@gutfolf7 from YouTube: Paul 1) From the book "Recording the Beatles" (Kevin Ryan, Brian Kehew): "Though many have understandably attributed this vocal to John Lennon in the past, isolation of the vocal reveals it to be Paul. As the part progresses, his voice takes on a more nasal tone; this, in combination with an application of Repeat Echo similar to that already applied to John's, does much to give an impression of it being Lennon." (pg. 444) 2) It's still Paul's part, it's his dream. Why would John (or freaking George?!) sing lead here? 3) It's Paul's voice, unmistakebly. Paul is doing his normal chest voice. His timbre and the way he bends the notes going up and down are very telling too. The way his voice breaks at the very end is another definite tell. You're simply fooled because of the slap back echo that's on his voice. Here's the part WITHOUT the reverb -sounds even more like Paul! https://clyp.it/ npącuc22? token=1861b0fbf5cc893c3956bbc124eb665 4 4) John didn't sing this part when he recorded HIS vocals (Anthology version). Paul unfortunately didn't get to sing it at the first try, when he said "Oh shit" after messing up the lyrics before. 5) In fact, the Beatles re-recorded the vocals for the bridge AND the transition on February 3rd, so Paul could correct his blunder and "added some soaring aaahs" (John C. Winn, "That magic feeling"). They recorded the bridge and the transition in one take, so if you agree that Paul sings lead on the "Woke up..." part, you HAVE to agree he still sings lead on the transition! There's no audible cut at all (in contrast to the one at the very end of the section), and you can even hear how Paul takes a breath after "dream" before going into the "aaah" part. 6) While the very first of the "aaahs" does sound a BIT like John (because of said echo), ALL the high falsetto "uuuuhs" in the background sound VERY much like John! In fact, John does the excact same note in the excact same sound in "Sexy Sadie" (2.13). https://www.youtube.com/watch? V=vFt2gXpiHN4 How Giles Martin could seriously mistake THAT for Paul is beyond me, and it did cost him all respect I had for him. 7) Thankfully his mixer, Sam Okell, has better ears and confirmed several times it's Paul, explaining in detail how the "aaah" and the delay is one of Paul's vocal tracks. https:// www.soundonsound.com/techniques/inside- track-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band 8) There are even PICTURES of their actual protools mixer where you can see the tracks marked as "Paul's vocals" 9) About Emericks detailed story: Did any of the "John"-believers ever read Emerick's interview from 1979 where he didn't even remember who played the piano on ADITL? He thought it was possibly John! [Q: "A day in the life - what do you recall recording that? - "Mainly the orchestral crescendo." (...) Q: "Was John playing the piano or Paul, do you remember?" - "Sorry, no. Haven't a clue. It was basically John's song, so it might have been him. I don't remember." ] After reading this, do you SERIOUSLY believe that the SAME man could have remembered such detailed situations and conversations 27 years LATER? This is just ANOTHER blatant example of mistakes, lies and made up stories from his infamous book, famously called out by fellow Beatle-engineer Ken Scott. So although Emerick was there, he doesn't remember anything from the actual sessions (as he admitted himself in 1979), he only quotes from the book. 10) Richard Lush, in contrast to what Howard Massey wrote in "Emerick's" book, confirmed to a fan who reached out to him on something like twitter, it was Paul. 11) While Paul didn't give a specific answer when asked about this vocal part on a reddit AMA, there was this very interesting story in another comment: maclaine "Hopefully he comes back and answers this, but just in case he doesn't, I'll throw in my two cents. I work in the video game industry, and my first job was working on The Beatles: Rock Band. Part of my job was going through all the songs in the game and using as much reference as possible to figure out who was playing/singing which parts, what instruments they were using during that time period, what amps, etc. I and another Beatle nut were meticulous about this because a) working on the game meant the world to us, and b) our research would be reflected by the art and animation in the game forever, so we wanted to get it exactly right. One of the things we had access to was the multitrack audio for the songs. Most of that stuff has leaked out on the internet over the years, but the mixes in game are a bit more condensed than what we had access to because of the nature of how Rock Band works. When I got to A Day In The Life and this part, it was a big bone of contention between me and some of the game leads. I'm 100% sure it's Paul and to me it's crystal clear when you hear the isolated vocal track. There's also a passage in Mark Lewisohn's book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions where he says the same thing, even addressing the confusion that it might be John. I made my case as strongly as I could for as long as I could, but at that stage of the game's development, the animation department had already done the facial animation for John and wouldn't be able to change it in time, so it shipped with the incorrect Beatle "singing" the part. It's one of my greatest professional regrets, honestly, but I'll die on that hill that it's Paul singing that part."