Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Previous session Oct 22, 1964 • "Beatles for Sale" Session #9
Concert Oct 24, 1964 • United Kingdom • Walthamstow
Concert Oct 25, 1964 • United Kingdom • Brighton
Session Oct 26, 1964 • "Beatles for Sale" Session #10
Session Oct 27, 1964 • "Beatles for Sale" Session #11
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Beatles For Sale (Mono)" LP
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 19
Written by Chuck Berry
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 1
Written by Buddy Holly
Mixing • Mono mixing from take 3
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 2 from take 14
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 2 from take 8
Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Mixing • Medley - Mono mixing from take 1
Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard
Recording • Medley - Mono mixing from take 1
Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Mixing • Medley - Stereo mixing from take 1
Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard
Recording • Medley - Stereo mixing from take 1
Written by Carl Perkins
Recording • Take 1
Written by Carl Perkins
Recording • Take 2
Written by Carl Perkins
Recording • Take 3
Written by Carl Perkins
Recording • Take 4
Written by Carl Perkins
Recording • Take 5
Recording • Take 13
Recording • Take 14
Recording • Take 15
Recording • Take 16
Recording • Take 17
Recording • Take 18
Recording • Take 19
Another Beatles Christmas Record
Written by Tony Barrow
Recording • Take 1
Another Beatles Christmas Record
Written by Tony Barrow
Recording • Take 2
Another Beatles Christmas Record
Written by Tony Barrow
Recording • Take 3
Another Beatles Christmas Record
Written by Tony Barrow
Recording • Take 4
Another Beatles Christmas Record
Written by Tony Barrow
Recording • Take 5
Another Beatles Christmas Record
Written by Tony Barrow
Editing • Editing from take 1-5
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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