Help! (1987 mix)

Track list

Disc 1

1. Help!

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:20 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums, Tambourine John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Lead vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Electric guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Apr 13, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionOverdubs : Between April 14 and 17, 1965 • Studio : CTS Studios, 47-53 Kensington Garden Square • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

2. The Night Before

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:35 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Lead guitar, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Percussion John Lennon : Electric piano, Harmony vocals George Harrison : Harmony vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Feb 17, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

3. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:09 • Studio version • D • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Maracas Ringo Starr : Drums, Tambourine John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Lead vocals George Harrison : Acoustic guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Johnnie Scott : Alto flute, Tenor flute

   SessionRecording : Feb 18, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionOverdubs : Feb 20, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

4. I Need You

   Written by George Harrison

   2:29 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Cowbell, Percussion John Lennon : Backing vocals, Drums George Harrison : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Lead vocals George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Feb 15, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionOverdubs : Feb 16, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

5. Another Girl

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:05 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Lead guitar, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Harmony vocals George Harrison : Electric rhythm guitar, Harmony vocals George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Feb 15, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionOverdubs : Feb 16, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

6. You're Going to Lose That Girl

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:19 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric piano Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Electric guitar, Lead vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Electric guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Feb 19, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

7. Ticket To Ride

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   3:10 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Lead guitar Ringo Starr : Drums, Tambourine John Lennon : Electric guitar, Handclaps, Lead vocals George Harrison : Electric guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Feb 15, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

8. Act Naturally

   Written by Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison

   2:30 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums, Lead vocals George Harrison : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Jun 17, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

9. It's Only Love

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   1:57 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Bass Ringo Starr : Drums, Tambourine John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Acoustic rhythm guitar, Lead vocals George Harrison : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Jun 15, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

10. You Like Me Too Much

    Written by George Harrison

    2:37 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

    Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Piano Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Electric piano, Tambourine George Harrison : Acoustic guitar, Lead guitar, Lead vocals George Martin : 1987 mix, Piano, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

    SessionRecording : Feb 17, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

11. Tell Me What You See

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    2:38 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

    Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric piano, Lead vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Tambourine John Lennon : Electric guitar, Lead vocals George Harrison : Claves, Guiro George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

    SessionRecording : Feb 18, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

12. I've Seen That Face

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    2:05 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

    Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Lead vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Maracas George Harrison : Acoustic guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

    SessionRecording : Jun 14, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

13. Yesterday

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    2:06 • Studio version • D • Stereo • 1987 mix

    Paul McCartney : Guitar, Vocals George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Tony Gilbert : Violin Sidney Sax : Violin Kenneth Essex : Viola Francesc Gabarró Solé : Cello

    SessionRecording : Jun 14, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionOverdubs : Jun 17, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road • London • UK

    SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

14. Dizzy Miss Lizzy

    Written by Larry Williams

    2:57 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

    Paul McCartney : Bass Ringo Starr : Cowbell, Drums John Lennon : Electric guitar, Electric piano, Lead vocals George Harrison : Electric guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

    SessionRecording : May 10, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

From The 1987 CD mixes – The Daily Beatle (webgrafikk.com):

In 1987, as the Beatles catalog was due for their first CD release, producer George Martin wanted to go back and remix the sixties version of stereo to something a bit more updated for the modern ear. Because of a rushed release schedule, he couldn’t do this for the first four albums, Please Please Me, With The Beatles, Beatles For Sale and A Hard Day’s Night, as they were due for release in February 1987. So, as a compromise, they were released in mono, which were mixes the producer was satisfied with.

The next batch of releases were Help!, Rubber Soul and Revolver, due out in April 1987, and this time, Sir George had time to prepare updated mixes for these. He had a listen, and while he thought Help! and Rubber Soul needed remixing, he was satisfied with the sixties stereo mix of Revolver and all the albums that followed.

So he remixed Help! and Rubber Soul, and when they were released on CD they had an “eighties” stereo soundscape. (Except for some Canadian pressings of these CD’s where the original sixties stereo mixes had been used by mistake.)

Over the years, Beatles fans and music lovers have been rather critical to the 1987 mixes of those two albums, especially because they brought in an amount of echo and reverb which hadn’t been present on the sixties stereo mixes. […]