Editing Hey Jude (section)

===EMI rehearsals===
Having earmarked the song for release as a single, the Beatles recorded "Hey Jude" during the sessions for their [[The Beatles (album)|self-titled double album]], commonly known as "the ''White Album''".{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=145}}{{sfn|Spitz|2005|p=782}} The sessions were marked by an element of discord within the group for the first time, partly as a result of Ono's constant presence at Lennon's side.{{sfn|Hertsgaard|1996|pp=247, 251}}{{sfn|Doggett|2011|pp=44–45}} The strained relations were also reflective of the four band members' divergence following their [[The Beatles in India|communal trip to Rishikesh]] in the spring of 1968 to study [[Transcendental Meditation]].{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|pp=88–89}}

The Beatles first taped 25 [[take]]s of the song at [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI Studios]] in London over two nights, 29 and 30 July 1968,{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=145}} with [[George Martin]] as their producer.{{sfn|Womack|2014|pp=389–90}} These dates served as rehearsals, however, since they planned to record the master track at [[Trident Studios]] to utilise their [[Multitrack recording|eight-track recording machine]] (EMI was still limited to four-tracks).{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=145}} The first two takes from 29 July, which author and critic [[Kenneth Womack]] describes as a "jovial" session,{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=390}} have been released on the [[The Beatles (album)#2018 50th Anniversary Edition bonus tracks|50th Anniversary box set]] of the ''White Album'' in 2018 and the ''[[Anthology 3]]'' compilation in 1996, respectively.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |first=Kevin |last=Howlett |year=2018 |title=The Beatles |title-link=The Beatles (album)#2018 50th Anniversary Box Set bonus tracks |others=[[The Beatles]] |publisher=Apple Corps Limited |type=booklet}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes |first=Mark |last=Lewisohn |author-link=Mark Lewisohn |year=1996 |title=Anthology 3 |publisher=Apple Records |location=London |title-link=Anthology 3 |others=[[The Beatles]] |type=booklet |page=14 |id=34451}}</ref>

The 30 July rehearsals were filmed for a short documentary titled ''Music!'',{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=304}}{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=197}} which was produced by the National Music Council of Great Britain.{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=35}} This was the first time that the Beatles had permitted a camera crew to film them developing a song in the studio.{{sfn|Spizer|2003|p=32}} The film shows only three of the Beatles performing "Hey Jude", as [[George Harrison]] remained in the studio control room,{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=194}} with Martin and EMI recording engineer [[Ken Scott]].{{sfn|Riley|2011|p=407}}{{refn|group=nb|Released in October 1969,{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=194}} the documentary was shown in UK cinemas as the opening presentation for ''[[The Producers (1967 film)|The Producers]]''.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=197}} In the United States, it was broadcast as an episode of the [[NBC]] television series ''Experiment in TV''{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=260}} in February 1970.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=197}}}} During the rehearsals that day,{{sfn|Riley|2011|p=407}} Harrison and McCartney had a heated disagreement over the lead guitar part for the song.{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=390}} Harrison's idea was to play a guitar phrase as a response to each line of the vocal,{{sfn|The Beatles|2000|p=316}} which did not fit with McCartney's conception of the song's arrangement, and he vetoed it.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=146}}{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=466}} Author Simon Leng views this as indicative of how Harrison was increasingly allowed little room to develop ideas on McCartney compositions, whereas he was free to create empathetic guitar parts for Lennon's songs of the period.{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=34–35}} In a 1994 interview, McCartney said, "looking back on it, I think, Okay. Well, it was bossy, but it was ballsy of me, because I could have bowed to the pressure."{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=466}} [[Ron Richards (producer)|Ron Richards]], a record producer who worked with Martin at both [[Parlophone]] and [[Associated Independent Recording]],<ref>{{cite book |first1=George |last1=Martin |author-link=George Martin |first2=Jeremy |last2=Hornsby |year=1994 |title=All You Need Is Ears |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |location=New York, NY |pages=137, 183 |isbn=0-312-11482-6}}</ref> said McCartney was "oblivious to anyone else's feelings in the studio", and that he was driven to making the best possible record, at almost any cost.{{sfn|Spitz|2005|p=783}}{{refn|group=nb|Described by [[Ian MacDonald]] as "a tense moment",{{sfn|MacDonald|1998|p=267fn}} this disagreement between Harrison and McCartney was recalled by the pair in a similar argument they had while filming ''[[Let It Be (1970 film)|Let It Be]]'' in January 1969,{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=194}} regarding the lead guitar part on "[[Two of Us (Beatles song)|Two of Us]]".{{sfn|Sounes|2010|p=237}} Partly as a result of McCartney's criticism, Harrison briefly quit the band on 10 January.{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=194}}{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=328}}}}