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- Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich 7" Single.
- Studio:
- EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France
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From Anthology 1 liner notes:
In Paris for a concert season at the Olympia, music-hall, the Beatles taped the basic track and all outtakes of Can’t Buy Me Love at the end of a session at EMI’s Pathé Marconi studios in which they also recorded German-language versions of I Want To Hold Your Hand and She Loves You. Vocal and guitar overdubs were added to the master, Take 4, back at Abbey Road on 25 February, but the previously unreleased Paris recording of Can’t Buy Me Love presented here, all vocals and instruments live, is Take 2 (with the main guitar solo “flown in” from Take 1). Paul’s vocal style was more bluesy in these first two rough takes – though it should be recognised that he was not attempting a definitive vocal track – while John and George’s backing vocal idea was later dispensed with too.
Last updated on August 31, 2021
Songs recorded
1.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague
Recording • Take 1
Album Released on bootleg A Hard Day's Night - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics
2.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague
Recording • Take 2
Album Released on bootleg A Hard Day's Night - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics
3.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague
Recording • Take 3
Unreleased track
4.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague
Recording • Take 4
Unreleased track
5.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague
Recording • Take 5
Unreleased track
6.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague
Recording • Take 6
Unreleased track
7.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague
Recording • Take 7
Album Released on bootleg A Hard Day's Night - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics
8.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague
Recording • Take 8
Unreleased track
9.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague
Recording • Take 9
Album Released on bootleg A Hard Day's Night - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics
10.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague
Recording • Take 10
Album Released on bootleg A Hard Day's Night - Studio Sessions - Back To Basics
11.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague
Recording • Take 11
Unreleased track
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21.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Heinz Hellmer
Recording • Take 10
22.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Heinz Hellmer
Recording • Take 11
23.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Heinz Hellmer
Recording • Take 12
24.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Heinz Hellmer
Recording • Take 13
25.
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Heinz Hellmer
Recording • Take 14
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27.
Recording • Take 2
Album Officially released on Anthology 1
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Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague
Editing • Editing of takes 5 and 7
Staff
Musicians
- Paul McCartney:
- vocals, bass guitar
- Ringo Starr:
- drums
- John Lennon:
- vocals, rhythm guitar
- George Harrison:
- vocals, lead guitar
Production staff
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