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Tuesday, October 6, 1964

"Beatles for Sale" Session #5

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Last updated on December 24, 2016


Session activities

  1. Eight Days A Week

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 1

    AlbumOfficially released on Anthology 1

  2. Eight Days A Week

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 2

    AlbumOfficially released on Anthology 1

  3. Eight Days A Week

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 3

  4. Eight Days A Week

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 4

    AlbumOfficially released on Anthology 1

  5. Eight Days A Week

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 5

    AlbumOfficially released on Anthology 1

  6. Eight Days A Week

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 6

  7. Eight Days A Week

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 7

  8. Eight Days A Week

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 8

  9. Eight Days A Week

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 9

  10. Eight Days A Week

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 10

  11. Eight Days A Week

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 11

  12. Eight Days A Week

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 12

  13. Eight Days A Week

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Recording • Take 13


Staff

Musicians

Production staff


Going further

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!

Buy on Amazon

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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