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Thursday, May 12, 1966

Mixing "Doctor Robert", "I'm Only Sleeping", "And Your Bird Can Sing"

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Last updated on October 18, 2022


Master session

Location

  • Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road

Timeline

AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Yesterday and Today (Mono)" LP

Some of the songs from this session also appear on:

In the US, Capitol Records was preparing a new Beatles album to be released under the title “Yesterday And Today” in June 1966. In keeping with the record company’s policy for all the Beatles’ North American LPs until 1967, Capitol Records selected songs by culling from the albums the band released in Britain and from tracks issued on non-album singles outside North America. For this album, they selected:

On this day, from 1:45 pm to 3:30 pm, “I’m Only Sleeping“, “Doctor Robert” and “And Your Bird Can Sing” were mixed in mono to serve Capitol’s purpose. Those mixes were unique for this US release as those tracks would later be remixed for inclusion on “Revolver“.


Session activities

  1. Doctor Robert

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 4 from take 7

  2. I'm Only Sleeping

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 5 from take 13

    AlbumOfficially released on Yesterday and Today (Mono)

  3. And Your Bird Can Sing

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 7 from take 10 and 6

  4. And Your Bird Can Sing

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 8 from take 10 and 6

  5. And Your Bird Can Sing

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Editing • Editing of mono remix 7

  6. And Your Bird Can Sing

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Editing • Editing of mono remix 8

  7. Doctor Robert

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Editing • Editing of mono remix 4

    AlbumOfficially released on Yesterday and Today (Mono)


Staff

Production staff


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