
Claire Tole-Moir
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This was written just days after the Beatles had attended the Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation study weekend in Bangor and Brian Epstein had died. John had been a keen advocate of the Maharishi's teachings and the idea of a trip to India to further study this had been mooted. In a letter sent to his father in the days following Brian's death, John wrote: 'As you know I'm pretty tied up at the moment, there's a hell of a lot to do...I'll get in touch with you before a month has passed - after that I'm going to India a couple of months...'
Following a meeting on 1st September, the Beatles decided to continue with their Magical Mystery Tour project and in a lengthy session at Abbey Road Studios on the night of the 6th September, John added his lead vocals to 'I Am The Walrus', recording of which had begun the previous day. The trip to India was put on hold until February 1968.
Provenance:
Purchased by the vendor as Lot 237, Sotheby's London, Rock 'n' Roll Memorabilia, 7th April 1988.