The Usenet Guide to Beatles Recording Variations

1965

Version 2
compiled by Joseph Brennan

TICKET TO RIDE

basic recording- 15 Feb 1965
additional recording- 15 Feb 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 18 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone R5265 single 1965, Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965, Parlophone PMC 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966.
    US: Capitol 5407 single 1965, Capitol MAS 2386 Help! 1965, Apple SKBO-3403 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    CD: EMI single 1989.

  • [a1] mock stereo made from [a] 1965, by Capitol.
    US: Capitol SMAS 2386 Help! 1965.

  • [b] stereo 23 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965, Parlophone PCS 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966, Apple PCSP 717 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    US: Capitol SV-12199 Reel Music 1982, Capitol SV-12245 20 Greatest Hits 1982.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987, EMI CDP 7 97036 2 The Beatles 1962-1966 1993.

Mono [a] has some added reverb. Capitol's version seems to have the same additional reverb as on the fake stereo mix: the mono LP version sounds like [a1] reduced to mono. Another mono mix was made for the original film soundtrack of Help! on 15 March 1965.

The stereo versions fade a little longer than [a]. In [b] the whole track has been given a bass boost to make up for poor bass guitar sound, or at least on the Parlophone LP it has. The bass guitar guitar has better presence in [c] but the rest is less bassy and the vocal sounds sharper.

ANOTHER GIRL

basic recording- 15 Feb 1965
additional recording- 15,16 Feb 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 18 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965.

  • [b] stereo 23 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol SMAS 2386 Help! 1965.

  • [b1] mono made from [b] 1965, by Capitol.
    US: Capitol MAS 2386 Help! 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987.

The main rhythm track is mixed quieter in mono [a] than in stereo.

I NEED YOU

basic recording- 15 Feb 1965
additional recording- 15,16 Feb 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 18 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965.

  • [b] stereo 23 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol SMAS 2386 Help! 1965.

  • [b1] mono made from [b] 1965, by Capitol.
    US: Capitol MAS 2386 Help! 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987.

YES IT IS [outtake]

basic recording- 16 Feb 1965
additional recording- 16 Feb 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono and stereo 1995. edited.
    CD: Apple CDP 8 34448 2 Anthology 2 1996.

Mono for the outtake. Where it breaks down, it is crossfaded into a stereo remix of the standard take. The outtake has been bootlegged in stereo.

YES IT IS

basic recording- 16 Feb 1965
additional recording- 16 Feb 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 18 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone R5265 single 1965, Parlophone PSLP 261 and PCM 1001 Rarities 1978-79.
    US: Capitol 5407 single 1965, Capitol T 2358 Beatles VI 1965.
    CD: EMI single 1989.

  • [a1] mock stereo made from [a] 1965, by Capitol.
    US: Capitol ST 2358 Beatles VI 1965.

  • [a2] mock stereo made from [a] 1977.
    UK: Parlophone PCSP 721 Love Songs 1977.
    US: Capitol SKBL 11711 Love Songs 1977.

  • [b] stereo 23 Feb 1965.
    UK: Stilletto/Parlophone SMMC-151 (Heineken beer promo, cassette) Only the Beatles 1986.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 90043 2 Past Masters 1 1988.

The stereo mix [b] must have been well hidden away, not used in 1977 or 1979 for collections. It first appeared on a promotional offer tape from Heineken Beer in 1986, available by mail order for a few weeks. It has a dropout (a tape defect) in verse 1 on the word "I" in "remember what I said tonight", and an extra tone-pedal note under the first word "if".

Part of this same take was remixed to complete the outtake (see above) for Anthology 2.

THE NIGHT BEFORE

basic recording- 17 Feb 1965
additional recording- 17 Feb 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 18 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965.

  • [b] stereo 23 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol SMAS 2386 Help! 1965.

  • [b1] mono made from [b] 1965, by Capitol.
    US: Capitol MAS 2386 Help! 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987.

YOU LIKE ME TOO MUCH

basic recording- 17 Feb 1965
additional recording- 17 Feb 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 18 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2358 Beatles VI 1965.
    CD: EP Box set 1991.

  • [b] stereo 23 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2358 Beatles VI 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987.

