This image is a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the work or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover artwork in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such covers qualifies as fair use.
- Timeline See what happened in November 1963
- UK release date:
- Nov 22, 1963
- Publisher:
- Parlophone
- Sessions This album has been recorded during the following sessions
- "With The Beatles" session #1 (Jul 18, 1963)
- "With The Beatles" session #2 (Jul 30, 1963)
- "With The Beatles" session #3 (Aug 21, 1963)
- "With The Beatles" session #4 (Sep 11, 1963)
- "With The Beatles" session #5 (Sep 12, 1963)
- "With The Beatles" session #6 (Sep 30, 1963)
- "With The Beatles" session #7 (Oct 03, 1963)
- "With The Beatles" session #8 (Oct 23, 1963)
Spread the love! If you like what you are seeing, share it on social networks and let others know about The Paul McCartney Project.
Track list
Disc 1
1.
2:13 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr:
- Drums
- John Lennon:
- Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison:
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick:
- Second engineer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Richard Langham:
- Second engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jul 30, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 21, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
2.
2:03 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr:
- Drums
- John Lennon:
- Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison:
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Session Recording:
- Sep 11, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 30, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
3.
2:08 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr:
- Drums
- John Lennon:
- Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar
- George Harrison:
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jul 30, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 21, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
4.
Written by George Harrison
2:28 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Woodblock
- Ringo Starr:
- Bongo, Drums
- John Lennon:
- Rhythm guitar, Tambourine
- George Harrison:
- Lead guitar, Vocals
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Session Recording:
- Sep 11, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Recording:
- Sep 12, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 30, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
5.
1:46 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Piano, Vocals
- Ringo Starr:
- Drums
- John Lennon:
- Harmonica, Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison:
- Lead guitar
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Session Recording:
- Sep 11, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Recording:
- Sep 12, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Recording:
- Oct 03, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 23, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
6.
Written by Meredith Willson
2:14 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr:
- Bongos
- John Lennon:
- Acoustic rhythm guitar
- George Harrison:
- Acoustic lead guitar
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jul 18, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Recording:
- Jul 30, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 21, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
7.
Written by Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman
2:34 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr:
- Drums
- John Lennon:
- Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison:
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jul 30, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 21, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
8.
Written by Chuck Berry
2:46 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Handclaps
- Ringo Starr:
- Drums, Handclaps
- John Lennon:
- Handclaps, Rhythm guitar
- George Harrison:
- Handclaps, Lead guitar, Vocals
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jul 30, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 21, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
9.
2:32 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Handclaps, Vocals
- Ringo Starr:
- Drums, Handclaps
- John Lennon:
- Backing vocals, Handclaps, Rhythm guitar
- George Harrison:
- Backing vocals, Handclaps, Lead guitar
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Session Recording:
- Sep 12, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 30, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 23, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
10.
Written by Smokey Robinson
3:01 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Harmony vocals
- Ringo Starr:
- Drums
- John Lennon:
- Lead vocals, Rhythm guitar
- George Harrison:
- Harmony vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin:
- Piano, Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jul 18, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 21, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
11.
2:00 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr:
- Drums, Maracas, Vocals
- John Lennon:
- Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar
- George Harrison:
- Lead guitar
- George Martin:
- Hammond organ, Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Session Recording:
- Sep 11, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Recording:
- Sep 12, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Recording:
- Oct 03, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 23, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
12.
Written by Richard Drapkin
2:26 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr:
- Drums, Maracas
- John Lennon:
- Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar
- George Harrison:
- Lead guitar, Vocals
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jul 18, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 21, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
13.
2:07 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass
- Ringo Starr:
- Drums
- John Lennon:
- Acoustic rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Martin:
- Piano, Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Session Recording:
- Sep 11, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 30, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
14.
