Official album • Released in 1996
2:24 • Outtake • B • Stereo • Remixed vocals only. Using the fine acoustics of Abbey Road's Studio One, this remix exposes the exquisite vocal harmonies recorded by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison for John's song Because. Clearly, the Beatles enjoyed an innate ability to harmonise, and in their earlier recording days had written two songs, This Boy and Yes It Is, with three-part vocals to the fore. Instrumentation on the Abbey Road mix of Because was sparse - spinet electric harpsichord, bass, electric guitar and overdubbed Moog synthesizer - but here it has been stripped away to reveal the nine voices (the vocals were recorded once and then overdubbed twice more by the three Beatles) in isolation.
Paul McCartney : Vocals John Lennon : Vocals George Harrison : Vocals George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Phil McDonald : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Aug 01, 1969 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Aug 04, 1969 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road