All You Need Is Love
Single by The Beatles • 7 July 1967 • Parlophone R 5620
Magical Mystery Tour (late 1967) — Kaleidoscope coach trip and walrus dreams.
About this release
All You Need Is Love is a single on Parlophone (catalogue R 5620), released 7 July 1967. Performed live to 400 million viewers via 'Our World' — first global TV satellite broadcast.
Recorded during the band's Magical Mystery Tour (late 1967) period, produced by George Martin with Geoff Emerick engineering. The track(s) were committed at EMI Studios + Olympic Sound Studios (Barnes) for some MMT/All You Need Is Love work on Synced J37 four-tracks; first Beatles use of 8-track Studer A80 imminent via the REDD.51 + Helios at Olympic.
Contents Preface 4 The Paul McCartney Interview 6 1962 Recording sessions for: `Love Me Do', `Please Please Me' 19631967 16 Recording sessions for: `Penny Lane', 92 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Yellow Submarine, `All You Need Is Love', Magical Mystery Tour, `Hello, Goodbye' Recording sessions for: Please…— Mark Lewisohn, The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, p.3
What's distinctive
2 tracks; average length 3:25. Lennon dominates the lead vocals (2/2). Lead writing credit: Lennon–McCartney (1 of 2). Estimated total takes across the release: 70.Tracklist
Side A
Side B
Pattern analysis
Lennon 2
Era technical context
| Microphones | U47/U48, AKG C12, ribbon mics (4038) |
|---|---|
| Outboard | EMI RS124, EMT 140, Fairchild 660, ADT, tape phasing, Leslie cabinet |
| Guitars | Epiphone Casino, Fender Stratocaster (Harrison — psychedelic 'Rocky' Strat), Mellotron, clavioline |
| Amplifiers | Vox AC100, Vox UL730, Fender Showman, Fender Bassman |