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Label Apple / Parlophone
Catalogue No. PCS 7067/8 (Stereo)
PMC 7067/8 (Mono)
CDP 746 443 8 (CD)
CDP 496 895 2 (Special Edition)
Release date 22nd November 1968
16 January 1979 (White Vinyl)
24th August 1987 (CD)
23rd November 1998 (CD Special Edition)
Total time 93:09
U.K. Album Chart Detail Entry Date: 7th December 1968
Highest Position: 1 ... for 7 weeks from 7th December 1968 + 1 week from 1st February 1969
Weeks in Chart: 22 + 2 from 5th September 1987 (CD release ... reached number 18 !)

Songs recording date and information:

  1. Back in the USSR - Recorded 22nd August 1968 - 5 takes. Overdubs 23rd August 1968 onto take 5, creating take 6. Final mix - take 6
  2. Dear Prudence - Recorded 28th August 1968 in 1 take ... with overdubs on the next two days. Final mix - take 1
  3. Glass Onion - Recorded 11th September 1968 - 34 takes. Overdubs 12/13/16th September 1968 onto take 33. Final overdubs 10th October 1968 onto take 33. Final mix - take 33
  4. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - Recorded 3rd July 1968 - 7 takes. Vocal overdubs 4th July 1968 onto take 4 creating "new" take 5. Overdubs 5th July 1968 onto take 5. Re-make 8th July 1968 - 13 takes (1-13). Re-Re-make 9th July 1968 - 2 takes (20-21). Then take 13 returned to, and overdubbed to become take 22! Overdubs 11th July 1968 onto take 22 creating takes 23 & 24. New lead vocal 15th July 1968 onto take 23. Final mix - take 23
  5. Wild Honey Pie - Recorded 20th August 1968 - 1 take. Final mix - take 1
  6. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - Recorded 8th October 1968 - 3 takes. Final mix - take 3
  7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Recorded 25th July 1968 - 1 take (Demo acoustic version). Recorded 16th August 1968 - 15 takes (1-15). Overdubs 3rd September 1968 creating take 16 ... this version scrapped. New version recorded 5th September 1968 - 28 takes (17-44). Eric Clapton's overdub 6th September 1968 onto take 25. Final mix - take 25
  8. Happiness is a Warm Gun - Recorded 23rd September 1968 - 45 takes (backing tracks only). Recording 24th September 1968 - 25 takes (46-70) (still backing tracks only!) Vocal overdubs 25th September 1968 onto takes 53 & 65 combined (known as "take 65") Final mix - take 65
  9. Martha My Dear - Recorded 4th October 1968 - 1 take. Overdubs 5th October 1968 onto take 1. Final mix - take 1
  10. I'm So Tired - Recorded 8th October 1968 - 14 takes. Final mix - take 14
  11. Blackbird - Recorded 11th June 1968 in 32 takes. Final mix - take 32
  12. Piggies - Recorded 19th September 1968 - 11 takes (backing track only). Vocal overdubs 20th September 1968 creating take 12. Final overdubs 10th October 1968 onto take 12. Final mix - take 12
  13. Rocky Raccoon - Recorded 15th August 1968 in 10 takes. Final mix - take 10
  14. Don't Pass Me By - Recorded 5th June 1968 - 6 takes. Overdubs 6th June 1968 onto take 5 creating take 7. Overdubs 12th July 1968 onto take 7. Starting edit piece recorded 22nd July 1968. Final mix - take 7 + start edit piece
  15. Why Don't We Do It in the Road - Recorded 9th October 1968 - 5 takes. Overdubs 10th October 1968 onto take 5 creating take 6. Final mix - take 6
  16. I Will - Recorded 16th September 1968 - 67 takes. Take 19 - included "Can You Take Me Back Where I Came From". Take 35 - included "Step Inside Love", "Los Paranoious", and "The Way You Look Tonight". Take 65 was overdubbed to take 68. Overdubbed 17th September 1968 onto take 68. Final mix - take 68
  17. Julia - Recorded 13th October 1968 - 3 takes. Final mix - take 3
  18. Birthday - Recorded 18th September 1968 - 22 takes. Final mix - take 22
  19. Yer Blues - Recorded 13th August 1968 - 17 takes. Overdubs 14th August onto takes 16/17. Final mix - takes 16/17
  20. Mother Nature's Son - Recorded 9th August 1968 - 25 takes. Overdubs 20th August 1968 onto take 24 creating take 26. Final mix - take 26
  21. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey - Recorded 27th June 1968 - 8 takes. Overdubs 1st July 1968 onto take 8 creating takes 9 & 10. Overdubs onto take 10 creating takes 11 & 12. Final mix - take 12
  22. Sexy Sadie - Recorded 19th July 1968 - 21 takes. Remade 24th July 1968 - 23 takes (25-47). Re-remade 13th August 1968 12 takes (numbered 100-111!). Overdubs 21st August 1968 onto take 107, creating takes 112-117. Final mix - take 117
  23. Helter Skelter - Recorded 18th July 1968 - 3 takes. Re-make 9th September 1968 - 18 takes (4-21). Overdubs 10th September 1968 onto take 21. Final mix - take 21
  24. Long, Long, Long - Recorded 7th October 1968 - 67 takes. Overdubs 8th October 1968 onto take 67. Overdubs 9th October 1968 onto take 67. Final mix - take 67
  25. Revolution 1 - The first track recorded for the album. Recorded 30th May 1968 - 16 takes (numbered 1-10, & 13-18). Overdubs 31st May 1968 onto take 18 creating take 19. Overdubs 4th June 1968 onto take 19 creating take 20. Overdubs 21st June 1968 from take 20 creating takes 21 & 22. Final mix - take 22
  26. Honey Pie - Recorded 1st October 1968 - 1 take. Overdubs 2nd October 1968 onto take 1. Overdubs 4th October 1968 onto take 1. Final mix - take 1
  27. Savoy Truffle - Recorded 3rd October 1968 - 1 take. Vocal overdub 5th October 1968 onto take 1. Overdubs 11th October 1968 onto take 1. Final mix - take 1
  28. Cry Baby Cry - Recorded 16th July 1968 - 12 takes. Overdubs 18th July 1968 onto take 12. Final mix - take 12
  29. Revolution 9 - Bits extracted from Take 18 of "Revolution 1". 6th June 1968 - more creative add-ins. 10th June 1968 - more creative add-ins. 11th June 1968 - more creative add-ins. 20th June 1968 - final creative add-ins. 25th June 1968 - Completed. The timing of 8:47, reflects 27 seconds of "Can You Take Me Back", plus 8:20
  30. Good Night - Recorded 28th June 1968 - 5 takes. Recorded 2nd July 1968 10 takes (6-15). Remade 22nd July 1968 in 12 takes (23-34). Final mix - take 34
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