A History of A Day in the Life

A youtuber, David Hartley, tells the tale of how The Beatles' "A Day in the Life" came to be.

You can see more footage of the night of the orchestral recording in the official music video:

Mick Jagger was there but that's not as interesting as the fact that Mike Nesmith was too (2:34, 3:33). The Monkees were a huge influence on The Beatles.

One thing I've heard that isn't covered is that at the end of the song, while the piano is vibrating, you can hear the air conditioning of the Abbey Road Studios kick in. But that may be a myth, I don't know.