The Beatles - A Day In The Life Recording Session (February 10, 1967) - All Available Footage

[@astronautclub9261]

This raw footage is a dream for all Beatle fans around the world......incredible......

[@speedygoncalvez2025]

Yes this very nice for watching this yes

[@SenjuLunoxTV]

Yes!

[@nadiachristiansen7599]

This footage should make the blind-folded sheep who calls themselves "fans" to open up their eyes. They can clearly see on "Paul" that he is not the same as on the Hamburg pictures

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@nadiachristiansen7599 And John, do you think he looks like he did in Hamburg? Or George/Ringo? Time to put an end to your foolishness. There's a photo circulating of Paul's father, put it next to a photo of Paul and they're almost identical. No surgery could fake that. Take your meds and find another hobby.

[@joeycarter8846]

That last 5 minutes with John Lennon working on Strawberry Fields is amazing.

[@stanphillips7277]

Yeah, hearing John's genius as he relentlessly worked out Strawberry Fields was fascinating! As a long time fan I was astounded when it got to that part. The rest was great footage of how much levity they brought to the session. Mick and Keith were hanging out and right in the beginning I could have sworn I saw Roger Daultry but I'm not sure. What a rare find ! Every true Beatles fan will be on cloud nine if they come across this one and watch it through. A true fan _will_ watch it through right? I don't know about you but knowing Strawberry Fields I was watching and thinking "There he just got a bit closer when he went from "it's not too bad" to "I mean it's not too bad " knowing he'd eventually sing "That is I think it's not too bad " Alright, Peace and Love as Ringo says. ✌️❤️

[@mrpowerpointguy]

Along with the visuals

[@sesamemaniac855]

Nesmith was definitely proud to be hanging out with Lennon. Even in his final interviews, Nez would always talk about how great meeting Lennon was.

[@videogemsproductions]

Seeing Papa Nez with Lennon ….so cool. A Beatle and a Monkee!

[@jmadratz]

Nesmith definitely could have been a Beatle , and produced quality songs on the par with Harrison with John and Paul providing the mold. I really love his Monkee song “The Girl I Knew Somewhere”.

[@videogemsproductions]

And Mary, Mary…You Told Me, You Just May Be The One, Sunny Girlfriend, Daily Nightly, All The Kings Horses, Sweet Young Thing, Aunties Municipal Court, While I Cry etc…

[@karaamundson3964]

Of course he was. Ultimate chuff.

[@michaelhoffman5486]

my friend you r insane i mean cmon like to be on your drugs though happy trails@@jmadratz

[@continentalgin]

It's a happening! This footage is an important documentation of a monumental event in music and cultural history. It should be preserved forever.

[@redadamearth]

Can you imagine if they'd filmed the process of "Pepper" the way they did for "Let it Be"? What an incredible document that would be.

[@continentalgin]

@@redadamearth Yes, absolutely! Also, I read that Ron Richards, producer of The Hollies and friend of The Beatles, was visiting Abbey Road Studios and stopped by a control room to say hello to George Martin and Geoff Emerick. The George Martin and Lennon/McCartney approved mix of the completed Sgt. Pepper had just been done. Martin offered to play it for Richards partly to get his professional reaction and critique. The story is that Richards started sobbing during A Day In The Life towards the end of the playback. Asked what was wrong, he told Martin and Emerick that he wanted to quit the business, because "no producer or band can ever equal or top this music and production" and he left the studios visibly shaken. That is reportedly a true story.

[@robertcooper5604]

Brian Wilson felt like that too. That’s why smile took so long

[@continentalgin]

@@robertcooper5604 Yes, Brian tried doing more LSD to see if that would bring out his musical creativity to the level of Pepper, but instead of miraculous results, it contributed to a series of nervous breakdowns, making him a broken man. Pet Sounds is Brian's masterpiece and will remain one of the greatest albums ever produced.

