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Home > Beatles diary > Studio > Mixing: I'll Follow The Sun, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Rock And Roll Music, Words Of Love, Mr Moonlight, I Don't Want To Spoil The Party, I'm A Loser, Baby's In Black, No Reply, I Feel Fine

Mixing: I'll Follow The Sun, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Rock And Roll Music, Words Of Love, Mr Moonlight, I Don't Want To Spoil The Party, I'm A Loser, Baby's In Black, No Reply, I Feel Fine

10.00am, Wednesday 4 November 1964 (47 years ago)

Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Stereo mixes of nine songs for the Beatles For Sale LP, as well as I Feel Fine, were made on this day ahead of the 4 December 1964 release date.

The session began at 10am and lasted three hours. The songs worked on, in order, were: I'll Follow The Sun, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Rock And Roll Music, Words Of Love, Mr Moonlight, I Don't Want To Spoil The Party, I'm A Loser, Baby's In Black, No Reply and I Feel Fine.

As with the mono mix session on 27 October, two stereo versions of Mr Moonlight were made, from takes 4 and 8. These were edited together at the end of the day, after which Beatles For Sale was complete.

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