The Spoonbill Generator presents
This Boy |
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| (Lennon/McCartney) | |||||||
| Thursday 17 October 1963, 2.30-5.30pm, 7.00-10.00pm. | |||||||
| Studio Two | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Recording | TK-1 bd | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-2 | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-3 bd | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-4 bd | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-5 fs | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-6 fs | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-7 | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-8 bd | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-9 bd | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-10 | 4T | E50889 | ||||
| Recording | TK-11 | 4T | E50890 | ||||
| Recording | TK-12 bd | 4T | E50890 | "Free As A Bird" single | |||
| Recording | TK-13 | 4T | E50890 | "Free As A Bird" single | |||
| Recording | TK-14 | 4T | E50890 | ||||
| Recording | TK-15 ✔ | 4T | E50890 | ||||
| Recording | TK-16 | SI vocals, backing vocals, guitar on TK-15 | 4T | E50890 | |||
| Recording | TK-17 ✔ | SI vocals, backing vocals, guitar on TK-15 | 4T | E50890 | |||
| Monday 21 October 1963, 10.00am-1.00pm. | |||||||
| Studio One (control room) | |||||||
| Producer: George Martin. Engineers: Norman Smith, . | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Mono mixing | RM1 | < TK-15 | &Delta | E50105 | |||
| Mono mixing | RM2 | < TK-17 | &Delta | E50105 | |||
| Editing | RM1+RM2 | &Delta | E50105 | "I Want To Hold Your Hand" single | |||
| Stereo mixing | RS15 | < TK-15 | Z | E50105 | Past Masters | ||
| Thursday 10 November 1966, 2.00-4.30pm. | |||||||
| Abbey Road, Room 65 | |||||||
| Producer: n/a. Engineers: Peter Bown, Graham Kirkby. | |||||||
| Task | Take | Channels | Reel | Release | |||
| Stereo mixing | RS1 | < TK-15 | Z | E62241 | |||
| Stereo mixing | RS2 | < TK-17 | Z | E62241 | |||
Musicians | |||||||
Key | |||||||
| Takes | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||||