1968 highlights
January
I Still Say Beatles' 'tour' Was Entertaining
Jan 06, 1968 • From New Musical Express
Jan 10, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Yesterday's Sunshine: The Complete 1967-1968 London Sessions
Jan 12, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1968)
The Beatles attend Grapefruit press launch
Jan 17, 1968
Recording session with Roger McGough & Mike McGear
January 20 or 26, 1968 ? • Songs recorded during this session appear on McGough & McGear (Mono)
Rumors about a third Beatles film
First half of 1968
Apple Corps open offices in London
Jan 22, 1968
February
"And The Sun Will Shine / The Dog Presides" session
Early February 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on And The Sun Will Shine / The Dog Presides
Feb 03, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1968)
Feb 03-15, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1968)
Recording "Across The Universe"
Feb 04, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Anthology 2
Paul McCartney at the Playboy Club
Feb 05, 1968
Recording and mixing "The Inner Light", "Lady Madonna"
Feb 06, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1968)
Recording and mixing "The Inner Light", recording and mixing "Across The Universe"
Feb 08, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1968)
Feb 08, 1968
Paul McCartney attends a Scaffold concert
Feb 10, 1968
Recording and mixing "Hey Bulldog"
Feb 11, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1968)
Feb 15, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1968)
February 19 to March 26, 1968
Five years since the start of Beatlemania - Paul McCartney talks to RAY CONNOLLY
Feb 24, 1968 • From Evening Standard
Feb 28, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Step Inside Love / I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off You
March
Recording "I'm The Urban Spaceman"
March 1968 ? • Songs recorded during this session appear on I'm The Urban Spaceman / Canyons Of Your Mind
Step Inside Love / I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off You
By Cilla Black • 7" Single
Mar 08, 1968 • Released in the UK 1968 • For The Beatles • Directed by Tony Bramwell
Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1968)
By The Beatles • 7" Single
Mar 15, 1968 • Released in the UK
Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (US - 1968)
By The Beatles • 7" Single
Mar 18, 1968 • Released in the US Mar 27, 1968
Mar 29, 1968
May
Step Inside Love / I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off You
By Cilla Black • 7" Single
May 06, 1968 • Released in the US The Beatles promote Apple Corps in New York
May 11-15, 1968
May 13, 1968
May 13, 1968
May 14, 1968 • From WNDT
Interview for The Tonight Show
May 14, 1968 • From NBC
NYC Press Conference Announcing Apple
May 14, 1968
Late May 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Anthology 3
Interview for The Village Voice
May 16, 1968 • From The Village Voice
Paul McCartney attends Andy Williams’ concert
May 21, 1968
Paul McCartney directs promo film for Grapefruit
May 26, 1968
May 30, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
"The Beatles" (aka the White Album) sessions
May 30 - Oct 18, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
May 31, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
June
Jun 04, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Jun 05, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Jun 06, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
We have a handful of songs and a band called The Beatles
Jun 08, 1968 • From Melody Maker
Interview for The Kenny Everett Show
Jun 09, 1968 • From BBC Radio 1
Jun 10, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "Blackbird", "Revolution 9"
Jun 11, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
David Frost Presents… Frankie Howerd
Jun 16, 1968
Paul McCartney celebrates his 26th birthday
Jun 18, 1968
Jun 20, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Paul McCartney on promotional duties for Apple in Los Angeles
June 20-25, 1968
Recording "Revolution 1", "Revolution 9"
Jun 21, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Mixing "Revolution 1", "Revolution 9"
Jun 25, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
June 25-26, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Sour Milk Sea / The Eagle Laughs at You
Recording "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
Jun 26, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
Jun 27, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Jun 28, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Jun 30, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Thingumybob / Yellow Submarine
July
Recording "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
Jul 01, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
July - October 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on James Taylor (Stereo)
Interview for BBC's "Look North"
Jul 01, 1968 • From BBC North region
Jul 02, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
Jul 03, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
Jul 04, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
Jul 05, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
Jul 08, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
Jul 09, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Jul 10, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Hey Jude / Revolution
Recording "Revolution", recording and mixing "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
Jul 11, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Jul 12, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Andy Gray talks to the Beatles, 1968
Jul 13, 1968 • From New Musical Express
Mixing "Revolution", recording and mixing "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", recording "Cry Baby Cry"
Jul 15, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "Those Were the Days"
Late July 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Those Were The Days / Turn! Turn! Turn!
