The Spoonbill Generator presents
Tomorrow Never Knows |
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| (Lennon/McCartney) | |||||||
| Wednesday 6 April 1966, 8.00pm-1.15am. | |||||||
| Studio Three | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Recording | TK-1 | backing track only | 4T | E59734 | |||
| Recording | TK-1 | SI drums | 4T | E59734 | |||
| Recording | TK-1 | SI lead vocal | 4T | E59734 | Anthology2 | ||
| Recording | TK-2 bd | 4T | E59734 | ||||
| Recording | TK-3 ✔ | 4T | E59734 | ||||
| Thursday 7 April 1966, 2.30-7.15pm. | |||||||
| Studio Three | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Recording | TK-3 | SI vocal | 4T | E59734 | |||
| Recording | TK-3 | SI tape loops | 4T | E59734 | |||
| Friday 22 April 1966, 2.30-11.30pm. | |||||||
| Studio Two | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Recording | TK-3 | SI vocal | 4T | E59734 | |||
| Recording | TK-3 | SI tambura, piano, organ, tambourine | 4T | E59734 | |||
| Recording | TK-3 | SI sitar | 4T | E59734 | |||
| Recording | TK-3 | SI backwards guitar | 4T | E59734 | |||
| Wednesday 27 April 1966, 6.00pm-11.30pm. | |||||||
| Studio Three (control room) | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Mono mixing | RM1 | < TK-3 | Δ | E59747 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM2 | < TK-3 | Δ | E59747 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM3 | < TK-3 | Δ | E59747 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM4 | < TK-3 | Δ | E59747 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM5 | < TK-3 | Δ | E59747 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM6 | < TK-3 | Δ | E59747 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM7 | < TK-3 | Δ | E59747 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM8 ✔ | < TK-3 | Δ | E59747 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM9 | < TK-3 | Δ | E59747 | |||
| Monday 16 May 1966, 2.30pm-1.30am. | |||||||
| Studio Two | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Tape copying | RM8 | Δ | E59747 | Revolver, later pressings | |||
| Monday 6 June 1966, 7.00-12.00pm. | |||||||
| Studio Three (control room) | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Mono mixing | RM10 | < TK-3 | Δ | E59972 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM11 ✔ | < TK-3 | Δ | E59972 | Revolver, early pressings | ||
| Mono mixing | RM12 | < TK-3 | Δ | E59972 | |||
| Wednesday 22 June 1966, 7.00pm-1.30am. | |||||||
| Studio Three (control room) | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Jerry Boys. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Stereo mixing | RS1 | | Z | E60504 | | |||
| Stereo mixing | RS2 | | Z | E60504 | | |||
| Stereo mixing | RS3 | | Z | E60504 | | |||
| Stereo mixing | RS4 | | Z | E60504 | | |||
| Stereo mixing | RS5 | | Z | E60504 | | |||
| Stereo mixing | RS6 ✔ | | Z | E60504 | Revolver | | ||
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 | ||||||