The Lights In The Studio Were Turned Off To Set The Mood; The Sole Source Of Illumination Was A Table

“The lights in the studio were turned off to set the mood; the sole source of illumination was a table lamp next to the wall. The two beatles, lifelong friends and collaborators, sat on high stools, facing each other, studying each other’s lips intently for phrasing. Watching them, I remember thinking that John’s and Paul’s voices were so different yet so perfectly complemented each other’s, just like their personalities and approach to music-making.”

Here, There and Everywhere by Geoff Emerick (On the recording of She’s Leaving Home).

quick sketch and ringo is happy

PAUL MCCARTNEY & JOHN LENNON press conference at the airport in Los Angeles; August 1964.

© Don Cravens

normalize being divorced without ever being married or having a romantic relationship or even necessarily mutually liking each other at all in the first place

Paul McCartney, a cockblocker extraordinaire.