• Jan 02 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 2.30-4.00pm. Tape copying: `When I'm Sixty-Four' (of remix mono 8); `Strawberry Fields Forever' (of remix mono 12). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.  Copies of `When I'm Sixty-Four' and `Strawberry Fields Forever' for the US.
• Jan 04 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.45am. Recording: `Penny Lane' (overdub onto take 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.    -- The club Speakeasy opens at 48 Margaret Street, London.
• Jan 05 -- Studio 2. 7.00-12.15am. Recording: `Penny Lane' (overdub onto take 7); `Untitled' (take 1). Mono mixing: `Untitled' (from take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald. Preparation of sound effects for `Carnival Of Light'.
• Jan 06 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.00am. Recording: `Penny Lane' (overdub onto take 7, tape reduction take 7 into take 8, overdub onto take 8, tape reduction take 8 into take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.
• Jan 07 -- Epstein applies for a special license to show cinema films at the Saville Theatre at midnight on Sundays, after the concerts.   -- Newspapers report that Epstein, Robert Stigwood and Georgie Fame were spotted deep in conversation at the Bag O'Nails club, London, recently.   -- ``Yesterday'... And Today', 29th  week in the Top 200 (Billboard).
• Jan 08 -- Brian, dressed as a clown, attends a fancy dress party thrown by Georgie Fame at the Cromwellian club, celebrating the 21st birthday of his bride, Carmen Jimenez.
• Jan 09 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.45am. Recording: `Penny Lane' (overdub onto take 9). Mono mixing: `Penny Lane' (remixes 5, 6, from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.   Recording of flutes, trumpets, piccolos and flugelhorn for `Penny Lane'.
• Jan 10 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-1.40am. Recording: `Penny Lane' (overdub onto take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.   Recording of various effects (scat singing, bell) for `Penny Lane'.  -- St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London. Tara Brown's memorial service.
• Jan 12 -- Studio 3. 2.30-11.00pm. Recording: `Penny Lane' (overdub onto take 9). Mono mixing: `Penny Lane' (remixes 7, 8, from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald. Recording of trumpets, oboes, cor anglais and double-bass for `Penny Lane'.
• Jan 13 -- NEMS Enterprises and the Robert Stigwood Organization amalgamate. NEMS  becomes representation or management agency of: the Who, Cream, the Merseys, Crispian St Peters, Lord Sutch, Oscar.  Brian becomes chairman of the board of directors of NEMS, and is made a director of the Robert Stigwood Organization Limited and Drapleaf Limited.   -- Evening: Brian goes to the club Bag O'Nails to see the Jimmy Hendrix Experience perform.
• Jan 14 -- `Sounds Incorporated' changes name to `Sounds Inc'.   -- ``Yesterday'... And Today', 30th  week in the Top 200 (Billboard).
• Jan 15 -- Brian attends a Donovan concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
• Jan 16 -- Jane Asher leaves England for a 3-month tour of the US with the Old Vic.
• Jan 17 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-12.30am. Recording: `Penny Lane' (overdub onto take 9). Mono mixing: `Penny Lane' (remixes 9-11, from take 9). Tape copying: `Penny Lane' (of remix mono 11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.  Recording of the B flat piccolo trumpet solo for `Penny Lane', performed by David Mason.  -- Article published in the `Daily Mail': `The holes in our roads'.    -- Agreement between Epstein and Ashley Kozak, Donovan's manager: he will play a 6-day engagement at the Saville Theatre.
• Jan 19 -- Studio 2. 7.30pm-2.30am. Recording: `In The Life Of... (working title of `A Day In The Life') (takes 1-4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.  Recording of rythm track, John's vocal and clock alarm for `A Day In The Life'.
• Jan 20 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.10am. Recording: `A Day In The Life' (tape reduction take 4 into takes 5-7, overdub onto take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.  Recording of Paul's vocal for `A Day In The Life'.
• Jan 21 -- Chris Curtis returs to the Tito Burns Organization.   -- ``Yesterday'... And Today', 31st and last week in the Top 200 (Billboard).
• Jan 24 -- Brian writes to Nat Weiss about his next trip to Mexico.
• Jan 25 -- Studio 1 (control room only). 6.30-8.30pm. Mono mixing: `Penny Lane' (remixes 12-14, from take 9). Studio 1 (control room only). 9.00-10.00pm. Tape copying: `Penny Lane' (of remix mono 14). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.    Remix, omitting some bits of piccolo trumpet at the end of `Penny Lane'.
• Jan 27 -- Signing of 9-year contract with EMI.  -- Start of UK Four Tops tour, at the Gaumont Cinema, Southampton.
• Jan 28 -- It is reported that the Who will star in a 30-minute pilot television project produced by Epstein Subafilms for NEMS Enterprises, 1st of a possible series of shows for worldwide television.
• Jan 29 -- On a Sunday `Soundarama' presentation at the Saville Theatre, Brian presents, in two houses, the Who, the Jimi Hendrix Experience (on their theatre debut), the Koobas, and the Thoughts. Epstein and the Beatles attend.
• Jan 30 -- John, Paul and Brian attend a concert by the Who and Jimi Hendrix.   -- Studio 3 (control room only). 7.00-8.30pm. Mono mixing: `A Day In The Life' (remix 1, from take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Remix of `A Day In The Life' only for demostration.   -- Night shootings for `Strawberry Fields Forever' clip, at Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent.  The scene in which Paul jumps on into a tree cannot be shot due to bad light.  -- With Brian's permission, the Jimi Hendrix Experience return to the Saville Theatre to shoot a promotional film for their new single.   -- Production commences on `Work Is A Four-Letter Word', Cilla Black's 1st non-singing film role.
• Jan 31 -- Shooting for `Strawberry Fields Forever' clip, at Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent: scene of Paul jumping up into a tree. In Sevenoaks, in an antique shop, John buys a poster announcing a circus near Richdale, Lancashire, in February 1843.
• Feb 01 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.30am. Recording: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (takes 1-9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Recording of rythm track of `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. 1st use of DI (Direct Injection) in Beatles recordings: Paul's bass. Start of proper sessions for `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.
• Feb 02 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.45am. Recording: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (overdub onto take 9, tape reduction take 9 into take 10). Mono mixing: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (remix 1, from take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.    -- Paul poses for photographers at his house.
• Feb 03 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.15am. Recording: `A Day In The Life' (overdub onto take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Re-recording of Paul's vocal.
• Feb 04 -- Manager Gordon Mills considers Epstein's offer for a Tom Jones season at the Saville Theatre.  Brian is set for a holiday in Mexico next month.  A Rolls-Royce Pahntom V is the last Brian's pride and joy.  In a new ruling at the Saville Theatre, comperes must not mention Epstein's name.
• Feb 05 -- Shooting of `Penny Lane' clip. 12.00 noon approx. The Beatles meet behind the Royal Theatre, Stratford, London.  Shooting of horse scenes and others, standing in front of the Theatre Royal, and of John walking up and down Angel Lane. 4.00pm. The Beatles leave Stratford.   -- End of the Four Tops British tour, at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester .  Billy Stewart performance at the Saville Theatre. Brian presents Cream on a Sunday performance at the Saville Theatre.
• Feb 06 -- It is announced that the Beatles have signed contracts with EMI until 1976.
• Feb 07 -- BBC's `Not Only... But Also', with John's appearance, is retransmitted.
• Feb 07 -- Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent. Shooting for `Penny Lane' clip. Horse-riding and candelabra scenes.
• Feb 08 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: `Good Morning Good Morning' (takes 1-8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Recording of rythm track for `Good Morning Good Morning'.
