Beatles history - 1969 May
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Thursday |
Studio 3 (control room only). 2.30-7.00pm. Stereo mixing: `Oh! Darling' (remixes 2-4, from take 26). Producer: Chris Thomas; Engineer: Jeff Jarratt; 2nd Engineer: Nick Webb. Studio 3. 7.00-10.45pm. 3rd stereo mix of `John And Yoko'. |
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Thursday |
The label Zapple is incorporated. | |
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2
Friday |
Richard Asher is found dead at his Wimpole Street house basement. | |
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2
Friday |
Studio 3. 7.00pm-3.40am. Recording: `Something' [re-make] (takes 1-36). Producer: Chris Thomas; Engineer: Jeff Jarratt; 2nde Engineer: Nick Webb. 11.00pm-1.00am. Session break. | |
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2
Friday |
ATV gets the support of minor share holders and obtains the 45% of Northern Songs shares. They maintain their offer of purchase for the Beatles' shares until 15 May. | |
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2
Friday |
Studio G, BBC Lime Grove Studios, London. John and Yoko appear on BBC-TV's `How Late It Is'. Few hours later, BBC-TV's `How Late It Is' is broadcast, with appearance of John and Yoko. | |
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3
Saturday |
`Yellow Submarine' LP, 16th week in the Top 100 (Billboard). | |
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3
Saturday |
ATV announces that their offer for Northern Songs to the Beatles will be kept until 15 May. | |
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4
Sunday |
Northern Songs shares' price raises by 9 pennies. | |
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4
Sunday |
Ringo, John and Paul, with Maureen, Yoko and Linda, attend an end-of-filming party for `The Magic Christian' at Les Ambassadeurs Club, London. | |
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4
Sunday |
Maclen, on behalf of John, buys `Tittenhurst', at Sunningdale, Ascot, Berkshire, for 145,000 pounds. | |
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5
Monday |
US single release: `Get Back'/`Don't Let Me Down'.
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5
Monday |
Olympic Sound Studios. Start of recordings of the 1st LP of Billy Preston. | |
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5
Monday |
Studio 1, Olympic Sound Studios. 7.30pm-4.00am. Recording: `Something' (overdub onto take 36). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: Steve Vaughan. | |
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Tuesday |
Studio 1, Olympic Sound Studios. 3.00pm-4.00am. Recording: `You Never Give Me Your Money' (takes 1-36). Stereo mixing: `You Never Give Me Your Money' (remix 1, from take 30). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: Steve Vaughan. 1st explicit recording for the `Abbey Road' medley. | |
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6
Tuesday |
It is announced that John and Yoko are recording a record about their lives and Yoko's miscarriage, up until their honeymoon in Amsterdam. | |
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7
Wednesday |
Studio 1, Olympic Sounds Studios. 8.00pm-7.30am. Stereo mixing: Inserts for the `Get Back' LP. Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: Steve Vaughan. | |
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7
Wednesday |
The Beatles and Allen Klein negotiate with Joseph Lockwood an increase of the group royalties. EMI decides to balt negotiations until seeing what happens with the group businesses and NEMS's purchase by Triumph Investment. | |
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8
Thursday |
Klein flies to New York for a meeting with the board of directors of ABKCO. John, George and Ringo order Peter Brown and Neil to sign Klein's contracts. The contracts are signed, with the sole exception of Paul's. Alistair Taylor is fired as Apple's director. | |
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9
Friday |
UK LP release: `Unfinished Music Number 2-Life With The Lions'. UK LP release: `Electronic Sounds'. | |
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9
Friday |
Studio 1, Olympic Sound Studios. 3.00-11.00pm. Stereo mixing: Inserts for the `Get Back' LP. Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: Steve Vaughan. Besides, playback of complete and mixed titles. | |
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10
Saturday |
`Yellow Submarine' LP, 17th week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `Get Back' number 10, entering the ranking; 1st week in the Top 30 (Billboard). | |
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11
Sunday |
Recording of `Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune', of Jack Bruce. George on guitar. | |
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13
Tuesday |
On a front-page article of the `Financial Times', ATV announces it lacks less than 150 000 shares to have the 47 % of Northern Songs. | |
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13
Tuesday |
EMI House. 6pm. Photographic session with Angus McBean for the `Get Back' LP cover.
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Thursday |
Failure of a possible meeting of the Beatles and minor Northern Songs Ltd. share owners, to avoid ATV's control over the company. | |
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15
Thursday |
John goes to the US Embassy in London, to try an American visa. | |
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16
Friday |
Ringo boards the `Queen Elizabeth II' to sail to the USA for the filming of `The Magic Christian'. He travels with Maureen, their two children, Peter Sellers, George and Pattie. John and Yoko decide to live permanently in the USA. John and Yoko are scheduled to join Ringo and the others on the trip, but had to cancel at the last moment since John does not get his visa. | |
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17
Saturday |
`Yellow Submarine' LP, 18th week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `Get Back', 2nd week in the Top 30 (Billboard). | |
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19
Monday |
The 3 main Northern Songs share owners and ATV sign an agreement. John and Paul lose control over the company. | |
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19
Monday |
US gold certification: `Get Back'/`Don't Let Me Down'. | |
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20
Tuesday |
John and George visit Bruce Ormrod at offices of Henry Ansbacher & Co., to discuss ATV's bid with the syndicates. | |
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24
Saturday |
`Yellow Submarine' LP, 19th week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `Get Back' number 1, 1st week; 3rd week in the Top 30 (Billboard). | |
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24
Saturday |
John, Yoko and Kyoko fly from London to Bahamas. John, Yoko and Kyoko in Bahamas, for a campaign for peace: `Lie-in'. | |
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24
Saturday |
John and Yoko create Bag Productions. | |
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25
Sunday |
John, Yoko and Kyoko go to Canada during their campaign for peace. | |
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26
Monday |
US LP release: `Unfinished Music Number 2-Life With The Lions'. US LP release: `Electronic Sounds'. | |
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26
Monday |
John, Yoko and Kyoko arrive in Toronto. They spend two hours and a half in customs. Start of 2nd John and Yoko's bed-in in Montreal, Room 1742, Queen Elizabeth Hotel. | |
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Wednesday |
Studio 1, Olympic Sound Studios. Time unknown. Stereo mixing: `Let It Be' (of take 27). Master tape banding and compilation: `Get Back' LP. Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: Steve Vaughan. | |
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Friday |
UK single release: `The Ballad of John and Yoko'/`Old Brown Shoe', 1st single in Britain and 1st Beatles release not mixed for mono.
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31
Saturday |
`Yellow Submarine' LP, 20th week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `Get Back' number 1, 2nd week; 4th week in the Top 30 (Billboard). |
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