The Beatles’ second Abbey Road recording session
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- Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the Anthology 1 Official album.
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Songs recorded
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Staff
Musicians
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr:
- Drums
- John Lennon:
- Rhythm guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
- George Harrison:
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar, Acoustic guitar
Production staff
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Norman Smith:
- Engineer
About
From Wikipedia:
90 days after their EMI audition, the Beatles returned to EMI Studios, with their new drummer, to record their debut single in Studio 2. They began work on Mitch Murray’s “How Do You Do It”, which Martin had chosen for them, but they disliked the song and wanted to release an original composition. They recorded at least two takes of “How Do You Do It” and at least 15 takes of “Love Me Do”, then the best take of each song was mono mixed and pressed onto an acetate disc for Epstein to hear. The session tapes were later destroyed, as was common practice until 1963. This session’s version of “Love Me Do” was released as the Beatles’ first single; however, it was later replaced with a version recorded seven days later, and the original was destroyed. When the original was later released on compilations, it had to be sourced from an original mono 45 rpm single.
Last updated on June 4, 2021