• Feb 09 -- Regent Sound Studio. Time unknown. Recording: `Fixing A Hole' (takes 1-3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Adrian Ibbetson; 2nd Engineer: unknown. Recording of rythm track, vocals, harpsichord for `Fixing A Hole'. 1st session for EMI recorded at an studio other than Abbey Road.   -- Transmision of `Penny Lane'/`Strawberry Fields Forever' clips on BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops'.
• Feb 10 -- Studio 1. 8.00pm-1.00am. Recording: `A Day In The Life' (tape reduction take 6 into take 7, overdub onto take 7, reduction of take 7 with overdub onto take 6, edit piece takes 8-11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Orchestra overdub. 1st use of two 4-track machines running in sync. Initial idea for the end: a long `hummmmmm'. Visits at the studio: Pattie Harrison, Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richards, Mike Nesmith, Donovan, Simon and Marijke of the Fool.
• Feb 12 -- Evening: Brian attends `Disc and Music Echo' Valentine awards night, at the Hilton Hotel, London.
• Feb 13 -- US single release: `Strawberry Fields Forever'/`Penny Lane'.  -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Mono mixing: `A Day In The Life' (remixes 2-5, from take 7). Recording: `Not Known' (working title of `Only A Northern Song'). (takes 1-9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Recording of `Only A Northern Song' rythm track.
• Feb 14 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-12.30am. Recording: `Only A Northern Song' (tape reduction take 3 into takes 10-12, overdub onto take 12). Mono mixing: `Only A Northern Song' (remixes 1-3, from take 12). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• Feb 15 -- 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.
• Feb 16 -- 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'.
• Feb 17 -- UK single release: `Strawberry Fields Forever'/`Penny Lane'. 3rd double A side.    -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!' (takes 1-7, tape reduction take 7 into takes 8, 9, overdub onto take 9). Mono mixing: `Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!' (remix 1, from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. The mix is taken home by Paul.
• Feb 19 -- Chuck Berry performance at the Saville Theatre. Support acts: Del Shannon, the Canadians, and Hamilton and the Movement. Brian, John and Ringo attend. There's a big trouble at the concert, following Brian's dismissal of the house manager,  Michael Bullock.
• Feb 20 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: `Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!' (unnumbered take). Mono mixing: `Good Morning Good Morning' (remix 1, from take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Recording of tape of effects (19 pieces of calliope tapes) for `Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!'. The `Good Morning Good Morning' remix is for demonstration only.  -- Ringo and Maureen, John and Cynthia attend a Chuck Berry concert.   -- Brian amid the debris at the Saville Theatre, after yesterday's Chuck Berry concert.
• Feb 21 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-12.45am. Recording: `Fixing A Hole' (take 1, tape reduction take 2 into take 3, overdub onto take 3). Mono mixing: `Fixing A Hole' (remixes 2-6, from take 3). Editing:  `Fixing A Hole' (of mono remixes 3, 6). Producer: George Martin: Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• Feb 22 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.45am. Recording: `A Day In The Life' (edit pieces takes 1-9). Mono mixing: `A Day In The Life' (remixes 6-9, from takes 6, 7). Editing: `A Day In The Life' (remix mono 9 and edit piece take 9).  Stereo mixing: `A Day In The Life' (remixes 1-9, from takes 6, 7). Recording: `Anything' (also known as `Drum Track (1)') (take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  Recording of final piano chord for `A Day In The Life'. Remix of `A Day In The Life' with two 4-track machines in sync.  Visit at the studio: David Crosby, of the Byrds.
• Feb 23 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.45am. Stereo mixing: `A Day In The Life' (remixes 10-12, from takes 6-7). Editing: `A Day In The Life' (of remix stereo 12 and edit piece 9). Recording: `Lovely Rita' (takes 1-8, tape reduction take 8 into take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• Feb 24 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.15am. Recording: `Lovely Rita' (overdub onto take 9, tape reduction take 9 into takes 10, 11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   -- Date planned for meeting of Brian and Nat Weiss.
• Feb 26 -- Performance of Edwin Starr and Garnet Mimms at the Saville Theatre [?]. 2nd performance of Chuck Berry at the Saville Theatre.
• Feb 27 -- Brian and Vic Lewis fly to the US, to arrange plans for the Monkees, Cream, the Who, and the Four Tops.
• Feb 28 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' (rehearsal only). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• Mar 01 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: `A Day In The Life' (overdub onto take 6); `Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' (take 1-7, tape reduction take 7 into take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  -- Day planned for Brian's vacation trip to Mexico.
• Mar 02 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' (overdub onto take 8). Mono mixing: `Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' (remixes 1-11, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   -- The Beatles are awarded two Grammys (`Eleanor Rigby'  and `Revolver'). [11 March?]
• Mar 03 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (overdub onto take 10). Mono mixing: `Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' (remixes 1-4, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.       Recording of brasses and guitar solo for `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.      John takes home a tape of conversation of musicians, Paul and Martin, for his private collection.   -- UK LP release: `The Beatles Girls', instrumental, by George Martin.
• Mar 04 -- Robert Stigwood signs the Bee Gees to an agency contract with NEMS Enterprises for 5 years.  -- Michael Bullock is reinstated by Brian as Saville Theatre house manager.
• Mar 05 -- Performance of Lee Dorsey at Saville Theatre, with Pink Floyd as support act.
• Mar 06 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: `A Day In The Life' (overdub onto take 6); `Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' (take 1-7, tape reduction take 7 into take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  -- Day planned for Brian's vacation trip to Mexico.
• Mar 07 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.30am. Recording: `Lovely Rita' (overdub onto take 11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.      Miscellaneous overdubs for the end.
• Mar 09 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `Getting Better' (takes 1-7, tape reduction take 7 into takes 8-12). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Malcolm Addey/Ken Townsend; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby.     11.00pm approx. Ringo is the 1st Beatle arriving at the studio.      1.00am approx. Work starts.
• Mar 10 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-4.00am. Recording: `Getting Better' (overdub onto take 12). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• Mar 11 -- The Beatles are awarded 3 Grammys (`Michelle', `Eleanor Rigby' and `Revolver'). [2 March?]     It is reported that 446 versions of `Yesterday' have been recorded.
• Mar 12 -- Concert of Edwin Starr in the Saville Theatre, with Duane Eddy and the Wild Ones as support act.
• Mar 13 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.30am. Recording: `Good Morning Good Morning' (overdub onto take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.     Recording of brasses for `Good Morning Good Morning'.  -- Brian flies to Mexico, on vacation.
• Mar 15 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.30am. Recording: `Untitled' (working title of `Within You Without You') (take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.     Visit at the studio: Peter Blake.
• Mar 17 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-12.45am. Recording: `She's Leaving Home' (takes 1-6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.      Recording of strings for `She's Leaving Home'. The first woman specially recruited for a Beatles session participates: Sheila Bromberg (harp).
• Mar 18 -- John and Yoko purchase two small islands called Dorinch (20 acres) in Clew Bay off County Mayo, Ireland, for 1550 pounds.
• Mar 20 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `Beatle Talk' (take 1); `She's Leaving Home' (tape reduction take 1 into takes 7-9, tape reduction take 6 into take 10, overdub onto take 9). Mono mixing: `She's Leaving Home' (remixes 1-6, from take 9). Editing: `She's Leaving Home' (of remix mono 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.       Recording of `Beatle Talk', a spoken fragment for LP `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', not used, and vocals for `She's Leaving Home'.  -- US gold certification: `Penny Lane'/`Strawberry Fields Forever'.
