DISC ONE
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
September - November 1966, SANTA ISABEL, SPAIN
“It’s Not Too Bad” Session 1
01. Tuning
02. Take 1
03. Take 2
04. Take 3
05. Take 4
06. Take 5 breakdown
“It’s Not Too Bad” Session 2
07. Take 6 - breakdown
08. Take 7
November 1966, KENWOOD, UK
Demo Session 1
09. Guitar overdub rehearsal
10. Guitar overdub
11. Demo playback
12. Vocal overdub
13. Guitar rehearsal / Playback snippet
Demo Session 2
14. Take 1 breakdown
15. Take 2 breakdown
16. Take 3 breakdown
17. Take 4 breakdown
18. Take 5 breakdown
19. Take 6 breakdown
20. Take 7
21. Take 8
22. Mellotron rehearsal on Takes 3-6
23. Mellotron overdubs on Take 7
EMI STUDIOS, LONDON UK
November 24, 1966
24. Rehearsal
25. Take 1 Single vocal
26. Take 1 Vocal Overdubs
27. Take 1 ADT unused fragment
November 28, 1966
28. Take 2
29. Take 3 breakdown
30. Take 4
November 29, 1966
31. Take 5 breakdown
32. Take 6
33. Rehearsal
Overdubs on Take 6
34. Electric Guitar overdub
35. Mellotron and Bass SI #1
36. New single vocal track
37. Mellotron and Bass SI #2
38. Take 7 remix from 4-track
39. Take 7 reduction
40. Take 7 RM3
41. Take 7 Acetate
December 8, 1966
42. Take 23
43. Take 24
December 15, 1966
44. SI onto Take 25 (edit of Takes 15 & 24)
45. SI #2 onto Take 25
46. Take 26 w/single vocal SI
47. Take 26 w/two vocal tracks
48. Take 26 RM9
DISC TWO
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
December 21, 1966 MIXING & MULTITRACKS
01. SI Vocals + piano onto Take 26
02. SI Vocal #2 onto Take 26
03. Takes 15, 24 & 26 multitrack 1
04. Takes 15, 24 & 26 multitrack 2
December 22, 1966 MIXING
05. Take 7 + 26 EMI Acetate
PENNY LANE
December 29, 1966
06. Take 6
07. Pianos SI onto Take 6
January 6, 1967
08. Take 8 fragment
09. SI Overdubs onto Take 8
January 9, 1967 Overdub Session
10. Warm Up
11. Piano rehearsal
12. Flutes & Flugelhorn Rehearsal
13. Take 9 playback & Piano Overdub #1
14. Take 9 playback & Piano Overdub #2
15. Take 9 Flutes & Flugelhorn SI
January 12, 1967
16. Oboes & Trumpets SI onto Take 9
17. Take 9 single lead vocal & Oboes
18. RM8 w/double tracked vocal
January 17, 1967
19. Oboe & Piccolo instrumental
20. RM9
21. RM10
22. RM11
23. True Capitol Promo 45” RM11
January 25, 1967 MIXING & MULTITRACKS
24. Paul single tracked vocal
25. Paul double tracked vocal
26. ADT, Bass and extra piano
27. Flutes, extra trumpets & horns
28. Alternate Channel Mix
DISC THREE
SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
February 1, 1967
01. Warm Up (unedited)
02. Take 1 (unedited)
03. Take 2 (fragment)
04. Take 9
05. Take 9 (4-track reel)
February 2, 1967
OVERDUB SESSION onto Take 9
06. Free Now
07. Alternate vocal
08. Free Now playback (unmixed)
09. Isolated playback chat unmixed
10. Isolated playback chat clean
11. Main Vocal SI
12. Paul & John vocals SI
13. George Vocal SI
14. Take 9 final vocals SI
15. Mixdown Take 10 Acetate
March 3, 1967 OVERDUB SESSION
16. Harrison Guitar SI onto Take 10
17. Horns SI onto Take 10
March 6, 1967 OVERDUB SESSION
18. Atmosphere unedited tape
19. Atmosphere SI (4-track reel)
20. Take 10 Remix 8
FOUR TRACK REEL from Take 10
21. Backing Track
22. Vocal Track Take 20
MULTITRACKS
23. Bass
24. Vocals
25. Instrumental
26. George Martin on mixing desk
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
March 29, 1967
27. Take 1 (breakdown)
28. Take 2
29. Take 10 (4-track reel)
30. Lead Vocal SI
31. Backing Vocals #1 SI (4-track reel)
March 30, 1967 OVERDUB SESSION
32. Timpani and snare Rehearsal
33. Timpani and Bass SI (4-track reel)
34. Lead Guitar SI
35. Backing vocals #2 & Hammond SI (4-track reel)
36. Take 11 (4-track reel)
37. Atmosphere Intro
MULTITRACK
38. Drums
39. Bass and Tambourine
40. Piano
