Sunday, June 3, 2018

"Cold Turkey" recording sessions.

"Cold Turkey" was first recorded on September 25 1969 at EMI Studio Three in London. After spending most of the day mixing for the "Live Peace In Toronto" project, he was joined by Eric Clapton on guitar, Ringo on drums and Klaus Voorman on the bass guitar. 26 takes were produced for the basic tracks and were eventually deemed unsatisfactory.
Three days later on September 28 1969, the same line up of musicians attempted another recording at a different studio, this time Trident Studios. On September 29 1969, mixing of the song took place back at EMI Studios. Overdubbing (not sure which instrument and/or vocal) as well as another mix took place almost a week later in Studio Two of EMI.
The September 29 1969 mix was available on an acetate and this is the version that ended up on the bootleg "The Lost Lennon Tapes Volume Seven" LP. This mix has a different vocal and sounds a bit raw with a lack of overdubs. The official commercial release was edited on to the end of the song. The commercial version was mixed at the end of October and issued in stereo only.

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