, so I had to go through the birth alone." â Cynthia Lennon, John
The birth was far from painless, with Cynthia enduring more than 24 hours in labour. Julian was born at 6.40am (some sources say 7.45am), and weighed 6lb 11oz.
"In the early hours of Monday morning, April 8, I was taken into the delivery room and told that I was ready to give birth. I was given gas and air, but it made me feel sick and I was exhausted from the long hours in labour with no food and only a few sips of water to keep me going. It was an Afro-Caribbean midwife who told me firmly that if I didnât get on with it my baby would die and so would I. Terrified, I rallied every last ounce of strength and pushed my baby into the world at six-fifty a.m. Our son arrived with the cord round his neck and yellow with jaundice, so the midwife whisked him away. I was cleaned up and moved back to a bed in the ward. A short while later he was put into my arms and I looked down at him for the first time. He was tiny, his small face scrunched up and bright red. I thought he was absolutely perfect. He was put into a cot beside me and we both slept, exhausted from the long hours of labour." â Cynthia Lennon, John
The Beatles were on tour at the time, and John Lennon didnât see his son until 11 April. On this evening the group were in the south of England, performing at the Swimming Baths in Leyton, London.
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đ ON THIS DAY: Recording: Tomorrow Never Knows (1966)
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Geoff Emerick
The first session for The Beatlesâ Revolver took place on this day, with three takes of John Lennonâs remarkable âTomorrow Never Knowsâ.
The session took place in studio three at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, and began at 2.30pm. At this time the song had the working title âMark Iâ.
Although quite different from the final version of âTomorrow Never Knowsâ, âMark Iâ represented a huge leap forward in recording terms for The Beatles. Take one, which was released on 1996âs Anthology 2, sounded quite unlike anything the group had done before â and, indeed, bore little resemblance to contemporary music in general.
6 April 1966 was primarily spent on the songâs rhythm track and vocals. The basis of the final version of âTomorrow Never Knowsâ was take three, the last of the dayâs attempts.
The rhythm track contained Ringo Starrâs drums, Paul McCartneyâs bass guitar and George Harrisonâs tambura. Lennon then added his lead vocals, which were fed through a Hammond organâs Leslie speaker during the second half.
"It meant actually breaking into the circuitry. I remember the surprise on our faces when the voice came out of the speaker. It was just one of sheer amazement. After that they wanted everything shoved through the Leslie: pianos, guitars, drums, vocals, you name it!" â Geoff Emerick, The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn
The songâs various tape loops and effects were added on 7 April, and a final overdub containing more vocals, guitar, organ, tambourine and piano was made on 22 April.
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