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August 11 - November 4, 1964

Recording "Beatles For Sale"

For The Beatles

Last updated on December 30, 2025


Timeline

Master release

AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Beatles For Sale (Mono)" LP


Related sessions


Session activities

  1. Baby's In Black

    Aug 11, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #1

  2. Baby's In Black

    Aug 14, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #2

  3. I'm A Loser

    Aug 14, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #2

  4. Leave My Kitten Alone

    Aug 14, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #2

  5. Mr. Moonlight

    Aug 14, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #2

  6. Every Little Thing

    Sep 29, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #3

  7. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party

    Sep 29, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #3

  8. What You're Doing

    Sep 29, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #3

  9. Every Little Thing

    Sep 30, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #4

  10. No Reply

    Sep 30, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #4

  11. What You're Doing

    Sep 30, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #4

  12. Eight Days A Week

    Oct 06, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #5

  13. No Reply

    Oct 16, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #6

  14. Eight Days A Week

    Oct 18, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #7

  15. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

    Oct 18, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #7

  16. Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey

    Oct 18, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #7

  17. I Feel Fine

    Oct 18, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #7

  18. I'll Follow The Sun

    Oct 18, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #7

  19. Kansas City

    Oct 18, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #7

  20. Mr. Moonlight

    Oct 18, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #7

  21. Rock and Roll Music

    Oct 18, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #7

  22. Words Of Love

    Oct 18, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #7

  23. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

    Oct 21, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #8

  24. I Feel Fine

    Oct 21, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #8

  25. I'll Follow The Sun

    Oct 21, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #8

  26. She's A Woman

    Oct 21, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #8

  27. I Feel Fine

    Oct 22, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #9

  28. Another Beatles Christmas Record

    Oct 26, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #10

  29. Baby's In Black

    Oct 26, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #10

  30. Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey

    Oct 26, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #10

  31. Honey Don't

    Oct 26, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #10

  32. I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

    Oct 26, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #10

  33. I'm A Loser

    Oct 26, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #10

  34. Kansas City

    Oct 26, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #10

  35. Rock and Roll Music

    Oct 26, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #10

  36. What You're Doing

    Oct 26, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #10

  37. Words Of Love

    Oct 26, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #10

  38. Eight Days A Week

    Oct 27, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #11

  39. Every Little Thing

    Oct 27, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #11

  40. Honey Don't

    Oct 27, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #11

  41. Mr. Moonlight

    Oct 27, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #11

  42. What You're Doing

    Oct 27, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #11

  43. Baby's In Black

    Nov 04, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #12

  44. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

    Nov 04, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #12

  45. I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

    Nov 04, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #12

  46. I Feel Fine

    Nov 04, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #12

  47. I'll Follow The Sun

    Nov 04, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #12

  48. I'm A Loser

    Nov 04, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #12

  49. Mr. Moonlight

    Nov 04, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #12

  50. No Reply

    Nov 04, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #12

  51. Rock and Roll Music

    Nov 04, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #12

  52. Words of Love

    Nov 04, 1964"Beatles for Sale" Session #12


Going further

The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions • Mark Lewisohn

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)

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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