Jul 16, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
“Yellow Submarine” world premiere
Jul 17, 1968
Yellow Submarine (Animated film)
1968 • For The Beatles • Directed by George Dunning
Recording "Cry Baby Cry", "Helter Skelter"
Jul 18, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Jul 19, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Jul 20, 1968 • From Melody Maker
Recording "Don't Pass Me By", "Good Night"
Jul 22, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording and mixing "Everybody's Got Something To Hide...", mixing "Good Night"
Jul 23, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Jul 24, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Jul 25, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
The “Mad Day Out” photo session
Jul 28, 1968
Jul 29, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Hey Jude / Revolution
Recording and mixing "Hey Jude"
Jul 30, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Hey Jude / Revolution
Jul 31, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Hey Jude / Revolution
The Apple shop in Baker Street closes down
Jul 31, 1968
August
Aug 01, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Hey Jude / Revolution
Aug 02, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Hey Jude / Revolution
“Thingumybob” series premieres on UK TV
Aug 02, 1968
“Yellow Submarine” general release in the UK
Aug 04, 1968
Aug 06, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Hey Jude / Revolution
Aug 07, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Anthology 3
Mixing "Hey Jude", recording "Not Guilty"
Aug 08, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Anthology 3
Mick Jagger hears “Hey Jude” for the first time
Aug 08, 1968
Recording "Not Guilty", "Mother Nature's Son"
Aug 09, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Anthology 3
Apple Records is officially launched
Aug 11, 1968
Recording and mixing "Not Guilty"
Aug 12, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Anthology 3
Aug 12, 1968
Recording "Sexy Sadie", "Yer Blues"
Aug 13, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording and mixing "Yer Blues", recording and mixing "What's The New Mary Jane"
Aug 14, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording and mixing "Rocky Raccoon"
Aug 15, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Aug 16, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Interview for New Musical Express
Aug 17, 1968 • From New Musical Express
Recording "Yer Blues", recording and mixing "Mother Nature's Son", "Wild Honey Pie"
Aug 20, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording and mixing "Sexy Sadie"
Aug 21, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "Back In The U.S.S.R."
Aug 22, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording and mixing "Back In The U.S.S.R."
Aug 23, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Aug 26, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Tape copying "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", "Blackbird", "Not Guilty", "Revolution 9"
Aug 27, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Aug 28, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Aug 29, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Aug 30, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Paul McCartney attends Neil Aspinall’s wedding
Aug 30, 1968
September
Recording "Those Were The Days" in other languages
September 1968 ? • Songs recorded during this session appear on Le Temps Des Fleurs (Those Were The Days) / Turn! Turn! Turn!
Designing the packaging for the White Album
September - October 1968
Paul McCartney invites Linda Eastman to London
September 1968
Recording "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Sep 03, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Filming "Hey Jude", "Revolution" promo films
Sep 04, 1968
Recording "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Sep 05, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Sep 06, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
1968 • For The Beatles • Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Sep 09, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Sep 10, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Sep 11, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Sep 12, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Sep 13, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
You know what I'd love to do? Produce an album for Elvis!
Sep 14, 1968 • From Melody Maker
Recording "I Will", "Glass Onion"
Sep 16, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Mixing "Helter Skelter", recording "I Will", "Cry Baby Cry"
Sep 17, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording and mixing "Birthday"
Sep 18, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Sep 19, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
1968 • For The Beatles • Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Sep 20, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"
Sep 23, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"
Sep 24, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording and mixing "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"
Sep 25, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Mixing "Happiness Is A Warm Gun", "What's The New Mary Jane", "Glass Onion", "I Will"
Sep 26, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
“The Beatles” double-album announced
Sep 28, 1968
October
Recording and mixing "Honey Pie"
Oct 01, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Fall 1968
Oct 02, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Oct 03, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "Martha My Dear", "Honey Pie"
Oct 04, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Oct 05, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Mixing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", recording "Long Long Long"
Oct 07, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording "Long Long Long", "I'm So Tired", "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill"
Oct 08, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Oct 09, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Oct 10, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Early October 1968 to early December 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Post Card (UK version - Stereo)
I'm The Urban Spaceman / Canyons Of Your Mind
By Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band • 7" Single
Oct 11, 1968 • Released in the UK Recording and mixing "Savoy Truffle", "Piggies", "Don't Pass Me By", "Good Night"
Oct 11, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Oct 12, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording and mixing "Julia", "Dear Prudence", "Wild Honey Pie", "Back In The U.S.S.R.", "Blackbird"
Oct 13, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Oct 14, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Mixing "Happiness Is A Warm Gun", "I'm So Tired", "Cry Baby Cry"
Oct 15, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Mixing "Why Don't We Do It In The Road", "It's All Too Much" and cross-fades for the White Album
Oct 16-17, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Tape copying "Yer Blues", "Don't Pass Me By"
Oct 18, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Paul McCartney spends time with Linda Eastman in New York
October 20-31, 1968
Paul McCartney visits The Cavern
October 25, 1968 ?
Mixing "Hey Bulldog", "All Together Now", "All You Need Is Love", "Only A Northern Song"
Oct 29, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Yellow Submarine (Mono)
November
"Post Card" session - Improvisation with Donovan
November 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Post Card (US version)
A TV ad project to promote “The Beatles” double-album called off
End of October / early November 1968
Interview for "All My Loving" documentary
Nov 03, 1968
1968 • For Various Artists • Directed by Tony Palmer
Paul McCartney spends time with Linda Eastman in Scotland
November 5 - Mid-November?
“The Beatles” double-album postponed by one week
Early November 1968
“Yellow Submarine” premiered in the US
Nov 13, 1968
Interview with Radio Luxembourg
Nov 21, 1968 • From Radio Luxembourg
Paul recalls inspirations of LP
Nov 30, 1968 • From New Musical Express
December
Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman on holiday in Portugal
December 11 - End of December, 1968
I'm The Urban Spaceman / Canyons Of Your Mind
By Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band • 7" Single
Dec 18, 1968 • Released in the US
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You're missing the interview he did with The Australian on the 5th of August 2023! He did an audio but too, and I believe the photo is new.
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