Fact #52309
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Short story:
The Beatles record It's Only Love, for their second film soundtrack album Help!, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK.
Full article:
Paul McCartney (bass/vocals, The Beatles] : It was so organised … there were three main sessions of the day – 10.30 to 1.30, 2.30 to 5.30, 7.30 to 10.30, and that was how everyone worked. They used to give you time for lunch, which was mainly a cheese roll and half a beer, or tea – and there might be a quick meal.
You'd let yourselves in, test your amps, and get yourselves in tune – which didn't take long really, as long as you knew you weren't going to fart around. It takes about half an hour to do that. And then George Martin would be there. 'Right chaps, what are you going to do?' You'd sit around for about twenty minutes, and me and John normally would just show everyone what the song was.
We hardly ever worked in the evening, actually. It was only later we got into those evening sessions.
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You'd let yourselves in, test your amps, and get yourselves in tune – which didn't take long really, as long as you knew you weren't going to fart around. It takes about half an hour to do that. And then George Martin would be there. 'Right chaps, what are you going to do?' You'd sit around for about twenty minutes, and me and John normally would just show everyone what the song was.
We hardly ever worked in the evening, actually. It was only later we got into those evening sessions.