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The Beatles' Recording Sessions

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Wait
(Lennon/McCartney)
Thursday 17 June 1965, 7.00-10.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-1	backing track only	4T	E56455
	Recording	TK-2	backing track only	4T	E56455
	Recording	TK-3	backing track only	4T	E56455
	Recording	TK-4 ✔	backing track only	4T	E56455
	Recording	TK-4	SI vocals	4T	E56455
Friday 18 June 1965, 10.00am-12.30pm.
Studio Two (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono mixing	RM1	< TK-4	Δ	E56532
Thursday 11 November 1965, 6.00pm-7.00am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Ken Scott.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-4	SI vocals, maracas	4T	E56455
	Recording	TK-4	SI guitar, tambourine	4T	E56455
	Recording	TK-4	SI guitar	4T	E56455
Monday 15 November 1965, 2.30-5.30pm.
Studio One (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Richard Lush.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono mixing	RM2	< TK-4	Δ	E58218*	Rubber Soul
	Stereo mixing	RS1	< TK-4	Z	E58219*	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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