Dates and take numbers of all recordings listed in this book. Recording dates are included even if the track was remade and those recordings or overdubs were not used. Mixes that are not specific to a given recording – such as those destined for the US, or stereo mixes of singles that would appear on releases such as Past Masters or the 1962–1966 and 1967–1970 “Red” and “Blue” compilations – are in square brackets.
Single
The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Recorded 14/4/1969 – takes 1–11
Stereo mix 14/4/1969 from take 10
Old Brown Shoe
Recorded 25/2/1969 – takes 1–2
Remade 16/4/1969 – take 1, takes 1–4
Overdubs recorded 18/4/1969
Stereo mix 18/4/1969 from take 4
Abbey Road LP
Come Together
Recorded 21/7/1969 – takes 1–9
Overdubs recorded 22/7/1969, 23/7/1969, 25/7/1969, 29/7/1969, 30/7/1969
Stereo mix 7/8/1969 from take 9
Something
Recorded 25/2/1969 – take 1
Remade 16/4/1969 – takes 1–13
Remade 2/5/1969 – takes 1–36
Overdubs recorded 5/5/1969
Overdubs recorded 11/7/1969 – take 37
Overdubs recorded 16/7/1969 – take 38–39
Overdubs recorded 15/8/1969
Stereo mix 19/8/1969 from take 39
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Recorded 9/7/1969 – takes 1–21
Overdubs recorded 10/7/1969, 11/7/1969
Overdubs recorded 6/8/1969 – takes 22–27
Stereo mix 12/8/1969, 14/8/1969 from take 27
Oh! Darling
Recorded 20/4/1969 – takes 1–26
Overdubs recorded 26/4/1969, 17/7/1969, 18/7/1969, 22/7/1969, 23/7/1969, 8/8/1969, 11/8/1969
Stereo mix 12/8/1969 from take 26
Octopus’s Garden
Recorded 26/4/1969 – takes 1–32
Overdubs recorded 29/4/1969, 17/7/1969, 18/7/1969
Stereo mix 18/7/1969 from take 32
I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
Recorded 22/1/1969 – takes 1–35
Overdubs recorded 18/4/1969 – renumbered take 1
Overdubs recorded 20/4/1969, 8/8/1969, 11/8/1969
Stereo mix 20/8/1969 from take 1, unnumbered take
Here Comes The Sun
Recorded 7/7/1969 – takes 1–13
Overdubs recorded 8/7/1969 – takes 14–15
Overdubs recorded 16/7/1969, 6/8/1969, 11/8/1969, 15/8/1969, 19/8/1969
Stereo mix 19/8/1969 from take 15
Because
Recorded 1/8/1969 – takes 1–23
Overdubs recorded 4/8/1969, 5/8/1969
Stereo mix 12/8/1969 from take 16
You Never Give Me Your Money
Recorded 6/5/1969 – takes 1–36
Overdubs recorded 1/7/1969, 11/7/1969, 15/7/1969
Tape reduction 30/7/1969 – takes 37–42
Overdubs recorded 30/7/1969
Overdubs recorded 31/7/1969 on take 30
Sound effects recorded 5/8/1969 – takes 1–5
Stereo mix 13/8/1969 from take 30, sound effects take 5
Sun King/Mean Mr Mustard
Recorded 24/7/1969 – takes 1–35
Overdubs recorded 25/7/1969, 29/7/1969
Stereo mix 14/8/1969 from take 35
Polythene Pam/She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Recorded 25/7/1969 – takes 1–39
Overdubs recorded 28/7/1969 – take 40
Overdubs recorded 30/7/1969
Stereo mix 14/8/1969 from take 40
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight
Recorded 2/7/1969 – takes 1–15
Overdubs recorded 3/7/1969 – takes 16–17
Overdubs recorded 4/7/1969, 30/7/1969, 31/7/1969, 15/8/1969
Stereo mix 18/8/1969 from take 17
The End
Recorded 23/7/1969 – takes 1–7
Overdubs recorded 5/8/1969, 7/8/1969, 8/8/1969, 15/8/1969, 18/8/1969
Stereo mix 21/8/1969 from take 7
Her Majesty
Recorded 2/7/1969 – takes 1–3
Stereo mix 30/7/1969 from take 3