A Day in the Life Blog

Trident Studios - London

An evening session editing "I Want You" making an eight track copy of this and preparing a rough mono mix for John to take away.

Source: The Complete Beatles Chronicle - Mark Lewisohn

There was a fine line dividing between the end of sessions for Get Back and the beginning of sessions for Abbey Road. Although work on Abbey Road did not begin until July - a number of the album's songs were well under way by then. One song was John's "I Want You" (She's so heavy) first rehearsed at Apple on January 29th and now recorded properly at Trident with 35 takes of the basic track plus guide vocal.

The best takes of the day were nine, 20 and 32, and an edit of the three was made on the following day. Work would continue on I Want You (She's So Heavy) until August 1969.

The Beatles are in-between recording sessions.

The Beatles were not recording today. It has been reported that the Beatles were recording I Want You (She's So Heavy) on this date, but no docmentation can be found to support this.

The Beatles taking a break today.

The Beatles are taking a break today.

On the song Carolina In My Mind, Paul McCartney plays bass and George Harrison sings harmony vocals. Highest US chart position: #62

The original recording of the song was done at London's Trident Studios during the July to October 1968 period, and was produced by Asher. The song's lyric "holy host of others standing around me" makes reference to the Beatles, who were recording The Beatles in the same studio where Taylor was recording his album.

Indeed, the recording of "Carolina in My Mind" includes a credited appearance by Paul McCartney on bass guitar and an uncredited one by George Harrison on backing vocals.The other players were Freddie Redd on organ, Joel "Bishop" O'Brien on drums, and Mick Wayne providing a second guitar alongside Taylor's.Taylor and Asher also did backing vocals and Asher added a tambourine.

Richard Hewson arranged and conducted a string part; an even more ambitious 30-piece orchestra part was recorded but not used. The song itself earned critical praise, with Jon Landau's April 1969 review for Rolling Stone calling it "beautiful" and one of the "two most deeply affecting cuts" on the album and praising McCartney's bass playing as "extraordinary". Taylor biographer Timothy White calls the song "the album's quiet masterpiece.

The Beatles are taking a break today.

It was a year ago today when the Beatles arrived in India. So much has changed. Brian Epstein had just passed away. John left Cynthia. Yoko Ono is in the studio while the Beatles are recording. Paul is now with Linda Eastman and The Beatles' rooftop concert made their final public performance on January 30, 1969.

The Beatles took a break from recording today.