, ▁for ▁the ▁Beat les , ▁amid ▁the ▁public ▁fur ore ▁caused ▁by ▁McC art ney ' s ▁ad mission ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁taken ▁L SD . ▁On ▁ 2 5 ▁June , ▁the ▁live ▁transmission ▁cut ▁to ▁E MI ▁Studios ▁at ▁ 8 : 5 4   pm ▁London ▁time , ▁about ▁ 4 0 ▁seconds ▁earlier ▁than ▁expected . ▁Martin ▁and ▁engineer ▁Geoff ▁Emer ick ▁were ▁drink ing ▁sc ot ch ▁whis ky ▁to ▁calm ▁their ▁n erves ▁for ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁mixing ▁the ▁audio ▁for ▁a ▁live ▁world wide ▁broadcast , ▁and ▁had ▁to ▁sc ram ble ▁the ▁bott le ▁and ▁glass es ▁beneath ▁the ▁mixing ▁des k ▁when ▁they ▁were ▁told ▁they ▁were ▁about ▁to ▁go ▁on ▁air . ▁ ▁The ▁Beat les ▁( except ▁for ▁St arr , ▁behind ▁his ▁drum ▁k it ) ▁were ▁se ated ▁on ▁high ▁st ools , ▁accompanied ▁by ▁a ▁th ir teen - pie ce ▁or chestra . ▁The ▁band ▁were ▁surrounded ▁by ▁friends ▁and ▁acquaint ances ▁se ated ▁on ▁the ▁floor , ▁who ▁sang ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁ref rain ▁during ▁the ▁fade - out . ▁These ▁guests ▁included ▁M ick ▁J agger , ▁Eric ▁Cla pton , ▁Marian ne ▁Fa ith full , ▁Keith ▁Rich ards , ▁Keith ▁Moon , ▁Graham ▁Nash , ▁P att ie ▁Bo yd ▁( H arrison ' s ▁wife ), ▁and ▁Mike ▁McG ear ▁and ▁Jane ▁Ash er ▁( Mc Cart ney ' s ▁brother ▁and ▁girl friend , ▁respectively ). ▁The ▁studio ▁setting ▁was ▁designed