Recording "Oh! Darling", "Octopus's Garden"
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- Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the Abbey Road LP.
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Songs recorded
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Written by Ringo Starr
Recording • Take 9
Album Officially released on Abbey Road (50th anniversary boxset)
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Staff
Musicians on "Octopus's Garden"
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass
- Ringo Starr:
- Lead vocals, Drums
- John Lennon:
- Rhythm guitar
- George Harrison:
- Electric guitar
Production staff
About
This 4:30 pm to 4:15 am session started with Paul McCartney recording his first lead vocal for his composition “Oh! Darling“, wiping Billy Preston’s organ recorded on April 20 in the process.
Paul would re-record this lead vocal on July 17, 18, 22 and 23 to reach the desired quality.
The Beatles then work on Ringo Starr’s composition “Octopus’s Garden“. After some rehearsals to perfect the arrangement, they recorded 32 takes of the backing track, with Paul on bass (track one), Ringo on drums (track two) and guide vocals (track eight), George Harrison on electric guitar (track three) and John Lennon on rhythm guitar (track four).
Take 2 was released on “Anthology 3” in 1996.
In August 1968, two months after recording his first solo song composition Don’t Pass Me By, Ringo took a break from the White Album sessions and, while on holiday, was inspired to begin writing a second number, Octopus’s Garden. The piece developed over the next few months and, in April 1969, the Beatles recorded the basic track for Abbey Road. Knowing that he would re-record his vocal as an overdub, Ringo sang a guide while playing the drums, with Paul contributing bass and John and George guitars. The master, Take 32, was brimful of added sound effects and backing vocals, but this Anthology selection is Take 2, concluding with a humorously ironic statement from the end of Take 8.
From the liner notes of “Anthology 3“
The incomplete take 9 was released on “Abbey Road (50th anniversary boxset)” in 2019.
Take 32 was considered to be the best and would receive its first overdubs on April 29, 1969.
Last updated on December 28, 2021