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The Beatles' Recording Sessions

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Baby It's You
(Bacharach/David/Williams)
Monday 11 February 1963, 7.30-10.45pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Richard Langham.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-1		Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-2 fs		Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-3 ✔		Δ/2T	E48878*
Wednesday 20 February 1963, 10.30am-1.00pm.
Studio One
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Stuart Eltham, Geoff Emerick.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-4	SI celesta on TK-3	2T	E48909
	Recording	TK-5 ✔	SI celesta on TK-3	2T	E48909
	Recording	TK-6	SI piano on TK-3	2T	E48909
Monday 25 February 1963, 10.00am-1.00pm.
Studio One (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, AB Lincoln.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Stereo mixing	RS ✔	< TK-5	Δ/2T	E48978*	Please Please Me
Monday 25 February 1963, 2.30-5.45pm.
Studio One (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, AB Lincoln.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono mixing	RM ✔	< TK-5	Δ/2T	E48979*	Please Please Me
Musicians
Key
Takes
	TK	Take (TK-00: unnumbered take(s))
	RM	Mono Remix
	RS	Stereo Remix
	SI	Superimposition (i.e. overdub)
	fs	False start
	bd	Breakdown
	✔	Best take
Channels
	Δ	Delta Mono
	2T	Twin-track
	Z	Stereo
	3T	Three-track
	4T	Four-track
	8T	Eight-track
Reels
	*	indicates a reel now lost
Release
Only the first official release of any take is listed
	[ ]	Take available only on bootleg, with an example cited

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