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Single Release - “Please Please Me” b/w “Ask Me Why”
Release Details Location: London, England Release Title: “Please Please Me” b/w “Ask Me Why” Publisher: Dick James Music, 1963 Release label: Parlophone Catalog number: 45-R 4983 Chart positions (Chart - Year - Position): UK - 1963 - #2 -
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1963 Recording Activity
1963 was a busy year for The Beatles. They completed the famous "Please Please Me" marathon session; found time to write and record the singles "From Me To You" and "She Loves You"; and they recorded all the songs for "With The Beatles" to be released the following year. -
Recording/ Superimposition Recording - “Please Please Me” Album
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs Recorded (composer) (takes):
There's A Place (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 1-10)
Seventeen (I Saw Her Standing There) (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 1-9)
A Taste Of Honey (Scott/Marlow) (takes 1-5)
Do You Want To Know A Secret (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 1-8) more... -
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"Please Please Me" Album - Recording Activity
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Recording/ Superimposition Recording - “Misery”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs Recorded (composer) (takes):
Misery (Lennon and McCartney) (superimposition takes 12-16)
Baby It's You (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 12-17) more... -
Editing/Mono Mixing/ Stereo Mixing - “Please Please Me” album
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 (10AM - 1PM); Studio 1 (230PM - 545PM) Songs Recorded (composer) (takes):
Seventeen - edit (I Saw Her Standing There) (Lennon and McCartney) (from takes 9-12)
Please Please Me - edit (Lennon and McCartney) (from takes 16, 17, 18) more... -
Recording - “From Me To You”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs Recorded (composer) (takes):
From Me To You (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 1-13)
Thank You Little Girl (working title of “Thank You Girl”) (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 1-13)
The One after 909 (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 1-5) more... -
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"From Me To You" Single - Recording Activity
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Superimposition Recording/ Editing/ Mono Mixing/ Stereo Mixing - “Thank You Little Girl”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs Recorded (composer) (takes):
Thank You Little Girl (Lennon and McCartney) (superimposition takes 14-18)
Thank You Little Girl (Lennon and McCartney) (edit of takes 6,13,17,20,21, 23) more... -
Editing/ Mono Mixing/ Stereo Mixing - “From Me To You”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs Recorded (composer) (takes):
From Me To You - edit (Lennon and McCartney)
Mixed (version) (from take):
From Me To You (mono)
From Me To You (stereo) more... -
Album Release - “Please Please Me” (mono)
Release Details Location: London, England Release Title: “Please Please Me (with Love Me Do and 12 other songs)” (mono) A-side:
I Saw Her Standing There
Misery
Anna (Go To Him)
Chains
Boys
Ask Me Why
Please Please Me B-side:
Love Me Do
P.S. I Love You
Baby It's You
Do You Want To Know A Secret
A Taste Of Honey
There's A Place
Twist And Shout more... -
Single Release - “From Me To You” b/w “Thank You Girl”
Release Details Location: London, England Release Title: “From Me To You” b/w “Thank You Girl” Publisher: Dick James Music, 1963 Release label: Parlophone Catalog number: R 5015 Chart positions (Chart - Year - Position): UK - 1963 - #1 more... -
Album Release - “Please Please Me” (stereo)
Release Details Location: London, England Release Title: “Please Please Me (with Love Me Do and 12 other songs)” (stereo) A-side:
I Saw Her Standing There
Misery
Anna (Go To Him)
Chains
Boys
Ask Me Why
Please Please Me B-side:
Love Me Do
P.S. I Love You
Baby It's You
Do You Want To Know A Secret
A Taste Of Honey
There's A Place
Twist And Shout more... -
Recording - “She Loves You”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs
Recorded (composer) (takes):
She Loves You (Lennon and McCartney)
Get You In The End (working title of “I'll Get You”) (Lennon and McCartney) more... -
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"She Loves You" Single - Reccording Activity
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Editing/ Mono Mixing - “She Loves You”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs
Recorded (composer) (takes):
She Loves You - edit (Lennon and McCartney) (from unknown takes) Mixed (version) (from take):
She Loves You (mono) (Lennon and McCartney)
Get You In The End (working title of “I'll Get You”) (mono) (Lennon and McCartney) more... -
Recording - “You Really Got A Hold On Me”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs
Recorded (composer) (takes):
You Really Got A Hold On Me (Robinson) (takes 1-11)
Money (That's What I Want)(Bradford and Gordy)(takes 1-7)
Devil In Her Heart (Drapkin)(takes 1-6)
Till There Was You (Wilson)(takes 1-3) more... -
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“With The Beatles” Album - Recording Activity
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Recording/ Superimposition Recording - “Please Mister Postman”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs
Recorded (composer) (takes):
Please Mister Postman (Holland) (takes 1-9)
It Won't Be Long (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 1-10)
Money - edit (That's What I Want)(Bradford and Gordy)(takes 8-14)
Till There Was You - remake (Wilson)(takes 4-8) more...
