Tuesday, July 23, 1968
Recording and mixing "Everybody's Got Something To Hide...", mixing "Good Night"
For The Beatles
Last updated on October 23, 2024
Tuesday, July 23, 1968
For The Beatles
Last updated on October 23, 2024
"The Beatles" (aka the White Album) sessions
May 30 - Oct 18, 1968 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles (Mono)
Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Article Jul 21, 1968 • Paul McCartney comments about his break-up with Jane Asher
Session Jul 22, 1968 • Recording "Don't Pass Me By", "Good Night"
Session Jul 23, 1968 • Recording and mixing "Everybody's Got Something To Hide...", mixing "Good Night"
Article Jul 24, 1968 • Pattie Harrison and Jenny Boyd opens an antique store in London
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "The Beatles (Mono)" LP
On this day, between 5 pm and 3 am, The Beatles completed “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey.” Firstly, two reduction mixes, from Take 10, were completed and labeled as Take 11 and Take 12.
John Lennon then recorded new lead vocals onto Take 12, which replaced the vocals from July 1. He, along with Paul McCartney, also contributed backing vocals and handclaps. To conclude, Paul reinforced his original bass part by adding an additional bass line in certain sections.
Five attempts at a mono mix were then done. But the final mono and stereo mixes were made on October 12.
As usual, John was wanting his voice to sound different. He would say, ‘I want to sound like somebody from the moon’ or anything different. ‘Make it different!’ And at that time there wasn’t the range of instant effects available today.
Richard Lush – Engineer – From “The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions” by Mark Lewisohn, 1988
“Good night” was recorded the previous day, and on this day, six attempts at creating a mono mix were undertaken. However, these were not satisfactory; the final mono and stereo mixes were completed on October 11.
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Recording • SI onto take 10
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Tape copying • Tape reduction take 10 into take 11
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Tape copying • Tape reduction take 10 into take 12
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Recording • SI onto take 12
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 12
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 2 from take 12
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 3 from take 12
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 4 from take 12
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 5 from take 12
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 34
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 2 from take 34
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 3 from take 34
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 4 from take 34
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 5 from take 34
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 6 from take 34
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions • Mark Lewisohn
The definitive guide for every Beatles recording sessions from 1962 to 1970.
We owe a lot to Mark Lewisohn for the creation of those session pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - the number of takes for each song, who contributed what, a description of the context and how each session went, various photographies... And an introductory interview with Paul McCartney!
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