The CD reproduction of [c] is so clear that a click can be heard where they turn off the Leslie speaker for the piano after the intro! This is probably on the other mixes also.

YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY [outtake]

basic recording- 18 Feb 1965
additional recording- none
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 1995. edited.

    CD: Apple CDP 8 34448 2 Anthology 2 1996.

An edit of talk before takes 1 and 2, and then the music of take 5. No flutes (recorded during the standard take, later). Possibly this much is on only two tracks, explaining the mono mix?

YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY

basic recording- 18 Feb 1965
additional recording- none
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 20 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965.

  • [b] stereo 23 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965, Apple PCSP 717 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    US: Capitol SMAS 2386 Help! 1965, Apple SKBO-3403 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.

  • [b1] mono made from [b] 1965, by Capitol.
    US: Capitol MAS 2386 Help! 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987, EMI CDP 7 97036 2 The Beatles 1962-1966 1993.

Mono [a] has a little reverb missing on the dryer stereo [b].

IF YOU'VE GOT TROUBLE [outtake]

basic recording- 18 Feb 1965
additional recording- 18 Feb 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] stereo 1995.
    CD: Apple CDP 8 34448 2 Anthology 2 1996.

Not the edited mix prepared for the Sessions LP in 1984, but a new one with the whole song, except one "anybody" mixed out after "rock on anybody". A stereo mix of the full song was bootlegged in the Unsurpassed Masters set in 1989.

TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE

basic recording- 18 Feb 1965
additional recording- 18 Feb 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 20 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2358 Beatles VI 1965.

  • [b] stereo 23 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2358 Beatles VI 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987.

This is practically a 2-track recording from the sound of it-- the right stereo channel in [b] [c] has only a piano overdub in a few places.

YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THAT GIRL

basic recording- 19 Feb 1965
additional recording- 19 Feb 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 20 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965.

  • [b] stereo 23 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965.
  • [b1] stereo, less trimmed.
    US: Capitol SMAS 2386 Help! 1965.

  • [b2] mono made from [b] 1965, by Capitol.
    US: Capitol MAS 2386 Help! 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987.

Capitol's stereo [b1] has a sound at the very beginning that is missing in the others, possibly the extreme end of the countdown as heard in the film's soundtrack, if that is authentically part of the recording.

THAT MEANS A LOT [outtake]

basic recording- 20 Feb 1965
additional recording- 20 Feb 1965
master tape- 4 track 2d generation

  • [a] mono 20 Feb 1965.
    CD: Apple CDP 8 34448 2 Anthology 2 1996.

This is probably the 1965 mono mix, and it sounds a little distorted. The same mix was slated for the Sessions LP and has appeared on bootlegs (a remake in March has also been bootlegged).

HELP!

basic recording- 13 Apr 1965
additional recording- 13 Apr 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 18 Jun 1965. edited.
    UK: Parlophone R5305 single 1965, Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965, Parlophone PMC 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966.
    US: Capitol 5476 single 1965, Capitol SHAL-12060 Rarities 1980.
    CD: EMI single 1989.

  • [b] stereo 18 Jun 1965. edited.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965, Parlophone PCS 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966, Apple PCSP 717 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    US: Capitol SMAS 2386 Help! 1965, Apple SKBO-3403 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.

  • [b1] mono made from [b] 1965, by Capitol.
    US: Capitol MAS 2386 Help! 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987. edited.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987, EMI CDP 7 97036 2 The Beatles 1962-1966 1993.

The mono mix [a] has a different lead vocal from the one on the two stereo mixes [b] [c]. John's voice is rougher all through the mono vocal. The stereo mixes also have a tambourine during the chorus that is not heard in [a] mono. Two examples of differences in the vocal in verse 1: the mono vocal [a] has "and now these days" while the stereo vocal [b] [c] has "but now these days"; on the line "I've changed my mind" the mono vocal has the words evenly while the stereo has them run together. A mnemonic is that "I've opened up the doorS" ending S appears in Stereo and "door" in mono.