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Editing/ Mono Mixing - “Money”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 3 Songs
Recorded (composer) (takes):
Money - edit (That's What I Want)(Bradford and Gordy) (from takes 6 and 7)
You Really Got A Hold On Me - edit (Robinson) (from takes 7, 10 and 11)
Roll Over Beethoven (Berry) (from takes 7 and 8)
It Won't Be Long (Lennon and McCartney) (from takes 17 and 21) more... -
Single Release - “She Loves You” b/w “I'll Get You”
Release Details Location: London, England Release Title: “She Loves You” b/w “I'll Get You” Publisher: Northern Songs, Ltd. Release label: Parlophone Catalog number: R 5055 (UK) Chart positions (Chart - Year - Position): UK- 1963 - #1 more... -
Recording - “I Wanna Be Your Man”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs
Recorded (composer) (takes):
I Wanna Be Your Man (Lennon and McCartney) (take 1)
Little Child (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 1-2)
All I've Got To Do (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 1-15)
Not A Second Time (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 1-9)
Don't Bother Me (Harrison) (takes 1-7) more... -
Recording/ Superimposition Recording - “Hold Me Tight”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs
Recorded (composer) (takes):
A Message to Australia (spoken)
Hold Me Tight - remake (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 20-29)
Don't Bother Me - remake (Harrison) (takes 10-19)
Little Child (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 3-18)
I Wanna Be Your Man (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 2-7) more... -
Editing/ Superimposition Recording/ Mono Mixing - “Little Child”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs
Recorded (composer) (takes):
Little Child - edit (Lennon and McCartney) (from takes 15 and 18)
Hold Me Tight - edit (Lennon and McCartney) (from takes 26 and 29)
Money (That's What I Want) (Bradford and Gordy) (superimposition recording onto take 7) more... -
Recording - “I Wanna Be Your Man”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs
Recorded (composer) (takes):
I Wanna Be Your Man (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 14-15)
Little Child (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 19-21) more... -
Recording - “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 2 Songs
Recorded (composer) (takes):
The Beatles Christmas Record
You Really Got A Hold On Me (Robinson)(take 12)
I Want To Hold Your Hand (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 1-17)
This Boy (Lennon and McCartney) (takes 1-17) more... -
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"I Want To Hold Your Hand" Single - Recording Activity
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Mono Mixing/ Stereo Mixing - “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road, Studio 1 Songs
Recorded (composer) (takes):
This Boy - edit (Lennon and McCartney) (from mono remixes 1 and 2) Mixed (version) (from take):
I Want To Hold Your Hand (mono) (from take 17)
This Boy (mono) (remixes 1 and 2 from take 15)
I Want To Hold Your Hand (stereo) (remix 1 from take 17) more... -
Mono Mixing/ Stereo Mixing - “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road Studio 1 Songs
Recorded (composer) (takes):
This Boy - edit (Lennon and McCartney) (from mono remixes 1 and 2) Mixed (version) (from take):
I Want To Hold Your Hand (mono) (from take 17)
This Boy (mono) (remixes 1 and 2 from take 15)
I Want To Hold Your Hand (stereo) (remix 1 from take 17) more... -
Recording/ Mono Mixing - “I Wanna Be Your Man”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road Studio 2 Songs
Recorded (composer) (takes):
I Wanna Be Your Man (Lennon and McCartney) (take 16) Mixed (version) (from take):
I Wanna Be Your Man (mono) (from take 16)
Little Child (mono) (from takes 15 and 18) more... -
Stereo Mixing - “With The Beatles”
Session Details Location London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road Studio 3 Songs
Mixed (version) (from take):
It Won't Be Long (stereo) (from takes 17 and 21)
All I've Got To Do (stereo) (from take 15)
All My Loving (stereo) (from take 14)
Don't Bother Me (stereo) (from take 15)
Little Child (stereo) (from take 21) more... -
Stereo Mixing - “Money (That's What I Want)”
Session Details Location: London, England Studio name and room: EMI Abbey Road Studio 3 Songs
Mixed (version) (from take): Money (That's What I Want) (stereo) (from take 7) Studio Personnel Producer: George Martin Balance engineer: Norman Smith Tape operator (s): A.B. Lincoln more... -
Album Release - “With The Beatles” (mono) (stereo)
Release Details Location: London, England Release Title: “With The Beatles” (mono)
“With The Beatles” (stereo) A-side:
It Won't Be Long
All I've Got To Do
All My Loving
Don't Bother Me
Little Child
Till There Was You
Please Mister Postman B-side:
Roll Over Beethoven
Hold Me Tight
You Really Got A Hold On Me
I Wanna Be Your Man
Devil In Her Heart
Not A Second more.. -
Single Release - “I Want To Hold Your Hand” b/w “This Boy”
Session Details Location: London, England Release Title: “I Want To Hold Your Hand” b/w “This Boy” Publisher: Northern Songs Release label: Parlophone Catalog number: R 5084 (UK) Chart positions (Chart - Year - Position): UK - 1963, 1964 - #1
US - 1964 - #1 more...
