Editing Paperback Writer (section)

==Recording==
The Beatles recorded "Paperback Writer" at EMI Studios in London on 13 and 14 April 1966.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|pp=73–74}}{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=229}} The 14 April session was attended by a photographer from ''[[The Beatles Book|Beatles Monthly]]'',{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=229}} while EMI engineer [[Phil McDonald]]'s handwritten notes similarly documented the band's experimentation with overdubs on the basic track.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=74}}{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=10}} In the search for a suitable arrangement, [[George Harrison]] briefly switched to bass guitar, and producer [[George Martin]] contributed on [[tack piano]], sent through a [[Leslie speaker]], and on [[Vox Continental]] organ, none of which were retained in the completed track.{{sfn|Rodriguez|2012|pp=116, 150–51}}

"Paperback Writer" is marked by the boosted bass guitar sound,{{sfn|Turner|2005|p=101}} which was partly in response to Lennon demanding to know why the bass on a certain [[Wilson Pickett]] record exceeded that on any Beatles records.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=74}} [[Geoff Emerick]], who had been promoted to the role of the Beatles' [[Audio engineer|recording engineer]] for ''Revolver'', later said: "'Paperback Writer' was the first time the bass sound had been heard in all its excitement. Paul played a different bass, a [[Rickenbacker 4001|Rickenbacker]]. Then we boosted it further by using a [[loudspeaker]] as a [[microphone]]. We positioned it directly in front of the bass speaker and the moving diaphragm of the second speaker made the electric current."{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=74}} McCartney's playing was also more melodic and busy than on previous tracks.{{sfn|Hertsgaard|1996|p=180}}

According to McCartney, the harmony vocals on the track were arranged during the recording session.{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=708}} Martin later commented: "The way the song itself is shaped and the slow, [[contrapuntal]] statements from the backing voices – no one had really done that before."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919/paperback-writer-19691231 |title=100 Greatest Beatles Songs: 35. 'Paperback Writer'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> In their backing vocals over the third verse, Lennon and Harrison sing the title of the French nursery rhyme "[[Frère Jacques]]".{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=196}}

Emerick stated that the "Paperback Writer" / "[[Rain (Beatles song)|Rain]]" single was cut louder than any other Beatles record up to that time, due to a new piece of equipment used in the mastering process, referred to as "Automatic Transient Overload Control", which was devised by the EMI maintenance department.{{sfn|Emerick|2006|p=117}}