• Mar 21 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.45am. Recording: `Getting Better' (tape reduction take 12 into takes 13, 14, overdub onto take 14); `Lovely Rita' (overdub onto take 11). Mono mixing: `Lovely Rita' (remixes 1-15, from take 11). Editing: `Lovely Rita' (of mono remixes 11, 14). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.      Recording of vocals for `Getting Better' and  piano solo for `Lovely Rita'.     Ringo does not attend the session. He is called to re-record the drum track, but this is later cancelled. John gets in an LSD trip, is taken to the roof and left alone, and later fetched down by Paul and George.      1st visit of Hunter Davies, authorized biographer.      11.00pm approx. visit of Norman Smith with Pink Floyd, whose 1st LP, `The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn', he is producing in other sector of Abbey Road the same night.
• Mar 22 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: `Within You Without You' (overdub onto take 1, tape reduction take 1 into take 2). Mono  mixing: `Within You Without You' (remix 1, from take 2). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.      Studio 1 (control room only). 11.00pm-12.30am. Tape operator Graham Kirkby oversees the playback of `Sgt Pepper's' titles finished to date, for any Beatle interested.
• Mar 23 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.45am. Recording: `Getting Better' (overdub onto take 14, tape reduction take 14 into take 15, overdub onto take 15). Mono mixing: `Getting Better' (remixes 1-3, from take 15). Producer and Engineer: Peter Vince; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.      Re-recording of vocals for `Getting Better'.  -- Brian flies to New York to attend the opening night of the Who and Cream in  Murray the K's package show at the RKO Theater.
• Mar 25 -- The Beatles receive 2 Ivor Novello awards, for `Michelle' (most broadcast song, 1966) and `Yellow Submarine' (most sold record, 1966).
• Mar 26 -- Vic Lewis concludes negotiations for NEMS Enterprises to present the Monkees in concert in Britain.
• Mar 27 -- A week of Fats Domino performances at the Saville Theatre begins. Support acts: Gerry and the Pacemakers, and the Bee Gees. The opening concert is filmed for a US State Department feature.
• Mar 28 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-4.45am. Recording: `Good Morning Good Morning' (overdub onto take 10, tape reduction take 10 into take 11, overdub onto take 11, unnumbered take); `Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!' (overdub onto take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.      Effects assembly for `Good Morning Good Morning'.     Visit at the studio: Peter Blake.   -- 2nd performance of Fats Domino and his orchestra at the Saville Theatre. Support acts: Gerry and the Pacemakers and the Bee Gees.
• Mar 29 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-5.45am. Recording: `Good Morning Good Morning' (unnumbered take, overdub of unnumbered take onto take 11); `Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!' (overdub onto take 9); `Bad Finger Boogie' (working title of `With A Little Help From My Friends') (takes 1-10, tape reduction take 10 into take 11, overdub onto take 11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.      Recording of few more animal sounds and overdub of all effects for `Good Morning Good Morning'. Overdub of effects for `Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!'.  -- 3rd performance of Fats Domino and his orchestra at the Saville Theatre. Support acts: Gerry and the Pacemakers and the Bee Gees.
• Mar 30 -- Before the recording session, photographic session for LP `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' at Chelsea Manor photographic studios (Studio 4, Chelsea Manor Studios, 1-11 Flood Street, Chelsea, London).       Studio 2. 11.00pm-7.30am. Recording: `With A Little Help From My Friends' (overdub onto take 11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  -- 4th performance of Fats Domino and his orchestra at the Saville Theatre. Support acts: Gerry and the Pacemakers and the Bee Gees.
• Mar 31 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Mono mixing: `With A Little Help From My Friends' (remixes 1-15, from take 11). Recording: `Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!' (overdub onto take 9). Mono mixing: `Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!' (remixes 1-7, from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  -- 5th performance of Fats Domino and his orchestra at the Saville Theatre. Support acts: Gerry and the Pacemakers and the Bee Gees.
• Apr 01 -- Studio 1. 7.00pm-6.00am.  Recording: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)' (takes 1-9). Mono mixing: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)' (remixes 1-9, from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   -- 6th and last performance of Fats Domino and his orchestra at the Saville Theatre. Support acts: Gerry and the Pacemakers, and the Bee Gees.
• Apr 03 -- Paul, with Mal, flies to North America to visit Jane.   -- Studio 1. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `Within You Without You' (overdub onto take 2).  Studio 2 (control room only). 3.00-6.30am. Mono mixing: `Within You Without You' (remixes 1-3 from `Part 1' of take 2, remixes 4, 5 from `Parts 2 and 3' of take 2). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.     Recording of sitar and strings for `Within You Without You'.
• Apr 04 -- Paul flies from San  Francisco to Denver.   -- Studio 2 (control room only). 7.00pm-12.45am. Mono mixing: `Within You Without You' (remixes 6-11 from `Part 1' of take 2, remix 12 from `Parts 2, 3' of take 2). Editing: `Within You Without You' (of mono remixes 10-12, with overdub). Stereo mixing: `Within You Without You' (remixes 1-3 from `Part 1' of take 2, remixes 4, 5 of `Parts 2, 3' of take 2). Editing: `Within You Without You' (of stereo remixes 3, 5 with overdub). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.        Recording of laughters for `Within You Without You'.
• Apr 05 -- Paul and Jane spend the day in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and go to the theatre in Denver.
• Apr 06 -- Evening: Paul watches Jane perform in a play of `Romeo and Juliet'.   -- Studio 2 (control room only). 7.00pm-1.00am. Mono mixing: Crossfades for LP; `Good Morning Good Morning' (remixes 1, 2, from take 11). Stereo mixing: `Good Morning Good Morning' (remixes 1-5, from take 11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• Apr 07 -- Paul flies to Los Angeles.   -- Studio 2 (control room only). 7.00pm-1.00am. Stereo mixing: Crossfades for LP; `With A Little Help From My Friends' (remixes 1-3, from take 11); `Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!' (remixes 1-8, from take 9); `Fixing A Hole' (remix 1, from take 3); `Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' (remixes 1-5, from take 8). Producer: George Martin;  Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• Apr 08 -- Brian stays in a private clinic.   -- J P Fallon (Coachworks), Chertsey, Surrey. John visit to investigate the feasibility of having his Rolls-Royce psychodelically painted.
• Apr 10 -- Start of six days of Donovan performances at the Saville Theatre.
• Apr 11 -- Paul flies from the US to Britain. He conceives the idea for `Magical Mystery Tour'.
• Apr 12 -- Last day of Paul's stay in the US, according to initial plans.
• Apr 16 -- Performance of the Impressions at the Saville Theatre. [?]  -- Performance of Bo Diddley, Ben E. King and the Alan Bown Set at the Saville Theatre.
• Apr 17 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 7.00-10.30pm. Stereo mixing: `Getting Better' (remix 1, from take 15); `She's Leaving Home' (remixes 1-6, from take 11); `When I'm Sixty-Four' (remix 1, from take 4); `Lovely Rita' (remixes 1, 2, from take 11). Editing: `She's Leaving Home' (of remix stereo 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• Apr 19 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 7.00pm-12.30am. Mono mixing: `Good Morning Good Morning' (remixes 10-23, from take 11); `Only A Northern Song' (remix 4, from take 12). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.      Mix of end hen crow in `Good Morning Good Morning' with the first guitar note of `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)'. `Only A Northern Song' mixed to restart work on it later.   -- Incorporation of The Beatles and Company.
• Apr 20 -- Studio 3 (control room only). 5.00-6.15pm. Stereo mixing: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)' (remix 1-10, from take 9). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: `Only A Northern Song' (overdub onto take 3, overdub onto take 11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• Apr 21 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.30am. Mono mixing: `Only A Northern Song' (remixes 1-11, from takes 3, 11). Recording: `Edit for LP end' (take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.      Recording of `Sgt Pepper's' inner groove.  Last session for LP `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.
