Official album • Released in 1995
1:13 • Outtake • D • Take 2. I'll Be Back was recorded from start to finish in a single session. Take 16 was released but the unissued takes Two and Three are presented here. The former illuminates how John conceived his song as a waltz (the Beatles' fondness for waltz arrangement dated back to Cavern Club performances of James Ray's If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody). Take 2 broke down, however, because, to use John's own words, it was "too hard to sing", and it is segued here into Take 3 [...]
George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Jun 01, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