[@allenf.5907]

@@redadamearth Maybe this gave inspiration for a) Magical Mystery Tour (the film/tv show) and eventually b) Let It Be/Get Back by simply pointing cameras anywhere and everywhere and see what happens? This is an amazing conglomeration right here. They were beginning to document themselves and we can see where they had invited people to come by to hear/see/experience "the BIG show" of the orchestra on A Day In The Life. And the orchestra definitely when along for the playful ride.

[@peterzimmer9549]

I’m sure they didn’t give it much regard at the time, but all those studio musicians must cherish the stories of being a part of the most famous album ever recorded. Something to pass on to their children and grandchildren. Something real and audible for them to experience.

[@jujulionesselsa1416]

Absolutely 😊.

[@fchampd4512]

But this is not dark side of the moon

[@keithbertschin1213]

@@fchampd4512no, it was the album that influenced Dark Side!

[@keithbertschin1213]

A lot of those would have looked down on pop acts like the Beatles at the time. History has put it right

[@Sunkenballs12]

The orchestra hated the session at the time, and George Martin had a very difficult time getting them to play the avant garde score. Im sure they looked back on it fondly later once they got their panties out of their ass cracks.

[@JohnCBurzynski]

I feel like I just participated in someone's acid trip. Bizarre. You did an amazing job on this.

[@jorgeluispenapena1777]

The beatles estaban evolucionando y eran democráticos compartieron su música con Bryan Jones mick Jagger Keith richards Keith moon Eric clapton. Mick Jagger Keith richards sabían q los beatles estaban evolucionando ellos necesitaban de ellos para evolucionar musicalmente y en sus portadas de sus albumnes artísticamente y en la administración fueron estafados ,a los beatles les pasaron igual con la desconfianza de la administración de Alan Klein y en las composiciones de sus inicios la dupla Lennon mccartney las rivalidades de Lennon mc cartney y la presencia de yoko ono en las grabaciones de estudio acabaron con l disolución del grupo y llegó al aburrimiento y a la desintegración del grupo los máximos representantes de la década de los 60

[@petersonlafollette3521]

Yes, how it captures the edgy, erratic but ultimately brilliant recording session.

[@mlucifersam]

Great job! I had no idea there was this much from this session out there. Great idea to marry it up with John’s home tapes too! Superb

[@stanphillips7277]

The entire thing was some of the most rare footage I've seen! Hearing John's genius as he was in the early stages of working out Strawberry Fields was fascinating! Thanks for uploading this. As a long time fan I was over the moon!!

[@alephn0l375]

For having tried this very task myself and having seen another vid of a guy attempting it too, i can tell you that you did a wonderful job ! Even going as far as correcting the speed of many of the shots, i bet this was a nightmare to do, as usual thank you so much for your content ! 👏

[@vdbn78]

This is great. Thanks for all the work you put into these videos.

[@tjcint]

Seconded.

[@eaaivazian]

This is amazing! THANKS! (Also, thanks for not putting a logo on the footage as a few channels have started doing. The quality here is amazing...a great gift to The Beatles community.)

[@ChristopherSingh-i8o]

Does this also include the footage used in Joe Cockers "With A Little Help" promo film ?

[@sesamemaniac855]

​@@ChristopherSingh-i8oYes, it's mentioned in the description

[@adambound7284]

@@ChristopherSingh-i8o Yes, it does

[@tjcint]

​@@adambound7284 Dear Adam .. I can't thank you enough for this and all the other videos you have put on KZbin that feature The Beatles. Thank you !!!

[@baberoot1998]

Love the footage of Patti Boyd...an absolute beauty. She was amazing.

[@terryf5131]

Awesome...love this stuff... it amazes me to keep seeing things like this. Growing up reading every Beatle book I could find...this is a surreal dream to see these images...just WOW!!!!

[@JannikLindquist]

This is some of the most amazing Beatle-material to ever reach the public - both audio and footage.

[@fliplb]

So groovy this is insane ! What a VERY,,VERY strange trip it's been. SMILE IN PEACE !

[@slinkysage]

This is AMAZING, extraordinary work Adam!! Thank you for doing this and sharing it.

[@franceshaha]

Thank you for the awesome work Adam 😻

[@drmarkrieke]

How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people?

[@walrus413]

Now that you know who you are?

