Editing Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (section)

==Recording==
The recording of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" began with rehearsals in Studio 2 at [[Abbey Road Studios|Abbey Road]] on 28 February 1967.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=91}}  The instrumental backing was finished the following evening.  On the first take, track one of the four-track tape contained acoustic guitar and piano, track two McCartney's Lowrey organ, track three [[Ringo Starr]]'s drums, and track four a guide vocal by Lennon during the verses. Take eight replaced the guide vocal with Harrison's tambura.  The four tracks of this take were then mixed together and recorded on the first track of a second four-track tape.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=91}}  On 2 March, Lennon's double-tracked vocals, accompanied by McCartney on the choruses, were recorded to tracks two and three.  McCartney's bass and Harrison's lead guitar occupied track four.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=92}} The lead guitar part varies between sections of the song: over the bridges, Harrison duplicates Lennon's melody and intonation in the style of a [[sarangi]] accompanying an Indian [[khyal]] vocalist;{{sfn|Lavezzoli|2006|p=180}} over the choruses, he plays an ascending [[riff]] on his [[Fender Stratocaster]] (mirrored by McCartney's bass), with heavy Leslie treatment given to the part.{{sfn|Everett|2009|pp=51–52}} Eleven mono mixes of the song were made at the 2 March session, but they were rejected in favour of the final mono mix created on 3 March. A stereo mix was made on 7 April.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=92}}

Outtakes from the recording sessions have been officially released.  The Beatles' ''[[Anthology 2]]'', released in 1996, contained a composite remix, with ingredients from takes six, seven and eight, while the first take of the song was featured on the two-disc and six-disc versions of the 50th-anniversary edition of ''Sgt. Pepper'' in 2017.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Super Deluxe Edition |title-link=Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |last=Howlett |first=Kevin |year=2017 |others=[[The Beatles]] |type=booklet |publisher=[[Apple Records]] |p=55}}</ref> The six-disc collection also included take five and the last of the eleven mono mixes made on 2 March 1967.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Super Deluxe Edition |title-link=Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |year=2017 |others=[[The Beatles]] |type=CD sleeve |publisher=[[Apple Records]] }}</ref>