They were sitting at a table under an umbrella in a rather comical attempt at privacy. Paul and George were on the back patio, and the helicopters were patrolling overhead. I finally made my way past the kids and the guards. While Starr agreed to try the drug, McCartney refused to partake. Harrison later said that the heightened perception induced by LSD had been so powerful that he and Lennon had not been able to "relate" to McCartney and Starr since then, adding: "Not just on the one level – we couldn't relate to them on any level, because acid had changed us so much." At the party, the issue of taking LSD thereby became important to maintain band unity. Having first taken LSD (or "acid") in March that year, John Lennon and George Harrison were determined that Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr should join them on their next experience of the drug. On 24 August, they hosted Roger McGuinn and David Crosby of the Byrds and actor Peter Fonda.
The Beatles found it impossible to leave and instead invited guests, including actor Eleanor Bron (their co-star in the film Help!) and folk singer Joan Baez. The police department detailed a tactical squad of officers to protect the band and the house.
Soon their address became widely known and the area was besieged by fans, who blocked roads and tried to scale the steep canyon while others rented helicopters to spy from overhead. The large Spanish-style house was hidden within the side of a mountain.
In late August 1965, Brian Epstein had rented a house at 2850 Benedict Canyon Drive in Beverly Hills, California for the Beatles' six-day respite from their US tour.
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