The Spoonbill Generator presents

The Beatles' Recording Sessions

 

When I'm Sixty-Four

(Lennon/McCartney)
 
Tuesday 6 December 1966, 6.45pm-1.50am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
 
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 RecordingTK-1 4TE62553
 RecordingTK-2 4TE62553
 RecordingTK-2 SI piano, snare4TE62553
 RecordingTK-2 SI lead vocal4TE62553
 
Thursday 8 December 1966, 2.30-5.30pm.
Studio One
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
 
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 RecordingTK-2 SI lead vocal4TE62553
 
Tuesday 20 December 1966, 7.00pm-1.00am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
 
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 RecordingTK-2 SI backing vocals4TE62553
 RecordingTK-2 SI chimes4TE62553
 Reduction mixTK-3 4TE62582
 Reduction mixTK-4 4TE62274
 
Wednesday 21 December 1966, 7.00-9.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
 
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 RecordingTK-4 SI clarinet4TE62274
 
Wednesday 21 December 1966, 9.00-10.00pm.
Studio Two (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
 
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 Mono mixingRM1 < TK-4ΔE62555
 Mono mixingRM2 < TK-4ΔE62555
 Mono mixingRM3 < TK-4ΔE62555
 
Thursday 29 December 1966, 2.30-4.45pm.
Studio Three (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
 
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 Mono mixingRM4 < TK-4ΔE62556
 Mono mixingRM5 < TK-4ΔE62556
 Mono mixingRM6 < TK-4ΔE62556
 Mono mixingRM7 < TK-4ΔE62556
 
Friday 30 December 1966, 7.00pm-3.00am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
 
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 Mono mixingRM8 < TK-4ΔE62556Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
 
Monday 2 January 1967, 2.30-4.00pm.
Studio Two (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
 
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 Tape copyingRM8 of remix mono 8ΔE62821*
 
Monday 17 April 1967, 7.00-10.30pm.
Studio Two (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.
 
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 Stereo mixingRS1 < TK-4ZE64009Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band


Musicians

vocalsPaul McCartney
backing vocalsGeorge Harrison
backing vocalsJohn Lennon
guitarJohn Lennon
bassPaul McCartney
pianoPaul McCartney
chimesRingo Starr
drumsRingo Starr
 
clarinetFrank Reidy
clarinetHenry Mac Kenzie
clarinetRobert Burns


Key

Takes
TKTake (TK-00: unnumbered take(s))
RMMono Remix
RSStereo Remix
SISuperimposition (i.e. overdub)
fsFalse start
bdBreakdown
Best take
Channels
ΔDelta Mono
2TTwin-track
ZStereo
3TThree-track
4TFour-track
8TEight-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