1965, The Beatles worked on a new George Harrison song "Think For Yourself" at Abbey Road for their forthcoming Rubber Soul album. After rehearsing the song, they recorded the basic instrumental track in one take. 1966, The Who go into CBS Studios in London and record at least two takes of the backing track for their next single "Happy Jack." John and Keith then go to Regent … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – November 8
Elton John
Today in Rock History – November 7
1967, The Beatles finished recording "Blue Jay Way," "Flying," and "Magical Mystery Tour." The Beatles have only six songs, not enough for an album so decided to issue a double-EP. Capitol Records didn’t think the double-EP format would be acceptable for the US market, so they decide to put out an album instead. The album contained the six Magical Mystery Tour songs. Five of … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – November 7
Today in Rock History – November 3
1967, The filming for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour was completed finishing with a sequence at Ringo's country house in Weybridge, Surrey, BBC television bought the rights to broadcast the film twice, the first broadcast, in black-and-white was scheduled for December 26, 1967. The second showing, on the color channel BBC2, was not yet available to all Britons, was set for … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – November 3
Today in Rock History – November 1
1965, The Rolling Stones played at the War Memorial Auditorium, New York during the band's second North American tour. The set list was,"She Said Yeah," "Hitch Hike," "Heart of Stone," "Mercy, Mercy," "That's How Strong My Love Is," "Play With Fire," "The Last Time," "Good Times," "Oh Baby," "Get Off Of My Cloud," "I'm Moving On," and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." 1966, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – November 1
Today in Rock History – October 30
1961, Two days after Beatles fan Raymond Jones asked for The Beatles' German single "My Bonnie" (recorded with Tony Sheridan) at Brian Epstein's NEMS record store in Liverpool, two girls asked for the same record. Epstein's difficulty in locating the record was due to him not knowing that the record was released, not by The Beatles, but by Tony Sheridan and "The Beat Brothers" … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – October 30