Re: Use of synth in Beatles music

On Feb 21, 7:21 am, goldencocke...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Feb 20, 2:48 pm, Raja <zepflo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

How much of synthesizers did the Beatles use? I am talking about
digital synth... not mellotron or organ

A few songs on ABBEY ROAD.

Come Together (4:21)
Recorded: July 21, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs
added July 22, 23, 25, 29, and 30, 1969
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead guitar, electric piano
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal

Paul does not sing harmony vocal on "Come together."

George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums, maracas

Something (3:03)
Recorded: April 16, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England and remade May
2, 1969 with overdubs added May 5, 1969, July 11, 1969, July 16, 1969
and August 15, 1969
John Lennon - lead guitar

John does not play lead guitar on "something"

Paul McCartney - bass guitar, handclaps, background vocal
George Harrison - double-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar, organ
Ringo Starr - drums, handclaps, background vocal
Session musicians - strings

Maxwell's Silver Hammer (3:27)
Recorded: July 9, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs
added July 10-11, 1969 and August 6, 1969
John Lennon - lead guitar, harmony vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, guitar, piano, background
vocal
George Harrison - four-string guitar, acoustic guitar, Moog
synthesizer, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums, anvil, background vocal
George Martin - organ

Oh! Darling (3:27)
Recorded: April 20, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs
added April 26, 1969, July 23, 1969, August 8, 1969 and August 11,
1969
John Lennon - background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano, background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, synthesizer
Ringo Starr - drums

Octopus's Garden (2:51)
Recorded: April 26, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs
added April 29, 1969 and July 17-18, 1969
John Lennon - lead guitar, background vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, piano, background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, synthesizer
Ringo Starr - lead vocal, drums

I Want You (She's So Heavy) (7:47)
Recorded: February 22, 1969 at Trident Studios, London, England with
overdubs added April 18, 1969, April 20, 1969, August 8, 1969 and
August 11, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead guitar, organ
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal
George Harrison - rhythm guitar, synthesizer, white-noise (at the end)
Ringo Starr - drums

Here Comes the Sun (3:05)
Recorded: July 7, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs
added July 8 and 16, 1969 and August 6, 11, 15 and 19, 1969
John Lennon - acoustic guitar, harmony vocal, handclaps
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal, handclaps
George Harrison - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, Moog synthesizer,
handclaps
Ringo Starr - drums, handclaps
Session musicians - strings

Because (2:46)
Recorded: August 1, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs
added August 4-5, 1969
John Lennon - harmony lead vocal, lead guitar, harpsichord
Paul McCartney - harmony lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison - harmony lead vocal, Moog synthesizer

You Never Give Me Your Money (4:02)
Recorded: May 6, 1969 at Olympic Sound Studios, London, England with
overdubs added July 1, 11, 15, 30 and 31, 1969 and August 5, 1969 at
Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - lead guitar, background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano, background vocal
George Harrison - rhythm guitar
Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine

Sun King (2:27)
Recorded: July 24, 1969 (with "Mean Mr. Mustard" as one song) at Abbey
Road, London, England with overdubs added July 25, 1969 and July 29,
1969
John Lennon - multi-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar, maracas
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmonium
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums, bongos
George Martin - organ

Mean Mr. Mustard (1:06)
Recorded: July 24, 1969 (with "Sun King" as one song) at Abbey Road,
London, England with overdubs added July 25, 1969 and July 29, 1969
John Lennon - lead vocal, piano
Paul McCartney - fuzz bass, harmony vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine

Polythene Pam (1:13)
Recorded: July 25, 1969 (with "She Came In Through The Bathroom
Window" as one song) at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs
added July 28, 1969 and July 30, 1969
John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, lead guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, lead guitar, harmony vocal
George Harrison - rhythm guitar, tambourine
Ringo Starr - drums, maracas

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (1:57)
Recorded: July 25, 1969 (with "Polythene Pam" as one song) at Abbey
Road, London, England with overdubs added July 28, 1969 and July 30,
1969
John Lennon - acoustic guitar, background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, lead guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - bass, tambourine
Ringo Starr - drums, maracas

Golden Slumbers (1:32)
Recorded: July 2, 1969 (with "Carry That Weight" as one song) at Abbey
Road, London, England with overdubs added July 3, 4, 30 and 31, 1969
and August 15, 1969
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano
Ringo Starr - drums
Session musicians - strings

Carry That Weight (1:37)
Recorded: July 2, 1969 (with "Golden Slumbers" as one song) at Abbey
Road, London, England with overdubs added July 3, 4, 30 and 31, 1969
and August 15, 1969
John Lennon - bass guitar, chorus vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, piano, chorus vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, chorus vocal
Ringo Starr - drums, chorus vocal
Session musicians - strings, brass

The End (2:20)
Recorded: July 23, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs
added August 5, 7, 8, 15 and 18, 1969
John Lennon - lead guitar, lead guitar solo, background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano, lead guitar solo,
background vocal
George Harrison - rhythm guitar, lead guitar solo, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
Session musicians - strings

Her Majesty (0:23)
Recorded: July 2, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Credits
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phillip McDonald
Photography: Ian MacMillan

George Harrison: Vocals, Guitar, Moog Synthesizer
John Lennon: Vocals, Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Electric Piano, Maracas
Paul McCartney: Vocals, Bass, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Piano
Ringo Starr: Drums, Vocals, Anvil, Tambourine, Maracas

George Martin: Organ
Billy Preston: Organ
Mike Vickers: Moog Synthesizer

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As I'm reading through your list, I have to ask...what's the source
for this information? As a collector of alternate takes of their
songs, I've never ran across anybody
who has versions of Paul on harmony vocal on "Come together" and John
on lead guitar on "Something." Does this stuff actually exist? I know
John was on the
early rehearsals of "Maxwell" Is he on the released version?
.

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