BEATLES MAGAZINE: ON THIS DAY ... OCTOBER 14

Wednesday, 14 October 2026

ON THIS DAY ... OCTOBER 14

October 14

1960: The Beatles live: Kaiserkeller, Hamburg

1963

Photographs of the London Palladium performance are published on the front pages of every London newspaper.

1964

18.30 and 20.45. Performances at the Apollo, Manchester. Filmed by ABC-TV. Brian sends a cable to Harold Wilson on the eve of the General Election: 'Hope your group is as much a success.' Live: ABC Cinema, Manchester. Television: Scene At 6.30

1966

It is stated that Northern Songs Limited made a profit of 614,000 pounds in 1965.

1968

Morning: Ringo and his family fly to Sardinia, taking 2-week vacations.

Studio 2. 7.00pm-7.30am. Stereo mixing: 'I Will' (remix 1, from take 68); 'Birthday' (remix 1, from take 22). Recording: 'Savoy Truffle' (overdub onto take 1). Mono mixing: 'Savoy Truffle' (remixes 1-6, from take 1); 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' (remixes 10, 11, from take 25); 'Long Long Long' (remixes 2, 3, from take 67). Stereo mixing: 'Savoy Truffle' (remixes 1, 2, from take 1); 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' (remixes 10-12, from take 25); 'Yer Blues' (remixes 1-5, from takes 16, 17 and edit piece take 1); 'Sexy Sadie' (remixes 1-3, from take 117); 'What's The New Mary Jane' (remixes 1, 2, from take 4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.

End of recordings for 'The Beatles'.

1970: Mixing: All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Recording: Get On The Right Thing by Wings

1971: TV: John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Free Time. The show was filmed in the WNET studios in New York City, and involved Ono staging versions of her art and instructional works ‘Hide Piece’, ‘Sweep Piece’, and ‘Promise Piece’.

1972: Recording, mixing: C Moon by Wings

1973: Paul McCartney and Tony Visconti discuss the Band On The Run orchestration

1974: John Lennon discusses Roots album with Maurice Levy

Mixing: Be My Baby by John Lennon

1975: Recording: The Note You Never Wrote by Wings

1978: Cover photoshoot: Wings Greatest by Wings. Paul and Linda McCartney had recently bought ‘Semiramis’, a sculpture by the Romanian artist Demétre Chiparus. The photographer Linda McCartney acquired this chryselephantine statuette (made of cold-painted bronze and carved ivory) at an auction in early 1978, and they wanted to feature it on the cover. The photoshoot took place on the Rothorn mountain, where a helicopter couldn't land, but could hover at a 45-degree angle, allowing them to open the door and place the statue on the mountain peak.