With the Beatles
Occupation
- George Harrison: Lead guitar, vocals
- John Lennon: rhythm guitar, vocals
- Paul McCartney: bass, vocals
- Ringo Starr: drums, vocals
With the Beatles is released November 22, 1963 second studio album by the British group The Beatles. Producer was George Martin, engineer was Norman Smith.
Production
The first recordings for the album took place on 18 and 30 July 1963 in the Abbey Road Studios in London. Besides, numerous of the tracks later included on the LP already incurred. Between the two recording days, the group completed a total of 18 appearances, often two a day. On August 21, 1963, the recordings were reworked and mixed in mono. A second series of recordings was made on 11 and 12 September 1963 with not only other title for the album, but also promo jingles were played for the now planned Australian tour. George Martin played on September 30, 1963 piano and Hammond organ tracks for the songs Money ( That's What I Want) and I Wanna Be Your Man, and then made various mixtures of the recordings, while the Beatles in a break from touring on holiday Greece and the United States were. On October 17 and 23, found after the return of musicians again extensive recordings instead, where for the first time a four-lane tape machine was used, after previously were only two-track machines. On October 29, 1963 the Beatles were on tour in Sweden, meanwhile, finally emerged in Abbey Road Studio, the final mixes of the pieces used for the album.
As with Please Please Me left you at the compilation of songs on a combination of their own material and from proven in live performance cover versions. In addition to pieces by John Lennon and Paul McCartney finds himself with Do not Bother Me, the first composition by George Harrison on a Beatles album.
For With the Beatles were in front of 270,000 pre-orders, a sign of the astonishingly rapid rise of the Beatles as the dominant group in the UK. During the recording of With the Beatles appeared on July 22, 1963 Introducing the Beatles first LP of the group in the U.S..
Title list
EPs
As EPs was coupled out:
- All My Loving (EP): All My Loving / Money (That's What I Want ) ( February 1964 )