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The Beatles' Recording Sessions

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Getting Better
(Lennon/McCartney)
Thursday 9 March 1967, 7.00pm-3.30am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Malcolm Addey/Ken Townsend, Graham Kirkby.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-1	backing track only	4T	E63594*
	Recording	TK-2	backing track only	4T	E63594*
	Recording	TK-3	backing track only	4T	E63594*
	Recording	TK-4	backing track only	4T	E63594*
	Recording	TK-5	backing track only	4T	E63594*
	Recording	TK-6	backing track only	4T	E63594*
	Recording	TK-7 ✔	backing track only	4T	E63594*
	Reduction mix	TK-8	< TK-7	4T	E63596
	Reduction mix	TK-9	< TK-7	4T	E63596
	Reduction mix	TK-10	< TK-7	4T	E63596
	Reduction mix	TK-11	< TK-7	4T	E63596
	Reduction mix	TK-12 ✔	< TK-7	4T	E63596
Friday 10 March 1967, 7.00pm-4.00am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-12	SI bass, drums	4T	E63596
	Recording	TK-12	SI bass, drums	4T	E63596
	Recording	TK-12	SI tamboura	4T	E63596
Tuesday 21 March 1967, 7.00pm-2.45am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Reduction mix	TK-13	< TK-12	4T	E63632*
	Reduction mix	TK-14 ✔	< TK-12	4T	E63632*
	Recording	TK-14	SI lead vocal, backing vocals	4T	E63632*
	Recording	TK-14	SI lead vocal, backing vocals	4T	E63632*
Thursday 23 March 1967, 7.00pm-3.45am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-14	SI lead vocal, backing vocals	4T	E63632*
	Recording	TK-14	SI lead vocal, backing vocals	4T	E63632*
	Reduction mix	TK-15	< TK-14	4T	E63748
	Recording	TK-15	SI guitar, piano, congas	4T	E63748
	Recording	TK-15	SI handclaps	4T	E63748
	Mono mixing	RM1	< TK-15	Δ	E63749
	Mono mixing	RM2	< TK-15	Δ	E63749
	Mono mixing	RM3	< TK-15	Δ	E63749	Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Monday 17 April 1967, 7.00-10.30pm.
Studio Two (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Stereo mixing	RS1	< TK-15	Z	E64009	Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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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