![]() ![]() The only thing that was overdubbed, like I said, is some of these people, and the reason why I did it, is I wanted to give him some kind of option. There was also in certain books, references to overdubbing in England, that’s not true. The actual 45 that existed originally is the actual recording. Kept it ‘as is.’ There’s another story going around about overdubbing in London, England. The next day I went back to John, made a mix of that I went back to him and they moved everybody out of the room and it was just the three of us, with Yoko, and I played it for him and he thought it was wonderful. And since it was multi-track I dubbed the original 4-track to an 8-track machine and then used the other 4-track to overdub some voices. And that’s probably why John gave me such a credit on the single because I think he thought I took the incentive of doing that. So we called a bunch of people in the studio that night, I did, actually that was my decision. But when I left John, he looked at me and I said, ‘Well, I’ll go back to the studio and listen to this and see what it’s like.’ And then I decided upon myself that the background was a bit too noisy and needed a little ‘sweeping.’ By this I mean, we kept all the original stuff, we just kind of like, improved it a bit by adding if you like, some voices. Originally there were no intentions to have any over-dubs done. Too much noise and in a small environment, and what was going on was the tape picking this up. In the early hours of 2 June more vocals were overdubbed to improve the sound and make it suitable for release as a single.īecause of the condition of the room being bad, it’s as if you put big speakers in such a small enclosure. Also present were members of the Canadian branch of Radha Krishna Temple, who sang and played percussion.Īlthough Lennon was delighted with the recording of ‘Give Peace A Chance’, Perry worried that it had too much distortion. The performance featured a range of guests including LSD guru Timothy Leary and his wife Rosemary, the poet Allen Ginsberg, the singer Petula Clark, and the US radio DJ Murray the K. The rehearsal was later released on 1998’s John Lennon Anthology box set. ‘Give Peace A Chance’ was captured in a single take, although a rehearsal prior to the recording was also taped. The entire recording was filmed, and released as two separate promotional films in the subsequent months. The first number of Lennon’s “2, 1, 2, 3, 4” count-in was left off the released version, as it was partially obscured by feedback. A wardrobe door was repeatedly opened and closed to provide a rhythm, and the various assembled guests sang during the choruses. Taylor contacted a local studio owner, André Perry, who brought four microphones and a four-track recorder.ĭuring the recording Lennon and Tommy Smothers of the Smothers Brothers played acoustic guitars. ![]() On the day of recording Lennon instructed Apple’s press officer Derek Taylor to arrange for recording equipment to be brought to the hotel suite. The verses, meanwhile, were largely nonsense, although the third verse contained the word ‘masturbation’ this was changed by Lennon to ‘mastication’ in the published lyrics, as Lennon wished to avoid courting controversy. ![]() The song was intentionally simple, with two chords and a chorus which anyone could join in on. Over the next few days he worked up a melody and lyrics, and recorded the song during the final day of the event. Lennon used the phrase “All we are saying is give peace a chance” during an interview on the first day of the bed-in. John Lennon, 1980 All We Are Saying, David Sheff ![]()
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