Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mar 03, 1964 • "A Hard Day's Night" session #5
Session Mar 04, 1964 • "I Call Your Name" session
Session Mar 10, 1964 • "Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich" session #2
Session Mar 12, 1964 • "Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich" session #3
Single Mar 16, 1964 • "Can't Buy Me Love / You Can't Do That" by The Beatles released in the US
Some of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich" 7" Single.
Mixing • Stereo mixing from take 4
Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard, Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell
Mixing • Stereo mixing from take 1
Mixing • Stereo mixing from take 7
AlbumOfficially released on The Beatles' Second Album (Stereo)
Mixing • Stereo mixing from take 9
Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard, Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 1
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague
Mixing • Mono mixing from edit of takes 5 and 7
Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Heinz Hellmer
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 14
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 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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