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This is a list of events that occurred in 1967.

Contents 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 To be added soon 6.1 March 6.2 April 6.3 May 6.4 June 6.5 July 6.6 August 6.7 September 6.8 October 6.9 November 6.10 December

January

• January ??, 1967: John records home demos of Good Morning Good Morning. →

• January 3, 1967: Tape copies of When I'm 64 and Strawberry Fields Forever made. →

• January 4, 1967: Overdubs recorded for Penny Lane. →

• January 5, 1967: The Beatles record Carnival Of Light as well as the vocal overdubs to Penny Lane. →

• January 6, 1967: More Overdubs recorded for Penny Lane. →

• January 9, 1967: Brass and Woodwind overdubs recorded for Penny Lane. →

• January 10, 1967: Sound effects overdubs recorded for Penny Lane. →

• January 12, 1967: Classical instrument overdubs onto Penny Lane. →

• January 17, 1967: Additional trumpet overdubs for Penny Lane. →

• January 18, 1967: Paul is interviewed by Jo Durden-Smith. →

• January 19, 1967: First four takes of A Day In The Life with overdubs onto take 4. →

• January 20, 1967: Overdubs onto take 4 of A Day In The Life: bass, drumz, more John's vocals, Paul's vocals. →

• January 21, 1967: Brian merges NEMS with RSO. →

• January 25, 1967: Mixing Penny Lane for dispatch to America. →

• January 27, 1967: The Beatles sign a nine-year contract to legally be together until 1976. →

• January 30, 1967: First rough mono mix of A Day In The Life, based on take 6. →

• January 30, 1967: Filming the Strawberry Fields Forever promotional video. →

• January 31, 1967: Filming for Strawberry Fields Forever. →

February

• February 1, 1967: Recording Session. Songs recorded: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. →

• February 2, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. →

• February 3, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: A Day In The Life. →

• February 5, 1967: Filming for the Penny Lane promotional video. →

• February 7, 1967: More filming for the promotional video for Penny Lane. →

• February 8, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Good Morning Good Morning →

• February 9, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Fixing A Hole. →

• February 10, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: A Day In The Life. →

• February 13, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Only a Northern Song. Mixing Session: A Day In The Life. →

• February 13, 1967: Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane single release in US. →

• February 14, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Only a Northern Song. →

• February 16, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Good Morning Good Morning. →

• February 17, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite. →

• February 17, 1967: Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane single release in UK. →

• February 19, 1967: John, Ringo, and Brian Epstein see Chuck Berry perform. →

• February 20, 1967: Mixing Session. The sound effects mix for Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite is made, as well as a rough mono mix of Good Morning Good Morning. →

• February 21, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Fixing A Hole. →

• February 22, 1967: The final chord of A Day In The Life and Anything are recorded. →

• February 23, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Lovely Rita. Songs Mixed: A Day In The Life. →

• February 24, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Lovely Rita. →

• February 28, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. →

March

• March 1, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and A Day In The Life. →

• March 2, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. →

• March 3, 1967: Recording and Mixing Session. Songs Recorded: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Songs Mixed: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. →

• March 6, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. →

• March 7, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Lovely Rita. →

• March 21, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Lovely Rita. Songs Mixed: Getting Better. This was the infamous night where John took LSD when trying to record. →

April

• April 3, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Within You Without You. →

May

• May 4, 1967: Mixing Session. Songs Mixed: Magical Mystery Tour. →

• May 9, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Untitled Sixteen-Minute Jam. →

• May 11, 1967: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: Baby You're A Rich Man. →

• May 17, 1967: John Flood suggests Brian to have himself checked into the Priory Hospital, Roehampton, for a complete rest. He is admitted to it →

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[edit] March

• March 1 - Recording session. Songs recorded: A Day In The Life (Unused Piano Overdub), and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Takes 1-7).
• March 2 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Vocal Overdubs + Verse with The Boob singing).
• March 3 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Guitar and Brass Overdub).
• March 6 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Sound effects).
• March 7 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Lovely Rita (Vocal Overdub).
• March 9 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Getting Better (Takes 1-7).
• March 10 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Getting Better (Overdubs).
• March 11 - Disc & Music Echo reports 446 recorded covers of Yesterday.
• March 13 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Good Morning Good Morning (Brass Overdubs).
• March 15 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Within You Without You (Take 1 Basic Track).
• March 17 - Recording session. Songs recorded: She's Leaving Home (Takes 1-6).
• March 20 - Recording session. Songs recorded: She's Leaving Home (Vocal Overdubs).
• March 21 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Getting Better (Unused Vocal Overdub), and Lovely Rita (Overdubs). This is the session mentioned by George Martin that John accidentally took LSD in the studio.
• March 22 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Within You Without You (Dilruba Overdubs).
• March 23 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Getting Better (Vocal and Instrumental Overdubs).
• March 28 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Good Morning Good Morning (Animal Sound Effects + Overdubs), and Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite (Overdubs).
• March 29 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Good Morning Good Morning (Overdubs), Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite (Sound Effects + Organ Overdubs), and With A Little Help From My Friends (Takes 1-10).
• March 30 - Recording session. Songs recorded: With A Little Help From My Friends (Instrumental Overdubs + Vocal Overdubs).
• March 30 - Cover photo shoot for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
• March 31 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite (Organ and Glockenspiel Overdub).

