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Money (That's What I Want)
(Bradford/Gordy)
Monday 1 January 1962, Time unknown
Decca, Studio Two
Producer: Tony Meehan.     Engineers: Unknown, Unknown.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-00		Δ/2T		[Decca Audition bootlegs]
Thursday 18 July 1963, 7.00-10.45pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Richard Langham.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-1 fs		2T	E50165*
	Recording	TK-2		2T	E50165*
	Recording	TK-3 fs		2T	E50165*
	Recording	TK-4 fs		2T	E50165*
	Recording	TK-5 ✔		2T	E50165*
	Recording	TK-6	edit piece piano intro	2T	E50165*
	Recording	TK-7 ✔	SI piano & vocals	2T	E50165*
Tuesday 30 July 1963, 5.00-11.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Richard Langham.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-8	piano test	2T	E50191*
	Recording	TK-9	piano test	2T	E50191*
	Recording	TK-10	piano test	2T	E50191*
	Recording	TK-11	piano test	2T	E50191*
	Recording	TK-12	piano test	2T	E50191*
	Recording	TK-13	piano test	2T	E50191*
	Recording	TK-14	piano test	2T	E50191*
Wednesday 21 August 1963, 10.00am-1.00pm, 2.00-5.30pm.
Studio Three (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Geoff Ernerick.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono mixing	RM6/7	< TK-6+TK-7	Δ	E50410	With The Beatles
Monday 30 September 1963, 10.00am-1.15pm.
Studio Two (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-7	SI piano	Δ	E50764*
	Recording	TK-7	SI piano	Δ	E50764*
	Recording	TK-7	SI piano	Δ	E50764*
Tuesday 29 October 1963, 10.00am-1.00pm.
Studio Three (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick and BT [Full name unknown].
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Stereo mixing	RS7	from edit of TK-6 & TK-7	Z	E50955*
Wednesday 30 October 1963, 2.30-5.30pm.
Studio Three (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, AB Lincoln.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Stereo mixing	RS7	from edit of TK-7 only	Z	E50955*	With The Beatles
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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