Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Ken Scott
This session, which took place from 7pm-2.30am, saw the completion of ‘Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey’, and mono mixes of the song and ‘Good Night’.
John Lennon recorded a new lead vocal onto take 10 of ‘Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey’, replacing the previous effort from 1 July 1968.
Two reduction mixes, numbered takes 11 and 12, were then made, and a second lead vocal track was added, along with background shouting, handclaps, and additional snare drum by Ringo Starr following the title. Paul McCartney also recorded a second bass guitar part, which can be heard from 2’03” in the final recording.
An edit is also likely to have been made during this session, at 2’11”, although the tape logs show no documentation. The song was then mixed in mono in five attempts, but a better version, along with the stereo mix, was made on 12 October.
The session ended with the creation of six mono mixes of ‘Good Night’.
Also on this day...
- 2018: Paul McCartney live: Abbey Road Studios, London
- 2017: Paul McCartney live: CenturyLink Center, Omaha
- 2013: Paul McCartney live: Plains of Abraham, Quebec City
- 2010: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: The Colosseum, Windsor
- 2001: Paul McCartney proposes to Heather Mills
- 1995: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Circus Maximus Theater, Atlantic City
- 1992: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Teatro La Versiliana, Marina di Pietrasanta
- 1989: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Park Central Amphitheatre, Dallas
- 1969: Recording: Oh! Darling, Come Together, The End
- 1967: The Beatles go sightseeing in Greece
- 1965: UK single release: Help!
- 1964: The Beatles live: The Night Of A Hundred Stars
- 1963: The Beatles live: Odeon Cinema, Weston-super-Mare
- 1962: The Beatles live: Kingsway Club, Southport
- 1961: The Beatles live: Blair Hall, Liverpool
- 1960: The Silver Beetles live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey
Want more? Visit the Beatles history section.
It is not confirmed but Evidence suggests the secret Bartell fretless May have been used on this track at 0:33 – 0:39, and repeated at 1:13 – 1:19 and 1:52 – 1:59