Official album • Released in 2015
3:52 • Studio version • D • Stereo • 2015 mix - This is a new mix, but it mainly follows the single mix. The stray sound after “for though they may be parted” is absent, but Paul’s sour piano note during the final verse is present. The “oohs” pan from L to R the first time in the single mix, and then they stay at R; in the 2015 mix they appear at L & R and are stationary. There is an overdub right before the bridge that sounds slightly louder here. The guitar overdub comes in during the last verse at center and soft, just like in the single mix; however, the overdub moves to the right, and it sounds like it’s the second overdub now instead of the first; the single mix remains with the first overdub at center.
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass guitar, Maracas, Piano, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Backing vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Giles Martin : Mixing engineer, Sound producer Phil McDonald : Recording engineer Chris Thomas : Producer Jeff Jarratt : Recording engineer Glyn Johns : Recording engineer Billy Preston : Electric piano, Organ Sam Okell : Mixing engineer Miles Showell : Mastering
Session Recording: Jan 31, 1969 • Studio Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
Session Overdubs: Apr 30, 1969 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Jan 04, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Details & description coming from Frank Daniels
Official album • Released in 1996
4:05 • Outtake • D • Stereo • Six days ahead of recording the master of Let It Be, Paul McCartney sat at the piano in Apple's basement studio and promised his three fellow Beatles a version of his new song that would "knock you out", even though he was still to write two of the verses (the ones beginning "And when the night is cloudy" and "I wake up to the song of music"). For effect, two pieces of John Lennon dialogue from that later 31 January session top and tail the piece, the closing discourse ("OK, let's track it. [Sharp intake of breath.] You bounder, you cheat!") emphasising once again the strictly live aspect of these Savile Row sessions: the Beatles were determined not to overdub (or "track") anything... but the temptation was there.
George Martin : Producer Glyn Johns : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Jan 25, 1969 • Studio Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
