Recording and mixing "Getting Better"
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- Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (UK Mono) LP.
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Songs recorded
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Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 3 from take 15
Album Officially released on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (UK Mono)
Staff
Musicians on "Getting Better"
- Paul McCartney:
- Lead vocals
- Ringo Starr:
- Congas
- John Lennon:
- Backing vocals
- George Harrison:
- Electric guitar, Backing vocals
- ?:
- Handclaps
Production staff
- Ken Scott:
- Second engineer
- Peter Vince:
- Engineer, Producer
About
“Getting Better” was recorded on March 9 and 10, 1967. On March 21, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison attempted to record vocals for the track, but the session was stopped after John accidentally took LSD in the studio.
Two days later, The Beatles resumed the session at EMI Studios. Producer George Martin and engineers Geoff Emerick and Richard Lush were unavailable, so Peter Vince acted as both the producer and balance engineer, while Ken Scott assisted as the second engineer.
During the session, Paul re-recorded his double-tracked lead vocals, and John and George added double-tracked backing vocals. All those vocals were added to Take 14, filling tracks three and four.
After that, a tape reduction, named Take 15, was done to combine the two vocal tracks and free up track four. The latest overdubs were then added: some congas played by Ringo Starr, a guitar overdub provided by George, and some handclaps (the provider being unknown.)
Three mono mixes were then done, labelled Remix Mono 1 to 3, with RM3 being released on the “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” mono album. The session, which started at 7 pm, ended at 3:45 am.
The stereo mix was made on April 17, 1967.
Last updated on December 31, 2023