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“There was a technical problem to be overcome, discovered when the tape was brought back and played at our studios. Perhaps because it had been spooled incorrectly, the tape had a ripple in it, resulting in the intermittent loss of treble on Ringo’s hi-hat cymbal. There was tremendous ...
The Beatles did record the song one further time at EMI Studios, but not as a serious attempt. On November 8th, 1965, just after finishing up the recording of “Think For Yourself” for their next album eventually titled “Rubber Soul,” the group recorded their very humorous “Third Christ...
Three versions of the song opened up the second disc of the set: First was the home demo John recorded in early November of 1966, then the previously unreleased “take one” from EMI studios from November 24th of that year, and finally a composite of the complete “take seven” from Nove...
“in the '60s, with EMI recording The Beatles and owning the studios at Abbey Road, the expense of studio time was merely an internal paper transaction and was not deducted from the Beatles’ royalty payments. No budget restraints were put on the group, nor onto George Martin, no longer ...
The Beatles actually went through "Norwegian Wood" on two different occasions, January 7th and 9th, 1969, atTwickenham Film Studiosduring the rehearsals for what became the "Let It Be" album and film. Of course, neither of these recorded renditions were released to the public in any way. ...
The Beatles didn't bring the song into EMI Studios until a little over a month later, on July 3rd, 1968, arriving around 8 pm in Studio Two. Although documentation shows George Martin to be present on this day as producer, Geoff Emerick remembers otherwise: “George happened to be absent...
Two days later, on January 9th, 1969 at Twickenham Studios, The Beatles returned to hash out four renditions of the unfinished song that would eventually become “Get Back.” After all four Beatles put in a lot of work on the songs “Let It Be” and “For You Blue,” among others, ...
Sometime in 1995, George Martin and Geoff Emerick returned to Abbey Road Studios (EMI Studios) to create two new mixes of “The Fool On The Hill,” a mono mix of Paul’s demo and a stereo mix of the song as it stood on September 25th, 1967. Both versions graced the 1996 released ...
Sometime between 2004 and 2006, George Martin and son Giles Martin returned to EMI (Abbey Road) Studios to create special mixes of many Beatles tracks for the Cirque du Soleil show “Love.”“Mr. Kite!” got special treatment on this day, a new mix being created with less of a stereo...