Lewisohn has commented that these are different mixes of the same recording. Both mono and stereo have double track lead vocals, so it's likely they do not exist on the same tape at all, but were made by adding vocals to the same basic tracks. Bootlegs of the session tapes, if they are mixed honestly, show that take 9 has 4 tracks of which two have the basic (1) bass and drums and (2) guitars. The stereo mix derives from adding two vocal tracks, one of which also has tambourine, and then mixing that down and adding a guitar dub in take 12. For the mono mix, take 12 was copied over with the guitar dub but no vocals, losing the tambourine in the process, and then two new vocal tracks were added. (Much of this is from Luke Pacholski.) This supposes there is a take not recorded by Lewisohn, but clearly there is some gap in the written record here.

The original film print of Help! has a mono mix made April 18 using the same vocal as the June 18 mono mix, and with no tambourine. It has a different intro, however, not as clear as the one used on all mixes on disk. The intro on [a] therefore appears to belong to the "stereo vocal" take. In fact [a] may have a mono reduction of [b] edited to it as the intro; the mono and stereo mixes were made the same day. But then why the different vocal track all the way on [b]? Error, or avoiding an edit on the "less important" stereo mix?

On the Capitol albums MAS 2386 and SMAS 2386, and on (US) Apple SKBO-3403, the song is preceded by a short instrumental version of the James Bond Theme, or something similar to it, which is banded as if part of the song but separated by a pause. This is not part of the song and not the Beatles.

DIZZY MISS LIZZIE

basic recording- 10 May 1965
additional recording- none
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 10 May 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2358 Beatles VI 1965.

  • [b] stereo 10 May 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2358 Beatles VI 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987.

[a] fades a little earlier. [c] has a lot of reverb added to the vocal, making it the most variant of the CD remixes for this album.

BAD BOY

basic recording- 10 May 1965
additional recording- none
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 10 May 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2358 Beatles VI 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966.

  • [b] stereo 10 May 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2358 Beatles VI 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966, Parlophone PSLP 261 and PCM 1001 Rarities 1978-79.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 90043 2 Past Masters 1 1988.

[a] has bass and drums mixed louder.

(Curious fact: this song was available in the US for about a year and a half before the rest of the world including the UK. It's not the only song released first in the US, as some others from the Help! and Revolver albums in progress were sent out to fill in Capitol's albums, but this is the only case where the song wasn't actually used for the UK album.)

[ BBC radio, The Beatles Invite You to Take a Ticket to Ride ]

basic recording- 26 May 1965 at BBC Piccadilly Studios
additional recording- none
master tape- mono

  • segment, Dizzy Miss Lizzie

    [a] mono 1994. edited.
    CD: EMI CDP 8 31796 2 Live at the BBC 1994.

  • segment, Ticket to Ride

    [a] mono 1994. edited.
    CD: EMI CDP 8 31796 2 Live at the BBC 1994.

This special show of 7 Jun 1965 (misdated as 6 Jun in the notes of Live at the BBC) was the Beatles' last for the BBC. Live at the BBC uses the second and longer of the two takes of Ticket to Ride heard on the show (the first omitted the second bridge and last verse).

I'VE JUST SEEN A FACE

basic recording- 14 Jun 1965
additional recording- 14 Jun 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 18 Jun 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [b] stereo 18 Jun 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987.

A voice can just be heard in the decay at the end of the song in mono [a] but not in [b] or [c]. The new mix [c] has reverb not found in [a] or [b]. Capitol added an unusual amount of echo to the mono mix [a].

I'M DOWN [outtake]

basic recording- 14 Jun 1965
additional recording- none
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] stereo 1995.
    CD: Apple CDP 8 34448 2 Anthology 2 1996.

Live take, with space in the arrangement for overdubs never done.

I'M DOWN

basic recording- 14 Jun 1965
additional recording- 14 Jun 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 18 Jun 1965.
    UK: Parlophone R5305 single 1965, Parlophone PSLP 261 and PCM 1001 Rarities 1978-79.
    US: Capitol 5476 single 1965.
    CD: EMI single 1989.

  • [b] stereo 18 Jun 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCSP 719 Rock and Roll Music 1976.
    US: Capitol SKBO-11537 Rock and Roll Music 1976.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 90043 2 Past Masters 1 1988.

