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Wednesday 11 September 1963, 2.30-6.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Richard Langham.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-1		2T	E50523*
Thursday 12 September 1963, 7.00-11.30pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Richard Langham.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-2	backing track only	2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-3	backing track only	2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-4	backing track only	2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-5	backing track only	2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-6	backing track only	2T	E50529*
	Recording	TK-7 ✔	backing track only	2T	E50529*
Monday 30 September 1963, 10.00am-1.15pm.
Studio Two (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	RM8	SI Hammond organ on TK-7	Δ	E50506*
	Recording	RM9	SI Hammond organ on TK-7	Δ	E50506*
	Recording	RM10	SI Hammond organ on TK-7	Δ	E50506*
	Recording	RM11	SI Hammond organ on TK-7	Δ	E50506*
	Recording	RM12	SI Hammond organ on TK-7	Δ	E50506*
	Recording	RM13	SI Hammond organ on TK-7	Δ	E50506*
	Mono mixing	RM	< TK-8	Δ	E50764*
Thursday 3 October 1963, 7.00-10.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, unknown.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-14	SI vocals, backing vocals, organ, maracas	2T	E50776*
	Recording	TK-15	SI vocals, backing vocals, organ, maracas	2T	E50776*
Wednesday 23 October 1963, 10.00am-1.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, unknown.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-16	SI tambourine on TK-15	2T	E50868*
	Mono mixing	RM16		Δ	E50869*	With The Beatles
Tuesday 29 October 1963, 10.00am-1.00pm.
Studio Three (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick and BT [Full name unknown].
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Stereo mixing	RS16		Z	E50955*	With The Beatles
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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