Wednesday, July 30, 2008

This date in Beatles history: 1968

The Beatles, on a Tuesday evening in 1968, gathered at Abbey Road (Studio Two) to continue work on a new song: “Hey Jude.”

A few takes had been recorded the night before... but this ambitious single was still a work in progress.

On the second night – July 30 – movie cameras were rolling. As Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn relates, the footage was used for a TV documentary (“Music!”) by the National Music Council of Great Britain.

Here is 6½ minutes of that footage:

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 31, 2008 at 9:42 AM

    It is my understanding that 'hey jude' was recorded at trident studios at st. anne's court - London.

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  2. Undercover Black ManJuly 31, 2008 at 10:04 AM

    ^ Yes, Tony, the final version was. The Beatles went to Trident Studios the next day -- July 31 -- and started from scratch on Trident's 8-track machine.

    But by then, they'd already recorded 25 takes of "Hey Jude" at Abbey Road (on a 4-track machine).

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