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The Beatles' Recording Sessions

 

Lovely Rita

(Lennon/McCartney)
 
Thursday 23 February 1967, 7.00pm-3.45am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
 
TaskTakeChannelsReelRelease





 RecordingTK-1 backing track only4TE63461
 RecordingTK-2 backing track only4TE63461
 RecordingTK-3 backing track only4TE63461
 RecordingTK-4 backing track only4TE63461
 RecordingTK-5 backing track only4TE63461
 RecordingTK-6 backing track only4TE63461
 RecordingTK-7 backing track only4TE63461
 RecordingTK-8 backing track only4TE63461
 Reduction mixTK-9 < TK-84TE63462
 RecordingTK-9 SI bass4TE63462
 
Friday 24 February 1967, 7.00pm-1.15am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
 
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 RecordingTK-9 SI lead vocal4TE63462
 Reduction mixTK-10 < TK-94TE63461
 Reduction mixTK-11 < TK-94TE63461
 
Tuesday 7 March 1967, 7.00pm-2.30am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
 
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 RecordingTK-11 SI backing vocals4TE63461
 RecordingTK-11 SI comb & paper4TE63461
 
Tuesday 21 March 1967, 7.00pm-2.45am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
 
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 RecordingTK-11 SI piano solo4TE63461
 Mono mixingRM1 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM2 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM3 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM4 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM5 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM6 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM7 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM8 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM9 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM10 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM11 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM12 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM13 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM14 < TK-11ΔE63530
 Mono mixingRM15 < TK-11ΔE63530
 EditingRM11+RM14 ΔE63530Sergeant 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.
 
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 Stereo mixingRS1 < TK-11ZE64009
 Stereo mixingRS2 < TK-11ZE64009Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band


Musicians



Key

Takes
TKTake (TK-00: unnumbered take(s))
RMMono Remix
RSStereo Remix
SISuperimposition (i.e. overdub)
fsFalse start
bdBreakdown
Best take
Channels
ΔDelta Mono
2TTwin-track
ZStereo
3TThree-track
4TFour-track
8TEight-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