On 31 July 1968, The Beatles walked through the doors of Trident Studios, situated down a narrow alleyway in the heart of London’s Soho, to begin sessions for recording Hey Jude. This was a rare departure for the band, who by then had virtually colonised the spacious environs of Studio 2 at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios.
The band had been lured to Trident by its defiantly creative ethos and its eight-track Ampex recorder. In an era when even The Fab Four had to still sometimes adhere to regimented sessions overseen by engineers in white lab coats, the easygoing ethos of Trident proved hugely appealing.
