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"The Beatles" (aka the White Album) sessions
May 30 - Oct 18, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
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- Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the The Beatles (Mono) LP.
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
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On this day, from 5 pm to 3 am, The Beatles completed “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey“. John Lennon recorded a new lead vocal on Take 10, replacing the vocal recorded on July 1.
As usual, John was wanting his voice to sound different. He would say, ‘I want to sound like somebody from the moon’ or anything different. ‘Make it different!’ And at that time there wasn’t the range of instant effects available today.
Engineer Richard Lush – From “The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions” by Mark Lewisohn
Five attempts at a mono mix were then done. But the final mono and stereo mixes would be made on October 12.
“Good night” had been recorded the day before, and on this day, six attempts at a mono mix were made. They were not deemed good enough as the final mono and stereo mixes would be made on October 11.
Last updated on September 12, 2021
Songs recorded
1.
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Recording • SI onto take 10
2.
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Tape copying • Tape reduction take 10 into take 11
3.
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Tape copying • Tape reduction take 10 into take 12
4.
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Recording • SI onto take 12
5.
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 12
6.
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 2 from take 12
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Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 3 from take 12
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Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 4 from take 12
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Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 5 from take 12
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Staff
Musicians on "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
- John Lennon:
- Vocals
Production staff
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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