Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane (2017)
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- Release date:
- Apr 22, 2017
- Publisher:
- Apple Corp./Capitol Records
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Track list
Side 1
1.
4:11 • Studio version • I • Stereo • 2015 mix
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Bongos, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Timpani
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Percussion
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic guitar, Bongos, Mellotron, Piano, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Electric guitar, Maracas, Svarmandal, Timpani
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Giles Martin :
- Mixing engineer, Sound producer
- Mal Evans :
- Tambourine
- Derek Simpson :
- Cello
- Norman Jones :
- Cello
- Neil Aspinall :
- Guiro
- Terry Doran :
- Maracas
- Tony Fisher :
- Trumpet
- Greg Bowen :
- Trumpet
- Derek Watkins :
- Trumpet
- Stanley Roderick :
- Trumpet
- Joy Hall :
- Cello
- Sam Okell :
- Mixing engineer
- Miles Showell :
- Mastering
- Session Recording Take 7:
- Nov 29, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Recording Take 26:
- Dec 08, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Dec 09, 15 and 21, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Circa 2015
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Side 2
1.
3:00 • Studio version • E • Stereo • 2015 mix
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Harmonium, Percussion, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Handbell
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocals, Congas, Guitar, Handclaps, Piano
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Guitar
- George Martin :
- Piano, Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Giles Martin :
- Mixing engineer, Sound producer
- David Mason :
- Flugelhorn, Trumpets
- Ray Swinfield :
- Flutes, Piccolos
- P Goody :
- Flutes, Piccolos
- Manny Winters :
- Flutes, Piccolos
- Dennis Walton :
- Flutes, Piccolos
- Leon Calvert :
- Flugelhorn, Trumpets
- Freddy Clayton :
- Flugelhorn, Trumpets
- Bert Courtley :
- Flugelhorn, Trumpets
- Duncan Campbell :
- Flugelhorn, Trumpets
- Dick Morgan :
- Cor anglais, Oboes
- Mike Winfield :
- Cor anglais, Oboes
- Frank Clarke :
- Double bass
- Sam Okell :
- Mixing engineer
- Miles Showell :
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- Dec 29, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- 30 Dec 1966 and 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 Jan 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 25, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
About
Limited to 7000 copies
From Record Store Day:
For Record Store Day 2017, an exclusive, limited edition 7″ single of The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane”, among the first songs recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, which begin in November 1966. Rather than being held for inclusion on the album, the two songs were released as a double A-sided single in February 1967. Amidst intense media speculation about the band’s next move, the single bridged what was then considered a long gap between the Revolver album, released in August 1966, and Sgt. Pepper, which followed ten months later.
This is an exclusive; it’s quite funny. I wasn’t even in a meeting about that, but they were talking about it in a meeting that I was in and I went “What are you talking about?” And they said, “We’re putting out the “Penny Lane”/”Strawberry Fields” single for Record Store Day.” So I said, “Why don’t you do the new mixes? Why are you doing the original monos?” They said, “Well, we need to get it done now.” So I phoned up Miles, who was the mastering engineer who cuts the vinyl for me, and he was doing something else. I said, “Can you do a cut?” And he said, “Well, when do you need it done by?” And I said, “45 minutes.” So he did it, and then it came out. That’s how it should be. That’s proper old-style, so I think we did the right thing.
Giles Martin – Interview with Ken Sharp – From Beatlefan #226 (May-June 2017)
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