Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Feb 17, 1965 • "Help!" Session #3
Article Feb 18, 1965 • Northern Songs becomes a public company
Session Feb 18, 1965 • "Help!" Session #4
Session Feb 19, 1965 • "Help!" Session #5
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Help! (Mono)" LP
From Anthology 2 liner notes:
The fourth day of the Help! sessions was a typically productive one, the Beatles recording three new songs and mixing a number of other titles. The first of the three was John’s all-acoustic You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away, taken from conception to completion in less than two hour during the afternoon. The master (Take 9) was distinguished by a flute overdub – the first time Beatles had brought in an outside musician to augment their sound – but the version presented [in Anthology 2] is Take 5, the only other complete recording. This is prefaced by some studio banter: John’s “1,2,3, 1,2,3, hold on, hold on” count-in that is all there was of Take 1, and some “shattering” talk that preceded Take 2.
Two songs were recording during the evening, Tell Me What You See, written and sung by Paul, and If You’ve Got Trouble, written by John and Paul as Ringo’s sing lead on Beatles discs, with Boys appearing on the album Please Please Me, I Wanna Be Your Man on With The Beatles, Honey Don’t on Beatles For Sale and Matchbox on the four-song EP Long Tall Sally. The Beatles captured the basic track of If You’ve Got Trouble in a single take and then lead and backing vocals were overdubbed, but the overall sound did not gel and it was soon decided to pass over the recording, and, indeed, the song itself. Ringo made his vocal contribution to Help! by aping a cover version of Buck Owens’ country number Act Naturally on 17 June 1965, and If You’ve Got Trouble has remained locked inside EMI’s archive until now.
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1 from take 2
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 1
AlbumOfficially released on Help! (Mono)
Written by George Harrison
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 5
AlbumOfficially released on Help! (Mono)
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 14
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Recording • Take 1
AlbumOfficially released on Anthology 2
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Recording • Take 2
AlbumOfficially released on Anthology 2
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Recording • Take 3
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Recording • Take 4
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Recording • Take 5
AlbumOfficially released on Anthology 2
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Recording • Take 6
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Recording • Take 7
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Recording • Take 8
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Recording • Take 9
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 2
Written by George Harrison
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 8
AlbumOfficially released on Help! (Mono)
Recording • Take 1
AlbumOfficially released on Anthology 2
Recording • Take 1
Recording • Take 2
Recording • Take 3
Recording • Take 4
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 2 - Help! through Revolver (1965-1966)
The second book of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)-nominated series, "The Beatles Recording Reference Manual: Volume 2: Help! through Revolver (1965-1966)" follows the evolution of the band from the end of Beatlemania with "Help!" through the introspection of "Rubber Soul" up to the sonic revolution of "Revolver". From the first take to the final remix, discover the making of the greatest recordings of all time.
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