• Apr 24 -- 1st evening of Donovan performances at the Saville Theatre.   -- Jeff Beck signs an agency deal with NEMS Enterprises.   -- US single release: `Love In The Open Air'.
• Apr 25 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-3.45am. Recording: `Magical Mystery Tour' (tape loop of coach noise, takes 1-3, tape reduction take 3 into takes 4-8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.      Recording of rythm track and tape loop of car noise for `Magical Mystery Tour'. Decision of adding trumpets.      Start of sessions for `Magical Mystery Tour'.   -- 2nd evening of Donovan performances at the Saville Theatre.
• Apr 26 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-2.00am. Recording: `Magical Mystery Tour' (overdub onto take 8, tape reduction take 8 into take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   -- 3rd performance of Donovan at the Saville Theatre.
• Apr 27 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-12.45am. Recording: `Magical Mystery Tour' (overdub onto take 9). Mono mixing: `Magical Mystery Tour' (remixes 1-4, from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.      A session is booked for May 3. Emerick and Townsend  excuse themselves for being booked for other session, with the Wurzels, that same day.  -- 4th performance of Donovan at the Saville Theatre.
• Apr 28 -- Henry Moss cuts the mono version of `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.   -- 5th performance of Donovan at the Saville Theatre.
• Apr 29 -- 6th and last performance of Donovan at the Saville Theatre.   -- Alexandra Palace and Pavilion, London. Evening. `14 Hour Technicolor Dream', benefit event for `International Times', underground newspaper. Yoko Ono is one of the performers. John attends part of the event.
• May 01 -- Henry Moss cuts the stereo version of `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.
• May 03 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-12.15am. Recording: `Magical Mystery Tour' (overdub onto take 9). Producer: George Martin: Engineer: Malcolm Addey; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.     Recording of brasses for `Magical Mystery Tour'.
• May 04 -- Studio 3 (control room only). 7.00-11.15pm. Mono mixing: `Magical Mystery Tour' (remixes 1-7, from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• May 08 -- NEMS Enterprises announces that Gerry and the Pacemakers will split in the next two months.
• May 09 -- Studio 2. 11.00pm-6.15am. Recording: `Untitled' (take 1). Producer: George Martin; 2nd Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.      Instrumental jamming.   -- It is announced that Gerry Marsden will lead the team representing England in this year's European Song Cup competition. The team consists of Gerry Marsden, Dodie West, Roger Whittaker, Lois Lane and Oscar.
• May 11 -- Studio 1, Olympic Sound Studios. 9.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `Baby, You're A Rich Man' (takes 1-12, tape reduction take 12 into takes 1, 2). Mono mixing: `Baby, You're A Rich Man' (remix 1, from take 2). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Keith Grant; 2nd Engineer: Eddie Kramer.     1st song recorded and mixed completely outside Abbey Road.  1st session for `Yellow Submarine'. Visit at the studio: Mick Jagger.
• May 12 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-12.30am. Recording: `All Together Now' (takes 1-9). Mono mixing: `All Together Now' (remixes 1-6, from take 9). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• May 13 -- Psychiatrist John Flood writes that the main Brian's symptomms are insomnia, depression and excessive irritability.
• May 15 -- Performance of Georgie Fame and the Blue Fames at the Bag O'Nails. Paul and Linda attend, meeting for the first time.
• May 16 -- NEMS Enterprises, of the UK, and Nemperor Artists, of the USA, sign a 3-year agreement allowing for each company to exclusively represent the other in their respective territories.
• May 17 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.30am. Recording: `You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)' (Part 1, takes 1-14). Producer and Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   -- John Flood suggests Brian to have himself checked into the Priory Hospital, Roehampton, for a complete rest. He is admitted to it.
• May 18 -- Signing of contract for appearance on `Our World'.  -- Olympic Sound Studios, London. Rolling Stones session, recording `We Love You'. John and Paul attend and add backing vocals.  -- Serpentine Road, Hyde Park. Photographic session with Marvin Lichtner (for `Time' magazine) and Mal Evans (for `The Beatles Book').
• May 19 -- Brian returns from the Priory Hospital in Putney, London, to host a press launch for `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' in the drawing room at 24 Chapel Street. After the party, Epstein returns to the Priory.
• May 20 -- Epstein temporarily leaves the Priory Hospital for an afternoon tea with Ringo and his family at their Weybridge house. John and George attend. Later, Brian returns to the clinic.
• May 21 -- Brian temporarily leaves the Priory Hospital, in Putney, for an afternoon tea with his parents at 24 Chapel Street.
• May 22 -- Announcement of appearance on the programme `Our World'.
• May 25 -- John's Rolls Royce, psychedelically painted, is delivered to John's house from J P Fallon (Coachworks).  -- Brian leaves the Priory Hospital, in Putney, London, and returns home to Chapel Street.      Evening: Brian attends a concert of Georgie Fame and Count Basie at the Royal Albert Hall, London.      Brian announces a big party to be thrown at Kingsley Hill.   -- Apple Music Limited is incorporated, with Brian one of its opening directors.   -- De Lane Lea Music Recording Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `Too Much' (working title of `It's All Too Much') (tape reduction take 4 into takes 1, 2, overdub onto take 2). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Dave Siddle; 2nd Engineer: Mike Weighell.
• May 26 -- De Lane Lea Music Recording Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `Too Much' (working title of `It's All Too Much') (tape reduction take 4 into takes 1, 2, overdub onto take 2). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Dave Siddle; 2nd Engineer: Mike Weighell.
• May 27 -- Magazine `Melody Maker' publishes John's declarations confirming that they will not present in concert again.   -- Brian celebrates Cilla Black's birthday having birthday greetings illuminated in Piccadilly Circus, London, and in Birmingham, Bristol, and Manchester.
• May 28 -- Epstein throws a party at Kingsley Hill. Guests, among others: John, George, Ringo and their wives; Lionel Bart, John Pritchard, Kenny Everett, Nat Weiss, Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Robert Stigwood, Derek Taylor and his wife Joan. Paul, absent.
• May 31 -- `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' LP, number 1 selling LP.
• Jun 01 -- UK LP release: `Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.   -- De Lane Lea Music Recording Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `Untitled' (no numbered takes). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Dave Siddle; 2nd Engineer: Mike Weighell. Recording of instrumental jamming.   -- Press reception, on occasion of `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' release.
• Jun 02 -- US LP release: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.   -- De Lane Lea Music Recording Studios. 8.30pm-2.00am.  Recording: `It's All Too Much' (overdub onto take 2); `Untitled' (no numbered takes). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Dave Siddle; 2nd Engineer: Mike Weighell.  Recording of brasses and woodwinds for `It's All Too Much', and of an instrumental jamming.
• Jun 03 -- `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', number 1 in Britain.
• Jun 04 -- Epstein presents the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Denny Laine and his Electric String Band (in their 1st ever appearance), Procol Harum (full concert debut), and the Chiffons, in 2 houses in a Saville Theatre Sunday presentation.  Morning: before the show, Procol Harum are told they are number 1 in the next week's chart with `A Whiter Shade Of Pale'. As only present they received a bottle of champagne from Brian.  After the concert, it is announced that Procol Harum will return to the Saville Theatre to headline in a Brian Epstein Sunday presentation.
• Jun 05 -- NEMS Enterprises announces news about the film `Yellow Submarine'.
