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Love Me Do
(Lennon/McCartney)
Wednesday 6 June 1962, 6.00-8.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: Ron Richards and George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Chris Neal.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-00		Δ/2T	E47052*	Anthology 1
Tuesday 4 September 1962, 7.00-10.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, unknown.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	15 takes	backing track	Δ	E47730*
	Recording	TK-??	SI vocals, handclaps	Δ	E47730*
	Mono mixing	RM	< TK-??	Δ	E47776*	"Love Me Do" single
Tuesday 11 September 1962, 10.00am-1.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: Ron Richards.     Engineers: Norman Smith, unknown.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-1	REMAKE: backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-2	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-3	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-4	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-5	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-6	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-7	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-8	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-9	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-10	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-11	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-12	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-13	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-14	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-15	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-16	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-17	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-18 ✔	backing track	Δ	E47852*
	Recording	TK-18	SI vocals, handclaps	Δ	E47852*
	Mono mixing	RM	< TK-18	Δ	E47852*	Please Please Me
Monday 25 February 1963, 2.30-5.45pm.
Studio One (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, AB Lincoln.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Stereo mixing	RS	< TK-18	Δ/2T	E48979*	Please Please Me
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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