get Back by The Beatles: studio, gear and credits

get Back by The Beatles: through a EMI REDD.51 Valve Console. See the credits and gear, then recreate the sound in your DAW.

Details

Song: Get Back
Artist: The Beatles
Genre / Style: Roots Rock / Blues Rock
Date(s) Recorded: January 23, 27, 28, 1969
Original Record Company & Catalog #: Apple Records / Parlophone – R 5777; Blue Kangaroo Records – 4308671
Release Date: April 11, 1969 (UK Single Release); 1991 (Archive Reissue)
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Personnel and session credits

Musicians & Session Performers:

Paul McCartney - Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar (1963 Höfner 500/1 Violin Bass)
John Lennon - Lead Guitar (1965 Epiphone Casino), Backing Vocals

Studio and recording technology

Mixing Console / Desk: EMI REDD.51 Valve Console
Multitrack Tape Machine & Format: 3M M23 8-Track (1-inch @ 15 IPS)

Reported gear and setup (not independently verified)

Tracking Studio & Room: Apple Studio, 3 Savile Row, London, Basement Tracking Room (Corroborated: the album is documented as recorded at Apple Studio; not specific to this track)
Mixing / Overdub Studio: Olympic Sound Studios, Barnes, London
Studio Monitors: Tannoy Dual Concentric 15" (Lockwood Enclosures)
Key Outboard Processors & Hardware Units:

Fairchild 660 (Tube Limiter): Clamped vocal peaks and smoothed bass guitar transients direct to tape
EMI RS124 (Tube Compressor): Tamed transient spikes on electric guitar channels and vocal buses
EMT 140 (Plate Reverb): Provided natural acoustic smoothing during final stereo mixdown passes at Olympic

Synthesizers, Drum Machines & Electronic Instruments:

Fender Rhodes Suitcase 73 (Electric Piano): Delivered blues-rock comping and solos through its integrated 4x12 powered speaker cabinet

Signal chains covered in the full track sheet

Instrument-by-instrument recording pathways, including: Kick Drum, Snare Drum, Drum Kit Overhead, Bass Guitar, Rhythm Electric Guitar (George Harrison), Lead Electric Guitar (John Lennon), Electric Piano (Billy Preston), Lead Vocals (Paul McCartney), Backing Vocals (John Lennon).

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