All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release by Philippe Margotin & Jean-Michel Guesdon

Author:Philippe Margotin & Jean-Michel Guesdon [Margotin, Philippe & Guesdon, Jean-Michel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Music, General
ISBN: 9781603763714
Google: KXKnAgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 2014-02-04T21:26:58+00:00

Production

Accompanied by Jesus, Paul joined the group on February 9, not at Abbey Road, which was booked that evening, but at the Regent Sound Studio in downtown London, a small studio, although the Stones and the Kinks had already recorded there. George Martin who had become an independent producer, followed them there; but neither Geoff Emerick, nor Richard Lush, who were EMI employees, had permission to leave their jobs. Adrian Ibbetson, chief engineer at Regent Sound, was serving as the Beatles’ sound engineer. The Beatles laid down three takes of the song, but the first two were both very good so onto the tape box was written master for take 1 and final master for take 2. Contrary to their habit, the voices and instruments were recorded simultaneously. The normal recording procedure for the Beatles was to tape the rhythm track and overdub vocals later on. The distribution of roles between Paul, George Martin, and John is unclear. There was a harpsichord in the middle of the studio, rented for this session. It seemed as though it was Martin who played it. But Richard Lush and Neil Aspinall claimed it was Paul. If so, who was on bass, since the instruments were all played together? John? The playing and the sound of the bass are guesswork. Lush specified that John was playing a Fender. But nothing confirms this. Paul may have sung and played bass, with John on maracas and Martin on harpsichord. On the other hand, there was no doubt about George and Ringo: surely the former played a fantastic part on guitar with flanging, and Ringo a drum part that worked just as well. On February 21, they returned to Abbey Road for further over-dubs, and probably some vocals. The mono mix was made the very same day, and the stereo on April 7.

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