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 : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

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

   Session Recording: Apr 18, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Room 65, Abbey Road

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

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

3. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

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

   Paul McCartney : Bass guitar Ringo Starr : Drums, Maracas, Tambourine John Lennon : 12-string acoustic guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Acoustic guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Johnnie Scott : Alto flute, Tenor flute

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

4. I Need You

   Written by George Harrison

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

   Paul McCartney : Bass guitar, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Acoustic guitar percussion, Cowbell John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Harmony vocals, Snare drum George Harrison : 12-string electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, Vocals George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

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

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

5. Another Girl

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

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

   Paul McCartney : Bass, 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

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

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

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, Piano Ringo Starr : Bongos, Drums John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

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

7. Ticket To Ride

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

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

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmony vocals, Lead guitar Ringo Starr : Drums, Handclaps, Tambourine John Lennon : Double-tracked lead vocals, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Rhythm guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

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

8. Act Naturally

   Written by Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison

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

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

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

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 rhythm guitar, Electric guitar, Vocals George Harrison : 12-string acoustic guitar, Lead guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

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

10. You Like Me Too Much

    Written by George Harrison

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

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

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

11. Tell Me What You See

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

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

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

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

12. I've Seen That Face

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

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

    Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Vocals Ringo Starr : Brushed snare drum, Maracas John Lennon : Acoustic guitar George Harrison : Acoustic lead guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

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

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

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

    Session Mixing: Jun 18, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

14. Dizzy Miss Lizzy

    Written by Larry Williams

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

    Paul McCartney : Bass, Hohner pianet electric piano Ringo Starr : Cowbell, Drums John Lennon : Hammond organ, Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Double-tracked lead guitar George Martin : 1987 mix, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

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

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

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. […]