A Day in the Life Blog

The first song by George Harrison recorded for Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was Only A Northern Song. Today the Beatles started recording in a session that started at 7pm and finished at 3.30am. The next day the song had the working title Not Known, but by the following day it had been named Only A Northern Song.

The session began, however, with the creation of four mono mixes of A Day In The Life. Then nine takes of Only A Northern Song were recorded. The rhythm track had Harrison on organ, John Lennon on tambourine, Paul McCartney playing bass guitar and Ringo Starr on drums.

Also, occurring today was the launch party for Mary Hopkins's album Postcard. The party was organized by Apple Records, and took place at the restaurant at the top of the Post Office Tower in central London. Guests included Paul McCartney, his new girlfriend Linda Eastman, Donovan, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and a number of other music stars, as well as members of Hopkin's family.

The Beatles took a break from recording today.

Room 53, EMI Studios, London

Stereo mixes, ending with a tape compilation, of the January 30th rooftop recordings: "I've Got A Feeling", (two versions) "Don't Let Me Down, "Get Back" (two versions) "The One After 909" and "Dig A Pony".

Source: Mark Lewisohn/The Complete Beatles Chronicle

The Beatles are taking a break today.

Another break in the recording studio for The Beatles

The Beatles are in-between recording the Get Back sessions.

Ringo Starr attends the premiere of "Candy," the film adaptation of Terry Southern's satirical novel, starring Ewa Aulin, Richard Burton, Marlon Brando, and himself. The Monthly Film Bulletin sneers, "Hippy psychedelics are laid on with the self-destroying effect of an overdose of garlic."

-The Beatles Yellow Submarine album, the soundtrack to the animated film of that name, is awarded a gold record. The album contains only four previously unreleased Beatles songs: George Harrison's It's All Too Much and Only a Northern Song and the Lennon-McCartney songs, Hey Bulldog and All Together Now.

Five songs were in this session today:  I've Got A Feeling (two versions), Don't Let Me Down, Get Back (two versions), One After 909 and Dig A Pony.

At the end of the day, the mixes were assembled onto a tape compilation, although just one of them – a version of One After 909 – was selected for Johns' unreleased Get Back album.

Paul McCartney hires the law firm of Eastman & Eastman, Linda Eastman's father's law firm, as general legal counsel for Apple. This was Paul's response to the hiring of Allen Klein the day before and the beginning of the end for the Fab Four.