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Happiness is a Warm Gun

0:57 - The mixers brought up a track too quickly.  Originally, John sang the "I need a fix" line twice, but the first was supposed to be left out in the release.  The end of the first "down," though, ended up on the master

1:32 - High pitched titter from the "female" backing voices. Caught unawares by an early drop in?

2:21 - Print-through of the word "Gun".
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Help!

The mono version has the intro spliced on. The vocals differ between the mono and stereo mixes.
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Helter Skelter

0:31, 1:43 - Squeaks

0:50 - Bottle rattles for about two seconds.

2:29 - Paul sings "Yes she is, coming down fast" and then (closer to the mike) "Can you hear me speaking? Whoooo"

2:49-3:09 - Paul sings "Can you hear that silly bugger...Neeee..." then says "Come here son, I saw you do that you little bugger... Get yer bloody hands on your head, c'mon". Hard to hear, again OOPS helps to remove the loud guitar part that masks this. The "blistery shout" seems to be prompted, again it could be print through as you hear "hahaha <Ive got> IVE GOT BLISTERS ..."
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Here Comes the Sun

0:13, 0:35 - George H. hits the guitar body to mark the unplayed beats, a la Help!
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Here, There and Everywhere

0:10 - Edit between intro piece and "here", the tape drops out. (Left)

0:19 - Right channel, "changing / my life" have two different sounds to them. Edit between two takes?

1:06 - At the end of guitar section, under the word "her", is a fwip.

1:10,1:45 - Between the words "everywhere" and "knowing that love..." is an audible 'fwip' of a punch in. (left)
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Her Majesty

0:03 - (left channel) A female, vibrato voice sings a note, or possibly a sped up male voice.
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Hey Bulldog

1:04 - Sharp edit in the guitar track, cutting in after "talk to me" and ending at 1:32

??:?? - Lennon sings "Big Man", and in the left ear Ringo shouts "Yes?"

2:06-3:04 - The book "The Beatles Lyrics" has the words wrong to the ending. Most interesting, they don't include all of the John/Paul dialogue :

      J/P) "Hey Bulldog ..."

      P) "Hey man"

      J) "What's that, boy?"

      P) "Ruff!"

      J) "Whaddya say?"

      P) "I say, ruff!"

      J) "Do you know any more?"

      P) "Wowowowwwaaaaa"

      J) Screams loudly

      P) "You got it, that's it, you hit it, that's it man, Woop!, that's it you got it"

      J) Screams hysterically

      P) "Don't look at me man, I already have [ten children/grandchildren]"

      P) "[Clap man, clap / Quiet boy,quiet]"

      J) "Okay"

      P) "[Clap! / Quiet!]"
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Hey Jude

2:58 - The Lewisohn reference to an "undeleted expletive" : As Paul/John sing "Remember to let her under your skin", John shouts "Got the wrong CHORD", not just "Ohhh" - the last word sticks out more than the previous 3. If you count 1-2-3-4 through this section, you get

                         1            2            3            4            1            2            3            4            1

       P/J:            skin                                          Then    You     Be      Gi            In

          J:            Got the Wrong   Choooorrd                       F**king Hell

It is observed that George lets out an unchoreographed "aah" at this point, this may be the word "chord".  However, just after "begin" there is some form of edit, which causes a noticeable brightening of  the left channel. Maybe there is a mistake in the instrumental here too, which was hidden by the edit?. Expletive also heard as "Need some help","Ok Now","Take it out" ...
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Hold Me Tight

0:03 and 1:11 - John sings " ... right, so", and yet Paul sings " ... right, now"
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I Dig A Pony

0:02-0:09 - Count in, "1 2 3 4":

     J: "Hold it!" <sniffs>

     P: <mocking> "Hooold it ..."

     J: "One Two Tell You"
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I Feel Fine

Capitol remix opens with drumstick clicks, and John saying "It's not enough"

0:06 - Cough (left ear).

0:12-0:14 - Snares on the drum kit resonate to the sound of the guitar amps, before the drums come in
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If I Fell

1:45 - Paul's voice cracks on the word "vain." Mono version eliminates this by editing in a chorus from earlier in the song.
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If I Needed Someone

(Sounds like George is inhaling on a cigarette throughout this song)

0:50 - CD Version - whole track phases very slightly

1:50 - CD Version - phases again

Apparently in some versions, both of these points have someone singing falsetto harmonies as a guide to the next part coming up - maybe the phasing is a by product of removing this in the CD?
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I'll Cry Instead

0:04 to 1:40 - Constant click click click, not in time with the rhythm (every 0.62 sec)
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I'll Get You

1:13 - John sings "Well, there's gonna be a time when I'm gonna make you mine." Paul sings "Well, there's gonna be a time when I'll make you change your mind"
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I'm Looking Through You

0:04 - Paul tries out the song "Where did you go, Where did you go" (Not on CD)

1:05,1:43 - Edit in the phrase "Love ha/as a nasty habit"

1:18 - On the down beat of "were above me <here> But not today" there is a loud guitar feedback/harmonic (Left of centre)

1:20 - Sounds like dropping of a tambourine

1:41-1:42 - Two clicks (centre)
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I'm only sleeping

1:57 - Voice says "Yawn Paul", and 2:01, he does!
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 I'm so tired

1:05 - Under the word "so" in "I'm so tired" there is a strange vocal/instrument sound.
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In My Life

1:47 - At very end of harpsichord solo, one single guitar note can be heard - is this part of an original guitar solo?
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I Saw Her Standing There

1:29 - John - "When I saw her standing there"

              Paul - "Till I saw her standing there"

2:26 - Paul - "Now I'll never dance with another"

              John - "H-i wouldn't dance with another" (From "How could+I wouldnt",  both of which were wrong!)
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I Should Have Known Better

0:06 - Harmonica drops out for a bit.  Sounds to me more like running out of breath than bad mixing. (Not on MONO CD version)

2:01 - Double Tracking lost here, during word "see?" - sounds like "Can't you see (it)" because of a strange sound at this point.

2:17 - Bad edit between "love me to-oo-o, oh../And when I"

2:20 - Double Tracking regained, on the words "mine, ah-ha-hine"
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It's Only Love

0:41 - LP - word "only" loses double tracking. Intentional, as on the CD this has been left in and the timing of "only" is out of place.
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I've Got A Feeling

0:05-0:06 - CD release makes fade in of Paul's vocal very obvious, with a copious amount of "hiss"

3:18 - Some discussion over whether John says "Oh yeah" or "F*ck yeah" arose. Sounds like "Oh Yeah", but with a laugh in the middle of the phrase.
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I've Just Seen A Face

1:02 - In harmony track, audible "Yes ... pop a lop top" over guitar solo
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I Wanna Be Your Man

1:14 - Solo taken from live take, and has rest of group in background. Also some talking evident on end of solo (right channel)
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand

1:22 - John, as ever, forgets the vocals, and adlibs "balum-a-lumba Haaand"
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I Want You (She's So Heavy)

2:21 - George flicks his pick up selector to change the tone of the guitar.

3:42 - (Center) click/edit? (Maybe a John's/George pickup?)

4:28 - Distortion in John's "Yeeah", prompting someone (in the control room ?) to yell at him.

4:32 - (Left channel) "Turn it down man/mal"  This is likely due to the distortion at 4:28

4:34 - Faint "Yeaah" (Couldn't be print-through, too far away from 4:28)
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I will

Starts with a click. Maybe Ringo tapped out the count in, and it couldn't be trimmed without cutting into the "Who" at the start of the song.
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