Recording and mixing "Honey Pie"
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- Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the The Beatles (Mono) LP.
- Studio:
- Trident Studios, London, UK
Staff
Musicians on "Honey Pie"
Production staff
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Barry Sheffield:
- Engineer
About
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.
Last updated on August 27, 2021