[@sirsteez9477]

​@@walrus413 What do you want to be?

[@waynej2608]

And, you get to trip balls, play with sparklers and smoke copious amounts of cigarettes. Lol. But, the kicker is you're doing all of this with The Beatles. Not to mention The Stones, Donovan, et al. A splendid time is guaranteed for all...

[@walrus413]

@@waynej2608 and have you traveled very far?

[@ronaldlongendyke3313]

There's nothing you can sing that can't be sung.

[@LeeJosephreverberationsmedia]

what a treasure! Thank you!

[@tedgegi155]

"It was very difficult to attempt to make sense of all this footage.....". Actually, makes total sense once the 3 hits of LSD take effect.

[@indigohammer5732]

At 16:24, Paul is talking to percussionist Tristan Fry. later of Pop-Classical Supergroup "Sky".

[@namcat53]

Thanks! What a great time to be old enough to enjoy this era!

[@muuuzaklistener]

wow, ive always been looking around for more footage of the beatles in the studio, THIS is an absolute goldmine, thank you!

[@meadowqueen8866]

WOW! This is mind-blowing stuff! I can't believe this exists. What an absolute gift it is to see and in such exceptional quality. I really luv the soundtrack you put to the footage as well, it suits the film so well. All so fantastic and my new favourite. And such wonderful clips of George & Patti together looking absolutely in love. ❤

[@davidcarter5038]

Went on a tour of Abbey Road recently and they spoke about the recording process. The orchestra was in studio 1. Studio 1 had fallen out of favour for classical recording because of its lack of reverb so EMI stuck a hundred or so speakers on the walls and fed the recording back through them with a little delay to give a tunable atmosphere - "ambiophonic" I think it was called. It was taken down in the 70s. Maybe you can just make out the speakers in the shadows (around 10:04 for example). The orchestra's reverb comes from that system. John's voice was recorded in studio 2 and that reverb comes from the echo chamber in what used to be a bomb shelter at the back of studio 2.

[@marcosandre00196]

This is my favorite video. I never get tired of it. It's just awesome to see these footages ❤

[@dynjarren7523]

This is great footage! I didn’t even know Nesmith was there and Jagger and Richards. Plus more footage of George, Paul and Ringo. Fantastic! And the parody music John was making is amusing as well. Thanks for sharing this gem.

[@thefonzkiss]

They were in the “music video” compiled from this footage on The Beatles Anthology in 1995. Go back and watch it perhaps.

[@jorgelaporta1998]

Thanks a lot Adam. Fantastic work.

[@naymello]

thank you for your work man, that's truly amazing

[@marcosandre00196]

Outtakes in the background: 0:00 Good Morning, Good Morning 1:37 Stranger In My Arms 5:12 Chi Chi's Cafe 6:41 Unknown 7:38 Unknown 8:40 Down In Cuba 10:45 Pedro The Fisherman 11:54 Unknown 12:12 Unknown 15:51 Strawberry Fields Forever 16:38 Strawberry Fields Forever 17:52 Strawberry Fields Forever 17:53 Strawberry Fields Forever 19:20 Strawberry Fields Forever 23:00 Strawberry Fields Forever

[@mischadickerhof5375]

What an incredible collection of «Strawberry Fields ...» prototypes!

[@ismaelsalvinoandradesalvin9705]

The Beatles espetacular, sensacional. The Beatles para sempre!

[@jmadratz]

Yeah…the You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) masterpiece.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

The music here is John and his mellotron keyboard, with its prerecorded samples that you can manipulate to produce an (almost) endless arsenal of musical backgrounds. Other parts are guitar and piano, played live. Some of the things he says and sings toward the beginning indicates this was the beginning of the "You Know My Name" concept, which was during the sessions for SGT. PEPPER, so this all fits together. The footage is all over the place, but it looks like much of it was someone else's, starting around the 14 minute mark.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

And all of that is John? I could have sworn I heard Ringo messing around vocally at some point earlier on. Also early on, it sounds like John is working out the idea for Good Morning!

