"I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy" session #2

Monday, October 21, 1963 • For The Beatles

Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy 7" Single.
Studio:
EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road

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Songs recorded


1.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Mixing • Mono mixing from take 17

Album Officially released on I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy


2.

This Boy

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Mixing • Remixes 1 and 2 from take 15

Unreleased track


3.

This Boy

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Editing • Editing of mono remixes 1 and 2

Album Officially released on I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy


4.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Mixing • Setero mixing - Remix 1 from take 17

Staff

Production staff

George Martin:
Producer
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!

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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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