| Title: | Strawberry Fields Forever Take 7 & edit piece |  |
| Credit: | John Lennon - Paul McCartney | |
| Recorded; | EMI Studios, London 29 November and 9 December 1966 | |
| Producer: | George Martin | |
| Engineer: | Geoff Emerick | |
| Location: | Anthology 2 - disc 2, track 2 |
| Title: | Strawberry Fields Forever Take 7 & edit piece | |
| Credit: | John Lennon - Paul McCartney | |
| Recorded; | EMI Studios, London 29 November and 9 December 1966 | |
| Producer: | George Martin | |
| Engineer: | Geoff Emerick | |
| Location: | Anthology 2 - disc 2, track 2 |
Just five days after that initial take of Strawberry Fields Forever the song's arrangement was undergoing dramatic change. The master was a composite of two separate recordings - the first minute came from Take 7 the remainder from Take 26. Presented in Anthology 2 is the full Take 7, going beyond those first 60 seconds (indeed, including within that first minute a 23-second verse that was later excised).
The sound is mono because the recording presented is an original mono mix - labelled RM3 - made, like Take 7, on 29 November 1966.
The conclusion of the original master (embracing Take 26) included sections flown in from a combination of edit pieces taped on 9 December featuring backwards cymbals, a "wild drum track" played by Ringo and some extemporal vocalising by John. A much longer section of the edit piece is released on Anthology 2, cross-faded on to the end of RM3. At the conclusion you can hear John twice mutter "cranberry sauce", a phrase which, less clearly audible right at the end of the master mix, has long puzzled listeners.
| Title: | Strawberry Fields Forever |  |
| Credits: | John Lennon - Paul McCartney | |
| Recorded: | EMI Studios, London 29 November and 9 December 1966 | |
| Producer: | George Martin | |
| Engineer: | Geoff Emerick | |
| Location: | Magical Mystery Tour - track 8 |
Strawberry Fields Forever was originally intended for the Beatles' 1967 album, and it was the first song to be recorded in the studio, work commencing on 24 November 1966, the group's first session in five months. Written by John, remembering a Salvation Army home, Strawberry Field, situated close by his Aunt's house in Liverpool, the song soon developed into one of the most complex but rewarding of all Beatles recordings, featuring all manner of musical instruments and studio inventions. The final version was arrived at by editing together two entirely separate recordings, Take 7 of the original attempt and Take 26 of a re-make, itself an edit of two further takes. The whereabouts of the join has remained a secret for more than 20 years but the stereo remix makes it a little easier to find ... Try listening sixty seconds into the song.