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(Thursday, November 24, 1966, 7:00 p.m.-2:30 a.m. GMT) — With their touring years behind them, The Beatles retreated from public view today to begin work on their eighth studio album at EMI Studio 2 in London, recording the first take of “Strawberry Fields Forever” (which would end up on the B-side of their next single, released before and separately from their next album).

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Lennon had recorded an additional number of demos of the song with differing instrumentation and arrangements upon his Nov. 7, 1966, return to London from shooting the film How I Won the War in Spain through this date.

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