41. All vocals
42. Instrumental
DISC FOUR
LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
March, 1967
01. Take 1
02. Take 2
03. Take 3
04. Take 4
05. Take 5
06. Take 6
07. Take 7 piano + tamboura SI
08. Take 8 reduction from Take 7
March 2, 1967 OVERDUB SESSION
09. Bass
10. Lead Guitar
11. John vocal + Paul & John backings
12. John second vocal & backing SI
13. Paul second backing vocal SI
14. John third vocal SI
15. Final Vocal Mix unedited
16. RM11
MULTITRACK
17. Drums
18. Take 6 Monitor Mix
19. Vocal Pitch
EXTRA
20. RM20 1968
GETTING BETTER
March 9, 1967
21. Take 1 Warm Up
22. Take 1
23. Unknown Take breakdown
24. Take 7 w/rough vocal guide
March 10, 1967 OVERDUBS
25. Drums SI
26. Bass SI
27. Take 12 Tamboura & Guitar SI
March 21, 1967
28. Take 14 Mixdown of take 12
March 23, 1967 OVERDUBS
29. First vocal inserts
30. Paul & John vocal track #1
31. Paul & John vocal track #2
DISC FIVE
GETTING BETTER
March 23, 1967 OVERDUBS
MULTITRACKS
01. All vocals
02. Electric Guitars & Congas
03. Electric Pianos & Congas
04. Take 15 Remix
FIXING A HOLE
February 9, 1967
05. Take 1
Mixdown Take 1 onto Take 2 06. Rehearsal
07. Take 3
Overdubs onto Take 2
08. New Vocal insert SI
09. Second vocal SI
10. All vocals & Backing V SI
11. Electric Guitar SI
February 21, 1967
12. New backing track (Harpsichord, bass and drums SI)
13. Unknown RM Mix
MULTITRACK
14. Backing Vocals
15. Instrumental
SHE’S LEAVING HOME
March 17, 1967
16. Take 1
17. Take 6
March 20, 1967
18. Violins (4 track tape)
19. Cellos (4 track tape)
Reduction Take 1 into Take 9
20. Vocals Multitrack tape
21. Main Vocals (4 track tape)
22. Backing Vocals SI (4 track tape)
23. Take 9 (4 track tape)
24. RM1 with ADT
April 17, 1967
Stereo Remix 6 & Edit -MULTITRACK
25. Harp, Violas and Violins
26. Harp, Cellos & Double Bass
27. RS backing track
28. Vocals onto Edited Take 9
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
September - November 1966, SANTA ISABEL, SPAIN
“It’s Not Too Bad” Session 1
01. Tuning
02. Take 1
03. Take 2
04. Take 3
05. Take 4
06. Take 5 breakdown
“It’s Not Too Bad” Session 2
07. Take 6 - breakdown
08. Take 7
November 1966, KENWOOD, UK
Demo Session 1
09. Guitar overdub rehearsal
10. Guitar overdub
11. Demo playback
12. Vocal overdub
13. Guitar rehearsal / Playback snippet
Demo Session 2
14. Take 1 breakdown
15. Take 2 breakdown
16. Take 3 breakdown
17. Take 4 breakdown
18. Take 5 breakdown
19. Take 6 breakdown
20. Take 7
21. Take 8
22. Mellotron rehearsal on Takes 3-6
23. Mellotron overdubs on Take 7
EMI STUDIOS, LONDON UK
November 24, 1966
24. Rehearsal
25. Take 1 Single vocal
26. Take 1 Vocal Overdubs
27. Take 1 ADT unused fragment
November 28, 1966
28. Take 2
29. Take 3 breakdown
30. Take 4
November 29, 1966
31. Take 5 breakdown
32. Take 6
33. Rehearsal
Overdubs on Take 6
34. Electric Guitar overdub
35. Mellotron and Bass SI #1
36. New single vocal track
37. Mellotron and Bass SI #2
38. Take 7 remix from 4-track
39. Take 7 reduction
40. Take 7 RM3
41. Take 7 Acetate
December 8, 1966
42. Take 23
43. Take 24
December 15, 1966
44. SI onto Take 25 (edit of Takes 15 & 24)
45. SI #2 onto Take 25
46. Take 26 w/single vocal SI
47. Take 26 w/two vocal tracks
48. Take 26 RM9
DISC TWO
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
December 21, 1966 MIXING & MULTITRACKS
01. SI Vocals + piano onto Take 26
02. SI Vocal #2 onto Take 26
03. Takes 15, 24 & 26 multitrack 1
04. Takes 15, 24 & 26 multitrack 2
December 22, 1966 MIXING
05. Take 7 + 26 EMI Acetate
PENNY LANE
December 29, 1966
06. Take 6
07. Pianos SI onto Take 6
January 6, 1967
08. Take 8 fragment
09. SI Overdubs onto Take 8
January 9, 1967 Overdub Session
10. Warm Up
11. Piano rehearsal
