Alan's having a hard time accepting this. I can tell.   The thing about it is that if you read the book you can see that there is no way in hell that Emerick would ever give John credit for something Paul actually did. He seems like he's down right in love with Paul! In a manly sort of way of course. I don't doubt him for a moment. He dedicated 16 pages to the recording of A Day in the Life. He's got some memory that guy.  

I won't accept either because it simply does not sound like John. Those 'Aaahs' sound almost exactly like the opening to 'Lovely Rita'. Plus when you hear the link that Alan gave, it just doesn't sound like John's high pitched vocal in the song, its a bit of a lower pitch. I mean listen to the 'Version two - 5.1 mix rear left segment' after the 'aaahs', John starts singing and his voice does not match the 'Aaahs', the 'aaahs' are too deep and it sounds like Paul. I'm with Alan, I'm still convinced it was Paul.

I've got the answer.  Paul and Richard screwed up the punch-in--without Geoff knowing.  So they rerecorded John's Aaah with Paul singing it.  Maybe there was even a little tape bleed from John's performance.  

Poor Geoff, he still doesn't know.  

I actually think it's paul now.

I'm sorry but when he does the second 'ahhhh' it's paul.

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I've got the answer.  Paul and Richard screwed up the punch-in--without Geoff knowing.  So they rerecorded John's Aaah with Paul singing it.  Maybe there was even a little tape bleed from John's performance.  

Poor Geoff, he still doesn't know.  

... or maybe that John's performance is played at the same time as Paul's!  
They had to sign that part together ... there were two parts (John's versus, Paul's middle eight) and this was the joint ... or at least that's what I want to believe!

Another site where this discussion has been had... http://xywe.com/music/145-828-re-geoff-emerick-claims-a-day-in-the-life-read.shtml

This used to be my favourite part of my favourite song on my favourite album.
And now I daren't listen to it!

Hee hee!

It always sounded like JOHN LENNON to me....for me, anything else is baseless and attention-grabbing supposition.

(and besides, WHO CARES who sang a tiny snippet...it's the MOST IMPORTANT song on Pepper--no matter who sang "ahhhhhh")

but not to be opinionated or anything..lol

Is this debate closed?

Sorry if it's already solved but I found this earlier:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X7g6QsJD4fM&feature=related

Heh. If I've learned anything from being a member of this forum it's this: This debate will never be closed! Unless one day a video of the actual recording session somehow surfaces, there will continue to be those who just simply do not believe the evidence. No matter how compelling the evidence may be! Ahem...Geoff Emmerick. Maybe a confirmation from Paul himself would do it, but Alan dropped the ball on that one.  

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Is this debate closed?

Sorry if it's already solved but I found this earlier:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X7g6QsJD4fM&feature=related

i always considered it to be paul but that clip is making me think otherwise the tone of ahhh's and then the tone of his voice when it comes back in after it  sound very alike.

Paul can sound like John " Let Me Roll it " showed that .

yeah i didnt mean the sound of his voice but more the tone or Eq of the voice, The Ahh's and Lennons verses have a lot of treble and not much low end and seem to fit together where as Macca's section is very Bassy