Monday, January 30, 1967
Mixing "A Day In The Life"
For The Beatles
Last updated on February 16, 2023
Monday, January 30, 1967
For The Beatles
Last updated on February 16, 2023
Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
Previous session Jan 25, 1967 • Mixing "Penny Lane"
Article Jan 28, 1967 • A Million Volt Light & Sound Rave
Article Jan 29, 1967 • John Lennon and Paul McCartney attend a Who / Jimi Hendrix concert
Session Jan 30, 1967 • Mixing "A Day In The Life"
Film Jan 30-31, 1967 • Shooting of "Strawberry Fields Forever" promo film
Next session Feb 01, 1967 • Recording "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (50th anniversary boxset)" Official album
The Beatles began recording “A Day In The Life” on January 19 and January 20, 1967.
On this day, between 7 pm and 8:30 pm, a rough mono mix of the track was made for demo purposes. In 1996, a part of this mix was used in Anthology 2 to create a composite of Takes 1, 2 and 6. The full mix was released on the “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (50th anniversary boxset)” in 2017.
Takes 1, 2 and take 6 overdub. Assembled expressly for the Anthology, this composite embraces the best of the unreleased outtakes of A Day In The Life, plotting the making of the song that brought such a monumental close to the album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. […] After the counting, the track slips into mono to illustrate a guide vocal from Paul, taped on 20 January as an overdub on to Take 6 but then superseded by a better recording of the passage on 3 February. The original survives, however, thanks to a mono mix done in the interim, on 30 January. […]
From the Anthology 2 liner notes
The Beatles didn’t attend this session, nor did they need to. They were instead filming the promotional video for “Strawberry Fields Forever” at Knole Park, Sevenoaks.
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 6
AlbumOfficially released on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (50th anniversary boxset)
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