12. Flutes & Flugelhorn Rehearsal
13. Take 9 playback & Piano Overdub #1
14. Take 9 playback & Piano Overdub #2
15. Take 9 Flutes & Flugelhorn SI
January 12, 1967
16. Oboes & Trumpets SI onto Take 9
17. Take 9 single lead vocal & Oboes
18. RM8 w/double tracked vocal
January 17, 1967
19. Oboe & Piccolo instrumental
20. RM9
21. RM10
22. RM11
23. True Capitol Promo 45” RM11
January 25, 1967 MIXING & MULTITRACKS
24. Paul single tracked vocal
25. Paul double tracked vocal
26. ADT, Bass and extra piano
27. Flutes, extra trumpets & horns
28. Alternate Channel Mix
DISC THREE
SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
February 1, 1967
01. Warm Up (unedited)
02. Take 1 (unedited)
03. Take 2 (fragment)
04. Take 9
05. Take 9 (4-track reel)
February 2, 1967
OVERDUB SESSION onto Take 9
06. Free Now
07. Alternate vocal
08. Free Now playback (unmixed)
09. Isolated playback chat unmixed
10. Isolated playback chat clean
11. Main Vocal SI
12. Paul & John vocals SI
13. George Vocal SI
14. Take 9 final vocals SI
15. Mixdown Take 10 Acetate
March 3, 1967 OVERDUB SESSION
16. Harrison Guitar SI onto Take 10
17. Horns SI onto Take 10
March 6, 1967 OVERDUB SESSION
18. Atmosphere unedited tape
19. Atmosphere SI (4-track reel)
20. Take 10 Remix 8
FOUR TRACK REEL from Take 10
21. Backing Track
22. Vocal Track Take 20
MULTITRACKS
23. Bass
24. Vocals
25. Instrumental
26. George Martin on mixing desk
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
March 29, 1967
27. Take 1 (breakdown)
28. Take 2
29. Take 10 (4-track reel)
30. Lead Vocal SI
31. Backing Vocals #1 SI (4-track reel)
March 30, 1967 OVERDUB SESSION
32. Timpani and snare Rehearsal
33. Timpani and Bass SI (4-track reel)
34. Lead Guitar SI
35. Backing vocals #2 & Hammond SI (4-track reel)
36. Take 11 (4-track reel)
37. Atmosphere Intro
MULTITRACK
38. Drums
39. Bass and Tambourine
40. Piano
41. All vocals
42. Instrumental
DISC FOUR
LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
March, 1967
01. Take 1
02. Take 2
03. Take 3
04. Take 4
05. Take 5
06. Take 6
07. Take 7 piano + tamboura SI
08. Take 8 reduction from Take 7
March 2, 1967 OVERDUB SESSION
09. Bass
10. Lead Guitar
11. John vocal + Paul & John backings
12. John second vocal & backing SI
13. Paul second backing vocal SI
14. John third vocal SI
15. Final Vocal Mix unedited
16. RM11
MULTITRACK
17. Drums
18. Take 6 Monitor Mix
19. Vocal Pitch
EXTRA
20. RM20 1968
GETTING BETTER
March 9, 1967
21. Take 1 Warm Up
22. Take 1
23. Unknown Take breakdown
24. Take 7 w/rough vocal guide
March 10, 1967 OVERDUBS
25. Drums SI
26. Bass SI
27. Take 12 Tamboura & Guitar SI
March 21, 1967
28. Take 14 Mixdown of take 12
March 23, 1967 OVERDUBS
29. First vocal inserts
30. Paul & John vocal track #1
31. Paul & John vocal track #2
DISC FIVE
GETTING BETTER
March 23, 1967 OVERDUBS
MULTITRACKS
01. All vocals
02. Electric Guitars & Congas
03. Electric Pianos & Congas
04. Take 15 Remix
FIXING A HOLE
February 9, 1967
05. Take 1
Mixdown Take 1 onto Take 2 06. Rehearsal
07. Take 3
Overdubs onto Take 2
08. New Vocal insert SI
09. Second vocal SI
10. All vocals & Backing V SI
11. Electric Guitar SI
February 21, 1967
12. New backing track (Harpsichord, bass and drums SI)
13. Unknown RM Mix
MULTITRACK
14. Backing Vocals
15. Instrumental
SHE’S LEAVING HOME
March 17, 1967
16. Take 1
17. Take 6
March 20, 1967
18. Violins (4 track tape)
19. Cellos (4 track tape)
Reduction Take 1 into Take 9
20. Vocals Multitrack tape
21. Main Vocals (4 track tape)
22. Backing Vocals SI (4 track tape)
23. Take 9 (4 track tape)
24. RM1 with ADT
April 17, 1967
Stereo Remix 6 & Edit -MULTITRACK
25. Harp, Violas and Violins
26. Harp, Cellos & Double Bass
27. RS backing track
28. Vocals onto Edited Take 9