All You Need Is Love

==Recording==

==Recording==

===First and Backing track===

===First and Backing track===

The Beatles began recording the first and [[backing track]] for the song at [[Olympic Sound Studios]] in south-west London on 14 June 1967.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=116}}{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=261}} It included both instrumentation and a first vocal by Lennon.<ref name=”Beatles Books”>{{citeweb|url=http://www.beatlesebooks.com/all-you-need-is-love|title=All You Need Is Love|publisher=|publisher=beatlesbooks|accessdate=22 October 2021}} </ref> The producers of ”Our World” were initially unhappy about the use of a backing track for the broadcast, but Martin insisted, saying, “we can’t just go in front of 350 million people without some work”.<ref name=rs>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-beatles-make-history-with-all-you-need-is-love-a-minute-by-minute-breakdown-20140828 |title=The Beatles Make History With ‘All You Need Is Love’: A Minute-by-Minute Breakdown |last=Edwards |first=Gavin|author-link=Gavin Edwards (writer)|date=28 August 2014|publisher=[[rollingstone.com]]|access-date=27 December 2015}}</ref> The line-up was Lennon on [[harpsichord]], McCartney on [[double bass]] with a bow, Harrison on violin – three instruments that were unfamiliar to the musicians{{sfn|Hertsgaard|1996|p=225}} – while Starr played drums.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=110}} The band recorded 33 takes, before choosing the tenth take as the best. This performance was transferred onto a new [[4-track (multitrack)|4-track]] tape, with the four instruments mixed into one track.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=110}} The engineers at Olympic thought the Beatles displayed a surprising lack of care during this process,{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=116}} a sign, according to author [[Ian MacDonald]], of the group’s new preference for [[randomness]] in contrast to the high production standards of ”Sgt. Pepper”.{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|pp=261–62}}

The Beatles began recording the first and [[backing track]] for the song at [[Olympic Sound Studios]] in south-west London on 14 June 1967.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=116}}{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=261}} It included both instrumentation and a first [[vocal]] by Lennon.<ref name=”Beatles Books”>{{citeweb|url=http://www.beatlesebooks.com/all-you-need-is-love|title=All You Need Is Love|publisher=|publisher=beatlesbooks|accessdate=22 October 2021}} </ref> The producers of ”Our World” were initially unhappy about the use of a backing track for the broadcast, but Martin insisted, saying, “we can’t just go in front of 350 million people without some work”.<ref name=rs>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-beatles-make-history-with-all-you-need-is-love-a-minute-by-minute-breakdown-20140828 |title=The Beatles Make History With ‘All You Need Is Love’: A Minute-by-Minute Breakdown |last=Edwards |first=Gavin|author-link=Gavin Edwards (writer)|date=28 August 2014|publisher=[[rollingstone.com]]|access-date=27 December 2015}}</ref> The line-up for the instrumental part was Lennon on [[harpsichord]], McCartney on [[double bass]] with a bow, Harrison on violin – three instruments that were unfamiliar to the musicians{{sfn|Hertsgaard|1996|p=225}} – while Starr played drums.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=110}} The band recorded 33 takes, before choosing the tenth take as the best. This performance was transferred onto a new [[4-track (multitrack)|4-track]] tape, with the four instruments mixed into one track.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=110}} The engineers at Olympic thought the Beatles displayed a surprising lack of care during this process,{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=116}} a sign, according to author [[Ian MacDonald]], of the group’s new preference for [[randomness]] in contrast to the high production standards of ”Sgt. Pepper”.{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|pp=261–62}}

From 19 June, working at Studio 2 in EMI Studios (now [[Abbey Road Studios]]),{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=117}} the Beatles recorded overdubs including piano (played by Martin), banjo, guitar and some vocal parts.<ref name=rs/> Among the latter were the “Love, love, love” refrains, and a Lennon vocal over the song’s choruses.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=111}} On 23 June, the band began rehearsing the song with an orchestra, whose playing was also added to the backing track.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=117}} On 24 June, the day before the broadcast, the Beatles decided that the song would be their next single.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=117}} Late that morning, a press call was held at EMI Studios, attended by over 100 journalists and photographers, followed by further rehearsals and recording.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=117}} Publicity photos were taken during the press call and rehearsals, and a [[BBC]] television crew blocked the camera angles required for the live performance.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=111}} As part of this pre-broadcast promotion, the Beatles posed in a yard beside the studio building, wearing boards that together spelt out “All You Need Is Love”{{sfn|Miles|2001|loc=pic. section 2, p. 2}} and approximations of the song title in three other languages.{{sfn|Carr|Tyler|1978|p=70}}{{refn|group=nb|Photos of the band wearing these text boards were used on the single’s picture sleeve in Italy and Japan.{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=84}} The Italian artwork included the ”Our World” logo and, for record collectors, became the most sought-after of all the international sleeves for the single.<ref>Nash, Peter. “Money! It’s What We Want!”. In: {{harvnb|”Mojo Special Limited Edition”|2002|p=140}}.</ref>}}

From 19 June, working at Studio 2 in EMI Studios (now [[Abbey Road Studios]]),{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=117}} the Beatles recorded overdubs including piano (played by Martin), banjo, guitar and some vocal parts.<ref name=rs/> Among the latter were the “Love, love, love” refrains, and a Lennon vocal over the song’s choruses.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=111}} On 23 June, the band began rehearsing the song with an orchestra, whose playing was also added to the backing track.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=117}} On 24 June, the day before the broadcast, the Beatles decided that the song would be their next single.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=117}} Late that morning, a press call was held at EMI Studios, attended by over 100 journalists and photographers, followed by further rehearsals and recording.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=117}} Publicity photos were taken during the press call and rehearsals, and a [[BBC]] television crew blocked the camera angles required for the live performance.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=111}} As part of this pre-broadcast promotion, the Beatles posed in a yard beside the studio building, wearing boards that together spelt out “All You Need Is Love”{{sfn|Miles|2001|loc=pic. section 2, p. 2}} and approximations of the song title in three other languages.{{sfn|Carr|Tyler|1978|p=70}}{{refn|group=nb|Photos of the band wearing these text boards were used on the single’s picture sleeve in Italy and Japan.{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=84}} The Italian artwork included the ”Our World” logo and, for record collectors, became the most sought-after of all the international sleeves for the single.<ref>Nash, Peter. “Money! It’s What We Want!”. In: {{harvnb|”Mojo Special Limited Edition”|2002|p=140}}.</ref>}}