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The Beatles' Recording Sessions

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The Night Before
(Lennon/McCartney)
Wednesday 17 February 1965, 2.00-7.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Ken Scott.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-1	backing track only	4T	E55320
	Recording	TK-2 ✔	backing track only	4T	E55320
	Recording	TK-2	SI vocals, backing vocals, guitars, maracas	4T	E55320	[Sessionography Three]
	Recording	TK-2	SI vocals, backing vocals	4T	E55320	[Sessionography Three]
Thursday 18 February 1965, 5.15-6.00pm.
Studio Two (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Ken Scott.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono mixing	RM1	< TK-2	Δ	E55324	Help!
Tuesday 23 February 1965, 10.00am-1.00pm.
Studio Two (control room)
Producer: n/a.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Malcolm Davies.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Stereo mixing	RS1	< TK-2	Z	E55435	Help!
Sunday 18 April 1965, 10.00am-12.30pm.
Abbey Road, Room 65
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Stereo mixing	RS2	< TK-2 (film mix)	Z	E55889*
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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