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Thursday 19 January 1967, 7.30pm-2.30am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-1		4T	E63017	[Sessionography 4]
	Recording	TK-2		4T	E63017
	Recording	TK-3 bd		4T	E63017
	Recording	TK-4 ✔		4T	E63017
	Recording	TK-4	SI lead vocals	4T	E63017
	Recording	TK-4	SI piano	4T	E63017
	Recording	TK-4	SI lead vocal	4T	E63017	Anthology 2 ?
	Reduction mix	TK-5	< TK-4	4T	E63017	[Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 3]
	Reduction mix	TK-6 ✔	< TK-4	4T	E63017	[Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 3]
	Reduction mix	TK-7	< TK-4	4T	E63017	[Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 3]
Friday 20 January 1967, 7.00pm-1.10am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-6	SI bass, drums	4T	E63022
	Recording	TK-6	SI vocal (middle eight)	4T	E63022
	Recording	TK-6	SI vocal	4T	E63022
Monday 30 January 1967, 7.00-8.30pm.
Studio Three (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono mixing	RM1	< TK-6	Δ	E63081	[Sessionography 4]
Friday 3 February 1967, 7.00pm-1.15am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-6	SI bass, drums, tambourine, maracas	4T	E63022
	Recording	TK-6	SI vocal (middle eight)	4T	E63022	Anthology 2 ?
Friday 10 February 1967, 8.00pm-1.00am.
Studio One
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Reduction mix	TK-7	< TK-6, with SI 50 kHz tone	4T	E63022
	Recording	TK-7	SI orchestra	4T	E63175	[Sessionography 4]
	Recording		Studio guests	4T	E63176
	Recording		Studio guests	4T	E63198
	Recording		Studio guests	4T	E63199
	Recording		Studio guests	4T	E63200
Monday 13 February 1967, 7.00pm-3.30am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono mixing	RM2	< TK-7	Δ	E63258
	Mono mixing	RM3	< TK-7	Δ	E63258
	Mono mixing	RM4	< TK-7	Δ	E63258
	Mono mixing	RM5	< TK-7	Δ	E63258
Wednesday 22 February 1967, 7.00pm-3.45am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-00	9 edit pieces, piano	4T	E63175
	Mono mixing	RM6	remixes 6-9, from takes 6 and 7	Δ	E63355
	Mono mixing	RM7	remixes 6-9, from takes 6 and 7	Δ	E63355
	Mono mixing	RM8	remixes 6-9, from takes 6 and 7	Δ	E63355
	Mono mixing	RM9	remixes 6-9, from takes 6 and 7	Δ	E63355
	Editing		of remix mono 9 and edit piece take 9	Δ	E63355	Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
	Stereo mixing	RS1	remixes 1-9, from takes 6 and 7	Z	E63356	[Sergeant Pepper Deluxe]
	Stereo mixing	RS2	remixes 1-9, from takes 6 and 7	Z	E63356	[Sergeant Pepper Deluxe]
	Stereo mixing	RS3	remixes 1-9, from takes 6 and 7	Z	E63356	[Sergeant Pepper Deluxe]
	Stereo mixing	RS4	remixes 1-9, from takes 6 and 7	Z	E63356	[Sessionography 4]
	Stereo mixing	RS5	remixes 1-9, from takes 6 and 7	Z	E63356	[Sessionography 4]
	Stereo mixing	RS6	remixes 1-9, from takes 6 and 7	Z	E63356	[Sessionography 4]
	Stereo mixing	RS7	remixes 1-9, from takes 6 and 7	Z	E63356	[Sergeant Pepper Deluxe]
	Stereo mixing	RS8	remixes 1-9, from takes 6 and 7	Z	E63356	[Sergeant Pepper Deluxe]
	Stereo mixing	RS9	remixes 1-9, from takes 6 and 7	Z	E63356	[Sergeant Pepper Deluxe]
Thursday 23 February 1967, 7.00pm-3.45am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Stereo mixing	RS10	remixes 10-12, from takes 6 and 7	Z	E63460
	Stereo mixing	RS11	remixes 10-12, from takes 6 and 7	Z	E63460
	Stereo mixing	RS12	remixes 10-12, from takes 6 and 7	Z	E63460
	Editing		of remix stereo 12 and edit piece 9	Z	E63460	Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Wednesday 1 March 1967, 7.00pm-2.15am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-6	SI piano	4T	??
Musicians
Key
Takes
	TK	Take (TK-00: unnumbered take(s))
	RM	Mono Remix
	RS	Stereo Remix
	SI	Superimposition (i.e. overdub)
	fs	False start
	bd	Breakdown
	✔	Best take
Channels
	Δ	Delta Mono
	2T	Twin-track
	Z	Stereo
	3T	Three-track
	4T	Four-track
	8T	Eight-track
Reels
	*	indicates a reel now lost
Release
Only the first official release of any take is listed
	[ ]	Take available only on bootleg, with an example cited

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