[@321itsmartin]

John's demos are mostly using mellotron backing tracks. Whereas the Beatles used the mellotron as an instrument e.g. Strawberry Fields flute setting, I can only think of the classical guitar intro to Bungalow bill where the actually used one of the backing patterns. Fascinating!

[@dixiefallas7799]

Yes they were beautiful people I was one and I’m not bad now 😊 Hey thanks for this. Far out man!🇬🇧

[@catjohnson007]

Wow!! Amazing.. thank you for sharing this!!

[@justinejacks0n]

Thanks for sharing this fascinating insight into the trippy world of mid-60's Beatles psychadelia. (subscribed)

[@davidherringgo]

I reading Geoff Emericks book right now. He really tells a great story about all the events that happened that night .

[@buckaroo2019]

Thanks for doing this! I'm sure it was a lot of work.

[@kevanbrown7620]

A Day In The Life the greatest song ever recorded

[@bellodrade]

Wow! It's a veritable who's who in the dawn of Classic Rock. Who would've ever thought to see Michael Nesmith talking to John Lennon? How many of The Stones were there, besides Jagger and Richards. Was that a baby-faced Chris Squire? It's amazing how they all came to sit at the feet of who they believed were giving direction. I would love to see the list of the turnaways. I bet it was long and distinguished.

[@alexyamach3635]

Donovan is at the beginng

[@kristerlund8845]

Charlie Watts was shown briefly as well.

[@fliplb]

So groovy this is insane ! What a VERY,, VERY strange trip it's been. Smile In Peace !

[@derianimp]

MIKE NESMITH! FAB WORK!

[@jeanpierreds429]

Is just me? Or those John's 5 minutes singing make me nostalgic..

[@officalhumblefish565]

The John Audio cracks me up

[@yelloworangered]

Thank you! This is wonderful!

[@bullgator7553]

OMG I can't believe there is a recording of John Lennon messing around with his Mellotron MkII and singing random stuff. From 1967. He had a set of demo tapes that were not available to the general public - it's where the guitar intro to Bungalow Bill came from.

[@jchow5966]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@davidrauh8118]

John and Ringo were the two best at doing accents and changing their voices. John in particular. It is evident in their Christmas messages as well. You can definitely see where You Know My Name came from. Goofing around and having a jolly old time.

[@aunch3]

Paul is pretty good too

[@derekroberts6654]

Yes, check the beginning of “Rocky Raccoon” and the spoken word part on the beginning of the full album version of “Listen To What The Man Said” from “Venus & Mars” album.

[@ewest14]

Naw Paul is better and I don’t think it’s even close. In Get Back Paul changes his voice so many times and can imitate people and accents much better. There is a clip of John and Paul doing accents, and Paul is much better at it. There’s so much evidence of Paul being better at it

[@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv]

@@ewest14😂

[@ewest14]

@@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv nice reply

[@dondamon4669]

John's "stranger " song shows he wrote standard type songs also

[@Realm93.]

Many thanks for the upload.

[@gianlucabigagli7389]

Thank you very much, a wonderful document

[@JackMaglc]

Probably one of the greatest days in history

[@redadamearth]

So great to see. God, if only there was audio to know what some of those conversations were. lol

[@CultureJudge]

Frank Zappa would've probably liked them more if these demos had been put out as product.

[@beardyman]

This is fantastic

[@RobertSmith-ix1cu]

What a Joy to Watch/Good Times 🐞

[@ernestoacosta789]

Amazing... thank you very much!

[@sdoc13]

Excellent & Wonderfull work A/B. í doubt if The Beatles nor anyone involved at the time could have made much sense of it, so your stab is as good as any other...!

[@winstonoreggae6332]

GREAT! Thank you

[@ralphgomez9006]

Holy Sh*t... .You ROCK AdamBound!!!! BigTime!!!!What else are you hiding...lol !

[@indigohammer5732]

At 21:30, The LP being played is "Sunshine Superman" by Donovan. Unavailable in the U.K at the time or recording the Day in The Life overdub

[@oldbrownshoe]

I did a bit of digging and I believe it's a French pressing of the record (basing myself off of the "face 1" on the label).

