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Nowhere Man
(Lennon/McCartney)
Thursday 21 October 1965, 7.00-12.00pn1.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Ken Scott.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-1 fs		4T	E57716
	Recording	TK-2		4T	E57716
Friday 22 October 1965, 2.30-7.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Ken Scott.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-3	REMAKE: backing track only	4T	E57717
	Recording	TK-4 ✔	backing track only	4T	E57717
	Recording	TK-5	backing track only	4T	E57717
Friday 22 October 1965, 7.00-11.30pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Ken Scott.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-4	SI lead vocal, backing vocals	4T	E57717
	Recording	TK-4	SI lead vocal, backing vocals	4T	E57717
	Recording	TK-4	SI guitars	4T	E57717
Monday 25 October 1965, 10.00am-1.00pm.
Studio Two (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Ken Scott.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono mixing	RM1	< TK-4	Δ	E57541*	Rubber Soul
Tuesday 26 October 1965, 10.00am-12.30pm.
Studio Two (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Ron Pender.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Stereo mixing	RS1	< TK-4	Z	E57542	Rubber Soul
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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