Tuesday, October 1, 1968
Recording and mixing "Honey Pie"
For The Beatles
Last updated on August 27, 2021
Tuesday, October 1, 1968
For The Beatles
Last updated on August 27, 2021
"The Beatles" (aka the White Album) sessions
May 30 - Oct 18, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording studio: Trident Studios, London, UK
Previous session Sep 26, 1968 • Mixing "Happiness Is A Warm Gun", "What's The New Mary Jane", "Glass Onion", "I Will"
Article Sep 30, 1968 • Hunter Davies' authorized Beatles biography released in the UK
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Session Oct 01, 1968 • Recording and mixing "Honey Pie"
Session Oct 02, 1968 • Recording "Honey Pie"
Some of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "The Beatles (Mono)" LP.
For this new week of recording for the White Album, The Beatles were back at Trident Studios. They had spent some time there, from August 31 to August 6, to record “Hey Jude” and benefit from the eight-track recording facilities of the studios, something that was not yet available at the EMI Studios, Abbey Road. But by October, eight-track recording was available at EMI Studios. Mark Lewisohn suggests they only needed “a change of scenery“.
On this day, The Beatles started working on Paul McCartney’s “Honey Pie“. By the end of they day, the basic track was recorded with Paul McCartney on piano, George Harrison on bass, John Lennon on electric guitar and Ringo Starr on drums. It was called Take 1, even if two reels of tape were filled with rehearsals for the song.
George Martin (with assistance from engineer Barry Sheffield) then made a rough mono mix for himself, so that he could write the brass and woodwind arrangement.
Work on “Honey Pie” continued the day after.
Recording • Take 1
Mixing • Mono mixing - rough remix from take 1
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