A Day in the Life (original mono studio mix)

~ Recording by The Beatles

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (mono)The BeatlesAlbum
  • GB1967-05-26
ParlophonePMC 7027
1.13A Day in the Life5:03The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (mono)The BeatlesAlbum
  • US1967-06-02
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)MAS 2653
25.3A Day in the Life?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles CollectionThe BeatlesSingle + Compilation
Apple Records, EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Parlophone
1.13A Day in the Life?:??The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (mono, red vinyl)The BeatlesAlbum
  • JP1982-01-21
OdeonEAS-70137
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
  • AU1983-07-03
ParlophoneAUDIO-5, Audio-5
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
ParlophoneNimbus Records
1.13A Day in the Life4:55The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
OdeonEAS-70137
8.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesThe Beatles in MonoThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2009-09-09
Apple Records5099969945120
8.13A Day in the Life5:36The BeatlesThe Beatles in MonoThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2009-09-09
Apple RecordsTOCP-71041~53
8.13A Day in the Life?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles in MonoThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
Apple Records5099963379716
1.13A Day in the Life5:37The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
  • -2015
EMI Catalogue
Bootleg
8.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesThe Beatles in MonoThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
Apple Records5099969945120
(unknown)
1.13A Day in the Life5:40The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (green "original monaural recording" label)The BeatlesAlbum

Relationships

engineer:Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
acoustic guitar:John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-01-19)
bass guitar:Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-03)
bassoon:Alfred Waters (on 1967-02-10)
cello:Alan Dalziel (on 1967-02-10)
Francisco Gabarro (on 1967-02-10)
Alex Nifosi (cellist) (on 1967-02-10)
Denis Vigay (cellist) (on 1967-02-10)
clarinet:Jack Brymer (clarinettist) (on 1967-02-10)
Basil Tschaikov (clarinettist) (on 1967-02-10)
clavichord:Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-01-20)
congas:Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-01-19)
double bass:Cyril MacArthur (on 1967-02-10)
Gordon Pearce (on 1967-02-10)
drums (drum set):Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-03, on 1967-02-10)
flute:David Sanderman (on 1967-02-10)
Clifford Seville (on 1967-02-10)
French horn:Alan Civil (British horn player) (on 1967-02-10)
Neill Sanders (horn player) (on 1967-02-10)
harmonium:George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1967-02-22)
harp:John Marston (harpist) (on 1967-02-10)
instruments:Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-22)
maracas:George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-01-19)
oboe:Roger Lord (oboist) (on 1967-02-10)
percussion:Tristan Fry (on 1967-02-10)
piano:Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-01-19, on 1967-02-22)
Mal Evans (on 1967-02-22)
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-22)
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-22)
trombone:Raymond Brown (trombonist) (on 1967-02-10)
Raymond Premru (conductor) (on 1967-02-10)
trumpet:Harold Jackson (Trumpeter) (on 1967-02-10)
David Mason (trumpeter) (on 1967-02-10)
Monty Montgomery (on 1967-02-10)
tuba:Michael Barnes (tubist) (on 1967-02-10)
viola:Bernard Davis (on 1967-02-10)
Gwynne Edwards (violist) (on 1967-02-10)
John Meek (violist) (on 1967-02-10)
John Underwood (violist) (on 1967-02-10)
violin:Lionel Bentley (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
Bill Monro (on 1967-02-10)
Henry Datyner (on 1967-02-10)
Hans Geiger (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
Erich Gruenberg (on 1967-02-10)
Jurgen Hess (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
Granville Jones (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
David McCallum (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
Sidney Sax (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
Ernest Scott (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
Donald Weekes (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
lead vocals:John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-01-19)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-03)
spoken vocals:Mal Evans (on 1967-01-19)
conductor:Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
orchestrator:George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-01-19, on 1967-01-20, on 1967-02-03, on 1967-02-22)
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-02-10)
sampled by:Imperium / On'n'On by TeeVex (Evelyn Vexille)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/0hKRSZhUGEhKU6aNSPBACZ [info]
recording of:A Day in the Life (from 1967-01-19 until 1967-02-22)

A Day in the Life

writer:John Lennon (The Beatles)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:ATV (Northern Songs Catalog)
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
Northern Songs Ltd. (from 1967 to present)
later parody versions:Cheese and Onions
later versions:En helt vanlig dag
lyrics quoted in:Metamorphosis