History of the Kenwood Demo Studio The Kenwood demo studio was room in John Lennon's house "Kenwood" where he wrote songs, recorded demos, experimented, and listened to music. And while it's perhaps not hugely significant from a released music standpoint, it was where John (and Paul) wrote many songs that would ultimately become Beatles classics. For that reason alone it is quite significant. And that's not to say there were no official releases recorded at Kenwood either. Jo

The History and Design of John Lennon And Yoko Ono's recording studio Ascot Sound Studios.

3M M23 Tape Machine 1" Eight-Track. Purchased by John in 1968. The very earliest photos of Ascot Sound Studios show the M23 as the studio's sole multi track tape. The Beatles first used a M23 at EMI (Abbey Road) Studios in 1968 on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and would then go on to purchase three of their own M23s later that year. One of those machines, George's, would be used for the Let It Be sessions. According to Recording the Beatles "George can be heard explaining

My original plan was just to cover John's instruments and amps, but I ended up deciding to cover all the instruments/amps I could identify. If I know or believe that the item was not owned by John or the studio, I put the owners name in parenthesis after the name of the item. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ace Guitar Strap During the Imagine sessions John had