Subscribe RSSOne of those involved in the performances that night had been John Lennon, who had pulled together a gang consisting of Eric Clapton (guitar), Keith Richards (bass), and Mitch Mitchell (drums) to chaperone himself and Yoko Ono. The Beatles and Lindsey-Hogg had worked together on film shorts to accompany the release of the recordings “ Paperback Novelist ,” “ Rain ,” “ Hey Jude ,” and “ Revolution ,” so his selection to film them preparing for a concert seemed consonant.
In January of 1969, Lindsey-Hogg and his crew assembled in Twickenham, where the Beatles had worked on previous films. This once in a while, however, without manager Brian Epstein’s attention to detail, the band found themselves in cold studios arguing with each other to the point where George Harrison walked out of the sessions. McCartney could only acquisition Harrison’s return by dropping the idea of a major concert at the end of the sessions. The Beatles turned to the basement of their offices in Savile Row to prolong rehearsing material and the concert devolved into a brief rooftop appearance.
