Lovely Rita

3:05 • Studio version • D • Speech and take 9. Partially new although according to Mark Lewisohn, take 9 was a reduction mix from take 8 and also a backing track and vocals were added a day after giving birth to take 10 and 11, so this could not be Take 9. The speech at the intro could be from an earlier take and it’s already available (edited here) at the Rockband intros, then we can hear Paul’s count in very far away (“One, Two, Three, Four” and by the way, this same count-in intro is also available on the Rockband mixes starting from “two, three, four” ) and once the song starts he is reciting with loud and clear voice, not the same as for the count-in, so this is a vocal overdub take, but it’s actually the released vocal take. Sadly, the only difference is the lack of overdubs and the harmonies from the intro, the best is that we can hear the full ending of the song and Paul and John singing at the end when the song already ended “Oh no no, I refuse to Go”.

Paul McCartney : Piano Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic guitar George Harrison : Acoustic guitar Giles Martin : Mixing engineer

Session Recording: Feb 24, 1967 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Details & description coming from The Daily Beatles