| Title: | It's Only Love |
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| Credits: | John Lennon - Paul Mccartney | |
| Recorded: | EMI Studios, London, 15 June, 1965 | |
| Producer: | George Martin | |
| Engineer: | Norman Smith | |
| Locations: | Help! - track 9 Anthology 2 - disc 1, track 8 |
Issued on the non-soundtrack side of Help! album, the master version of John's
composition It's Only Love was Take 6, with a prominent lead guitar overdubbed
by George
Harrison, the song was begun and completed in just three hours. The previously unreleased
version version featured on Anthology 2 was Take 2 - acoustic guitar, bass, drums
and Lennon vocal only - proceeded by the false start that was Take 3.
The song was completed in six takes; four of the six
were complete. Lewisohn reports that take five was a breakdown. Both the mono
and stereo mixes, from take six, were prepared June 18. This track is found in
reprocessed stereo on the US LP "Rubber Soul."
Take three, a false start, was released in both the US
and the UK on March 19, 1996 on "The Beatles Anthology Volume 2." On
the release this take was followed by a complete take 2.
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.