• Jun 07 -- Announcement to the press that the Beatles have accepted the `Yellow Submarine' project.   -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.00am. Recording: `You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)' (overdub onto take 9, takes 20-24). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• Jun 08 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.00am. Recording: `You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)' (Part 2, takes 1-12; Part 3, takes 1-4; Part 4, takes 1-6; Part 5, take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   Recording of sax solo.
• Jun 09 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 7.00-11.00pm. Editing: `You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)' (take 30, consisting of take 9 of part 1, take 12 of part 2, take 4 of part 3, take 6 of part 4 and take 1 of part 5). Mono mixing: `You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)' (remix 1, from take 30). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer; Richard Lush.  Editing of the 5 existing rythm parts of `You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)'.
• Jun 10 -- `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart).
• Jun 14 -- Studio 1, Olympic Sound Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `All You Need Is Love' (takes 1-33, tape reduction of take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Eddie Kramer; 2nd Engineer: George Chkiantz.
• Jun 15 -- US gold certification: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.
• Jun 16 -- The Beatles appear on the front page of `Life' magazine.
• Jun 18 -- Paul comments he has had 4 LSD trips this year, describing his impressions to the press.   -- Pop charity concert at the Saville Theatre, presented by Brian, starring Manfred Mann, the New Vaudeville Band, the Zombies, the Yardbirds, and the Settlers.   -- Apple Corp. is officially formed.   -- Studio, Dick James House. Paul, Mike McGear and Roger McGough begin sessions for `McGough & McGear'.
• Jun 19 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-1.45am. Tape copying: `All You Need Is Love' (of take 10). Recording: `All You Need Is Love' (overdub onto take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   -- Paul admits on a TV programme [or the `Daily Mirror'?] he has experimented with LSD.
• Jun 21 -- Abbey Road, Room 53. 4.30-5.00pm. Mono mixing: `All You Need Is Love' (remix 1, from take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Malcolm Addey; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.  Studio 3 (control room only). 7.00-11.30pm. Mono mixing: `All You Need Is Love' (demo remix, unnumbered). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Demo remix of `All You Need Is Love' for Derek Burrell Davis, director of the BBC crew for the transmision of `Our World'.
• Jun 23 -- Studio 1. 8.00-11.00pm. Recording: `All You Need Is Love' (tape reduction take 10, takes 34-43 as overdub onto take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Orchestra overdub for `All You Need Is Love'.
• Jun 24 -- `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' LP number 8 in USA.  -- Alley to the left of Abbey Road Studios. Photographic session of the Beatles wearing sandwich boards, promoting `All You Need Is Love'.   -- Studio 1. 5.00-8.00pm. Recording: `All You Need Is Love' (takes 44-47 as overdub onto take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   -- Late morning. Abbey Road studios are opened to over 100 reporters and photographers.  2.00-4.00pm. Recording for the BBC. 5.00-8.00pm. Today's session intended for orchestra overdub, due to the decision---taken this day--- of releasing `All You Need Is Love' as a single.
• Jun 25 -- `Our World' is broadcast. Premiere of `All You Need Is Love'.  Studio 1. 2.00pm-1.00am. Recording: `All You Need Is Love' (takes 48-50; BBC rehearsal takes 1-3; takes 51-53; takes 54-58 (58 being live BBC broadcast); overdub onto take 58). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush/Martin Benge.  Recording of snare drum roll and re-done John vocal for `All You Need Is Love'. Visits at the studio: Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richard, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Harrison, Jane Asher, Mike McCartney, Graham Nash and wife, Gary Leeds, Hunter Davies.
• Jun 26 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 2.00-5.00pm. Mono mixing: `All You Need Is Love' (remixes 2-10, from take 58). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• Jun 27 -- Trial on drugs charges of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Robert Fraser begins at West Sussex Quarter Sessions.
• Jun 28 -- The Monkees arrive in the UK for their concerts at the Empire Pool, Wembley.   -- 2nd day of the trial on drugs charges of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Robert Fraser at West Sussex Quarter Sessions.  -- New York premiere of `The Family Way'.
• Jun 29 -- 3rd and last day of trial on drugs charges of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Robert Fraser at West Sussex Quarter Sessions.  -- `Kenwood'. Photographic session of John with `Beatles Book' photographer Leslie Bryce for the magazine's `at home' series.
• Jun 30 -- 1st concert of the Monkees at the Empire Pool, Wembley, presented by NEMS Enterprises.  -- `The Times' editorial headlined `Who Breaks a Butterfly on a Wheel?' leads a strong public outcry for the trial on drugs charges of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Robert Fraser.
• Jul 01 -- 2nd concert of the Monkees at the Wembley Empire Pool, presented by NEMS Enterprises.
• Jul 02 -- Brian's two-house Sunday presentation at the Saville Theatre, featuring Cream, Jeff Beck and his group, and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.   -- 3rd and last concert of the Monkees at the  Empire Pool, Wembley,  presented by NEMS Enterprises.
• Jul 03 -- Vic Lewis throws a party for the Monkees at the club Speakeasy, London. Brian does not attend.
• Jul 07 -- UK single release: `All You Need Is Love'/`Baby, You're A Rich Man'.  1st time George Martin gets a credit as producer on a Beatles' single.  -- Beginning of the European Song Cup contest, in the Casino at the Belgian coastal resort of Knokke-le-Zoute. The British team leaves for Knokke-le-Zoute.
• Jul 12 -- Brian flies to Belgium.
• Jul 13 -- End of European Song Cup in the Casino at the Belgium coastal resort of Knokke-le-Zoute. Brian attends. England beats France in the final. Roger Whittaker, with his version of `If I Were A Rich Man', is declared the best individual act.
• Jul 15 -- Brian attempts to bring Tim Buckley over from the USA for a concert appearance at the Saville Theatre.
• Jul 17 -- US single release: `All You Need is Love'/`Baby, You're A Rich Man'.   -- Harry Epstein dies, in Bournemouth. Clive, from Liverpool, calls Brian to Chapel Street.
• Jul 19 -- `All You Need Is Love' number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart).
• Jul 20 -- Paul attends a session at Chappell Recording Studios, during which Chris Barber Band records a version for `Catcall'.  Paul contributes shouts and howls, and some piano.
• Jul 22 -- John and Julian fly from the Heathrow Airport for a holiday in Greece.
• Jul 24 -- London `The Times' publishes an advertisement signed by the Beatles, Epstein and other famous personalities, calling for the legalization of marijuana.  -- The Beatles appear on front cover of magazine `Life' (Asia Edition), with the headline: `The New Far-Out Beatles'.
• Jul 25 -- Brian writes to Nat Weiss. Subjects: Brian's father recent death,  the Beatles, including their project to buy a Greek island, and his next trip to New York (a trip he never took---it was planned for 2 September 1967).
• Jul 26 -- Brian returns to London from Liverpool. Brian has a meeting with psychiatrist Dr John Flood, from the Priory Hospital.
• Jul 28 -- Brian returns from London to Liverpool.
• Jul 31 -- The Lord Chief Justice dismisses the charges against Keith Richards and gives Mick Jagger a conditional discharge, with respect to the  trial on drugs charges of them and Robert Fraser.  -- Radio London office, 17 Curzon Street, Mayfair, London. Ringo records a farewell message from the Beatles.
• Aug 01 -- George and Pattie Harrison, Neil Aspinall, Alex the Magician and Jennie Boyd visit the Haight-Ashbury district, San Francisco.   -- Premiere of `Film Number 4', by Yoko.
• Aug 02 -- George visits the Ravi Shankar's music school, in Los Angeles.
• Aug 03 -- Brian does not attend a meeting with Dr. John Flood planned  for this  day.
