Strawberry Fields Forever

4:07 • Studio version • B2009 • Stereo

Paul McCartney : Bass, Bongos, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Timpani Ringo Starr : Drums, Percussion John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Bongos, Mellotron, Piano, Vocals George Harrison : Electric guitar, Maracas, Svarmandal, Timpani George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mal Evans : Tambourine Derek Simpson : Cello Norman Jones : Cello Neil Aspinall : Guiro Terry Doran : Maracas Tony Fisher : Trumpet Greg Bowen : Trumpet Derek Watkins : Trumpet Stanley Roderick : Trumpet Joy Hall : Cello Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

Session Recording Take 7: Nov 29, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Session Recording Take 26: Dec 08, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Session Overdubs: 29 Nov 1966 and 8, 9, 15, 21 Dec 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

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

4:11 • Studio version • I • Stereo • 2015 stereo mix

Paul McCartney : Bass, Bongos, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Timpani Ringo Starr : Drums, Percussion John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Bongos, Mellotron, Piano, Vocals George Harrison : Electric guitar, Maracas, Svarmandal, Timpani George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Giles Martin : Mixing engineer, Sound producer Mal Evans : Tambourine Derek Simpson : Cello Norman Jones : Cello Neil Aspinall : Guiro Terry Doran : Maracas Tony Fisher : Trumpet Greg Bowen : Trumpet Derek Watkins : Trumpet Stanley Roderick : Trumpet Joy Hall : Cello Sam Okell : Mixing engineer Miles Showell : Mastering

Session Recording Take 7: Nov 29, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Session Recording Take 26: Dec 08, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Session Overdubs: Dec 09, 15 and 21, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Session Mixing: Circa 2015 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

4:07 • Studio version • B • Stereo

Paul McCartney : Bass, Bongos, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Timpani Ringo Starr : Drums, Percussion John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Bongos, Mellotron, Piano, Vocals George Harrison : Electric guitar, Maracas, Svarmandal, Timpani George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mal Evans : Tambourine Derek Simpson : Cello Norman Jones : Cello Neil Aspinall : Guiro Terry Doran : Maracas Tony Fisher : Trumpet Greg Bowen : Trumpet Derek Watkins : Trumpet Stanley Roderick : Trumpet Joy Hall : Cello

Session Recording Take 7: Nov 29, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Session Recording Take 26: Dec 08, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Session Overdubs: Dec 09, 15 and 21, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

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

4:07 • Studio version • B • Stereo

Paul McCartney : Bass, Bongos, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Timpani Ringo Starr : Drums, Percussion John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Bongos, Mellotron, Piano, Vocals George Harrison : Electric guitar, Maracas, Svarmandal, Timpani George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mal Evans : Tambourine Derek Simpson : Cello Norman Jones : Cello Neil Aspinall : Guiro Terry Doran : Maracas Tony Fisher : Trumpet Greg Bowen : Trumpet Derek Watkins : Trumpet Stanley Roderick : Trumpet Joy Hall : Cello

Session Recording Take 7: Nov 29, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Session Recording Take 26: Dec 08, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Session Overdubs: Dec 09, 15 and 21, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

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

2:20 • Rehearsal • Jan.27 - D1-04 - Strawberry Fields Forever 27.02

Performed by : Paul McCartney • John Lennon

Session Recording: Jan 27, 1969 • Studio Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

6:46 • Live • L1 • Medley with "Help!", "Give Peace A Chance"

Paul McCartney : Producer Peter Henderson : Mixing engineer

Concert From the concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 1990

Studio version

2:35 • Outtake • D • Take 1. [...] the final master was not completed almost a month after this initial session. As it took shape on 24 November, with an alternative lyric order and arrangement, this recording was considerably different from that master.

Paul McCartney : Mellotron Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer

Session Recording: Nov 24, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

4:14 • Outtake • E • Take 7 and edit piece. Just five days after that initial take of Strawberry Fields Forever the song's arrangement was undergoing dramatic change. The master was a composite of two separate recordings - the first minute came from Take 7 the remainder from Take 26. Presented here, issued for the first time, is the full Take 7, going beyond those first 60 seconds (indeed, including within that first minute a 23-second verse that was later excised). The sound is mono because the recording presented here is an original mono mix - labelled RM3 - made, like Take 7, on 29 November 1966. The conclusion of the original master (embracing Take 26) included sections flown in from a combination of edit piece taped on 9 December featuring backwards cymbals, a "wild drum track" played by Ringo and some extemporal vocalising by John. A much longer section of this edit piece is released here, again for the first time, crossfaded on to the end of RM3. At the conclusion one can hear John twice mutter "cranberry sauce", a phrase which, less clearly audible right at the end of the master mix, has long puzzled listeners.

Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Timpani Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Finger cymbals, Gourd, Guitar, Lead vocals, Maracas, Mellotron, Tambourine George Harrison : Bongos, Maracas, Mellotron, Swarmandal George Martin : Mellotron, Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mal Evans : Finger cymbals, Gourd, Maracas, Tambourine Neil Aspinall : Finger cymbals, Gourd, Maracas, Tambourine Terry Doran : Maracas

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

Session Recording: Dec 09, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

2:35 • Outtake • D2016 • Take 1. [...] the final master was not completed almost a month after this initial session. As it took shape on 24 November, with an alternative lyric order and arrangement, this recording was considerably different from that master.

Paul McCartney : Mellotron Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer

Session Recording: Nov 24, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

4:14 • Outtake • E2016 • Take 7 and edit piece. Just five days after that initial take of Strawberry Fields Forever the song's arrangement was undergoing dramatic change. The master was a composite of two separate recordings - the first minute came from Take 7 the remainder from Take 26. Presented here, issued for the first time, is the full Take 7, going beyond those first 60 seconds (indeed, including within that first minute a 23-second verse that was later excised). The sound is mono because the recording presented here is an original mono mix - labelled RM3 - made, like Take 7, on 29 November 1966. The conclusion of the original master (embracing Take 26) included sections flown in from a combination of edit piece taped on 9 December featuring backwards cymbals, a "wild drum track" played by Ringo and some extemporal vocalising by John. A much longer section of this edit piece is released here, again for the first time, crossfaded on to the end of RM3. At the conclusion one can hear John twice mutter "cranberry sauce", a phrase which, less clearly audible right at the end of the master mix, has long puzzled listeners.

Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Timpani Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Finger cymbals, Gourd, Guitar, Lead vocals, Maracas, Mellotron, Tambourine George Harrison : Bongos, Maracas, Mellotron, Swarmandal George Martin : Mellotron, Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mal Evans : Finger cymbals, Gourd, Maracas, Tambourine Neil Aspinall : Finger cymbals, Gourd, Maracas, Tambourine Terry Doran : Maracas

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

Session Recording: Dec 09, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

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