During the guitar break in stereo [b], a second, different lead guitar can just be heard as a leak or echo on the mostly silent right channel. Some accounts refer to an "alternate" stereo mix from Japan with two lead guitars, but a tape (allegedly) of that shows it to be the usual stereo version.

YESTERDAY [outtake]

basic recording- 14 Jun 1965
master tape- 4 track

additional recording- none

  • [a] mono 1995.
    CD: Apple CDP 8 34448 2 Anthology 2 1996.

No string quartet. Listed as stereo on Anthology 2 but all the sound is mixed to center.

YESTERDAY

basic recording- 14 Jun 1965
additional recording- 14 Jun 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 17 Jun 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965, Parlophone PMC 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966.
    US: Capitol 5498 single 1965, Capitol T 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966.
    CD: EP Box set 1991.

  • [b] stereo 18 Jun 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965, Parlophone PCS 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966, Apple PCSP 717 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    US: Capitol ST 2358 Yesterday & Today 1966, Apple SKBO-3403 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987, EMI CDP 7 97036 2 The Beatles 1962-1966 1993.

The mono [a] shows an echo effect in the first bridge on "thing wrong, now I long for yesterday", nowhere else, which also sounds somewhat different from the rest of the vocal in [b] and [c]. George Martin has said this song has no doubletracking but does have leakage from studio speakers (at an unspecified point).

A squeak--a bow accidentally touching a violin?-- is heard in verse 1 before the quartet start to play, at left between "I believe" and "in yesterday", in both [b] and [c], but is not audible in mono [a]. A second accident, a plink during the decay at the very end, is heard in [a] and [b] but not [c].

IT'S ONLY LOVE [outtakes]

basic recording- 15 Jun 1965
additional recording- none
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 1995. edited.
Take 3 false start followed by take 2.

IT'S ONLY LOVE

basic recording- 15 Jun 1965
additional recording- 15 Jun 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 18 Jun 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.
    CD: EP Box set 1991.

  • [b] stereo 18 Jun 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987.

Double track on the first "It's only love" line sounds different in [c]; it appears to have been "fixed" by splicing from the second chorus.

ACT NATURALLY

basic recording- 17 Jun 1965
additional recording- none
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 18 Jun 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol 5498 single 1965, Capitol T 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966.
    CD: EP Box set 1991.

  • [b] stereo 18 Jun 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2358 Yesterday & Today 1966.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987.

WAIT

basic recording- 17 Jun 1965
additional recording- 11 Nov 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 15 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [b] stereo 15 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987.

[ABC TV, Blackpool Night Out of 1 Aug 1965]

basic recording- 1 Aug 1965 at ABC Theater, Blackpool
additional recording- none
master tape- mono

  • segment, I Feel Fine

    [a] mono 1995.
    CD: Apple CDP 8 34448 2 Anthology 2 1996.

  • segment, Ticket to Ride/Yesterday/Help!

    [a] mono 1995.
    CD: Apple CDP 8 34448 2 Anthology 2 1996.

Broadcast live before an audience.

[ Shea Stadium concert ]

basic recording- 15 Aug 1965 at Shea Stadium, New York
additional recording- none.
master tape- mono

  • [a] mono 1965.
    CD: Apple CDP 8 34448 2 Anthology 2 1996.

Segment used has Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby. Recorded on a film soundtrack, "The Beatles at Shea Stadium" made by NEMS Enterprises.

[ Hollywood Bowl concert 2 ]

basic recording- 29 Aug 1965 at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
additional recording- none
master tape- 3 track

  • [a] stereo Jan 1977 at AIR, London. edited.
    UK: Parlophone EMTV 4 At the Hollywood Bowl 1977.
    US: Capitol SMAS-11638 At the Hollywood Bowl 1977.

  • [b] stereo 1995. edited.
    CD: Apple C2 8 58544 2 Real Love 1996.

Segments used in [a] contain: Dizzy Miss Lizzie [from start of first guitar solo]; Ticket to Ride; intro to A Hard Day's Night; Help! [except intro]. The notes on At the Hollywood Bowl report all these as from the Aug 30 show.

The segment used for [b] is just the intro talk to Baby's in Black.

