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The Beatles' Recording Sessions

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Can't Buy Me Love
(Lennon/McCartney)
Wednesday 29 January 1964, Late-morning/afternoon.
EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Jacques Esmenjaud.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-1		4T	E51590	Anthology 1
	Recording	TK-2		4T	E51590	Anthology 1
	Recording	TK-3 bd	in lower key	4T	E51590	[Sessionography Two]
	Recording	TK-4 ✔		4T	E51590
Wednesday 26 February 1964, 10.00am-1.00pm.
Studio Two (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Richard Langham.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono mixing	RM1	< TK-4	Δ	E51867*
	Mono mixing	RM2	< TK-4	Δ	E51867*
	Mono mixing	RM3	< TK-4	Δ	E51867*	"Can't Buy Me Love" single
	Mono mixing	RM4	< TK-4	Δ	E51867*
	Mono mixing	RM5	< TK-4	Δ	E51867*
Tuesday 10 March 1964, 10.00am-1.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, unknown.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Stereo mixing	RS1	< TK-4	Z	E51999*	A Hard Day's Night
Tuesday 9 June 1964, 2.00-5.45pm.
Studio Three (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Ken Scott.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono tape copying	RM1	< TK-4 (for United Artists)	Δ	E52813*
	Mono tape copying	RM1	< TK-4 (for Capitol)	Δ	E52814*
Monday 22 June 1964, 2.30-5.30pm.
Studio One (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Geoff Einerick.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Stereo mixing	RS1	< TK-4	Z	E53123
Musicians
Key
Takes
	TK	Take (TK-00: unnumbered take(s))
	RM	Mono Remix
	RS	Stereo Remix
	SI	Superimposition (i.e. overdub)
	fs	False start
	bd	Breakdown
	✔	Best take
Channels
	Δ	Delta Mono
	2T	Twin-track
	Z	Stereo
	3T	Three-track
	4T	Four-track
	8T	Eight-track
Reels
	*	indicates a reel now lost
Release
Only the first official release of any take is listed
	[ ]	Take available only on bootleg, with an example cited

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