“Strawberry Fields Forever” was first released in America as a single on February 13th, 1967, four days before it was released as a single in Britain. Six months had passed since The Beatles’ last single (“Yellow Submarine /Eleanor Rigby”) and manager Brian Epstein was worried that the...
The Beatles recorded take 1 of “Strawberry Fields Forever” with John on acoustic guitar and lead vocals, Paul on mellotron, and Ringo Starr on drums. Take 1 opened with a verse, starting “Living is easy with eyes closed“, instead of the chorus, which starts the released version. The ...
It is in Almeria, where he celebrated his 26th birthday, attended by Ringo Starr and it is here whereLennon wrote the first chords of'Strawberry Fields Forever lyrics 'with an acoustic guitar on the bed in his room in the farmhouseSanta Isabel, a rare palatial residence on the outskirts of...
In it, Lennon begins by fingerpicking the individual notes of the chords, before breaking off and muttering, “I cannae do it.” He begins again, strumming the guitar and singing.Instead of opening with the chorus, the early versions of the song began with the first two verses back-to-...