Editing Rubber Soul (section)

===Recording history===
{{quote box|quote= ''Rubber Soul'' was a matter of having all experienced the recording studio, having grown musically as well, but [getting] the knowledge of the place, of the studio. We were more precise about making the album, that's all, and we took over the cover and everything.{{sfn|The Beatles|2000|p=193}}|source=– John Lennon|width=25%|align=left|style=padding:8px;}}
Recording for ''Rubber Soul'' began on 12 October 1965 at [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI Studios]] (now Abbey Road Studios) in London; final production and mix down took place on 15 November.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2000|pp=202–06}} During the sessions, the Beatles typically focused on fine-tuning the musical arrangement for each song, an approach that reflected the growing division between the band as a live act and their ambitions as recording artists.{{sfn|Unterberger|2006|p=132}} The album was one of the first projects that Martin undertook after leaving EMI's staff and co-founding [[Associated Independent Recording]] (AIR).{{sfn|Everett|2001|p=308}} Martin later described ''Rubber Soul'' as "the first album to present a new, growing Beatles to the world",{{sfn|Hertsgaard|1996|p=149}} adding: "For the first time we began to think of albums as art on their own, as complete entities."{{sfn|Zolten|2009|p=45}}{{sfn|Philo|2015|p=89}} It was the final Beatles album that recording engineer [[Norman Smith (record producer)|Norman Smith]] worked on before being promoted by EMI to record producer.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=69}} The sessions were held over thirteen days and totalled 113 hours, with a further seventeen hours (spread over six days) allowed for mixing.{{sfn|Everett|2001|p=308}}

[[File:Buckingham Palace, London - April 2009.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Beatles interrupted the intensive recording for the album to receive their [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]]s at [[Buckingham Palace]].]]
The band were forced to work to a tight deadline to ensure the album was completed in time for a pre-Christmas release.{{sfn|Kruth|2015|p=8}} They were nevertheless in the unfamiliar position of being able to dedicate themselves solely to a recording project, free of touring, filming and radio engagements.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2000|p=202}} The Beatles ceded to two interruptions during this time.{{sfn|Du Noyer|2020|pp=74–75}} They received their [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]]s at [[Buckingham Palace]] on 26 October, from [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]],{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=66}} and on 1–2 November, the band filmed their segments for ''[[The Music of Lennon & McCartney]]'', a [[Granada Television]] tribute to the [[Lennon–McCartney]] songwriting partnership.{{sfn|Miles|2001|pp=213–14}}{{sfn|Winn|2008|p=371}} According to author Christopher Bray, this intensive recording made ''Rubber Soul'' not just unusual in the Beatles' career but "emphatically unlike those LPs made by other bands".{{sfn|Bray|2014|p=269}} From 4 November – by which point only around half the required number of songs were near completion – the Beatles' sessions were routinely booked to finish at 3 am each day.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=67}}

After ''[[A Hard Day's Night (album)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' in 1964, ''Rubber Soul'' was the second Beatles album to contain only original material.{{sfn|Hertsgaard|1996|pp=56, 101–02}} As the band's main writers, Lennon and McCartney struggled to complete enough songs for the project.<ref name="Lewisohn/MojoSpecial" />{{sfn|Zolten|2009|p=44}} After a session on 27 October was cancelled due to a lack of new material, Martin told a reporter that he and the group "hope to resume next week" but would not consider recording songs by any other composers.{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=213}} The Beatles completed "[[Wait (Beatles song)|Wait]]" for the album, having taped its rhythm track during the sessions for ''Help!'' in June 1965.{{sfn|MacDonald|1998|p=142}} They also recorded the instrumental "[[12-Bar Original]]", a [[twelve-bar blues]] in the style of [[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]].{{sfn|Kruth|2015|p=159}} Credited to Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr,<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Anthology 2|title-link=Anthology 2 |year=1996|others=[[The Beatles]]|type=booklet|publisher=Apple Records|location=London|page=46}}</ref> it remained unreleased until 1996.{{sfn|Winn|2008|pp=372–73}}{{refn|group=nb|The song appeared on the ''[[Anthology 2]]'' outtakes compilation, edited down to under three minutes from its original length of 6:36.{{sfn|Unterberger|2006|pp=134–35}}}}

The group recorded "[[Day Tripper]]" and "[[We Can Work It Out]]" during the ''Rubber Soul'' sessions for release as a single accompanying the album.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=64}} To avoid having to promote the single with numerous television appearances,{{sfn|Frontani|2007|p=132}}{{sfn|Ingham|2006|p=164}} the Beatles chose to produce film clips for the two songs, the first time they had done so for a single.{{sfn|Rodriguez|2012|p=160}}{{sfn|Unterberger|2006|p=317}} Directed by [[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joe McGrath]], the clips were filmed at [[Twickenham Film Studios]] in south-west London on 23 November.{{sfn|Everett|2001|p=335}}{{sfn|Winn|2008|pp=377–78}}