A Day In The Life aka In The Life of.... Composer: Lennon / McCartney Publisher: Northern Songs Ltd.
Versions Available Commercial: 7 Out Takes: 5 Home Recording 0 Broadcast: 0 Concert: 0 Get Back: 0		Lyrics     Tabs

Studio Sessions

Take	Mix	Date	Duration	Remarks	Reel	Location
1		19/01/67		current track listing & No Middle 8 *1		Out Take 1
2		19/01/67		No Middle 8 *1
3		19/01/67		No Middle 8 *1
4		19/01/67		No Middle 8 *1
4		19/01/67		SI onto tr2 another John Vocal with Heavy Echo
4		19/01/67		SI onto tr3 another John Vocal with Heavy Echo
5		20/01/67		TR T4 with varied control settings
6		20/01/67		TR T4 with varied control settings
7a		20/01/67		TR T4 with varied control settings
6		20/01/67		SI John Vocal, Bass & Drums
6		20/01/67		SI Paul Vocals - Middle Eight ending on an expletive after Paul made an error
6	M1	30/01/67		Demo Mix - Acetate cut		Out Take 2
6		03/02/67		SI Paul's Middle 8 Vocal Tom Tom & Bass Prev.Overdub Deleted *2
7b		10/02/67		TR T6
7b		10/02/67		SI of Orchestration *3 - Filmed *4	x2
7b & 6		10/02/67		Tape Reduction of T7b with SI of T6	x2
8		10/02/67	BD	Edit Piece- Choir of Voices *5- Disolved Into Laughter
9		10/02/67	BD	Edit Piece- Choir of Voices *5- Disolved Into Laughter
10		10/02/67	BD	Edit Piece- Choir of Voices *5- Disolved Into Laughter
11		10/02/67		Edit Piece- Choir of Voices *5
11		10/02/67		3 Overdubs filling tape
7b	M2	13/02/67
7b	M3	13/02/67
7b	M4	13/02/67
7b	M5	13/02/67
E1		22/02/67		Edit Piece *6
E2		22/02/67		Edit Piece *6
E3		22/02/67		Edit Piece *6
E4		22/02/67		Edit Piece *6
E5		22/02/67		Edit Piece *6
E6		22/02/67		Edit Piece *6
E7		22/02/67	0:59	Longest Edit Piece *6
E8		22/02/67		Edit Piece *6
E9		22/02/67		Edit Piece - Best *6
E9		22/02/67		SI Harmonium tr2
E9		22/02/67		SI Harmonium tr3
E9		22/02/67	0:53.5	SI Harmonium tr4
6 & 7b	M6	22/02/67
6 & 7b	M7	22/02/67
6 & 7b	M8	22/02/67
6 & 7b	M9	22/02/67		Best
6 & 7b & E9	M9	22/02/67		Edit to E9
6 & 7b	S1	22/02/67
6 & 7b	S2	22/02/67
6 & 7b	S4	22/02/67
6 & 7b	S5	22/02/67				Out Take 3
6 & 7b	S6	22/02/67				Out Take 4
6 & 7b	S7	22/02/67				Out Take 5
6 & 7b	S8	22/02/67
6 & 7b	S9	22/02/67
6 & 7b	S10	23/02/67
6 & 7b	S11	23/02/67
6 & 7b	S12	23/02/67		Best
6 & 7b & E9	S12	23/02/67		Edit
?		24/02/67	5:03	Acetate Cut
6		01/03/67		SI of Piano
6 & 7b & E9	M9	06/04/1967		Cross Fading for Sgt.Pepper.. LP		Commercial Version 1
6 & 7b & E9	S12	20/04/1967		Cross Fading for Sgt.Pepper.. LP		Commercial Version 2
6 & 7b & E9		1973		Cross Fade Lopped off to make FAKE clean intro		Commercial Version 3
6 & 7b & E9		1987		Extended ending		Commercial Version 4
6 & 7b & E9		1993		remix for International CD's		Commercial Version 5
1 ,2,6 & alt 7b & E?		1995		Edit		Commercial Version 6

Notes

1 Middle 8 not completed at this stage a count of 1 - 24 was done with an increasing echo effect backed by tinkling piano and an alarm clock ringing to flag the ending.

2 Mark Lewisohn claims that wipped by EMI , but clearly different vocal here

3 Two 4 tracks machines ran in syncronisation, the first with the rhythm track, orchestration was then dubbed onto the second. one track at a time rewound a repeated. A sluggish start on one machine was to cause problems at the mixing stage.

4 The Orchesteral element of this session was filmed by NEMS Enterprises with seven hand held cameras. Despite being edited latter, this fotage was not aired.

5 Beatles & friends stayed behind to record the songs Coda, which was to be a long 'hummmmmmmmmmmmm'. Ensemble then added overdubs.

6 Paul , George , Ringo and Mal simultaneously striking E Major chord on 3 Pianos.

Commercial Releases

Version 1 Commercial Edit - Mono Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - LP (Mono)

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Version 2 Commercial Edit - Stereo Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - LP (Stereo)
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Version 3 Commercial Edit - Alternate Stereo Mix The Beatles 1967-1970 (aka The Blue Album) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - UK Single

Several Beats cut from Intro to remove original cross fade

Version 4 Commercial Edit - Stereo CD Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - International CD

Cross faded Begining and extended ending allowed by technical advances, with the final chord.

Version 5 Commercial Edit - Stereo - Imagine Mix Imagine (Soundtrack) - International CD The Beatles 1967-1970 (aka the Blue Album) - International CD

No Cross fade and extended ending allowed by technical advances, with the final chord.
The only complete Stereo mix todate.

Version 6 Anthology Edit - Mono/Stereo Mix Anthology Vol.1 Disc 2

Deliberate alternate mix , with unknown Orchestral climbing-scale and end Edit Piece

Version 7 Commercial Edit - Alternate Stereo Mix Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Australian 20th Anniversary single

John's Lead Vocal mixed further back, making the songs reverb less apparant.

Version ? Take 2 Anthology Stereo Mix Anthology 2 Disc 2

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Out Takes

Out Take 1 - Take 1

- Core Source

This short excerpt from Sgt Pepper's 25th Anniversary TV special, begins with John's count in : "Sugarplum fairy, Sugarplum fairy".

No bass nor drums so it cannot be confused with later takes.The intro of Take 1 features a more dominant piano part than

Alternate Sources

- Core Source

Bass enters around 0:30, and drums shortly after that.

Mal's count is relatively uncomprehensible due to voice echo: counting after 15, sounds like "6-7-8-9"
instead of "16-17-18-19".

Paul's is laughing and this leads him to curse a mistake around 2:50: "Oh Shit!"

The end of the performance is completely different to the released version: they really don't know how to end the song by now. Also, the end includes another 'count in' by Mal.

Alternate Sources

Out Take 3 - Edit of Take 6 + 7b - Stereo Remix 5

- Core Source

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Alternate Sources

Out Take 4 - Edit of Take 6 + 7b - Stereo Remix 6

- Core Source

Introduced by Martin's "RS6".
Includes John's count.
Voice on left channel until "He blew his mind out in a car". Then, voice is on center channel. Then, from "I saw a film today" voice is on right channel.
The mixing is aborted when Paul's part begins.

Alternate Sources

Out Take 5 - Edit of Take 6 + 7b - Stereo Remix 7

- Core Source

Voice on left channel until "He blew his mind out in a car".
Then, voice is on middle channel, then it goes to right channel from the verse "I saw a film today"
The mixing is aborted in the middle of "Having read the book" verse.

Alternate Sources

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