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Feb 03-15, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1968)
- Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1968) 7" Single.
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
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The recording of “Lady Madonna” was completed on February 6, and two attempts at creating the mono mix were made.
On this day, from 4:30 pm to 6 pm, George Martin, Geoff Emerick, and second engineer Martin Benge made the final mono mix. Eight attempts were made, numbered 3 through 10.
During the mix we would heavily overdo the effects on the vocal and the piano too, making for a distinctive sound.
Geoff Emerick – From “Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles“, 2006
The stereo mix would only be made when required for the inclusion on the Capitol “Hey Jude” compilation, on December 2, 1969.
Last updated on September 17, 2021
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Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 10 from take 5
Album Officially released on Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1968)
Going further
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 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.
If we like to think, in all modesty, that the Paul McCartney Project is the best online ressource for everything Paul McCartney, The Beatles Bible is for sure the definitive online site focused on the Beatles. There are obviously some overlap in terms of content between the two sites, but also some major differences in terms of approach.
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