| "A Day in the Life" (Lennon and McCartney; Northern Songs Ltd.) [5:33] |
| Recorded 19, 20, and 30 January, 3, 10, 13, 22, and 23 February 1967. |
| Released 1 June 1967 on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Parlophone PMC 7027 / PCS 7027). |
| Produced by George Martin, with Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush, and Phil McDonald as engineers. |
| The Beatles: John Lennon (vocal and guitar [Gibson J-160E]), Paul McCartney (bass, piano, vocals on chorus), George Harrison (guitar), Ringo Start (drums). |
| Studio Musicians: Erich Gruenberg,
Granville Jones, Bill Bonro, Jurgen Hess, Hans Geiger, D. Bradley, Lionel
Bentley, David McCallum, Donald Weekes, Henry Datyner, Sidney Sax, Ernest
Scott (violins); John Underwood, Gwynne Edwards, Bernard Davis, John Meek
(violas); Francisco Gabarro, Dennis Vigay, Alan Dalziel, Alex Nifosi (celli);
Cyril MacArther and Gordon Pearce (double bass); John Marson (harp); Roger
Lord (oboe); Clifford Seville and David Sandeman (flute); David Mason,
Monty Montgomery, Harold Jackson (trumpets); Raymond Brown, Raymond Premru,
T. Moore (trombones); Michael Barnes (tuba); Basil Tschaikov and Jack
Brymer (clarinets); N. Fawcett and Alfred Waters (bassoons); Alan Civil
and Neil Sanders (horns); and Tristan Fry (percussion). (See Dowlding 1989:179-184 and Lewisohn 1988:102?.) |
| Produced by George Martin with Geoff Emerick and Phil McDonald (engineers) and Erich Gruenberg (contractor). |
| The Beatles. 1967. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [13]. London: EMI Records Ltd. [Apple CDP 7 46442 2] |
| cf. Anthology [2:2:5] |
| Notes and Quotes |
| Sect | Time | Meas. | Description | Text | |
| intro | 0:00 | 8 | Strummed acoustic guitar, joined by piano and bass. Key area: G. | — | |
| verse | 20 | Solo voice with guitar, piano, and bass. | a | ||
| verse | 18 | As above. Add drum flourishes. | b | ||
| verse | 18 | As above. Drums move into accompanying patter with occasional flourishes. | c | ||
| bridge1 | 28 | Guitar, piano, bass, and drums maintain simple eighth-note pattern as each instrument of the orchestra plays an oscillating slow trill starting at the bottom of its range and ending on its highest "E." | |||
| chorus | 19 | Solo voice with piano, guitar, bass, and drums. Key area: E. | d | ||
| bridge2 | 20 | Solo vocalese modulates from E back to G. | — | ||
| verse | 20 | As in verses above with increased drum flourishes. | e | ||
| coda | 24 | Repeat bridge material from above and cap with sustained E major piano chord. | — |
| Text | |
| I
read the news today, oh boy. About a lucky man who made the grade. And though the news was rather sad, well, I just had to laugh. I saw the photograph. |
a |
| He
blew his mind out in a car. He didn't notice that the lights had changed. A crowd of people stood and stared. They'd seen his face before. Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords. |
b |
| I
saw a film today, oh boy. The English army had just won the war. A crowd of people turned away. But I just had to look, having read the book. I'd love to turn... you... on.... |
c |
| Woke
up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head. Found my way downstairs and drank a cup, and looking up I noticed I was late. Found my coat and grabbed my hat. Made the bus in seconds flat. Found my way upstairs and had a smoke, and somebody spoke and I went into a dream. |
d |
| I
read the news today, oh boy. Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashsire. And though the holes were rather small, they had to count them all. Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall. I'd love to turn... you... on.... |
e |
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