The Beatles have released an unreleased 1965 recording of Day Tripper on digital streaming platforms, giving listeners an early glimpse into how the legendary British rock band composed their hit songs.
The track, titled Day Tripper (Songwriting Work Tape), captures band members John Lennon and Paul McCartney working together at Lennon's Kenwood home in Weybridge, located in the English county of Surrey.
At the time of the home recording, the iconic guitar riff that became the defining feature of Day Tripper had not yet been created, showing the song in its earliest creative phase.
Lennon and McCartney formed one of popular music's most celebrated songwriting partnerships after founding the Beatles in Liverpool in 1960. Lennon lived at the Kenwood estate in Surrey during the mid-1960s, where the duo regularly met to compose tracks for their landmark studio albums.
Rubber Soul special edition details
The archival work tape forms part of an expanded Special Edition of Rubber Soul, the historic Beatles album scheduled for release on October 2.
The upcoming release features a brand new audio mix produced by Giles Martin alongside engineer Sam Okell. Giles Martin is a British record producer and the son of Sir George Martin, the legendary producer who guided the group's recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios in London throughout the 1960s.
Originally released in December 1965, Rubber Soul was the band's sixth studio album. The record is widely regarded by music historians as a major artistic turning point that introduced greater musical complexity and folk-rock influences to their catalog.
The new expanded collection gathers 24 recordings from the album's first studio sessions, featuring 20 previously unreleased takes and three unreleased home demos.
Along with the new stereo mix, the package includes the original mono mix, the original Capitol Records version released in the United States, and the double A-side single Day Tripper paired with We Can Work It Out. Day Tripper was originally issued alongside We Can Work It Out in December 1965 to coincide with the album.
Early track previews
Ahead of the full October album launch, producers have also made another preview track available on digital platforms, Michelle (Take 1), which will also feature on the new release.
