Сессии "Good Night"

Good Night суждено стать песней, работа над которой отражена на фото в наибольшей степени, чем над любой другой песней "Белого альбома".
Неизвестна дата снимков, но вполне определенно можно сказать, что съемка производилась в день окончательной записи 22 июля, когда был приглашен оркестр. До этого Ринго вместе с Джоном делали предварительные наброски к песне - 28 июня и 2 июля.
Вполне можно допустить, что все снимки были сделаны в один день - 22 июля - Джон везде одет одинаково. Но "мешает" рубашка Ринго - на пробах он в цветастой, а 22 похоже в белой.
В любом случае фото дают достаточно детальное представление о ходе студийной работы Битлз.

Friday 28 June

Studio Two: 7.00pm-4.30am. Recording: 'Untitled' (working title of 'Good Night') (takes 1-5). P: George Martin. E: Geoff Emerick. 2E: Richard Lush.

There were two sides to John Lennon. On the one he was the composer and singer of Revolution' and 1 Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey'. On the other he was the writer of tender ballads like 'Good Night' and 'Julia'.
The recording of 'Good Night' began during this session, although it was clear from the outset that John, though the composer, was handing over the lead vocal to Ringo, whose doleful, plaintive voice suited the song's mood to perfection. 'Good Night' was a children's lullaby, pure and simple, written for a five-year-young Julian Lennon. Rehearsals and early takes —just John on acoustic guitar, Ringo on vocals — emphasised this, each one opening with an unscripted but positively charming spoken preamble by Ringo, along the lines of "Come on children! It's time to toddle off to bed. We've had a lovely day at the park and now it's time for sleep." Or, "Put all those toys away. Yes, Daddy will sing a song for you!" Or, " Cover yourself up, Charlie. Pull those covers up and off you go to dreamland!
[Note. There is no actual Beatles instrumentation on the final version of the song for neither this day's acoustic guitar nor the vocal harmonies recorded on 2 July were used.]

With John accompanying Ringo on an acoustic guitar, several unnumbered rehearsals were taped before five proper takes were made.


Tuesday 2 July
Studio two: 6.00pm-12.15am. Recording: Good Night (SI onto take 5, lakes 6-15). P: George Martin. E: Peter Bown. 2E: Richard Lush.
A new superimposition of Ringo's lead vocal and the session so that he could score the song for an harmony backing vocals onto Good Night'. George
Martin took away two copies of take 15 at the end of orchestra and choir.

Monday 22 July _
Studio One: 7.00pm-1.40am. Recording: Don't Pass Me By (edit piece takes 1-4); Good Night' (takes 23-34, SI onto take 34). P: George Martin. E: Ken Scott. 2E: Richard Lush.

The Beatles moved into the larger studio one for the completion of the album's two Ringo songs, his own 'Don't Pass Me By' and the Lennon composed 'Good Night'. The larger studio was needed to accommodate the 26 musicians recruited to overdub the lush — John later described it as "possibly over lush" - - orchestra for 'Good Night', arranged and conducted by George Martin. The musicians, their names alas now lost, played the following instruments: 12 violins, three violas, three cellos, one harp, three flutes, one clarinet, one horn, one vibraphone and one string bass. A celeste and a piano were also made available for personal use by George Martin.
All previous takes of "Good Night' were overlooked and the song was recorded anew, from start to finish during this evening. The orchestra was taped first, 12 takes beginning, rather oddly, from 23. Then, from 10. 30 to 11.50pm, four "boys" and four "girls" from the Mike Sammes Singers — making their second appearance on a Beatles recording — taped the sound of a choir. The singers were Ingrid Thomas, Pat Whitmore, Val Stockwell, Irene King, Ross Gilmour, Mike Rcdway, Ken Barric and Fred Lucas. (Mike Redway went on to become a radio personality and Ken Barrie later went into television and sang the theme song of the hugely popular animated children's programme Postman Pat' — more than four months on the singles chart in the early 1980s!)
From 11.50pm until 1.40m Ringo recorded his solo lead vocal, this time without any of the charming preamble evident on 28 June. But this was clearly a lot of fun too, for outtakes kept for posterity on the " Beatles Chat' tape depict Ringo in fits of laughter between takes and telling jokes aplenty, and it also contains a few seconds of Ringo chatting with George Martin and Ken Scott.

Lewisohn

Сначала кадры предварительной работы над песней

Сорри за качество. Переснято много лет назад с японских "Раритетов"

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