| Title: | Every Little Thing |
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| Credits: | John Lennon - Paul McCartney | |
| Recorded: | EMI Studios, London, 29th, 30th September, 1964 | |
| Line- up: | Lennon double-tracked vocal, acoustic rhythm guitar; McCartney harmony vocal, bass, piano; Harrison double-tracked lead guitar; Starr drums, timpani |
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| Producer: | George Martin | |
| Engineer: | Norman Smith | |
| Location: | Beatles For Sale - track 11 | |
| UK release: | 4th December 1964 (LP: Beatles For Sale) | |
| US release: | 14th June 1965 (LP: Beatles IV) |
Lead vocal shared by John and Paul. The recording of
this song and the two that followed were commenced in the same order on 29
September. Ringo pounds a timpani on this song for the first time.
The Beatles recorded 'Every Little Thing' in four takes
on this date (1 - 4). On September 30, they recorded five more takes (5 - 9)
with take nine being used for release. Both the mono and stereo mixes were
prepared October 27. The album "Beatles For Sale" was released on
December 4, 1964. On February 26, 1987 the album, "Beatles For Sale"
was released in both the US and the UK on the CD format. Originally, a new
stereo mix was prepared for this release; however, George Martin later remixed
the album in mono. The new mono mix is found on the CD release of the album
"Beatles For Sale."
On January 3, 1969, during rehearsals for the aborted
"Get Back" film/album project George Harrison and Paul McCartney
played a short bit of this song (3.79). This performance has been bootlegged.