[@timoraymo]

4:18 I love this girl blowing bubbles why looking around for anyone to notice her. Haha

[@grinsko6741]

That’s Marijke Koger from The Fool design collective.

[@lepoisson]

What a scene

[@IagoRodriguezDopico]

What a treat, thanks!

[@michaelg-ux1mo]

Some of the singing with Caribbean beat sounds like John's trip to the Bahamas with Julian when he was about 3. It sounds like his voice about that time as well. 3:40

[@AndrewLoukidis-jr2bp]

Shame there's no sound, but what a great fun way to record the orchestra, have a party!

[@shaniafz99]

This one is amazing, thank you

[@timothydaniels504]

That was pretty much the centre of the universe in 1967.

[@SuperNevile]

Pepper and Piper being recorded at the same time, in the same building under psychedelic skies. 🌈

[@rockturtleneck]

This is a seismic moment in culture captured on film, when so-called "pop" music became high art and the kids took over the candy store.

[@gatopablovr]

7:08 "LA CUMPARSITA" TANGO DEL URUGUAYO GERARDO MATO RODRIGUEZ,COMPUESTA EN 1917. UN GRANDE LENNON

[@pennylane1268]

¡Sí! Qué maravilla

[@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv]

Wow!

[@Mandrake591]

Thank you for posting this high quality video! I’ve seen segments of this footage, but never this much. John said so, but I don’t think Good Morning is a throwaway track at all………Excellent to hear them goofing around, Patti and George look so much in love.

[@tefenstrat]

Incredible footage for this old HUGE Beatles fan to see-thank you Adam! Where in the heck did you dig up this footage? It was really cool to see all of the other famous people hanging around, Donavan, Stones, Nesmith. This was around the same time that the Stones recorded their kind of response to Sgt Peppers-Her satanic majesties request. I could be wrong but I swear I remember hearing some of Johns rambling on here on that Album.

[@ronnieanderson3465]

Wow gear fab Adam out of bounds!!

[@anonymousbotch2301]

Magical! Hard work but well worth it. Thanks

[@dondamon4669]

Paul was a boss and underrated as a cool 60s cat

[@mikewa2]

He was the ‘man ‘ of the 60’s for many. When were you born?

[@OldSchoolVibes1978]

Mk2 was a bit of a tit

[@lovernotfighter]

I took quite a bit of Acid back then and this reminds me of those times.

[@deanedge5988]

Marvellous. The way he weaves what will become Strawberry Fields out of thin air is amazing. He was; and so funny. Who is that stunningly beautiful woman with the perfect Vidal Sasson cut at the end? Anyone know?

[@songs481]

The one blowing bubbles? I would like to know too

[@moeval]

They all look somber, like they lost someone very close to their hearts? Paul seems active, though, like he's trying to hold it all together.

[@fuckyougoogle2764]

I think I c Jane A. a couple times

[@Sunkenballs12]

You have a big imagination.

[@46metube]

Haunting.

[@firstnamelastname6717]

When it comes to the orchestra and musicians there, Paul is check them all out to make sure everyone knows their part, Paul being a musical workaholic was taking care of musical business as usual while at the same time he’s chilling. , he was the real force and energy of the Beatles and kept them on their toes.

[@freddykabulaschnitza2475]

Without Paul they definitely would have ended many years sooner.

[@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv]

John and Paul were the force and energy of The Beatles. Not just Paul.

[@seltaeb9691]

Of course, it was the young London set, an invite to one & all, but not literally. The rest of us in our pokey houses & dreary jobs or teenage school kids like me (& Jimmy McCulloch my classmate) were Beatle mad. It was a Beatles world we lived in, our radios tuned into our pop shows. The weekly charts Top 20 was a religious event, who was No 1?!

[@YouCantUnhearThis]

Simply spectacular footage of a spectacular moment in cultural history. What were they originally planning to use this footage for?

[@Painter19]

When the kings ruled; the high water mark of western music and culture

[@aunch3]

Debatable

[@dondamon4669]

They weren't kings and that was the point

[@PaulGruyters]

That is fantastic. I'd never heard Strawberry Fields being written before. Some parts still not resolved as in later works where such progressions were left as is. Very interesting.

