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- Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the Abbey Road LP.
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
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On this day, from 2:30 pm to 10:45 pm, overdubs were added onto “Come Together” and “Sun King / Mean Mr. Mustard“.
“Come Together“, recorded on July 21, 22, 23 and 25, received some additional guitar parts in the instrumental section as well as during the chorus of the song. It is not precisely known if those were played by George Harrison or John Lennon.
“Come Together” would receive its final overdubs the next day, on July 30.
Additional vocal harmonies were then added to “Sun King“, George Martin recorded an organ overdub to the song’s chorus, and Ringo Starr added maracas to the final verse.
On “Mean Mr. Mustard“, John and Paul double-tracked their vocals, and Ringo added a tambourine.
At the end of this session, the recording of “Sun King” and “Mean Mr. Mustard” was completed.
Last updated on December 26, 2021
Songs recorded
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Staff
Musicians on "Sun King"
- Paul McCartney:
- Harmony vocals ?
- Ringo Starr:
- Maracas
- John Lennon:
- Harmony vocals ?
- George Martin:
- Organ
Musicians on "Mean Mr. Mustard"
Production staff
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick:
- Engineer
- Phil McDonald:
- Engineer
- John Kurlander:
- Second engineer
Going further
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions • Mark Lewisohn
The definitive guide for every Beatles recording sessions from 1962 to 1970.
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!
Solid State: The Story of "Abbey Road" and the End of the Beatles
Acclaimed Beatles historian Kenneth Womack offers the most definitive account yet of the writing, recording, mixing, and reception of Abbey Road. In February 1969, the Beatles began working on what became their final album together. Abbey Road introduced a number of new techniques and technologies to the Beatles' sound, and included "Come Together," "Something," and "Here Comes the Sun," which all emerged as classics.
If we like to think, in all modesty, that the Paul McCartney Project is the best online ressource for everything Paul McCartney, The Beatles Bible is for sure the definitive online site focused on the Beatles. There are obviously some overlap in terms of content between the two sites, but also some major differences in terms of approach.
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