• Aug 04 -- UK LP re-release:  `The Beatles' First'.
• Aug 05 -- Date offered to Brian by Dr. John Flood for their meeting, to replace the 3 August meeting, which Brian could not attend.  Brian cannot accept this date either.
• Aug 07 -- `Disc and Music Echo' publishes an article by Derek Taylor, on his visit to Haight-Ashbury with George.
• Aug 08 -- John and Julian pose for fans photographs at their house at St George's Hill State, near Cavendish Road, Weybridge, Surrey.
• Aug 09 -- Joe Orton is killed by Kenneth Halliwell.  -- Lucy Martin, daughter of George Martin and his wife Lucy, is born.
• Aug 11 -- Thomson House, London. Photographic session with Richard Avedon, for a set of `solarised' prints, and other left unsolarised. Photograph of gatefold sleeve of  LP `Love Songs' taken.
• Aug 14 -- Queenie Epstein arrives in London to stay with Brian at his  Chapel Street house.
• Aug 16 -- Dr. Norman Cowan examines Brian.
• Aug 17 -- Brian writes a letter to Derek Taylor, then in California, about his next (never materialised) trip to New York.
• Aug 18 -- Brian tells his mother and Peter Brown he will soon travel to the USA and Canada to appear in some TV programmes.  -- UK single release: `We Love You', by the Rolling Stones (backing  vocals by John and Paul).
• Aug 19 -- Jason Starkey is born, at the Queen's Charlotte Maternity Hospital, Hammersmith, London.  -- Brian announces that Traffic will make their first performance in Britain, at the Saville Theatre.  The Saville Theatre autumn season is extended to 16 weeks.
• Aug 20 -- Date booked for Tim Buckley's performance at the Saville Theatre.   -- Cream flies to the USA, beginning a tour.  -- Cilla Black flies to Portugal, beginning her holiday.
• Aug 22 -- Chappell Recording Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `Your Mother Should Know' (takes 1-8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: John Timperley; 2nd Engineer: John Iles.
• Aug 23 -- Chappell Recording Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `Your Mother Should Know' (tape reduction take 8 into take 9, overdub onto take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: John Timperley; 2nd Engineer: John Iles.  Visit at the studio: Brian Epstein.  -- Evening: Brian and Queenie go to the Saville Theatre.
• Aug 24 -- Queenie leaves from London to Liverpool, by train.  -- 8.00pm. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's public lecture in the Hotel Hilton's ballroom. John, Cynthia, Paul, Jane, Michael McCartney, George, Patti, and Jenny Boyd attend.  -- Ringo visits Maureen and Jason at Queen's Charlotte Hospital.   -- Long conversation of the Beatles with Brian about the `Magical Mystery Tour' film.
• Aug 25 -- Afternoon: Trip to Bangor, from Euston station.  -- Brian receives by phone news that BBC television offered Cilla Black her own series.   -- Afternoon: Brian goes to Kingsley Hill.  8.00pm. Peter Brown and Geoffrey Ellis arrive in Kingsley Hill.  10.00pm. Brian announces to Peter and Geoffrey he will take a drive. Brian arrives in his Chapel Street house to spend the night.
• Aug 26 -- About 5.00pm or 5.30pm. Brian phones to Kingsley Hill. With Peter Brown, he agrees to phone to tell the train that would take him back from London. About 5.00pm. Antonio Garcia, Brian's butler, takes some food to Brian's room.
• Aug 27 -- Day booked for the beginning of the Saville Theatre autumn season.  -- The `Sunday Express' reveals that Pete Best works in a bakery in Liverpool, earning 18 pounds a week.  -- Brian Epstein dies.  12.00am. Antonio and Maria Garcia try to wake Brian up. About 2.30pm. Antonio Garcia phones Brian's secretary. Joanne Newfield, Alistair Taylor, Brian Barrett and John Gallway are before Brian's room door; Peter Brown stays on the phone line from Kingsley Hill. Phone calls to: Clive Epstein, Paul, David Jacobs. News get to Robert Stigwood, Vic Lewis, Allen Klein. The Beatles return from Bangor to London.
• Aug 31 -- It is announced that the Beatles will take the administration of their own business interests.
• Sep 01 -- Meeting of all Beatles at Paul's St John's Wood house. It is decided to continue the `Magical Mystery Tour' project and to postpone the trip to India.
• Sep 02 -- Paul affirms that ``No one could possibly replace Brian'', and that they will go on alone, without manager.   -- Date for the beginning of Brian's planned trip to New York.
• Sep 05 -- Studio 1. 7.00pm-1.00am. Recording: `I Am The Walrus' (takes 1-16). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Richard Lush. Recording of rythm track of `I Am The Walrus'. Proper first `Magical Mystery Tour' session.
• Sep 06 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `I Am The Walrus' (tape reduction take 16 into take 17, overdub onto take 17). Mono mixing: `I Am The Walrus' (remixes 1-4, from take 17). Recording: `The Fool On The Hill' (take 1);  `Blue Jay Way' (take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.  Remix of `I Am The Walrus' for cutting acetates. Recording of `The Fool On The Hill' demos (only Paul and his piano), and rythm track of `Blue Jay Way'.
• Sep 07 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.15am. Recording: `Blue Jay Way' (tape reduction take 1 into take 2, overdub onto take 2, tape reduction take 2 into take 3, overdub onto take 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Peter Vince; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.
• Sep 08 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-2.45am. Recording: `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (takes 1-6, tape reduction take 6 into takes 7, 8, overdub onto take 8). Mono mixing: `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (remixes 1-4, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. 1st Beatles instrumental theme released for EMI. 1st theme credited to all Beatles.  Last session of uninterrupted work of Geoff Emerick as Beatles' balance engineer.  -- An official report states that Brian's death was accidental, due to accumulation of bromide contained in a drug known as Carbitral.
• Sep 11 -- 10.45am. The `Magical Mystery Tour' bus leaves from Allsop Place, London. Start of the Magical Mystery  Tour. The bus visits Somerset, Cornualles; Devon; West Mailing Airport, Kent.  -- Day of the eventual end of Brian's stay at the Waldorf Towers, New York, during his planned trip to North America. (The alternative was 12 September.)  -- `All You Need Is Love' number 1 (Billboard).  -- US Gold certification for `All You Need Is Love'/`Baby You're A Rich Man'.
• Sep 12 -- Date for the end of Brian's stay at the Waldorf Towers, New York, during his planned trip to North America (alternative day: 11 September).  -- On their journey north, the `Magical Mystery Tour' convoy causes traffic jams. John rips off the posters from the sides of the bus.
• Sep 15 -- End of shootings of `Magical Mystery Tour'.
• Sep 16 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-3.45pm. Recording: `Your Mother Should Know' [re-make] (takes 20-30). Mono mixing: `Blue Jay Way' (remix 1, from take 3). Tape copying: `I Am The Walrus' (of remix mono 4); `Blue Jay Way' (of remix mono 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Jeff Jarratt.  Remixes for Gavrik Losey. Visit at the studio: Gavrik Losey, assistant of `Magical Mystery Tour' producer, Denis O'Dell.  First session with Ken Scott as balance engineer.
• Sep 17 -- Last line-up, programmed until 19 August 1967, for the Saville Theatre autumn season: John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Long John Baldry.  -- Approximate date of Brian's trip from Toronto to California, according to his planned itinerary.
• Sep 18 -- Shooting of striptease scene of `Magical Mystery Tour' at Raymond Revuebar, 11 Walker's Court, London.   -- John and Neil Aspinall leave from Paris to Spain.
• Sep 20 -- Cilla Black's vacations due to end this day.
