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Thursday, October 17, 1963

"I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy" session #1

For The Beatles

Session activities

  1. The Beatles Christmas Record

    Written by Tony Barrow

    Recording • Unknown number of takes

    AlbumOfficially released on The Beatles Christmas record

  2. You Really Got A Hold On Me

    Written by Smokey Robinson

    Recording • Take 12

  3. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 1

  4. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 2

  5. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 3

  6. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 4

  7. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 5

  8. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 6

  9. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 7

  10. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 8

  11. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 9

  12. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 10

  13. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 11

  14. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 12

  15. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 13

  16. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 14

  17. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 15

  18. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 16

  19. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 17

  20. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 1

  21. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 2

  22. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 3

  23. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 4

  24. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 5

  25. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 6

  26. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 7

  27. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 8

  28. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 9

  29. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 10

  30. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 11

    AlbumReleased on bootleg With The Beatles - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics

  31. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 12

    AlbumOfficially released on Free As A Bird

  32. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 13

    AlbumOfficially released on Free As A Bird

  33. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 14

  34. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 15

  35. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 16

  36. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 17


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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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