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Wednesday, February 26, 1964

"A Hard Day's Night" session #2

For The Beatles

Session activities

  1. You Can't Do That

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 9

  2. You Can't Do That

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 2 from take 9

  3. You Can't Do That

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 3 from take 9

  4. You Can't Do That

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 4 from take 9

  5. Can't Buy Me Love

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • Mono mixing from take 4

  6. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 4

  7. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 5

  8. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 6

  9. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 7

  10. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 8

  11. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 9

  12. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 10

  13. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 11

  14. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 12

  15. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 13

  16. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 14

  17. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 15

  18. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 16

  19. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 17

  20. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 18

  21. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 19

  22. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 20

  23. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 21

  24. I Should Have Known Better

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 22

  25. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 3

  26. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 4

  27. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 5

  28. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 6

  29. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 7

  30. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 8

  31. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 9

  32. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 10

  33. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 11

  34. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 12

  35. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 13

  36. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 14

  37. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 15

  38. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 16

  39. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 18

  40. And I Love Her

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 19


Staff

Musicians

Production staff


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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