The Spoonbill Generator presents
I'm Only Sleeping |
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| (Lennon/McCartney) | |||||||
| Wednesday 27 April 1966, 11.30pm-3.00am. | |||||||
| Studio Three | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Recording | TK-1 | 4T | E59748 | Anthology 2 | |||
| Recording | TK-2 | backing track only? | 4T | E59748 | |||
| Recording | TK-3 | backing track only? | 4T | E59748 | |||
| Recording | TK-4 | backing track only? | 4T | E59748 | |||
| Recording | TK-5 | backing track only? | 4T | E59748 | |||
| Recording | TK-6 | backing track only? | 4T | E59748 | |||
| Recording | TK-7 | backing track only? | 4T | E59748 | |||
| Recording | TK-8 | backing track only? | 4T | E59748 | |||
| Recording | TK-9 | backing track only? | 4T | E59748 | |||
| Recording | TK-10 | backing track only? | 4T | E59748 | |||
| Recording | TK-11 ✔ | backing track only | 4T | E59748 | |||
| Friday 29 April 1966, 5.00pm-1.00am. | |||||||
| Studio Three | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Recording | TK-1 | REMAKE: backing track only | 4T | E59873 | |||
| Recording | TK-2 | backing track only | 4T | E59873 | |||
| Recording | TK-3 | backing track only | 4T | E59873 | |||
| Recording | TK-4 | backing track only | 4T | E59873 | |||
| Recording | TK-5 | backing track only | 4T | E59873 | |||
| Recording | TK-11 | SI lead vocals | 4T | E59971 | |||
| Thursday 5 May 1966, 9.30pm-3.00am. | |||||||
| Studio Three | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Recording | TK-11 | SI guitars | 4T | E59971 | |||
| Friday 6 May 1966, 2.30pm-1.00am. | |||||||
| Studio Two | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Reduction mix | TK-12 | < TK-11 | 4T | E59971 | |||
| Reduction mix | TK-13 | < TK-11 | 4T | E59971 | |||
| Friday 6 May 1966, 1.00-2.15am. | |||||||
| Studio Two (control room) | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Recording | TK-13 ✔ | SI backing vocals | 4T | E59971 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM1 | < TK-13 | Δ | E59972 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM2 | < TK-13 | Δ | E59972 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM3 | < TK-13 | Δ | E59972 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM4 ✔ | < TK-13 | Δ | E59972 | |||
| Thursday 12 May 1966, 1.45-3.30pm. | |||||||
| Studio Three (control room) | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Jerry Boys. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Mono mixing | RM5 | < TK-13 | Δ | E60016 | US Yesterday… and Today | ||
| Friday 20 May 1966, 11.00am-12.30pm. | |||||||
| Studio One (control room) | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Stereo mixing | RS1 | < TK-13 | Z | E60042 | US Yesterday… and Today | ||
| Stereo mixing | RS2 | < TK-13 | Z | E60042 | Revolver | ||
| Monday 6 June 1966, 7.00-12.00pm. | |||||||
| Studio Three (control room) | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Mono mixing | RM5 | < TK-13 (new RM5) | Δ | E59972 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM6 ✔ | < TK-13 | Δ | E59972 | Revolver | ||
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 | ||||||