Mixing "When I'm Sixty Four", "Strawberry Fields Forever" and recording "Penny Lane" (Dec 29, 1966) - The Paul McCartney Project

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Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever 7" Single.

Studio:: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Studio:: EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road

Timeline

Session Dec 21, 1966 • Recording "When I'm Sixty Four", "Strawberry Fields Forever"

Session Dec 22, 1966 • Mixing Strawberry Fields Forever #7

Session Dec 29, 1966 • Mixing "When I'm Sixty Four", "Strawberry Fields Forever" and recording "Penny Lane"

Session Dec 30, 1966 • Recording "Penny Lane" and mixing "When I'm Sixty Four", "Penny Lane"

Interview Dec 31, 1966 • Paul McCartney interview for New Musical Express

More from year 1966

Some songs from this session appear on:

Magical Mystery Tour (Mono)

Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (50th anniversary boxset)

Magical Mystery Tour (Stereo)

Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever (2017)

The Singles Collection

Rarities (US - 1980)

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Songs recorded

1.

When I'm Sixty-Four

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 4 from take 4

2.

When I'm Sixty-Four

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 5 from take 4

3.

When I'm Sixty-Four

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 6 from take 4

4.

When I'm Sixty-Four

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 7 from take 4

5.

Strawberry Fields Forever

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Tape copying • Tape copying of remix mono 12, numbered remix mono 13

6.

Strawberry Fields Forever

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from take 7

7.

Strawberry Fields Forever

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 2 from take 26

8.

Strawberry Fields Forever

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 4 from take 26

9.

Strawberry Fields Forever

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Stereo remixes 1 and 2 edited together as remix 3

10.

Strawberry Fields Forever

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Stereo remixes 1 and 4 edited together as remix 5

11.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 1

12.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 2

13.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 3

14.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 4

15.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 5

16.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 6

Album Officially released on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (50th anniversary boxset)

17.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 6

18.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 2 from take 6

Staff

Production staff

George Martin:: Producer

Geoff Emerick:: Engineer

Phil McDonald:: Second Engineer

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!

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