Part of
"The Beatles" (aka the White Album) sessions
May 30 - Oct 18, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
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- Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the The Beatles (Mono) LP.
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
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The Beatles continued working on “Good Night” after an initial session held on June 28, by adding lead and backing vocals. They recorded 10 takes on this day, numbered from 6 to 15. Take 10 was released on “The Beatles” 2018 reissue.
After that, Ringo did some try-outs of some spoken introductions to the song – “Come on, it’s time you little toddlers were in bed“, “Come along now, we must go to bed. We’ve had a wonderful day“, “Cover yourself up Charlie, no peeking”… 39 seconds of those try-outs were also released on “The Beatles” 2018 reissue.
At the end of the session, George Martin took away two copies of take 15, to work on an orchestra and choir arrangement. Ultimately, the work done during those this session (and the previous one on June 28) would be scrapped in favour of a remake with only the orchestral arrangement, and without the Beatles’ involvement (aside Ringo’s lead vocals).
The orchestra and choir arrangement would be recorded on July 22.
Last updated on August 6, 2021
Songs recorded
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Recording • Take 10
Album Officially released on The Beatles (50th anniversary boxset)
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Try-outs of spoken introduction
Recording
Album Officially released on The Beatles (50th anniversary boxset)
Staff
Musicians on "Good Night"
- Paul McCartney:
- Backing vocals
- Ringo Starr:
- Lead vocals
- John Lennon:
- Backing vocals
- George Harrison:
- Backing vocals
Production staff
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!
The fourth book of this critically acclaimed series, "The Beatles Recording Reference Manual: Volume 4: The Beatles through Yellow Submarine (1968 - early 1969)" captures The Beatles as they take the lessons of Sgt. Pepper forward with an ambitious double-album that is equally innovative and progressive. 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.
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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