Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Feb 18, 1965 • "Help!" Session #4
Session Feb 19, 1965 • "Help!" Session #5
Session Feb 20, 1965 • "Help!" Session #6
Interview Feb 22, 1965 • Press conference
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Help! (Mono)" LP
From Anthology 2 liner notes:
Within two days of recording If You’ve Got Trouble, the Beatles taped a further number for the Help! movie that would also remain unissued. Indeed, they made two concerted attempts at recording Paul’s That Means A Lot, dedicating five hours to the task on 20 February […] and then cutting a re-make on 30 March. But it was all to no avail. “We thought we’d give it to somebody who could sing it well,” John Lennon told the New Musical Express soon after the Beatles decided to relinquish the song, indicating P J Proby, the era’s most controversial singer, whose exclusive version was issued in September 1965 and reached 24 on the same paper’s singles chart.
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 1
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 4
You're Going to Lose That Girl
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 3
AlbumOfficially released on Help! (Mono)
Recording • Take 1
AlbumOfficially released on Anthology 2
Recording • Tape reduction take 1 into take 2
Recording • SI onto take 2
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 1
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 9
AlbumOfficially released on Help! (Mono)
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!
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.
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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