Two recordings from the Beatles' session at EMI on 25 February 1964, the first of four productive dates at Abbey Road in the week after the group returned from America but before they began shooting A Hard Days Night.

The Feature-film A Hard Days Night put the Beatles under real pressure. So that they could mime to them in front of the cameras, all soundtrack songs had to be written and recorded before filming began on 2 March. On this date the group completed the Paris Take 4 of Can't Buy Me Love, started and finished You Can't Do That and then began work on And I Love Her and I Should Have Known Better.

You Can't Do That was a John Lennon composition ("That's me doing Wilson Pickett," he revealed in a 1980 interview) which, ultimately, was edited out of A Hard Days Night even though the Beatles filmed a performance for the movie's "TV show" finale (it was put back on the video release of the film). As such, it was switched to the non-soundtrack side of the associated Parlophone album, but was also issued as the B-side of the single Can't Buy Me Love.

The recording featured the combination sound of John Lennon's lead and George Harrison's 12 String guitars - George acquired the instrument in America, and its sound was prevalent throughout these sessions.
The master version was Take 9 but the one presented here is Take 6: an attempt at perfecting the basic track while John delivered a guide vocal. It was usual for the Beatles to record with a live (if only guide) vocal until around the time Revolver in 1966

Title:	And I Love Her
Credits:	John Lennon - Paul McCartney
Recorded	EMI Studios, London, 25 February 1964
Producer	George Martin
Engineer	Norman Smith
Locations	Anthology 1 - disc 2, track 11

AND I LOVE HER is admired and enjoyed as one of Paul McCartney's earliest and warmest ballads, the master recording being the second take of a second re-make, from 27 February 1964. Two days earlier, when the Beatles first taped the song, the approach was different. Presented here is Take 2 - the first complete run-through - which is not so gentle, featuring the full-group sound guitars, drums and unusually, a picked electric guitar.

Check the original album version for more track information

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