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[starofwonder]

 Have I got the term right....  ?

singing  over  the  original  singing  track .... !

I m  sure  Paul  does  it  on  ... Things  we  said  today ...

and  its  prob  used  all over the  Beatles  recording  career....

A little bit of  studio  trickery ... it  makes  the  voice  track  richer and  more  powerful .

[Hello Goodbye]

You've got it right.  And The Beatles started doing that early on.

In Slow Down, John sings "But now you don't care a dime for me" on one track and "But now you've got a boyfriend down the street" on the other...

Slow Down-The Beatles

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[nimrod]

Have I got the term right....  ?

singing  over  the  original  singing  track .... !

I m  sure  Paul  does  it  on  ... Things  we  said  today ...

and  its  prob  used  all over the  Beatles  recording  career....

A little bit of  studio  trickery ... it  makes  the  voice  track  richer and  more  powerful .

and then they invented a machine to do it for them, called ADT

[Hello Goodbye]

and then they invented a machine to do it for them, called ADT

Yeah, Kev.  Artificial or Automatic Double Tracking.  We heard a lot of that in Revolver...

The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere (Mono)

[Hello Goodbye]

Buddy Holly was double tracking (overdubbing) in 1956...

Buddy Holly and his loved Maria Elena, Words of love

Buddy Holly Words Of Love

[Hombre_de_ningun_lugar]

The song "A Hard Day's Night" is another example of double-tracking, among many.

In the later years, John also recorded two different vocals in "Revolution" doing deliberate "mistakes".

[pc31]

eddie cochran also use to double track himself in the 50s...

[Hello Goodbye]

eddie cochran also use to double track himself in the 50s...

He double tracks guitar here...

Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody - 1958 - 45 RPM

Les Paul and Mary Ford explain and demonstrate multi-tracking in 1951...

Les Paul Explains Multitrack Recording