Talk:I Want to Tell You

Bass error
Mark Lewisohn claims that "I Want to Tell You" was the first song where Paul recorded his bassline as an overdub, but that is wrong, because the first Beatles song where he overdubbed his bass part was actually Michelle. 110.175.229.57 (talk) 09:20, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
 * You've missed what it is exactly that Lewisohn and several other authors identify as a Beatle "first". It's not the act of overdubbing a bass part per se, it's the overdubbing of a bass onto its own track, quite separate from the basic/rhythm track performance, and late in the recording process. As the article states, the bass was the final overdub. It's that combination that served as a precedent for McCartney's approach on Sgt. Pepper. JG66 (talk) 10:28, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Sorry I thought it was the first ever song where Paul overdubbed bass separately - my mistake - but I didn't realize it was an overdub of the bass onto a track of the tape in its own right. I know that Paul mostly preferred to overdub his bass last during the Sgt. Pepper sessions and by then, he clearly liked the Rickenbacker 4001S, which had largely sent the Hofner 500/1 into retirement until the Let it Be sessions. 110.175.229.57 (talk) 05:37, 1 October 2018 (UTC)