| Title: | Getting Better |
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| Credits: | John Lennon - Paul McCartney | |
| Recorded: | EMI Studios London, 9 March 1967 | |
| Producer: | George Martin | |
| Engineer: | Geoff Emerick | |
| Location: | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - track 4 |
A fine Paul McCartney song, with a little lyrical help from John Lennon. like
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, the recording
includes a tamboura played by George Harrison.
The Beatles began recording 'Getting Better' on March 9,
1967 for release on the LP "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
Seven takes of the rhythm track - guitars, bass and drums and George Martin
playing the piano by actually striking the strings - were recorded this day.
Five reduction mixes were made (take 7 into takes 8 - 12); the
"best" being take 12. On March 10, overdubs of George Harrison
playing tamboura, Paul McCartney playing bass guitar and Ringo Starr's drums
were added. Tape reduction mixes (take 12 into takes 13 and 14) were done on
March 21 and lead and backing vocals were added to take 14. New vocals were
recorded March 23, and a reduction mix was prepared (take 14 into take 15).
Onto this take, Ringo overdubbed bongos and three mono mixes were prepared,
the third being "best." The stereo mix was created on April 17 in
one remix.
| Time | (( What The? )) |
| 0:00 - 0:02 | L: Someone can be heard to count in the vocals |
| 0:13 | The word "teachers" sounds like its double-tracked, as if an edit was performed |
| 0:21 | R: Microphone distorts when paul sings "felling me UP" |
| 0:29 | R: Edit audible in the work "Better" |
| 0:34 | R: Someone shouts "Better" under Paul's vocal |
| 0:43 - 0:44 | R: A whistle can be heard |
| 0:56 | Paul makes a verbal slip, "And you're doing the best that I can" |
| 1:04 | R: click or buzz can be heard, from the guitar amp |
| 1:07 | L: the piano and cymbal/hi hat do a double skip, as if from a bad edit |
| 1:10 | R: "Shh ..." |
| 1:21, 1:26 1:33 |
The sme buzz sound as on 1:04. |