Written by Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy
2:50 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney:
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr:
- Drums
- John Lennon:
- Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison:
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin:
- Piano, Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jul 18, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Recording:
- Jul 30, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 21, 1963
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
About
From Wikipedia:
With the Beatles is the second studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 22 November 1963, on Parlophone, and was recorded four months after the band’s debut Please Please Me. The album features eight original compositions (seven by Lennon–McCartney and “Don’t Bother Me“, George Harrison’s first recorded solo composition and his first released on a Beatles album) and six covers (mostly of Motown, rock and roll, and R&B hits). The cover photograph was taken by the fashion photographer Robert Freeman, and it has been mimicked by several music groups over the years.
The album became the first Beatles album released in North America when it was released in Canada on 25 November under the augmented title Beatlemania! With the Beatles, with additional text on the album cover, and issued only in mono at the time, catalogue number T 6051 (a stereo Canadian release would come in 1968, catalogue number ST 6051). With The Beatles was unevenly “split” over the group’s first two Capitol albums in the United States; nine tracks were issued on Meet the Beatles! (the eight original compositions plus “Till There Was You“), and the remaining five, all “covers”, were placed on The Beatles’ Second Album.
The LP had advance orders of a half million and sold another half million by September 1965, making it the second album to sell a million copies in the United Kingdom, after the soundtrack to the 1958 film South Pacific. With the Beatles remained at the top of the charts for 21 weeks, displacing Please Please Me, so that the Beatles occupied the top spot for 51 consecutive weeks. It even reached number 11 in the “singles charts” (because at the time UK charts counted all records sold, regardless of format). EMI Australia did not receive the cover art, and used different shots of the band in a similar style to the black-and-white photograph on other releases. The Beatles were unaware of this until fans showed them the cover during their only Australian tour, and informed the EMI publicity staff that they were not pleased with the substitution.
On 26 February 1987, With the Beatles was officially released on compact disc (in mono only, catalogue number CDP 7 46436 2). Having been available only as an import in the US in the past, the album was also issued domestically in the US on LP and cassette on 21 July 1987. Along with the rest of the Beatles’ canon, it was re-released on CD in newly re-mastered stereo and mono versions on 9 September 2009.
The album was ranked number 420 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003, and was included in Robert Dimery’s 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Recording
Unlike Please Please Me, whose tracks not previously issued on singles (10 of the 14) were recorded in one day (11 February 1963), With The Beatles was recorded over seven sessions across three months, from 18 July to 23 October. None of its 14 tracks were issued as singles in the UK. In between sessions, as Beatlemania took off across the UK, the group were busy with radio, TV, and live performances. The sessions featured:
Packaging
Impressed with Robert Freeman’s black and white pictures of John Coltrane, Brian Epstein invited the photographer to do the cover image. The Beatles requested him to take inspiration from the pictures Astrid Kirchherr took of the Beatles back in Hamburg, featuring the band in half-shadow and not smiling. To achieve this result, on 22 August 1963 Freeman photographed the band in a dark corridor of the Palace Court Hotel, Bournemouth, England. To fit the square format of the cover, he put Ringo Starr in the bottom right corner, “since he was the last to join the group. He was also the shortest”. The original idea was to paint the picture from edge to edge, with no bleeding or title, but the studio vetoed it, on the grounds that the Beatles were not yet famous enough to carry a nameless cover. (The first album to carry an edge-to-edge cover was the Rolling Stones’ self-titled debut, released a few months later.) The studio also tried to pull the cover because the Beatles were not smiling, and it was only after George Martin intervened that they won the day. Freeman was paid £75 for his work (three times the normal fee).
Track listing
All tracks written by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.
Personnel
According to Mark Lewisohn:
Charts and certifications
Charts
Certifications
^shipments figures based on certification alone
BPI certification awarded only for sales since 1994.
Release history
References
Other sources
External links
Last updated on May 9, 2017
Contribute!
Have you spotted an error on the page? Do you want to suggest new content? Or do you simply want to leave a comment ? Please use the form below!