Tuesday, October 29, 1968
For The Beatles
Last updated on January 24, 2024
“Yellow Submarine” soundtrack sessions
Feb 13, 1967 - Oct 29, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Yellow Submarine (Mono)
Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
Previous session Oct 18, 1968 • Tape copying "Yer Blues", "Don't Pass Me By"
Article Oct 25, 1968 • Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman visit The Cavern Club
Session Oct 29, 1968 • Mixing "Hey Bulldog", "All Together Now", "All You Need Is Love", "Only A Northern Song"
Article November 1968 • Apple publishes its first internal magazine
Session November 1968 • "Post Card" session - Improvisation with Donovan
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Yellow Submarine (Mono)" LP
This was the last Beatles session of the year and a session without any Beatle and without George Martin.
In this session lasting from 10 am to 1 pm, engineer Geoff Emerick and second engineer Graham Kirkby created the stereo mixes of four songs for the “Yellow Submarine” soundtrack album.
“Only A Northern Song” was mixed in mono on April 21, 1967. To come up with this mono version, the engineers had the challenging task of combining two different takes by manually syncing the two four-track tapes. On this day, they didn’t want to go through this complex task again and opted to create a mock stereo mix.
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from take 10
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 2 from take 10
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 3 from take 10
AlbumOfficially released on Yellow Submarine (Stereo)
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from take 9
AlbumOfficially released on Yellow Submarine (Stereo)
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from take 58
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 2 from take 58
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 3 from take 58
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 4 from take 58
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 5 from take 58
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 6 from take 58
AlbumOfficially released on Yellow Submarine (Stereo)
Written by George Harrison
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from remix mono 6
AlbumOfficially released on Yellow Submarine (Stereo)
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions • Mark Lewisohn
The definitive guide for every Beatles recording sessions from 1962 to 1970.
We owe a lot to Mark Lewisohn for the creation of those session pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - the number of takes for each song, who contributed what, a description of the context and how each session went, various photographies... And an introductory interview with Paul McCartney!
The Beatles Recording Reference Manual: Volume 4: The Beatles through Yellow Submarine (1968 - early 1969)
The fourth book of this critically acclaimed series, "The Beatles Recording Reference Manual: Volume 4: The Beatles through Yellow Submarine (1968 - early 1969)" captures The Beatles as they take the lessons of Sgt. Pepper forward with an ambitious double-album that is equally innovative and progressive. From the first take to the final remix, discover the making of the greatest recordings of all time. Through extensive, fully-documented research, these books fill an important gap left by all other Beatles books published to date and provide a unique view into the recordings of the world's most successful pop music act.
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