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It Won't Be Long
(Lennon/McCartney)
Tuesday 30 July 1963, 10.00am-1.30pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Richard Langham.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-1		2T	E50189*
	Recording	TK-2		2T	E50189*
	Recording	TK-3		2T	E50189*
	Recording	TK-4		2T	E50189*
	Recording	TK-5		2T	E50189*
	Recording	TK-6		2T	E50189*
	Recording	TK-7 ✔		2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-8		2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-9		2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-10		2T	E50190*
Tuesday 30 July 1963, 5.00-11.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Richard Langham.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-11	SI lead vocals, guitar on TK-7	2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-12	SI lead vocals, guitar on TK-7	2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-13	SI lead vocals, guitar on TK-7	2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-14	SI lead vocals, guitar on TK-7	2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-15	SI lead vocals, guitar on TK-7	2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-16	SI lead vocals, guitar on TK-7	2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-17	SI lead vocals, guitar on TK-7	2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-18	edit piece of ending	2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-19	edit piece of ending	2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-20	edit piece of ending	2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-21 ✔	edit piece of ending	2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-22	edit piece of ending	2T	E50190*
	Recording	TK-23	edit piece of ending	2T	E50190*
Wednesday 21 August 1963, 10.00am-1.00pm, 2.00-5.30pm.
Studio Three (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Geoff Ernerick.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono mixing	RM	< TK-17/21	Δ	E50410	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	RS17	< TK-17/21	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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