Recording and mixing "Good morning good morning"

On February 8, 1967, The Beatles recorded the rhythm track of John Lennon’s song “Good Morning Good Morning.”

Eight days later, on February 16, 1967, they continued working on the track in EMI Studios Studio Three, which was smaller than their usual Studio Two. They added overdubs to Take 8 during this session.

John Lennon sang the lead vocals on track four, while Paul McCartney played bass on track three. Take 8 with those overdubs was released on “Anthology 2” in 2016 and re-released, with a different mix, in the 2017 “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” box set.

After creating a rough mono mix with ADT (Artificial Double Tracking) applied to John’s lead vocals, the engineering team spent time creating two reduction mixes, named Take 9 and Take 10. All instruments were put on track one, while vocals remained on track four. Take 10 was deemed the best and received some overdubs on March 13, 1967.

The session, which began at 7 pm, ended at 1:45 am.

After completing the backing track to “Good Morning, Good Morning,” the song received a few perfunctory overdubs and then sat on the shelf for the next three weeks while an indecisive Lennon made up his mind what kind of instrumentation he wanted added.

Geoff Emerick – From “Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles“, 2006

Session activities

1. Good Morning Good Morning

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Recording • SI onto take 8

   AlbumOfficially released on Anthology 2

2. Good Morning Good Morning

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Tape copying • Tape reduction take 8 into take 9

3. Good Morning Good Morning

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Tape copying • Tape reduction take 8 into take 10

4. Good Morning Good Morning

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 8

Staff

Musicians on "Good Morning Good Morning"

Production staff

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