June 18 – Today In Rock Music History

Happy 68th Birthday Sir Paul McCartney!

Musician’s Born On June 18

1942 Paul McCartney
1961 Alison Moyet (Love Resurrection)
1971 Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men)

Number 1 In The Charts On June 18

1977 Kenny Rogers: Lucille UK 45
1977 Beatles: Live at Hollywood Bowl UK LP
1977 Fleetwood Mac: Dreams US 45
1988 Timelords: Doctorin’ the Tardis UK 45
1994 2 Unlimited : Real Things : UK LP
1994 Beastie Boys : Ill Communication : US LP

Various Music Events On June 18

1956 Clyde McPhatter (formerly with the Drifters) enters chart with his only UK hit, Treasure Of Love

1976 Phil May quits Pretty Things

1977 Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook of Sex Pistols are stabbed and beaten in the car park of a London pub, causing a delay in the completion of the group’s debut LP

1977 James Taylor hits US chart with update of Jimmy Jones’s 1960 No. 1, Handy Man

1988 Julia Fordham album hits UK LP chart

1995 Notorious B.I.G. (aka Christopher Wallace) is arrested in Camden, N.J. on charges of robbery and aggravated assault

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Feb 16 – Today in Beatles History

1963
‘Please Please Me’ number 21 (UK Melody Market chart).
‘Please Please Me’ number 1 [chart?].

London. Recording for ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’.

EMI House. Photographic session with Angus Mc Bean for ‘Please Please Me’ LP cover. [20 February?]

1964
2nd performance on the Ed Sullivan Show, at the Deauville’s Hotel Mau Mau Club, Miami Beach.
1st act performing twice on this programme. Dezo Hoffmann attends. Brian watches the Ed Sullivan Show performance at his hotel room in Miami.
The Beatles have a brief rest in Miami.

1965
Studio 2. 2.30-5.00pm. Recording: ‘I Need You’ (overdub onto take 5); ‘Another Girl’ (overdub onto take 1). Studio 2. 5.00-7.00pm. Recording: ‘Yes It Is’ (takes 1-14). Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: ‘Yes It Is’ (overdub onto take 14). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Jerry Boys.
1st use (in ‘I Need You’) of foot controlled tone pedal.

EMI Manchester Square, Ground floor studio. Morning: The Beatles receive prizes from Sir Joseph Lockwood, including Japanese dolls, silver and gold discs.

1966
‘Rubber Soul’ number 1, 11th week (UK New Musical Express chart).

Brian presents ‘A Smashing Day’ at the New Arts Theatre, London.

1967
Studio 3. 7.00pm-1.45am. Recording: ‘Good Morning Good Morning’ (overdub onto take 8, tape reduction take 8 into takes 9, 10). Mono mixing: ‘Good Morning Good Morning’ (remix 1, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.

Re-transmision of ‘Penny Lane’/'Strawberry Fields Forever’ clips on BBC-TV’s ‘Top Of The Pops’.

1968
John, George, Cynthia and Pattie go to Rishikesh. [15 February?]

1970
The ‘Beatles Book’ ends being published.

1972
John and Yoko share hosting duties on ‘The Mike Douglas Show’. Recording of John and Chuck Berry performance.

1973
UK LP release: ‘Approximately Infinite Universe’, by Yoko.

1984
‘Rolling Stone’ cover features a picture taken on the 1st part of the 3 June 1963 photographic session at Prospect Studios, London.

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Feb 15 – Today in Beatles History

1964
‘With The Beatles’ number 1, 11th week (UK Record Retailer chart).
‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ number 1, 3rd week; 5th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
‘She Loves You’, 4th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
‘Please Please Me’, 3rd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
‘I Saw Her Standing There’, 2nd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).

10.00-12.00am. BBC’s ‘Saturday Club’ broadcast (recorded 7 January 1964).

1965
US single release: ‘Eight Days A Week’/'I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party’.

Studio 2. 2.30-5.45pm. Recording: ‘Ticket To Ride’ (takes 1-2). Studio 2. 7.00-10.30pm. Recording: ‘Another Girl’ (take 1, and 10 [unnumbered] edit pieces); ‘I Need You’ (takes 1-5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Jerry Boys.
Start of ‘Help!’ sessions. A new recording technique is used: i) Rehearsals with tape running, spooling back it to record properly; ii) Making themes in one or two takes, with numerous overdubs on a rythm track.

Brian escorts Cilla Black to the Royal Film Performance.

John passes his drivers test.

1967
Vic Lewis, on behalf of NEMS Enterprises, flies to the US for talks with the Monkees’ manager, Bert Schneider, with a view to NEMS Presentation bringing the group over to Britain for concerts.

1968
Studio 3 (control room only). 4.30-6.00pm. Mono mixing: ‘Lady Madonna’ (remixes 3-10, from take 5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Martin Benge.

John, George, Cynthia and Pattie go to India. [16 February?]

1969
‘Yellow Submarine’ LP, 5th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).

End of George’s stay at the London College University Hospital.

1975
Capitol Records hurries to release the LP ‘Rock And Roll’ and sues Morris Levy to force him to withdraw the LP ‘Roots’, which has already sold 3,000 copies, from the market.

1977
US gold certification for ‘The Best Of George Harrison’.

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This Week in Beatles History Feb 8 – Feb 14

February 11, 1963 – The Beatles recorded ten new tracks at Abbey Road for their first album “Please Please Me.”

February 9, 1964 – The band appeared live on the “Ed Sullivan Show.” An estimated 73 million people across the US tuned in. They even received a telegram of congratulations from Elvis Presley.

February 11, 1964 – The Beatles played their first US concert venue in front of 8,000 fans at the Washington Coliseum in DC.

February 11, 1965 – Ringo Starr married his long-time girlfriend Maureen Cox.

February 13, 1967 – “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” were released in the US on Capitol 5810.

February 11, 1968 – The band shot promotional film for “Lady Madonna” just before they left for India to study Transcendental Meditation.

February 9, 1972 – Paul’s band, Wings, began a your of England, starting with an unannounced appearance at Nottingham University.

February 8, 1974 – Ringo released “You’re Sixteen”/Devil Woman” in the UK.

February 11, 1977 – George released “True Love”/”Pure Smokey” in the UK.

February 8, 1983 – At the BPI Awards, the British Phonographic Industry’s pop music awards, Paul was awarded Best British Male Solo Artist and the Beatles were awarded Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

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Beatles Psychedelic Art Designs

I just created these graphic tweeks with my iPhone. Enjoy!

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The Beatles – A Day In The Life Song Lyrics

I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph

He blew his mind out in a car
He didn’t notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They’d seen his face before
Nobody was really sure
If he was from the House of Lords

I saw a film today, oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book

I’d love to turn you on

Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up I noticed I was late

Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream

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The Beatles – Feature

Some Trippy Psychedelic Beatles Graphics

I was testing out some photoshop plugins and this is what I came up with. I think I succeeded in achieving some trippy psychedelic images. Enjoy

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The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever

I went a bit crazy looking at Beatles videos (can you blame me?), so here’s a whole bunch for you to look at. Enjoy…

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