Wednesday, June 21, 1967
Mixing "All You Need Is Love"
For The Beatles
Last updated on April 5, 2023
Wednesday, June 21, 1967
For The Beatles
Last updated on April 5, 2023
Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
Recording studio: EMI Studios, Room 53, Abbey Road
Previous session Jun 19, 1967 • Recording "All You Need Is Love" #2
Interview Jun 19, 1967 • Paul McCartney interview for ITN
Interview Jun 19, 1967 • Paul McCartney interview for Daily Mirror
Session Jun 21, 1967 • Mixing "All You Need Is Love"
Session Jun 23, 1967 • Recording "All You Need Is Love" #3
May 18, 1967 • The Beatles will participate in "Our World"
Jun 14, 1967 • Recording "All You Need Is Love" #1
June 17-22, 1967 • Mike Vickers writes the orchestra arrangement for "All You Need Is Love"
Jun 19, 1967 • Recording "All You Need Is Love" #2
Jun 21, 1967 • Mixing "All You Need Is Love"
Jun 23, 1967 • Recording "All You Need Is Love" #3
Jun 24, 1967 • Recording "All You Need Is Love" #4
Jun 24, 1967 • Press conference for The Beatles' "Our World" performance
Jun 25, 1967 • Our World TV Broadcast: The Beatles' performance of "All You Need Is Love"
Jun 25, 1967 • Shooting of "All You Need Is Love" promo film
Some of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "All You Need Is Love / Baby You're A Rich Man (UK)" 7" Single.
On May 18, 1967, Brian Epstein signed a contract for The Beatles to appear as Britain’s representatives on “Our World”, a live television production that would be broadcast internationally via satellite on June 25. For this momentous occasion, The Beatles chose to record “All You Need Is Love”, a track written by John Lennon, and perform parts of it live.
On June 14, 1967, The Beatles began the recording of “All You Need Is Love” at Olympic Sound Studios. On June 19, they resumed work on the track at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, finalizing the basic backing track.
On this day, two mono mixes of Take 10 were produced. The first mix was created by George Martin, engineer Malcolm Addey and second engineer Phil McDonald, between 4:30 and 5 pm.
It is often mentioned that this mix was used as a reference for George Martin’s orchestration of the song. But the orchestra arrangement was written by Mike Vickers between June 17 and June 22, as he remembered in his book “A Week in the Life: working with the Beatles on ‘All You Need Is Love’“. The orchestra began rehearsing on June 23, 1967.
The second mix was carried out from 7 pm to 11:30 pm by George Martin, Geoff Emerick and Richard Lush, and an acetate of this mix was dispatched to Derek Burrell-Davis, who was directing the BBC’s segment of the “Our World” satellite broadcast.
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 10
Mixing • Mono mixing - Demo remix
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