[@Macca-rb5ok]

Great to see Mick and Keef sprinkling their stardust and magic - you have to raise your game when these two are around!

[@dondamon4669]

They hadn't become the greatest rock n roll band in the world yet though, that'd be a year later after getting rid of Jones who held them back badly

[@wilhelmhagberg4897]

Nonsense. The day Brian departed musical innovation went out the window and the Stones resorted to basic blues rock. They made a few good records in that genre but it soon became repetitive and boring.

[@Chipicui]

@@wilhelmhagberg4897 Agree with you. Word for word

[@094340]

Bwahahaha! Get real bro, Stones couldn't hold the Beatles jockstraps.

[@Gardosunron]

@@dondamon4669 How exactly did Jones hold them back? He contributed some great moments on the mid 60s songs. Sitar- Paint it Black, Marimba- Under My Thumb, Recorder- Ruby Tuesday, Oboe- Dandelion, etc.

[@trusso11783]

Thank you for this. I’m amazed this much footage is around. I wish there was sound. I would love to hear what Mike and John wee talking about. Whenever I see someone with a movie camera, I wonder where that film is right now. There could be more film out there. How did you get ahold of this? Amazing!

[@moondogaudiojones1146]

Excellent!!

[@smkelly1970]

Papa Nez at 5:50-6:14. rest well, old friend.

[@middleagedsquare2126]

love paul bopping around to the music!!!

[@noscrubbubblez6515]

Security breach @0:45. Incredible attempts at uncontrolled creativity. The masks make sense, just being inclusive. Including those in the middle of an LSD trip. My favorite Patti @6:25 -just a speck of wildness. Color TV was brand new back then. Color was reinvented with acid. Everything every idea was dashed thru altogether. The pearls of art were sifted from the chaos. Eventually it's all forgotten and separated into dust.

[@notanotherjamesmurphy5574]

and then in the 70’s brown and orange and grey became popular from a colorfulness hangover from the 60’s

[@MarkSeibold]

@noscrubbubblez6515 , actually color TV was introduced in retail stores by the late 1950's. I'm hoping there's more color movie footage that accompanies this short 23 minutes. So with all due respect to Adam to at least release this beautiful sample footage, it would be great to find that there's more, they're going to hand all this footage to Peter Jackson one day, and he'll carefully edit and possibly enhance the sound with the help of Giles Martin, then we'll see another masterpiece documentary film work at least an hour or two in length. Thanks so much for posting this Adam.

[@ConglomerationCat]

"A splendid time was guaranteed for all...."

[@groverlongwire858]

Federico Fellini would be proud

[@oneblueorange]

This is so cool.....Melotron Madness.

[@svjim1]

The cameras were laying around for anyone to pick up and film.

[@MarkSeibold]

@noscrubbubblez6515 , actually color TV was introduced in retail stores by the late 1950's. [I remember seeing a beautiful new color TV with a round-shaped picture tube in our well to do aunt and uncle's home, in about 1957~1958, where we traveled to Longview Washington from our home in Portland Oregon, for a holiday dinner. I'm hoping there's more color movie footage that accompanies this short 23 minutes. So with all due respect to Adam to at least release this beautiful sample footage, it would be great to find that there's more, they're going to hand all this footage to Peter Jackson one day, and he'll carefully edit and possibly enhance the sound with the help of Giles Martin, then we'll see another masterpiece documentary film work at least an hour or two in length. Thanks so much for posting this Adam.

[@grinsko6741]

You were way ahead of the UK: we didn’t get colour TV until 1967.

[@PatioRS]

these John demos are incredible! i can hardly believe it's all him, where can i find all these?

[@TheDailyVinyl]

You just did ;)

[@Billyshears93]

Just search johns home demos

[@hugomoro4677]

at mminute 7.09 is playing the Cumparsita tango!!!!!

[@robertcooper5604]

Superb xx

[@ClaudioGabrielSalgado-qt5ee]

...in benefit of human race..!❤(from Jujuy,Argentina)