Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr Produced by George Martin Engineered by Geoff Emerick ☮♡☮♡☮♡☮♡☮♡☮♡☮♡☮♡☮♡☮♡ Recorded in February 1967, using two Studer J37 Multi-Track Recorders. After recording tracks onto the first tape machine (Tape A, see below), the tracks were then combined and mixed (“reduction mix“ or “bouncing“) onto tracks of the second tape machine (Tape B, as shown in these clips). Bouncing freed up tracks to overdub additional instruments. This technique was devised to overcome a limitation of 4-track recording equipment. Modern multi-track and digital recording studios make such efforts unnecessary. Information is from “The Beatles Recording Sessions“ by Mark Lewisohn. Additional information is from