Saturday, October 5, 1968
Recording "Savoy Truffle", recording and mixing "Martha My Dear", "Honey Pie", mixing "Dear Prudence"
For The Beatles
Last updated on March 5, 2022
Saturday, October 5, 1968
For The Beatles
Last updated on March 5, 2022
"The Beatles" (aka the White Album) sessions
May 30 - Oct 18, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording studio: Trident Studios, London, UK
Session Oct 03, 1968 • Recording "Savoy Truffle"
Session Oct 04, 1968 • Recording "Martha My Dear", "Honey Pie"
Session Oct 05, 1968 • Recording "Savoy Truffle", recording and mixing "Martha My Dear", "Honey Pie", mixing "Dear Prudence"
Session Oct 07, 1968 • Mixing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", recording "Long Long Long"
Session Oct 08, 1968 • Recording "Long Long Long", "I'm So Tired", "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill"
Some of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "The Beatles (Mono)" LP.
The Beatles spent this entire week of recording at Trident Studios, and this was their last day there. John Lennon was absent between October 3 and 7.
The session, which lasted from 6 pm to 1 am, started with some work on George Harrison’s “Savoy Truffle“. They had previously worked on this track, on October 3. On this day, George recorded an acoustic guitar and his lead vocal, which was ADT’ed (“Artificial Double-Tracking”). Paul McCartney overdubbed some harmony vocals on some parts. Work on “Savoy Truffle” would continue at Abbey Road on October 11.
The session continued with Paul overdubbing his bass part on “Martha My Dear“, recorded on the previous day.
The rest of the session was spent doing mixes for “Honey Pie“, “Martha My Dear” and “Dear Prudence“.
“Dear Prudence” would be remixed on October 13. But the mono and stereo mixes for “Honey Pie” and “Martha My Dear” made on that day were the ones used on the White Album. They were copied at Abbey Road on October 7 to convert the Trident recording made with the American NAB equalisation to the UK standard CCIR.
Written by George Harrison
Recording • SI onto take 1
Recording • SI onto take 1
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 1
AlbumOfficially released on The Beatles (Mono)
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 1
AlbumOfficially released on The Beatles (Mono)
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 1
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from take 1
AlbumOfficially released on The Beatles (Stereo)
Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from take 1
AlbumOfficially released on The Beatles (Stereo)
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