[edit] April

• April 1 - Recording Session. Songs recorded: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Takes 1-9 + Overdubs).
• April 3 - Recording Session. Songs recorded: Within You Wthout You (Overdubs + Complete Instrumental Track).
• April 11 - Paul McCartney gets ideas for the song Magical Mystery Tour while on an overnight flight from America.
• April 19 - A legal business partnership, The Beatles & Co. is formed to bind the group until 1977.
• April 20 - Recording Session. Songs recorded: Only A Northern Song (Bass/Trumpet/Glockenspiel Overdubs + Vocal Overdubs).
• April 21 - Recording Session. Songs recorded: Only A Northern Song (Mixing) and Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove (mixing).
• April 25 - First Magical Mystery Tour session. Songs recorded: Magical Mystery Tour (Takes 1-3 + mixdown + coach tape loop)
• April 26 - Recording Session. Songs recorded: Magical Mystery Tour (Overdubs + Mixdown).
• April 27 - Recording Session. Songs recorded: Magical Mystery Tour (Vocal Overdubs).
• April 28 - Final editing on Sgt. Pepper album.

[edit] May

• May 1 - Final editing on Sgt. Pepper album.
• May 1 - EMI announces that total sales of Beatle records have reached over 200 million.
• May 3 - Recording Session. Songs recorded: Magical Mystery Tour (Brass Overdubs + Acetate Mixing).
• May 9 - Recording Session. Songs recorded: Sixteen minute instrumental jam.
• May 11 - Recording Session. Songs recorded: Baby, You're A Rich Man (Takes 1-12 + Overdubs + Mixing). Mick Jagger might have been present.
• May 12 - Recording Session. Songs recorded: All Together Now (Takes 1-9 + Overdubs).
• May 15 - Paul meets Linda Eastman.
• May 17 - Recording Session. Songs recorded: You Know My Name (Look Up The Number), Part 1 (Takes 1-16).
• May 19 - Brian Epstein holds a launch party for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band at his house.
• May 20 - The BBC begins a ban on the song A Day In The Life due to drug references.
• May 25 - Recording Session. Songs recorded: It's All Too Much (Rehearsals + Takes 1-4).
• May 31 - Recording Session. Songs recorded: It's All Too Much (Overdubs + Mixing).

[edit] June

• June 2 - Recording session. Songs recorded: It's All Too Much (Brass and Woodwind Overdubs + 8-minute mono mix) and Long Instrumental Jam.
• June 7 - Recording session. Songs recorded: You Know My Name (Look Up The Number), Part 1 (Basic Track).
• June 8 - Recording session. Songs recorded: You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (Parts 2-5).
• June 9 - Recording session. Songs recorded: You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (Take 30 RM1).
• June 13 - Recording session. John and Paul providing backing vocals to The Rolling Stones. Songs recorded: We Love You.
• June 14 - Recording session. Songs recorded: All You Need Is Love (Takes 1-33).
• June 19 - Recording session. Songs recorded: All You Need Is Love (Overdubs).
• June 19 - Paul admits on TV that he has taken LSD.
• June 21 - American evangelist Billy Graham criticizes Paul's use of drugs, but prays that he will find meaning in a way other than drugs.
• June 23 - Recording session. Songs recorded: All You Need Is Love (Orchestra Overdubs).
• June 24 - Recording session. Songs recorded: All You Need Is Love (Overdubs).
• June 24 - Photo-call and press conference at Abbey Road for "Our World" TV braodcast.
• June 25 - "Our World" worldwide broadcast of All You Need Is Love.

[edit] July

• July 7 - All You Need Is Love/Baby, You're A Rich Man single release in UK.
• July 17 - All You Need Is Love/Baby, You're A Rich Man single release in US.
• July 20 - Chris Barber and his band record Cat Call (a.k.a. Catswalk) with Paul McCartney on piano. The song itself was written by McCartney.
• July 24 - The Beatles and Brian Epstein sign their names on a petition, published in The Times, for the legalization of marijuana.