• Sep 22 -- The `Time' magazine cover features  a drawing by Gerard Scarfe titled `The Beatles/Their new incarnation'.  -- Town Newsagency Limited. Filming for `Magical Mystery Tour': Ringo buying tickets from John.
• Sep 25 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `The Fool On The Hill' (takes 1-3, tape reduction take 3 into take 4, overdub onto take 4). Mono mixing: `The Fool On The Hill' (remix 1, from take 4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. First proper recording of `The Fool On The Hill'.
• Sep 26 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-4.15am. Recording: `The Fool On The Hill' (tape reduction take 4 into take 5, overdub onto take 5, tape reduction take 5 into take 6, overdub onto take 6). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• Sep 27 -- Studio 1. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `I Am The Walrus' (tape reduction take 17 into takes 18-24, with overdub onto takes 18-24).   Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `I Am The Walrus' (tape reduction take 20 into take 25, overdub onto take 25); `The Fool On The Hill' (overdub onto take 6). Mono mixing: `The Fool On The Hill' (remix 2, from take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   Recording of strings and choir for `I Am The Walrus'.
• Sep 28 -- Studio 2. 4.00-5.30pm. Tape copying: `Magical Mystery Tour' (of remix mono 7); `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (of remix mono 4). Recording: `I Am The Walrus' (tape reduction of take 25 as overdub onto take 17).  Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Mono mixing: `I Am The Walrus' (remixes 2-5, from take 17). Editing: `I Am The Walrus' (of remix mono 2). Recording: `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (overdub onto take 8, takes 1-5 of overdub onto take 8). Mono mixing: `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (remixes 5, 6, from take 8). Editing: `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (of remix mono 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Copies of `Magical Mystery Tour' and `Flying' for the film producer. Recording of effects for `Flying'. The jazz-like part of the song is deleted.
• Sep 29 -- Wembley TV Studios. John and George live appearance on `The Frost Programme'.  Studio 2. 7.00pm-5.00am. Mono mixing: `I Am The Walrus' (remixes 6-22, from take 17).  Editing: `I Am The Walrus' (of mono remixes 10, 22, called remix mono 23). Recording: `Your Mother Should Know' (tape reduction take 9 into takes 50-52, overdub onto take 52). Mono mixing: `Your Mother Should Know' (remix 20, from take 52). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby.  The BBC live broadcast is included in `I Am The Walrus'. The re-make of `Your Mother Should Know' is ignored, and  work returns to the original Chappell version.  7.30pm. Start of broadcast of `The Tragedy Of King Lear', BBC Third Programme.
• Sep 30 -- BBC Third Programme becomes Radio 3.  -- John, George and the Maharishi appear on the TV `David Frost Show'.   -- Date of end of 5-year contract of the Beatles and Brian.  -- Frank Zappa, in an interview for the magazine `Disc And Music Echo', affirms that John was right when he said that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus.
• Oct 01 -- First UK appearance of Traffic, at the Saville Theatre.
• Oct 02 -- Studio 2. 10.00pm-2.30am.  Mono mixing: `Your Mother Should Know' (remixes 21-25, from take 52). Recording: `Hello Hello' (working title of `Hello, Goodbye') (takes 1-14, tape reduction of take 14 into takes 15, 16). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby.
• Oct 04 -- Wembley TV Studios, Wembley, Middlesex. John and George appear live on `The Frost Programme'.
• Oct 06 -- Studio 2. 7.00-12.00pm. Recording: `Blue Jay Way' (overdub onto take 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  Recording of celli for `Blue Jay Way'.  -- Closing of the UFO Club, at the basement of the Blarney Club, London.
• Oct 07 -- The Beatles reject a millionaire offer to play the Shea Stadium.
• Oct 11 -- Opening of John and Yoko's art exhibition, `Half-A-Wind Show', at the Lisson Gallery, London.
• Oct 12 -- De Lane Lea Music Recording Studios. 2.30-8.00pm. Mono mixing: `It's All Too Much' (remixes 1, 2, from take 2). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Dave Siddle; 2nd Engineer: Mike Weighell.  Studio 3. 6.30pm-2.00am. Mono mixing: `Blue Jay Way' (remixes 2-9, from take 3). Editing: `Blue Jay Way' (of mono remixes 6, 9). Recording:  `Accordion (Wild)' (working title of `Shirley's Wild Accordion') (takes 1-8, tape reduction take 8 into takes 9, 10, overdub onto take 10, takes 11-15). Mono mixing: `Accordion (Wild)' (working title of `Shirley's Wild Accordion') (remixes 1, 2, 3, from takes 10, 7, 14, respectively). Producer: John Lennon; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   First John official credit as producer in a Beatles session.
• Oct 13 -- The song for the film `How I Won The War' is released, with Musketeer Gripweed and the Third Troop.
• Oct 17 -- 6.00pm. Memorial service held for Brian, with the attendance of all 4 Beatles, at the New London Synagogue, 33 Abbey Road.
• Oct 18 -- Premiere of `How I Won The War' at the London Pavilion. All 4 Beatles attend.  After, they attend a party at Cilla Black's flat (9 b Portland Place, London).   -- John and Cynthia see the annual Motor Show at the Earl's Court Exhibition Building, London.
• Oct 19 -- Studio 1. 7.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `Hello Hello' (working title of `Hello, Goodbye') (overdub onto take 16, tape reduction take 16 into take 17). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
• Oct 20 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-3.45am. Recording: `The Fool On The Hill' (overdub onto take 6); `Hello Hello' (working title of `Hello, Goodbye') (overdub onto take 17). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald. Recording of flute for `The Fool On The Hill' and viola for `Hello, Goodbye'.   2.30am. The viola overdub session ends.   -- UK release: `Catcall', with the Chris Barber Band.
• Oct 24 -- NBC-TV broadcasts `A Hard Day's Night' in the USA.
• Oct 25 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Mono mixing: `The Fool On The Hill' (remixes 10-12, from take 6). Editing: `The Fool On The Hill' (of remix mono 12). Recording: `Hello Hello' (working title of `Hello, Goodbye') (tape reduction take 17 into takes 18-21, overdub onto take 21). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby.
• Oct 29 -- Morning. Acanthus Road, Clapham, Battersea, London. Shooting of `Magical Mystery Tour' sequence, on which Ringo and Auntie Jessie go up a street to board the `Magical Mystery Tour' bus.
• Nov 01 -- Abbey Road, Room 53. 10.00am-1.00pm. Mono mixing: `All You Need Is Love' (remix 11, from take 58); `Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' (remix 20, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Studio 3 (control room only). 2.30-6.00pm. Recording: `Untitled Sound Effects' (take 20); `Hello, Goodbye' (tape reduction take 21 into takes 22-25). Stereo mixing: `The Fool On The Hill' (remixes 1-5, from take 6). Editing: `The Fool On The Hill' (of remix stereo 5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby.    Mono mixing of `All You Need Is Love' and `Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'  for the `Yellow Submarine' film. Sound effects: applauses, for the `Yellow Submarine' film.
• Nov 02 -- Studio 3. 2.30-6.00pm. Recording: `Hello, Goodbye' (overdub onto take 22).  Mono mixing: `Hello, Goodbye' (remixes 1-6, from take 22). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Jeff Jarratt.
• Nov 03 -- `Sunny Heights' (rock garden). Shooting for `Blue Jay Way' sequence in `Magical Mystery Tour'.
