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Photo shoot for “Honey” magazine
Feb 19, 1963
Photo shoot with Dezo Hoffmann
Jun 17, 1963
Photo shoot for the “Beatles For Sale” cover
Oct 04, 1964
Photo shoot with French photographer Jean-Marie Périer
March 3, 1966 ?
The Beatles’ “butcher” photo session
Mar 25, 1966
Beatles photo shoot with Jean Marie Périer
January 19, 1967 ?
Beatles photoshoot with Henry Grossman
Feb 25, 1967
Beatles photo shoot at the Serpentine, Hyde Park
May 18, 1967
Photo shoot with Richard Avedon
Aug 11, 1967
The “Mad Day Out” photo session
Jul 28, 1968
“Voyage of the Fritz” photo session
Apr 09, 1969
Photo shoot of the “Get Back” LP album
May 13, 1969
The “Abbey Road” photo session
Aug 08, 1969
The Beatles’ last photo session
Aug 22, 1969
Shooting of “Wild Life” cover photograph
Oct 01, 1971
Nov 14, 1972
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The Beatles spent most of February 8, 1968 recording John Lennon’s “Across The Universe“. However despite their efforts, Lennon remained unsatisfied with the results, and the group decided instead to release “Lady Madonna” as their next single. “Lady Madonna” had been recorded a few days earlier on February 3, with final overdubs and mixing taking place on February 6.
Well aware that their visit to India to study under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was imminent, and they weren’t due to return until mid-April, they decided to take the opportunity to pose for some formal group pictures in the EMI recording studio. These pictures were used as promotional material to accompany the release of “Lady Madonna”. One picture, in particular, being used by Capitol Records to create a pictures sleeve for “Lady Madonna”‘s release in the USA on March 18, 1968.
Last updated on September 30, 2021
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