Ok, so it's obvious that I love the history behind recording music, but I also love the Beatles. So it's really not that big of a surprise that the two go together pretty well. Now, a lot of their songs have been leaked through the Beatles: Rock Band video game, (God bless the developers of Rock Band who thought it was a great idea to use multi-tracks for the game.) but this is from what I'm aware of, leaked from the 4-track master tape of the song itself. Now, there are two parts to this song, and the second part (With a Little Help From My Friends) would start by having the first part of the song (Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band) fade into that.
But what I really love, was how this ended up recorded. You see, multi-track recording was still very limited, and the Beatles actually did something very interesting with the recording of this song. Instead of just a single 4-track recorder, they used two 4-track recorders. This was done by using the first 4-track recorder to record the basic tracks (Guitar, bass and drums.) and the vocal tracks. (Lead and harmony.) Then the master tape would be moved to the second 4 track so that there, it could be mixed, and there was another track for recording additional instruments, in this case, the guitar solos, and the horns.
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