April 6 - June 22, 1966 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Revolver (UK Mono)
Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session May 05, 1966 • Recording "I'm Only Sleeping"
Session May 06, 1966 • Recording and mixing "I'm Only Sleeping"
Session May 09, 1966 • Recording "For No One"
Session May 12, 1966 • Mixing "Doctor Robert", "I'm Only Sleeping", "And Your Bird Can Sing"
Session May 16, 1966 • Recording and mixing "Taxman", recording "For No One", mixing "Love You To"
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Revolver (UK Mono)" LP
This was the nineteenth day of the recording sessions for the “Revolver” album. This was a short 3-hour long session, lasting from 7 pm to 11 pm, and spent recording a new track, Paul McCartney’s “For No One“.
Ten takes of the simple rhythm track were recorded on this day, with Paul on piano and Ringo Starr on drums (played very subtly mostly on the hi-hat). Take 10 was deemed the best and received a few overdubs (still by Paul and Ringo, as neither John Lennon nor George Harrison performed on “For No One“).
Paul added a clavichord part (an instrument “hired, at a cost of five guineas, from George Martin’s AIR company” according to Mark Lewisohn) and Ringo added maracas and cymbals.
On ‘For No One,’ the track was laid down on my own clavichord. I brought it in from my home, because I thought it had a nice sound. It was a very strange instrument to record, and Paul played it.
George Martin – From “The Beatles Anthology” book, 2000
Take 10, as it was at the end of this session, was released on the 2022 reissue of “Revolver”.
Further overdubs would be added on May 16, 1966, and the French horn solo would be overdubbed on May 19.
Recording • Take 1
Recording • Take 2
Recording • Take 3
Recording • Take 4
Recording • Take 5
Recording • Take 6
Recording • Take 7
Recording • Take 8
Recording • Take 9
Recording • Take 10
AlbumOfficially released on Revolver (Super Deluxe - 2022)
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!
The Beatles Recording Reference Manual - Volume 2 - Help! through Revolver (1965-1966)
The second book of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)-nominated series, "The Beatles Recording Reference Manual: Volume 2: Help! through Revolver (1965-1966)" follows the evolution of the band from the end of Beatlemania with "Help!" through the introspection of "Rubber Soul" up to the sonic revolution of "Revolver". From the first take to the final remix, discover the making of the greatest recordings of all time.
Through extensive, fully-documented research, these books fill an important gap left by all other Beatles books published to date and provide a unique view into the recordings of the world's most successful pop music act.
If we modestly consider the Paul McCartney Project to be the premier online resource for all things Paul McCartney, it is undeniable that The Beatles Bible stands as the definitive online site dedicated to the Beatles. While there is some overlap in content between the two sites, they differ significantly in their approach.
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