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editLa Marseillaise in "All You Need is Love"
editDoes anyone know the exact recording of "La Marseillaise" sampled in the opening to the Beatles' "All You Need is Love"? Lizardcreator (talk) 05:10, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Our article on he song says the Beatles were "accompanied by a thirteen-piece orchestra. I assume that orchestra played the piece. HiLo48 (talk) 05:20, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Yeah. Before 'sampling' was a thing, real musicians used actually to perform, or pay colleagues to perform, all the music they wanted on their recordings. [/grump] {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.6.84.253 (talk) 06:48, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Though it's unlikely the Beatles hired a man with a tape recorder up his nose. Actually, according to Lewisohn's book on Beatles recording sessions, p.120, they brought in 13 musicians to play that segment. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 07:36, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Yeah. Before 'sampling' was a thing, real musicians used actually to perform, or pay colleagues to perform, all the music they wanted on their recordings. [/grump] {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.6.84.253 (talk) 06:48, 4 January 2025 (UTC)