The Spoonbill Generator presents
I Want To Hold Your Hand |
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| (Lennon/McCartney) | |||||||
| Thursday 17 October 1963, 2.30-5.30pm, 7.00-10.00pm. | |||||||
| Studio Two | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Recording | TK-1 fs | (first 4-track recording) | 4T | E50888 | [Sessionography 1] | ||
| Recording | TK-2 fs | 4T | E50888 | [Sessionography 1] | |||
| Recording | TK-3 | 4T | E50888 | ||||
| Recording | TK-4 | 4T | E50888 | ||||
| Recording | TK-5 | 4T | E50888 | ||||
| Recording | TK-6 | 4T | E50888 | ||||
| Recording | TK-7 | 4T | E50888 | ||||
| Recording | TK-8 | 4T | E50888 | ||||
| Recording | TK-9 fs | 4T | E50888 | [Sessionography 1] | |||
| Recording | TK-10 | 4T | E50888 | ||||
| Recording | TK-11 | 4T | E50888 | ||||
| Recording | TK-12 | 4T | E50888 | ||||
| Recording | TK-13 bd | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-14 fs | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-15 fs | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-16 fs | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-17 ✔ | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-17 | SI guitar, backing vocals, handclaps | 4T | E50889 | |||
| Monday 21 October 1963, 10.00am-1.00pm. | |||||||
| Studio One (control room) | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Norman Smith, . | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Mono mixing | RM1 | < TK-17 | &Delta | E50105 | "I Want To Hold Your Hand" single | ||
| Stereo mixing | RS17 | < TK-17 | Z | E50105 | 1976 Australian single | ||
| Friday 24 January 1964, 10.00-10.45am. | |||||||
| Studio One (control room) | |||||||
| Producer: n/a. Engineers: Norman Smith, AB Lincoln/Geoff Emerick. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Tape copying | TK-17 | backing track only | 4T | E51499 | |||
| Tuesday 8 June 1965, 10.00-10.30am. | |||||||
| Studio One (control room) | |||||||
| Producer: n/a. Engineers: Norman Smith, Ron Pender. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Stereo mixing | RS | < TK-17 | Z | E56164 | |||
| Monday 7 November 1966, 2.30-5.30pm. | |||||||
| Studio One (control room) | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Mike Stone. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Stereo mixing | RS1 ✔ | | Z | E62175 | Oldies | | ||
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 | ||||||