[ Hollywood Bowl concert 3 ]

basic recording- 30 Aug 1965 at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
additional recording- none
master tape- 3 track

  • [a] stereo Jan 1977 at AIR, London. edited.
    UK: Parlophone EMTV 4 At the Hollywood Bowl 1977.
    US: Capitol SMAS-11638 At the Hollywood Bowl 1977.

  • [b] stereo 1995. edited.
    CD: Apple C2 8 58544 2 Real Love 1996.

Segments used for [a] contain: Twist and Shout; She's a Woman; Dizzy Miss Lizzie [up to start of first guitar solo]; Can't Buy Me Love; A Hard Day's Night [except intro]; intro to Help!. The segment used for [b] contains: Baby's in Black.

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE

basic recording- 12 Oct 1965
additional recording- 12 Oct 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 9 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [b] stereo 10 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987.

A thump during the instrumental break-- possibly someone hitting a microphone-- has been removed in [c].

NORWEGIAN WOOD [outtake]

basic recording- 12 Oct 1965
additional recording- none
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] stereo 1995.
    CD: Apple CDP 8 34448 2 Anthology 2 1996.

This was in the Abbey Road show in 1983 and has been bootlegged in stereo in the Ultra Rare Trax material in 1988.

DRIVE MY CAR

basic recording- 13 Oct 1965
additional recording- 13 Oct 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 25 Oct 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965.
    CD: EP Box set 1991.

  • [b] stereo 26 Oct 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965, Apple PCSP 717 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    US: Capitol ST 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966, Apple SKBO-3403 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.

  • [b1] mono made from [b], by Capitol.
    US: Capitol T 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987, EMI CDP 7 97036 2 The Beatles 1962-1966 1993.

The lead vocal is far right in stereo [b], right center on [c].

The cowbell track in stereo [b] is heard during each verse except in the last line, between lines of the refrain, in the instrumental break, and in the fadeout. In mono [a] it is much softer and seems to be missing completely during the fadeout. Capitol mono T 2553 is not mix [a] and must have been combined from stereo [b]. In the CD mix [c] the vocal is moved to right center, leaving the cowbell and guitar track far right, and the cowbell is heard continuously through the refrain, evidence that the track is being faded during vocal lines in [b].

Reports of a different mono mix with the piano much softer, on UK Parlophone GEP 8952 Nowhere Man (EP) 1965 (see the book Every Little Thing for example), are mistaken, but perhaps "piano" is a transcription error for "cowbell" since the EP with [a] does differ from Capitol mono with [b1].

DAY TRIPPER

basic recording- 16 Oct 1965
additional recording- 16 Oct 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] stereo 26 Oct 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966, Apple SKBO-3403 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    Australia: Parlophone PCSO 7534 Greatest Hits 2 1967.

  • [b] mono 29 Oct 1965.
    UK: Parlophone R5389 single 1965, Parlophone PMC 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966.
    US: Capitol 5555 single 1965, Capitol T 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966.
    CD: EMI single 1989.

  • [c] stereo 10 Nov 1966.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966, Apple PCSP 717 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 90044 2 Past Masters 2 1988, EMI CDP 7 97036 2 The Beatles 1962-1966 1993.

The two stereo mixes differ noticeably. The lead guitar intro in [a] starts left and jumps to the right when the other instruments come in; in [c] it starts in both channels instead, apparently by ADT (artificial double tracking). As the ending begins, after the first "day tripper!", [a] reveals an off-mike "yeah" by John, while [c] has a partially successful attempt to fade out the word.

On both the stereo mixes, the lead guitar track suddenly goes silent twice around 1:50-1:55, to cover a tape or recording problem. The first spot is after the first "tried to please her" line, where, with no vocal, one side of the mix just goes dead silent, and the second spot is under the second "tried to please her". A bootleg of the whole take reveals a squeaky tape noise at the first spot and some problem with the guitar sound for more than 10 seconds thereafter (possibly this section is a drop-in, recorded over the original sound on the track). The mono mix [b] has this all fixed somehow; there the guitar may have been dubbed in from another verse or take.

TM Century, which presses CDs for radio station play in the US, put out a sampler in 1990 with a stereo version that has the first dropout fixed. This is not a new mix but their own edit. It is apparently mix [c] with a small edit piece copied from elsewhere in [c]. This is not an official edit, nor was the record released for sale.

