(Tuesday, December 6, 1966, 6:45 p.m.-1:50 a.m. GMT) — The Beatles recorded a Christmas message today at EMI Studio 2 in London for pirate stations Radio London and Radio Caroline (click here and here to listen; be sure to right click on the links and choose “Open link in incognido window”).

Later in the session, The Beatles recorded the first song for Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, recording of the basic track of Paul McCartney’s song “When I’m Sixty-Four.”