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The Beatles' Recording Sessions

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Little Child
(Lennon/McCartney)
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*
	Recording	TK-2		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-3		2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-4		2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-5		2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-6		2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-7		2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-8		2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-9		2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-10		2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-11		2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-12		2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-13 ✔	SI lead vocals on TK-12	2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-14	SI piano, harmonica on TK-13	2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-15	SI piano, harmonica on TK-13	2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-16	edit piece, harmonica solo	2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-17	edit piece, harmonica solo	2T	E50528*
	Recording	TK-18 ✔	edit piece, harmonica solo	2T	E50528*
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
	Editing	TK-15 + TK-18		Δ	E50764*
	Mono mixing	RM	from edit of TK 15 + TK-18	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-19	SI vocals TK-15/18	2T	E50776*
	Recording	TK-20	SI vocals TK-15/18	2T	E50776*
	Recording	TK-21 ✔	SI vocals TK-15/18	2T	E50776*
Wednesday 23 October 1963, 10.00am-1.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, unknown.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono mixing	RM21	< TK-21	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	RS21	< TK-21	Z	E50955*	With The Beatles
Musicians
vocals John Lennon vocals Paul McCartney lead guitar George Harrison rhythm guitar John Lennon bass Paul McCartney piano Paul McCartney drums Ringo Starr harmonica John Lennon
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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