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"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:
- Trident Studios, London, UK
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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.
Last updated on March 5, 2022
Songs recorded
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Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 1
Album Officially released on The Beatles (Mono)
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Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 1
Album Officially released on The Beatles (Mono)
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Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from take 1
Album Officially released on The Beatles (Stereo)
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Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from take 1
Album Officially released on The Beatles (Stereo)
Staff
Musicians on "Martha My Dear"
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass
Musicians on "Savoy Truffle"
- Paul McCartney:
- Harmony vocals
- George Harrison:
- Acoustic guitar, Lead vocals
Production staff
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Barry Sheffield:
- 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!
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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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