Recording: Mind Games by John Lennon

With the backing tracks for John Lennon’s fourth solo album Mind Games complete, the first overdub session took place on 10 August 1973.

The session took place in Studio B at New York’s Record Plant. Several instruments were delivered to the studio earlier in the day, including a Mellotron, Fender Rhodes electric piano, congas, and chimes.

On this day a reel of Mellotron, titled ‘Mellotron Magic’, was recorded. The overdub sessions continued until 20 August, after which the Mind Games songs were mixed and edited.