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
Some songs from this session appear on:
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On this day, from 2 pm to 8 pm, “Revolution 1” was completed, with the final mono and stereo mixes being prepared (replacing those prepared on June 21).
“Revolution 9” was edited from 9:05 to 8:12 and considered completed as well (the mono mix was prepared as a fold-down of the stereo mix on August 26).
John Lennon was the only Beatles at this session. Paul McCartney was travelling back from the USA, and George Harrison was producing Jackie Lomax.
[It] was quite unusual because, ever since the ‘Pepper’ days, all four Beatles normally attended even mixing sessions. […] There were two quirks that characterized that mix. One was an accidental bad edit in the last chorus, which Lennon insisted I leave in; it added an extra beat, and he always loved weird time signatures, so it was deemed a creative accident and it became part of the song. The other oddity about the final mix was that it featured my recording debut: that’s my voice hurriedly saying ‘Take two’ just before the song begins. Because I always hated hearing my voice on tape, I had gotten in the habit of mumbling the slate as quickly as possible. John used to take the piss out of the way I rushed my announcements, so he left it in at the beginning of the song. It was done just to needle me, but at least it gave me the distinction of being one of only a few privileged outsiders who appear on a Beatles record!
Geoff Emerick – From “Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles“, 2006
Last updated on September 11, 2021
Songs recorded
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Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 12 from take 22
Album Officially released on The Beatles (Stereo)
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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!
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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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