Recording Session - September 4, 1962
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| Date | September 4, 1962 |
| Short description | The Beatles record Love Me Do (with Ringo on drums) and How Do You Do It?. |
| Location | Abbey Road Studios |
The band flew from Liverpool in the morning and arrived around lunchtime. They rehearsed six songs, including those that would be recorded later that day and a slower, more Roy Orbison-like version of Please Please Me. George Martin insisted that How Do You Do It? should be their first single, although the group did not like the song. They recorded a version anyway, even though it was not released until 1995's Anthology 1. The band recorded more than fifteen takes of Love Me Do, as well as the vocals overdubs. With work completed on the track, the song was put onto an acetate disc to be listened to the next day.
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Recorded On This Date
Rehersals
- Please Please Me, a slow, Roy Orbison-like version. (*)
- How Do You Do It? (*)
- Love Me Do (*)
- Three other songs (*)
Takes
How Do You Do It?
- How Do You Do It?, Take 1 (*)
- How Do You Do It?, Take 2 (Anthology 2)
- How Do You Do It?, Other Takes? (*)
Love Me Do
NOTE: The number of the master take of Love Me Do is unknown. It is known, however, that there were more than fifteen takes recorded on this date.
- Love Me Do, Take 1 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 2 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 3 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 4 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 5 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 6 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 7 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 8 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 9 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 10 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 11 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 12 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 13 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 14 (*)
- Love Me Do, Take 15 (*)
- Love Me Do, Master Take (Released as a single, Past Masters Volume 1, Rarities)
A (*) indicates that this song has not been released on any official album or bootleg.
