Part of
Recording the "Magical Mystery Tour" soundtrack
Apr 25 - May 3 and Aug 22 - Nov 17, 1967 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Magical Mystery Tour (US LP - Mono)
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- Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the Magical Mystery Tour (US LP - Mono) LP.
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
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“Hello, Goodbye” was initially recorded on October 2 and October 19, with the addition of some violas on October 20. On October 25, some tape reductions of Take 16 were made to free up a track for Paul McCartney to record his bass part. However, Paul was unsatisfied with the result and decided to re-record his bass part. On November 1, additional tape reductions of Take 16 were made, numbered Takes 22 to 25.
On this day, from 2:30 pm to 6 pm, The Beatles completed the recording and mono mixing of “Hello, Goodbye“. Paul re-recorded his bass part onto Take 22 before work on the mono mix began.
The viola overdubs were recorded separately onto a distinct tape, named Take 17. This meant that the mixing process required two four-track machines to run in sync, one running Take 22 and the other one running Take 17. Using this technique, Remix Mono 1 to 6 were created, with RM6 ultimately deemed the best and used as the mono release of the song.
“Hello, Goodbye” was mixed in stereo on November 6, 1967.
Last updated on April 15, 2023
Songs recorded
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Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 6 from take 22
Album Officially released on Hello, Goodbye / I Am The Walrus (UK version)
Staff
Musicians on "Hello, Goodbye"
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass
Production staff
Going further
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions • Mark Lewisohn
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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 third book of this critically - acclaimed series, nominated for the 2019 Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) award for Excellence In Historical Recorded Sound, "The Beatles Recording Reference Manual: Volume 3: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band through Magical Mystery Tour (late 1966-1967)" captures the band's most innovative era in its entirety. 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.
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