[edit] August

• August 19 - Ringo and Maureen's second son, Jason Starkey, is born.
• August 22 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Your Mother Should Know (Takes 1-8).
• August 23 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Your Mother Should Know (Take 9 Early Mix).
• August 24 - John, Paul, and George with wives and girlfriends, go to a lecture by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at London's Hilton hotel.
• August 25 - The Beatles travel to Bangor, North Wales to attend a weekend seminar with the Maharishi.
• August 27 - Brian Epstein dies.
• August 29 - Brian Epstein's funeral. It is for family only and none of The Beatles attend.

[edit] September

• September 1 - The Beatles meet at Paul's house in St. John's Wood to discuss their future without Brian Epstein.
• September 5 - Recording session. Songs recorded: I Am The Walrus (Takes 1-16).
• September 6 - Recording session. Songs recorded: I Am The Walrus (Mixing + Vocal Overdubs + Bass and Drum Overdubs), The Fool On The Hill (Demo), and Blue Jay Way (Take 1).
• September 7 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Blue Jay Way (Lead and Backing Vocal Overdubs).
• September 8 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Flying (Takes 1-6).
• September 11 - The Beatles set off on a coach to begin filming Magical Mystery Tour.
• September 16 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Your Mother Should Know (Takes 20-30).
• September 25 - Recording session. Songs recorded: The Fool On The Hill (Rehearsal + Takes 1-4 + Overdubs).
• September 26 - Recording session. Songs recorded: The Fool On The Hill (Overdubs).
• September 27 - Recording session. Songs recorded: I Am The Walrus (Orchestra Overdubs) and The Fool On The Hill (Vocal Overdubs).
• September 28 - Recording session. Songs recorded: I Am The Walrus (Overdubs) and Flying (Complete Version + Mixing).
• September 29 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Your Mother Should Know (Overdubs).

[edit] October

• Unknown - Paul records demo of Step Inside Love.
• Unknown - The Magical Mystery Tour theme music song "Jessie's Dream" recorded on the Mellotron.
• October 2 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Hello Goodbye (Rehearsal + Takes 1-14).
• October 6 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Blue Jay Way (Cello and Tambourine Overdubs).
• October 12 - Recording session for Magical Mystery Tour film score. Songs recorded: Shirley's Wild Accordian, Accordian (Waltz), and Accordian (Freaky).
• October 17 - A memorial service is held for Brian Epstein at the New London Synagogue on Abbey Road.
• October 18 - Premiere of How I Won The War, a film starring John. All The Beatles attend.
• October 19 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Hello Goodbye (Overdubs onto Take 16).
• October 20 - Recording session. Songs recorded: The Fool On The Hill (Flute Overdubs), and Hello Goodbye (Viola Overdubs).
• October 25 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Hello Goodbye (Overdubs).

[edit] November

• November 1 - Mono mixing of songs used (or being considered for use) in Yellow Submarine movie. Songs include: All You Need Is Love, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Version with The Boob on vocals), various Sgt. Pepper sound effects, Yellow Submarine, All Together Now, Only A Northern Song, and It's All Too Much (complete unedited version).
• November 2 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Hello Goodbye (Final Overdubs).
• November 7 - Recording session. Songs recorded: Maical Mystery Tour (Vocal and sound effect Overdubs).
• November 21 - Cilla Black records a demo of Step Inside Love, written by Paul. Paul plays guitar and does backing vocals on the demo.
• November 22-November 23 - George and The Wonderwall band recording music for Wonderwall, a George solo project.
• November 24 - Hello, Goodbye/I Am The Walrus single release in UK.
• November 24 - John and Ringo record various effects for Scene Three, Act One on the Mellotron.
• November 27 - Hello, Goodbye/I Am The Walrus single release in US.
• November 27 - Magical Mystery Tour US LP release.
• November 28 - Christmas Time Is Here Again! recorded.

[edit] December

• December 2 - "Where It's At" Radio Broadcast. Paul with Kenny Everett. Songs played: All Together On The Wireless Machine.
• December 3 - Ringo flies to Rome to begin filming his part in Candy.
• December 4 - Apple Boutique opens, selling hippie fashions.
• December 5 - John and George attend the opening party of the Apple boutique.
• December 8 - Magical Mystery Tour UK Double EP release.
• December 17 - Christmas Time Is Here Again! sent to fan club members.
• December 25 - Paul and Jane Asher announce their engagement.
• December 26 - Magical Mystery Tour aired on BBC.
• December 27 - Paul appears on The David Frost Show to defend Magical Mystery Tour.