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Saturday, October 5, 1968

Recording "Savoy Truffle", recording and mixing "Martha My Dear", "Honey Pie", mixing "Dear Prudence"

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Last updated on November 13, 2024


Master session

Location

  • Recording studio: Trident Studios, London, UK

Timeline

Master release

AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "The Beatles (Mono)" LP

Some of the songs from this session also appear on:

The Beatles spent this entire week of recording at Trident Studios, with this day marking their final session there. John Lennon was notably absent from October 3 to 7.

The session, running from 6 pm to 1 am, started with further work on George Harrison’s “Savoy Truffle,” a track they had previously tackled on October 3. George recorded an acoustic guitar track and his lead vocals, which underwent the ADT (“Artificial Double-Tracking“) treatment, while Paul McCartney added harmony vocals to certain sections. The work on “Savoy Truffle” continued at Abbey Road on October 11.

Subsequently, Paul recorded his bass part for “Martha My Dear,” which had been initiated the day before.

The rest of the session was allocated to mixing “Honey Pie,” “Martha My Dear,” and “Dear Prudence.”

While “Dear Prudence” would be remixed on October 13, the mono and stereo mixes of “Honey Pie” and “Martha My Dear” completed on this day were the ones released on the White Album. These mixes were transferred at Abbey Road on October 7 to convert the Trident recordings from American NAB equalization to the British CCIR standard.


From Facebook – 5 October 1968 – Photo by Linda McCartney / Linda Enterprises Ltd. © Paul McCartney (https://www.lindamccartney.com/)
From Paul McCartney on Twitter – So many sweet memories of George. – Paul – Photo by Linda McCartney

Session activities

  1. Savoy Truffle

    Written by George Harrison

    Recording • SI onto take 1

  2. Martha My Dear

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • SI onto take 1

  3. Honey Pie

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 1

    AlbumOfficially released on The Beatles (Mono)

  4. Martha My Dear

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 1

    AlbumOfficially released on The Beatles (Mono)

  5. Dear Prudence

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 1

  6. Honey Pie

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from take 1

    AlbumOfficially released on The Beatles (Stereo)

  7. Martha My Dear

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Stereo mixing - Remix 1 from take 1

    AlbumOfficially released on The Beatles (Stereo)


Staff

Musicians on "Martha My Dear"

Musicians on "Savoy Truffle"

Production staff

Visitors


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