Recording, mixing: Blue Turning Grey Over You, Stardust by Ringo Starr

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Geoff Emerick

Work continued on Ringo Starr’s debut studio album, Sentimental Journey, with a new lead vocal recorded, and a demo of another song.

The new song was ‘Blue Turning Grey Over You’, a 1930 hit for Louis Armstrong. A new arrangement had been written by Oliver Nelson for Sentimental Journey, and a demo recording was made on this day from 5-6.30pm.

The backing track for the song ‘Stardust’ had been recorded on 7 November, with lead vocals added on 14 November. A reduction mix was created from 6.30-8.30, to allow new vocals to be added.

Starr added a second lead vocal onto ‘Stardust’ between 8.30 and 10pm. This was not for double-tracking purposes, but to give a choice of lead vocals to select from. The two versions can be heard overlapping in the final mix at the one-minute mark.

‘Stardust’ was mixed in stereo towards the end of the night, in a final session lasting from 10pm to midnight.