IF I NEEDED SOMEONE

basic recording- 16 Oct 1965
additional recording- 18 Oct 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 25 Oct 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966.

  • [b] stereo 26 Oct 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987.

IN MY LIFE

basic recording- 18 Oct 1965
additional recording- 22 Oct 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 25 Oct 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [b] stereo 26 Oct 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965, Apple PCSP 717 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    US: Capitol ST 2442 Rubber Soul 1965, Apple SKBO-3403 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987, EMI CDP 7 97036 2 The Beatles 1962-1966 1993.

The new CD mix [c] differs from [b] several ways. Both have the lead vocal mixed far right, but a heavy reverb added to [c] is mixed center, sounding almost like a double track vocal. A breath is heard before the vocal starts in [b], the drum is louder in the verses in [b], and a plink in the decay of the guitar, left, at the end of the song is not heard in [c]. The end of the piano solo is faded away slightly better in [c].

WE CAN WORK IT OUT

basic recording- 20 Oct 1965
additional recording- 20,29 Oct 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 29 Oct 1965.
    UK: Parlophone R5389 single 1965, Parlophone PMC 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966.
    US: Capitol 5555 single 1965, Capitol T 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966.

    CD: EMI single 1989.

  • [b] stereo 10 Nov 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966, Apple SKBO-3403 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    Australia: Parlophone PCSO 7534 Greatest Hits 2 1967.

  • [c] stereo 10 Nov 1966.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966, Apple PCSP 717 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 90044 2 Past Masters 2 1988, EMI CDP 7 97036 2 The Beatles 1962-1966 1993.

In stereo [b], the harmonium is moved around: it's to the right during the verses, but to center during the refrains and bridges, and it even drifts to the right in mid-bridge ("fussing and fighting") and end of bridge. By contrast, in [c] it just stays to the right. But then again, at the very end, [b] reveals there are two harmonium tracks.

Stereo [c] has reverb added to the vocals in places, especially the bridge.

NORWEGIAN WOOD

basic recording- 21 Oct 1965
additional recording- 21 Oct 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 25 Oct 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [b] stereo 26 Oct 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965, Apple PCSP 717 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    US: Capitol ST 2442 Rubber Soul 1965, Apple SKBO-3403 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.

  • [c] stereo or mock stereo, date unknown.
    UK: Parlophone PCSP 721 Love Songs 1977, Parlophone PCS 7214 Ballads 1980.
    US: Capitol SKBL 11711 Love Songs 1977.
  • [d] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987, EMI CDP 7 97036 2 The Beatles 1962-1966 1993.

[a] has a pair of cough sounds after "to sit anywhere", mixed out on the others. A stereo mix on bootleg shows this to be George, since it is on the isolated sitar track. Also on that track is a spoken "sounds good" (second word indistinct) just as the vocal begins "she told me she works...", and that is also barely audible in mono [a] only.

[c] has the vocal track in the center of the mix, while it is far right in [b] [d]. EMI staff say [c] was not newly made in 1977. Is it just a nicely processed mono mix?

NOWHERE MAN

basic recording- 22 Oct 1965
additional recording- 22 Oct 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 25 Oct 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol 5587 single 1966, Capitol T 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966.
    CD: EP Box set 1991.

  • [b] stereo 26 Oct 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965, Apple PCSP 717 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    US: Capitol ST 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966, Apple SKBO-3403 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987, EMI CDP 7 97036 2 The Beatles 1962-1966 1993..

The original stereo mix [b] has all sound either far left or far right. The new CD mix [c] has rhythm (drums, bass, rhythm guitar) at left center and only lead guitar at far left; the lead guitar moves to far right for solo as in [b]. [c] has John's lead vocal at right center and his second vocal with the others at far right.

Paul refers to the guitars as extremely trebly in the interview in Lewisohn's Recording Sessions. The only release that seems to show this is the MFSL half-speed master cassette tape.

I'M LOOKING THROUGH YOU [outtake]

basic recording- 24 Oct 1965
additional recording- 24 Oct 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 25 Oct 1965.
    CD: Apple CDP 8 34448 2 Anthology 2 1996.

