| Title: | Ticket To Ride |
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| Credits: | John Lennon - Paul McCartney | |
| Recorded: | EMI Studios, London, 15 February, 1965 | |
| Producer: | George Martin | |
| Engineer: | Norman Smith | |
| Locations: | Help! - track 7 |
| Title: | Ticket To Ride |
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| Credits: | John Lennon - Paul McCartney | |
| Recorded: | EMI Studios, London, 15 February, 1965 | |
| Producer: | George Martin | |
| Engineer: | Norman Smith | |
| Locations: | Help! - track 7 |
As they had done with A Hard Days Night
the year before so the Beatles entered into a crash series of recording sessions before
shooting their new motion picture (untitled at first but eventually named Help!). Due to fly to the Bahamas on 22 February, the
Beatles spent six days in EMI from the 15th to the 20th, taping the 11 numbers they
offered up as candidates for the movie soundtrack. Six of these were selected, two went on
to the non-soundtrack side of the Help! album, two
remained unissued and Yes It Is, was set aside
as the B-side of the Beatles' next single, Ticket To Ride.
This was the first of the Help! songs to be
recorded, with Paul playing a distinctive lead guitar and John taking the lead vocal on
what was essentially his composition. Released as the trailer single on 9 April and
another worldwide number one success.
| Live at the BBC |
| Title: | Another Girl |
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| Credits: | John Lennon - Paul McCartney | |
| Recorded: | EMI Studios, London, 15 February, 1965 | |
| Producer: | George Martin | |
| Engineer: | Norman Smith | |
| Locations: | Help! - track 5 |
The Beatles recorded 'Another Girl' on February 15, 1965
for release on the "Help!" LP. The song was recorded in one take,
with Paul adding an additional guitar overdub on February 16. The mono mix was
prepared February 18; the stereo mixing was done February 23. The
"Help!" album was first released in the UK on August 6, 1965. The US
mono version of the LP "Help!" contained the stereo mix with the
separate tracks combined into one.
On April 30, 1987 the album "Help!" was
released in both the US and the UK on the CD format. George Martin remixed the
album in stereo for this release.
| Title: | I Need You |
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| Credits: | George Harrison | |
| Recorded | EMI Studios, London, 15 February, 1965 | |
| Producer | George Martin | |
| Engineer | Norman Smith | |
| Locations | Help! - track 4 |
George Harrison's only soundtrack song, one which makes good use of a tone pedal guitar. The recording of Yes It Is was begun the next day, and this too features this accessory.
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