Penny Lane

3:00 • Studio version • E • Stereo • 2015 mix - This new mix basically has a lot moved around, and some instruments are at noticeably different volumes. Ringo’s tapping (center) is much louder in this mix, being somewhat distracting; the drums are also somewhat louder throughout. The bass is mainly at C in the 1971 mix (all but the overdub near the end) but is at L during the 2015 mix. The piccolo trumpet solo by David Mason during the instrumental bridge is at Right in the 1971 mix but is at Center here, and there seems to be more of it at the beginning of the bridge. The tambourine is at left instead of center. The vocals singing “there beneath the blue suburban skies” are at left and right in the new mix (instead of center). One guitar is at the left instead of center. The extra “grinding” guitar bits that are most noticeable during the last verse are much louder in the new mix. The horns are in different locations during the final choruses, too.

Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmonium, Percussion, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Handbell John Lennon : Backing vocals, Congas, Guitar, Handclaps, Piano George Harrison : Backing vocals, Guitar George Martin : Piano, Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Giles Martin : Mixing engineer, Sound producer David Mason : Flugelhorn, Trumpets Ray Swinfield : Flutes, Piccolos P Goody : Flutes, Piccolos Manny Winters : Flutes, Piccolos Dennis Walton : Flutes, Piccolos Leon Calvert : Flugelhorn, Trumpets Freddy Clayton : Flugelhorn, Trumpets Bert Courtley : Flugelhorn, Trumpets Duncan Campbell : Flugelhorn, Trumpets Dick Morgan : Cor anglais, Oboes Mike Winfield : Cor anglais, Oboes Frank Clarke : Double bass Sam Okell : Mixing engineer Miles Showell : Mastering

Session Recording: Dec 29, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Session Overdubs: 30 Dec 1966 and 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 Jan 1967 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Session Mixing: Jan 25, 1967 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road

Details & description coming from Frank Daniels

3:00 • Studio version • E • Stereo • 2015 mix

Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmonium, Percussion, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Handbell John Lennon : Backing vocals, Congas, Guitar, Handclaps, Piano George Harrison : Backing vocals, Guitar George Martin : Piano, Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Giles Martin : Mixing engineer, Sound producer David Mason : Flugelhorn, Trumpets Ray Swinfield : Flutes, Piccolos P Goody : Flutes, Piccolos Manny Winters : Flutes, Piccolos Dennis Walton : Flutes, Piccolos Leon Calvert : Flugelhorn, Trumpets Freddy Clayton : Flugelhorn, Trumpets Bert Courtley : Flugelhorn, Trumpets Duncan Campbell : Flugelhorn, Trumpets Dick Morgan : Cor anglais, Oboes Mike Winfield : Cor anglais, Oboes Frank Clarke : Double bass Sam Okell : Mixing engineer Miles Showell : Mastering

Session Recording: Dec 29, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Session Overdubs: 30 Dec 1966 and 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 Jan 1967 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Session Mixing: Jan 25, 1967 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road