Monday, October 25, 1965
Mixing "Drive My Car", "In My Life", "If I Needed Someone", "Day Tripper", "Norwegian Wood", "Nowhere Man"
For The Beatles
Last updated on December 19, 2025
Monday, October 25, 1965
For The Beatles
Last updated on December 19, 2025
Oct 12 - Nov 30, 1965 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Rubber Soul (UK Mono)
Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road • London • UK
Article October 23 - Mid November 1965 • Designing the "Rubber Soul" cover
Session Oct 24, 1965 • Recording “I’m Looking Through You”
Session Oct 25, 1965 • Mixing "Drive My Car", "In My Life", "If I Needed Someone", "Day Tripper", "Norwegian Wood", "Nowhere Man"
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Rubber Soul (UK Mono)" LP
This was the ninth day of work on The Beatles’ new album “Rubber Soul.” On this day, during a three-hour session from 10 am to 1 pm, the songs recorded so far — “Drive My Car“, “In My Life“, “If I Needed Someone“, “Day Tripper“, “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)“, “Nowhere Man” — were mixed in mono.
All the mono mixes prepared on this day were used for release, except for “Day Tripper“, which received a new mono mix on October 29.
The following day, stereo mixes of the same batch of songs were completed.
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 4
AlbumOfficially released on Rubber Soul (UK Mono)
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 3
AlbumOfficially released on Rubber Soul (UK Mono)
Written by George Harrison
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 1
AlbumOfficially released on Rubber Soul (UK Mono)
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 3
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 4
AlbumOfficially released on Rubber Soul (UK Mono)
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 4
AlbumOfficially released on Rubber Soul (UK Mono)
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