Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles

Produced by George Martin
Engineered by Geoff Emerick

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Recorded in February 1967, using two Studer J37 Multi-Track Recorders. After recording tracks onto the first tape machine (Tape A), the tracks were combined and mixed ("reduction mix" or "bouncing") onto tracks of the second tape machine (Tape B). Bouncing freed up tracks to overdub additional instruments. This technique was devised to overcome a limitation of 4-track recording equipment. Modern multi-track and digital recording studios make such efforts unnecessary.

Information is from "The Beatles Recording Sessions" by Mark Lewisohn.
Additional information is from "Recording the Beatles" by Brian Kehew and Kevin Ryan.

Tape B ( the "bounce" tape ) is heard in this video.
Each track is shown in a different color.
************* TAPE B ***************

Track 1 .. GREEN 0:00 .. Rhythm track
Reduction mix: Paul and George on electric guitars, Ringo on drums (A1) + Paul on bass (A2)

Track 2 .. BLUE 2:20 .. Overdub Horns and "punched-in" lead guitar played by Paul
Horns arranged by George Martin

Track 3 .. RED 4:40 .. Vocals
Reduction mix: Lead Vocal (A3) + Harmony vocals (A4)

Track 4 .. YELLOW 6:54 .. Overdub audience sound effect
Last video segment shows all four tracks together
Audience track (yellow) is not presented alone

Additional information:
************* TAPE A ***************

TAPE A, the 1st Tape Machine (not heard in these clips)
A1 .. Drums + Guitars
A2 .. Bass
A3 .. Lead + Backing Vocals
A4 .. Additional Harmony Vocals

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