Recordings for Rubber Soul album are ending!Even though their recording session the previous day lasted until 4:00 in the morning, The Beatles knew that this day, November 11th, 1965, was the absolute deadline to complete their album “Rubber Soul.” Therefore they entered EMI Studio Two at 6 pm for what turned out to be a thirteen hour session to finish the album. Approximately the first five hours, from 6 to 11 pm, was used for fully recording Paul’s latest composition “You Won’t See Me,” the writing of which had most likely been completed just before the session began.Only two takes of the rhythm track were needed to get a complete recording of the song ready for overdubs. The rhythm track consisted of Paul on piano, George on guitar, Ringo on drums and John on tambourine. Even though the track noticeably slows down during its duration (from 119 to 113 beats per minute), take two was deemed “best.”A number of overdubs then occupied the remaining time, including Paul’s main vocals which he then double-tracked, slipping into harmony in strategic spots, and his intricate bass guitar part. John and George overdubbed background harmonies throughout the song, which included their falsetto “ooh, la, la, la” lines (not unlike the background vocals on the recently recorded “Nowhere Man”), as well as finishing off the verses with ascending “you won’t see me” harmonies and ending the bridges with two “no I wouldn’t” phrases.Two more overdubs were also added to complete the picture. Ringo added a three-beat hi-hat accent towards the end of every measure of the verses except the final four (when the title of the song is repeated four times). When the bridges came around, he changed it up to add a five-beat hi-hat accent in the middle of each measure.