• Nov 06 -- Studio 3 (control room only). 2.30-6.00pm. Stereo mixing: `Hello, Goodbye' (remixes 1, 2, from take 22); `I Am The Walrus' (remixes 1-7, from take 17 and from remix mono 22); `Your Mother Should Know' (remixes 1, 2, from take 52); `Magical Mystery Tour' (remixes 1-4, from take 9). Editing: `I Am The Walrus' (of stereo remixes 6, 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.  The BBC transmission for `I Am The Walrus' is added to the stereo mix from the mono mix.
• Nov 07 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 2.30-5.45pm. Stereo mixing: `Blue Jay Way' (remixes 1, 2, from take 3); `Flying' (remix 1, from take 8). Editing: `Blue Jay Way' (of remix stereo 2); `Flying' (of remix stereo 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Peter Mew.  Studio 1. 9.00pm-4.30am. Mono mixing: `Blue Jay Way' (remixes 20-28, from take 3). Stereo mixing: `Blue Jay Way' (remixes 10-12, from take 3). Editing: `Blue Jay Way' (of remix mono 27, of remix stereo 12). Stereo mixing/Recording: `Magical Mystery Tour' (remixes 5, 6, from remix stereo 4 with new overdub). Mono mixing/Recording: `Magical Mystery Tour' (remixes 8-10, from remix mono 7 with new overdub).  Tape copying: `I Am The Walrus' (of remix mono 23); `Your Mother Should Know' (of remix mono 25); `Flying' (of edit of remix mono 6 and of edit of remix stereo 1); `Magical Mystery Tour' (of remix mono 10 and of remix stereo 6); `Blue Jay Way' (of edit of remix mono 27 and of edit of remix stereo 12); `The Fool On The Hill' (of edit of remix mono 12); `Strawberry Fields Forever' (of remix stereo 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby. Recording of sound effects for `Magical Mystery Tour'. Copies of `I Am The Walrus',  `Your  Mother Should Know', `Flying', `Magical Mystery Tour', `Blue Jay Way', `The Fool  On The Hill' and `Strawberry Fields Forever', for Capitol.
• Nov 08 -- New York premiere of `How I Won The War'.
• Nov 09 -- First issue of `Rolling Stone'. John as Private Gripweed appears on cover.
• Nov 10 -- Shooting of three `Hello, Goodbye' clips, directed by Paul, at the Saville Theatre.
• Nov 14 -- Closing of John and Yoko's art exhibition, `Half-A-Wind Show', at the Lisson Gallery, London.
• Nov 15 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 10.30-11.00am. Mono mixing: `Hello, Goodbye' (remix 10, from take 22). Tape copying: `It's All Too Much' (of remix mono 1); `All Together Now' (of remix mono 6); `Only A Northern Song' (of remix mono 6). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer; Richard Lush.  Mix of `Hello, Goodbye' without violas, for use as playback on the clip. Copies of `It's All Too Much', `All Together Now' and `Only A Northern Song' for `Yellow Submarine' producers.
• Nov 17 -- Abbey Road, Room 53. 10.00am-1.15pm. Stereo mixing: `I Am The Walrus' (remix 25, from take 17). Editing: `I Am The Walrus' (of stereo remixes 25, 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.  New mix of the first half of `I Am The Walrus', in order to build the stereo master.  End of `Magical Mystery Tour' sessions.
• Nov 21 -- 76 Old Compton Street, 1st floor, London. Norman's Film Production. Roy Benson and the Beatles session for cutting the `Magical Mystery Tour' film. They are filmed by a BBC crew.
• Nov 22 -- George session for `Wonderwall' film. Recording: sound effects; `India', `Swordfencing' (both working titles). First session of `Wonderwall'.
• Nov 23 -- George session for `Wonderwall' film. Recording: sound effects; `India', `Swordfencing' (both working titles). Classical musicians.
• Nov 24 -- Abbey Road. First John's solo session, compiling sound effects for the National Theatre production for its play `Scene Three, Act One', based on the short homonymous story included on `In His Own Write'.  -- UK single release: `Hello, Goodbye'/`I Am The Walrus'.  -- IBC Studios, London. Debut recording session by Grapefruit, for single `Dear Delilah'. John and Paul attend.
• Nov 26 -- Broadcast of the `Hello, Goodbye' clip, on  the Ed Sullivan show.
• Nov 27 -- US single release: `Hello, Goodbye'/`I Am The Walrus'. US LP release: `Magical Mystery Tour'.
• Nov 28 -- Studio 3. 6.00pm-2.45am. Recording: `Christmas Time (Is Here Again)' (take 1 [music], takes 1-10 [speech], overdub of sound effects onto edit/remix). Mono mixing: `Christmas Time (Is Here Again)' (from take 1 [music], from takes 2, 6, 10 [speech]). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. 5th and last Christmas record made jointly by all Beatles and at Abbey Road.  Visit at the studio: Victor Spinetti. 2.45-4.30am. Abbey Road. 2nd John's solo session, compiling sound effects for `Scene Three, Act One'.
• Nov 29 -- Studio 1 (control room only). 2.30-5.30pm. Editing: `Christmas Time (Is Here Again)' (of unnumbered mono remix). Tape copying: `Christmas Time (Is Here Again)' (of master version).  Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Copy for print at Lyntone Records..
• Dec 02 -- John is interviewed by Kenny Everett on BBC-radio's `Where It's At'.
• Dec 04 -- John sees a preview of an exhibition by Jonathan Hague at the Royal Institute Galleries, London.
• Dec 05 -- Party celebrating the opening of Apple Boutique. The Beatles attend.
• Dec 06 -- `Hello, Goodbye' number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart). `Hello, Goodbye' number 1, 1st week (UK New Musical Express chart).
• Dec 07 -- Apple opens at 94 Baker Street.
• Dec 08 -- UK EP release: `Magical Mystery Tour'. First double EP in the UK.   -- Robert Stigwood and David Shaw resign their directorships in NEMS.
• Dec 10 -- Date planned for the end of Saville Theatre autumn session.
• Dec 13 -- `Hello, Goodbye' number 1, 2nd week (UK New Musical Express chart).
• Dec 15 -- US gold certification: `Magical Mystery Tour'.   -- The 5th `Christmas Record' is sent to the members of the Fans Club.
• Dec 17 -- Cream is announced for a concert at the Saville Theatre.   -- Hanover Banqueting Rooms, London. Party hosted by John and George for the Area Secretaries of the Official Beatles Fan Club and other friends. Screening of a preview of `Magical Mystery Tour' and `The Beatles at Shea Stadium'.
• Dec 18 -- Paul and Jane stay at Paul's High Park Farm, near Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland.
• Dec 20 -- `Hello, Goodbye' number 1, 3rd week (UK New Musical Express chart).
• Dec 21 -- Westbourne Suite, Royal Lancaster Hotel. Fancy-dress party to celebrate the BBC transmision of `Magical Mystery Tour'. All Beatles attend.
• Dec 23 -- John writes a letter to his sick father, Alfred, and sends a car for him to visit him in Weybridge.
• Dec 25 -- Official announcement of Paul and Jane's engagement.
• Dec 26 -- BBC-TV broadcasts the `Magical Mystery Tour' film.
• Dec 27 -- Bad critics for `Magical Mystery Tour'.  -- `Hello, Goodbye' number 1, 4th week (UK New Musical Express chart).   -- Wembley TV Studios, Wembley, Middlesex. Paul is interviewed live for TV's `The Frost Programme' by David Frost.
• Dec 29 -- John goes to Marocco on vacations.
• Dec 30 -- `Hello, Goodbye' number 1, 1st week (Billboard).
• Dec 31 -- New Year's party at Cilla Black's flat, 9b Portland Place, London. Following a Northern tradition, Ringo is sent out, left alone in the street.    -- Brian's NEMS shares are transfered to Queenie.

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