Paperback Writer
Single by The Beatles • 10 June 1966 • Parlophone R 5452
Revolver (1966) — Studio awakening — backwards everything, tape loops.
About this release
Paperback Writer is a single on Parlophone (catalogue R 5452), released 10 June 1966. Recorded with new bass amp/speaker for unprecedented low-end on a UK pop single.
Recorded during the band's Revolver (1966) period, produced by George Martin with Geoff Emerick engineering. The track(s) were committed at EMI Studios, Abbey Road on Studer J37 four-track (with vari-speed, ADT) via the REDD.51.
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 2:40. Lennon dominates the lead vocals (1/2). Lead writing credit: McCartney (1 of 2). Estimated total takes across the release: 49.Tracklist
Side A
Side B
Pattern analysis
Lennon 1
McCartney 1
Era technical context
| Microphones | Neumann U47/U48, AKG C12, STC 4038, close-miking pioneered (Emerick) on Ringo's bass drum |
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| Outboard | EMI RS124, EMT 140 plate, Fairchild 660 limiter, EMI Artificial Double Tracking (ADT), Leslie cabinet (vocals) |
| Guitars | Epiphone Casino, Gibson SG (Harrison), Rickenbacker 4001S bass (McCartney introduced) |
| Amplifiers | Vox AC100, Vox 7120, Fender Showman, Fender Bassman |