Monday, August 18, 1969
Recording and mixing "Golden Slumbers", "Carry That Weight", "The End"
For The Beatles
Last updated on April 27, 2025
Monday, August 18, 1969
For The Beatles
Last updated on April 27, 2025
Feb 22 - Aug 25, 1969 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Abbey Road
Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road • London • UK
Session Aug 17, 1969 • Recording "Que Sera Sera", "Fields of St. Etienne" #1
Session Aug 18, 1969 • Recording and mixing "Golden Slumbers", "Carry That Weight", "The End"
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Abbey Road" LP
On this day, from 2:30 pm to 10:30 pm, work continued on “Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight” and “The End.”
Orchestra overdubs for “Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight” had been recorded onto Take 17 on August 15, and were treated through ADT (Automatic Double Tracking) during the mixing process on this day. Two attempts were made to create a stereo mix, labelled Remix Stereo 1 and 2. RS2 was considered the best and was released on “Abbey Road”.
During the mix, track eight, which contained the straight orchestral overdub, was positioned on one channel of the stereo landscape, while the orchestra with slightly delayed ADT was positioned on the other side, thus creating a lush orchestral backdrop to the released recording.
From beatlesebooks.com
Work then shifted to “The End,” which received its final overdub onto Take 7. Paul McCartney recorded a brief four-second piano part, which appears just before the line “And In The End The Love You Take Is Equal To The Love You Make” in the final section of the track.
Six attempts were made to create a stereo mix from Take 7, numbered Remix Stereo 1 to 6, although further mixing work would continue the following day.
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from take 17
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 2 from take 17
AlbumOfficially released on Abbey Road
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from take 17
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 2 from take 17
AlbumOfficially released on Abbey Road
Recording • SI onto take 7
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from take 7
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 2 from take 7
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 3 from take 7
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 4 from take 7
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 5 from take 7
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 6 from take 7
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