All You Need Is Love
Single by The Beatles • 7 July 1967 • Parlophone R 5620
Magical Mystery Tour (late 1967) — Kaleidoscope coach trip and walrus dreams.
About this release
All You Need Is Love is a UK single on Parlophone (catalogue R 5620), released 7 July 1967. Performed live to 400 million viewers via 'Our World' — first global TV satellite broadcast.
The recording context is the band's Magical Mystery Tour (late 1967) period, produced by George Martin with Geoff Emerick engineering. The track(s) were committed at EMI Studios + Olympic Sound Studios (Barnes) for some MMT/All You Need Is Love work on Synced J37 four-tracks; first Beatles use of 8-track Studer A80 imminent via the REDD.51 + Helios at Olympic.
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 3:25. Lennon dominates the lead vocals (2/2). Lead writing credit: Lennon–McCartney (1 of 2).Tracklist
Side A
Side B
Pattern analysis
Lennon 2
Era technical context
| Microphones | U47/U48, AKG C12, ribbon mics (4038) |
|---|---|
| Outboard | EMI RS124, EMT 140, Fairchild 660, ADT, tape phasing, Leslie cabinet |
| Guitars | Epiphone Casino, Fender Stratocaster (Harrison — psychedelic 'Rocky' Strat), Mellotron, clavioline |
| Amplifiers | Vox AC100, Vox UL730, Fender Showman, Fender Bassman |
References & external databases
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