On June 1st, 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, boosting the sales of vintage military uniforms and further cementing their status as the biggest rock group in the world. Two weeks later, they started work on their next omnipresent musical event: participating in the Our World TV show on June 25th, employing Earths newly constructed satellite technology to deliver a live global broadcast from locales as far-flung as Takamatsu and Tunis. The Beatles agreed to perform a new song as the representatives of the United Kingdom. It was the first worldwide satellite broadcast ever, Ringo Starr said years later. Engineer Geoff Emerick remembered, I dont know if they had prepared any ideas, but they left it very late to write the song. John said, Oh God, is it that close? I suppose wed better write something. Paul McCartney proposed his composition Hello, Goodbye, which got released as a single five months later, but the group opted instead for John Lennons All You Need Is Love. They started recording the song on June 14th, with Lennon on harpsichord, McCartney on double bass with a bow, George Harrison on violin (for the first time in his life!) and Starr on drums. The Beatles did 33 takes on June 14th, picked take 10 as the best, and in the following days, overdubbed vocals, piano (played by producer George Martin) and banjo (Lennon), plus guitar and some orchestral passages. Only on June 24th, the day before the broadcast, did they decide that they would release All You Need Is Love as a single – meaning that the world would be watching them cut their next record. youtu.be/s-pFAFsTFTI
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