Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Concert Oct 16, 1964 • United Kingdom • Hull
Session Oct 16, 1964 • "Beatles for Sale" Session #6
Session Oct 18, 1964 • "Beatles for Sale" Session #7
Concert Oct 19, 1964 • United Kingdom • Edinburgh
Concert Oct 20, 1964 • United Kingdom • Dundee
Next session Oct 21, 1964 • "Beatles for Sale" Session #8
Some of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Beatles For Sale (Mono)" LP.
From Anthology 1 liner notes:
Seeking to complete Beatles For Sale, the Beatles scheduled the penultimate session for the album on Sunday 18 October 1964, having motored south from their Friday-night concert engagement in Hull and before returning north for a Monday booking in Edinburgh. In this one session the group started and finished Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!, I’ll Follow The Sun, Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby, Rock And Roll Music, Words Of Love and (not an album track but their next single) I Feel Fine, and they also re-made Mr. Moonlight and completed Eight Days A Week. All in just nine hours.
As the title suggests, Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! – which the Beatles had performed in Kansas City only a month earlier – was a medley of two songs, Kansas City and Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! Little Richard, who composed the latter, first coupled them in 1959. With Paul singing lead vocal, the Beatles captured the song in two takes – the master, on Beatles For Sale, was Take 1; Take 2 is issued here for the first time.
Recording • Take 14
Recording • Take 15
Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Recording • Medley - Take 1
Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard
Recording • Medley - Take 1
Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Recording • Medley - Take 2
Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard
Recording • Medley - Take 2
Written by Roy Lee Johnson
Recording • Take 5
Written by Roy Lee Johnson
Recording • Take 6
Written by Roy Lee Johnson
Recording • Take 7
Written by Roy Lee Johnson
Recording • Take 8
Recording • Take 1
AlbumReleased on bootleg Beatles For Sale - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics
Recording • Take 2
AlbumReleased on bootleg Beatles For Sale - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics
Recording • Take 3
Unreleased track
Recording • Take 4
Unreleased track
Recording • Take 5
AlbumReleased on bootleg Beatles For Sale - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics
Recording • Take 6
AlbumReleased on bootleg Beatles For Sale - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics
Recording • Take 7
AlbumReleased on bootleg Beatles For Sale - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics
Recording • Take 8
AlbumReleased on bootleg Beatles For Sale - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics
Recording • Take 9
AlbumReleased on bootleg Beatles For Sale - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics
Recording • Take 1
Recording • Take 2
Recording • Take 3
Recording • Take 4
Recording • Take 5
Recording • Take 6
Recording • Take 7
Recording • Take 8
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
Written by Carl Perkins
Recording • Take 1
Written by Chuck Berry
Recording • Take 1
Written by Buddy Holly
Recording • Take 1
Written by Buddy Holly
Recording • Take 2
Written by Buddy Holly
Recording • Take 3
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions • Mark Lewisohn
The definitive guide for every Beatles recording sessions from 1962 to 1970.
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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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