This was in the Abbey Road show in 1983, and mixed in stereo for the Sessions album, and has been bootlegged in a different stereo mix in the Ultra Rare Trax material of 1988.

MICHELLE

basic recording- 3 Nov 1965
additional recording- 3 Nov 1965
master tape- 4 track 2d generation

  • [a] mono 9 Nov 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [b] stereo 9 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965, Parlophone PCS 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966, Apple PCSP 717 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    US: Capitol ST 2442 Rubber Soul 1965, Apple SKBO-3403 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.

  • [c] mono 15 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965, Parlophone PMC 7016 Collection of Oldies 1966.
    CD: EP Box set 1991.

  • [d] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987, EMI CDP 7 97036 2 The Beatles 1962-1966 1993.

[a] has louder percussion than [b], and fades a little longer.

WHAT GOES ON

basic recording- 4 Nov 1965
additional recording- 4 Nov 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 9 Nov 1965
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol 5587 single 1966, Capitol T 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966.

  • [b] stereo 9 Nov 1965
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2553 Yesterday & Today 1966.

  • [c] stereo 1987
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987.

In the closing guitar work, [b] [c] have a short probable overdub that improves the ending as heard in [a]. Ringo's off-mike singing during the break and at the ending is easier to hear in the stereo mixes.

12-BAR ORIGINAL [outtake]

basic recording- 4 Nov 1965
additional recording- none
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] stereo 1995. edited
    CD: Apple CDP 8 34448 2 Anthology 2 1996.

On Anthology 2, this was edited down to less than half the recorded length. The complete take has been bootlegged in stereo.

THINK FOR YOURSELF

basic recording- 8 Nov 1965
additional recording- 8 Nov 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 9 Nov 1965
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [b] stereo 9 Nov 1965
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987.

THE WORD

basic recording- 10 Nov 1965
additional recording- 10 Nov 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 11 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [b] stereo 11 Nov 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [c] stereo 15 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [d] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987.

[b] must be the rejected Nov 11 mix: not only does it not sound as good, but surely Parlophone uses the correct mix, and the new CD mix [d] was made to sound like [c]. The lead vocal is doubletracked in [b] but single in the other stereo versions and in mono. In all stereo versions, the main instrumental track is left and the first vocal track is right. In the rejected mix [b], the track with bass, maracas and falsetto harmony (last 2 refrains) is mixed left with the other instruments, while the track with the second vocal track is mixed right; in the later mixes [c] [d] those two tracks have been mixed to the opposite sides. [c] and [d] have extreme separation between the stereo channels.

I'M LOOKING THROUGH YOU

basic recording- 10 Nov 1965
additional recording- 10,11 Nov 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 15 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [b] stereo 15 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [b1] stereo, untrimmed.
    US: Capitol ST 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987.

[b] fades earlier than [a]. [b1] begins with two false starts on guitar, evidently trimmed off [b].

The CD mix [c] moves Paul's vocal closer to the center. At 1:34 the second note of the third "blat blat" (organ?) suddenly is mixed center instead of to the right like all its other notes, on CD [c] only.

YOU WON'T SEE ME

basic recording- 11 Nov 1965
additional recording- 11 Nov 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 15 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.
    CD: EP Box set 1991.

  • [b] stereo 15 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987.

[b] fades slightly earlier than [a].

GIRL

basic recording- 11 Nov 1965
additional recording- 11 Nov 1965
master tape- 4 track

  • [a] mono 15 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1267 Rubber Soul 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2442 Rubber Soul 1965.

  • [b] stereo 15 Nov 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3075 Rubber Soul 1965, Apple PCSP 717 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.
    US: Capitol ST 2442 Rubber Soul 1965, Apple SKBO-3403 The Beatles 1962-1966 1973.

  • [c] stereo 1977.
    UK: Parlophone PCSP 721 Love Songs 1977.
    US: Capitol SKBL11711 Love Songs 1977.

  • [d] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46440 2 Rubber Soul 1987, EMI CDP 7 97036 2 The Beatles 1962-1966 1993.

[c] has the vocal track in the center of the mix.
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