I Am The Walrus

Studio Sessions

take mix date duration remarks reel location

Take	Mix	Date	Duration	Remarks	Reel	Location
1		05/09/1997	*1	Rhythm *2 - rewound and taped over
2		05/09/1967	*1	Rhythm *2 - rewound and taped over
3		05/09/1997	*1	Rhythm *2 - rewound and taped over
4		05/09/1967	*1	Rhythm *2
5		05/09/1967	*1	Rhythm *2
6		05/09/1967	*1	Rhythm *2
7		05/09/1967	BD *1	Rhythm *2		Control Room Mixes
8		05/09/1967	BD *1	Rhythm *2		Control Room Mixes
9		05/09/1967	Complete *1	Rhythm *2		Control Room Mixes
10		05/09/1967	*1	Rhythm *2
11		05/09/1967	*1	Rhythm *2
12		05/09/1967	*1	Rhythm *2
13		05/09/1967	*1	Rhythm *2
14		05/09/1967	*1	Rhythm *2
15		05/09/1967	*1	Rhythm *2
16		05/09/1967	*1	Rhythm *2
16		05/09/1967		SI Mellotron
16	M	05/09/1967		Rough Mix for acetate cutting purposes
17		06/09/1967		TR T16
17		06/09/1967		SI Bass Guitar Drums & John's Vocal
17	M1	06/09/1967		Incomplete
17	M2a	06/09/1967		Incomplete
17	M3a	06/09/1967		Incomplete
17	M4a	06/09/1967		Best - For acetate cutting purposes		Acetates
17	M4a	16/09/1967		TC taken away for 'MMT' Film - remains unused
17		27/09/1967		TrT17 vacating one track
18		27/09/1967		SI Orchestra onto similtaneous reduction mixes of T17
19		27/09/1967		SI Orchestra onto similtaneous reduction mixes of T17
20		27/09/1967		SI Orchestra onto similtaneous reduction mixes of T17
21		27/09/1967		SI Orchestra - Edit Piece
22		27/09/1967		SI Orchestra - Edit Piece
23		27/09/1967		SI Orchestra - Edit Piece
24		27/09/1967		SI Orchestra - Edit Piece
25		27/09/1967		TR T20
25		27/09/1967		SI Mike Sames Singers singing 'ho ho ho' etc
25		28/09/1967		TR to one track
17		28/09/1967		SI of T25 onto track 2
17	M2b	28/09/1967
17	M3b	28/09/1967
17	M4b	28/09/1967
17	M5	28/09/1967
17	M2b	28/09/1967		Editted Down
17	M6	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M7	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M8	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M9	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M10	29/09/1967		First part upto ' Sitting in an English Garden'
17	M11	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M12	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M13	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M14	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M15	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M16	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M17	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M18	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M19	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M20	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M21	29/09/1967	Incomplete
17	M22	29/09/1967		Second part with a Live feed from a Radio Show *Note 3
17	M23	29/09/1967		Editting T17 M10 & M22
17	S1	06/11/1967		With final 2' being in Mono , being the radio feed from T17 M22
17	S2	06/11/1967		With final 2' being in Mono , being the radio feed from T17 M22
17	S3	06/11/1967		With final 2' being in Mono , being the radio feed from T17 M22
17	S4	06/11/1967		With final 2' being in Mono , being the radio feed from T17 M22
17	S5	06/11/1967		With final 2' being in Mono , being the radio feed from T17 M22
17	S6	06/11/1967		With final 2' being in Mono , being the radio feed from T17 M22
17	S7	06/11/1967		With final 2' being in Mono , being the radio feed from T17 M22
17		06/11/1967		Editting S6 & S7
17	M23	07/11/1967		TC for Capitol
17	S25	17/11/1967		First half fo editting into Stereo Master
17		17/11/1967		Editting S25 & S7

Notes

*1Takes 1-16 Only Five Complete

*2 Electric Piano, Drums, Lead & Bass Guitar.

*3 parts of Act IV scene VI of The Tragedy Of King Lear

Commercial Releases

Version 1 - Mono
Organ Intro repeated 4 times
Drum track cuts out twice between :
'I'm crying' and 'Sitting on a cornflake'& between the first and second 'I'm crying' when John sing the line four times before 'Yellow matter custard'

Magical Mystery Tour - EP (Mono)

Version 2 - Stereo
Organ intro repeats 6 times, drum track remains through out.

Magical Mystery Tour - EP (Stereo)

Version 3 - Stereo
Organ Intro repeated 4 times
Main Drum track cuts out twice between :
'I'm crying' and 'Sitting on a cornflake' leaving only hi-hat and snare drum
Between the first and second 'I'm crying' when John sing the line four times before 'Yellow matter custard' the drum track totally cuts out.

Magical Mystery Tour - LP (Stereo)

Version 4 - Stereo
Organ repeats 6 times , drum track present throughout.
'Radio Noises' heard just before the track changes from stereo to electronic stereo have been repeated.

Magical Mystery Tour - CD - International (Stereo)
early copies only

Version 5
the Organ Intro is repeated 6 times, teh drum track is present through out and there are some extra beats following the four repeats of 'I'm crying'.

The Beatles Box UK Mail Order

Version 6 - Mono
the organ intro repeats 4 times and there are some extra beats after the four repeats of 'I'm crying'.
Between the the lyrics 'I'm crying' and 'Sitting on A cornflake' only the hi-hat and snare drums disappear. The main drum cuts out Between the first and second 'I'm crying' when John sings the line four times before 'Yellow matter custard'

I Am the Walrus - US Single (Mono)

Version 7
Virtually the same as Version 3 but with a 6 note organ intro.

I Am the Walrus - German Single