Tape splicing
Physically cutting and rejoining magnetic tape to assemble or edit a recording.
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Songs(40 of 41)
From Me to You
7 takes plus 6 edit pieces
This Boy
Edit at 1:28 between bridge and final verse
Eight Days a Week
Fade-in intro edited in from separate session
Doctor Robert
43-second outro jam edited off
Yellow Submarine
Spoken intro removed, brass band inserted
Penny Lane
Final mix assembled from multiple takes
Strawberry Fields Forever
Takes 7 and 26 joined at 1:00
Good Morning Good Morning
Animal SFX edited to chase each other; segue to Sgt. Pepper Reprise
A Day in the Life
Lennon/McCartney sections joined with 24-bar bridge
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Random reassembly of cut tape fragments
With a Little Help from My Friends
Spliced to Sgt. Pepper reprise via crowd noise
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
Crossfade segue into 'A Day in the Life'
I Am the Walrus
Magical Mystery Tour
Edited from multiple takes
Your Mother Should Know
Edited from multiple takes
Flying
Edited from 9:38 to 2:17
Cry Baby Cry
McCartney 'Can You Take Me Back' fragment spliced as hidden coda
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Revolution 1
Final chorus has uncorrected extra beats from edit
Revolution 9
Yer Blues
Audible splice joins two takes at the outro
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Released version spliced from two takes
Glass Onion
Edit before final outro
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Jet SFX edited in; segue to 'Dear Prudence'
Sexy Sadie
Original fadeout edited shorter before mix
Get Back
Take 11 spliced with Jan 28 coda
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Takes 9, 20 and 32 edited into master
You Never Give Me Your Money
Crossfade into 'Sun King'
Her Majesty
Spliced after The End with 14s leader tape
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Instrumental intro edited out
Golden Slumbers
Takes 13 and 15 edited
Sun King
Edited as one piece with Mean Mr. Mustard
Polythene Pam
Cross-faded into 'She Came in Through the Bathroom Window'
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
Crossfade from Polythene Pam
Carry That Weight
Edited into medley between Golden Slumbers and The End
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
Single edit omits ska section
Two of Us
Spoken intro spliced in during mix
Dig a Pony
False start trimmed on Spector mix
I Me Mine
Spector extended song by 51 seconds
Dig It
50s edit from 12-min jam
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