"I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy" session #1 (session) • The Paul McCartney Project

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Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy 7" Single.

Studio:: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Timeline

Previous session Oct 03, 1963 • "With The Beatles" session #7

Concert Oct 15, 1963 • United Kingdom • Southport

Interview Oct 16, 1963 • The Beatles interview for BBC Radio

Session Oct 17, 1963 • "I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy" session #1

Concert Oct 19, 1963 • United Kingdom • Buxton

Radio show Oct 20, 1963 • Easy Beat

Next session Oct 21, 1963 • "I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy" session #2

More from year 1963

Some songs from this session appear on:

Past Masters Volume 1

Meet the Beatles! (Mono)

Meet the Beatles! (Stereo)

I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy

The Beatles' Million Sellers

With The Beatles - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics

A Collection of Beatles Oldies (Mono)

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Songs recorded

1.

The Beatles Christmas Record

Written by Tony Barrow

Recording • Unknown number of takes

Album Officially released on The Beatles Christmas record

2.

You Really Got A Hold On Me

Written by Smokey Robinson

Recording • Take 12

3.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 1

4.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 2

5.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 3

6.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 4

7.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 5

8.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 6

9.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 7

10.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 8

11.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 9

12.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 10

13.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 11

14.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 12

15.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 13

16.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 14

17.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 15

18.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 16

19.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 17

20.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 1

21.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 2

22.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 3

23.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 4

24.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 5

25.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 6

26.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 7

27.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 8

28.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 9

29.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 10

30.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 11

Album Released on bootleg With The Beatles - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics

31.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 12

Album Officially released on Free As A Bird

32.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 13

Album Officially released on Free As A Bird

33.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 14

34.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 15

35.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 16

36.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Recording • Take 17

Staff

Musicians

Paul McCartney:: vocals, bass guitar

Ringo Starr:: drums

John Lennon:: rhythm guitar, vocals

George Harrison:: vocals, lead guitar

Production staff

George Martin:: Producer

Geoff Emerick:: Second Engineer

Norman Smith:: Engineer

Going further

The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions • Mark Lewisohn

The definitive guide for every Beatles recording sessions from 1962 to 1970.

We owe a lot to Mark Lewisohn for the creation of those session pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - the number of takes for each song, who contributed what, a description of the context and how each session went, various photographies... And an introductory interview with Paul McCartney!

The Beatles Recording Reference Manual: Volume 1: My Bonnie through Beatles For Sale (1961-1964)

Nominated for the 2018 Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.

The first book of the series, "The Beatles Recording Reference Manual: Volume 1: My Bonnie through Beatles For Sale (1961-1964)" tracks the evolution of the band from their earliest recordings and initial hits, through "Please Please Me", "With The Beatles", "A Hard Day's Night", and "Beatles For Sale". From the first take to the final remix, discover the making of the greatest recordings of all time.

Through extensive, fully-documented research, these books fill an important gap left by all other Beatles books published to date and provide a unique view into the recordings of the world's most successful pop music act.

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