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| With The Beatles - Back To Basics - Front Artwork | With The Beatles - Back To Basics - Back Artwork |
| Label | Helter Skelter |
| Catalogue No. | HSR 06/07 |
| Release Date | 11th April 2011 |
| Total Time | Disc 1 - 59:20 Disc 2 - 61:46 |
| Comments: (from the release notes) |
All available studio sessions and rare mixes from the With The Beatles album - pitch, phase, level and error corrected. All tracks are taken from the best possible sources, with detailed info on remastering.
Some parts of this release have been treated with minor hiss reduction. ALL HELTER SKELTER ALBUMS ARE NON-PROFIT PRODUCTIONS FOR FANS, MADE BY FANS - DO NOT BUY OR SELL THIS ALBUM
JPGR Comments :
The amount of times I've thought about collecting together the available takes for an album and sequencing them properly together and
now I don't have to as Helter Skelter has done it for me. And very good it is too.
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Note: The track timings include the studio chat and the Control Room's Take calls.
| No | Tracklisting | Information | Time |
| Tracks 1-2 both from session of 30th July 1963 | |||
| 1 | It Won't Be Long | Take 7 (Mono) Monitor Mix |
2:17 |
| 2 | It Won't Be Long | Take 10? (Mono) Monitor Mix |
2:01 |
| 3 | It Won't Be Long | Anthology TV Mix(Stereo) | 2:09 |
| 4 | All My Loving | Unedited RS14 Mix (Stereo) The "Hi-Hat Intro" version |
2:07 |
| Tracks 5-8 all from session of 12th September 1963 | |||
| 5 | Don't Bother Me | Take 10 (Stereo) George is heard briefly demonstrating the speed, "about that speed" Control Room call, "Don't Bother Me, this is remake, we're calling it Take 10" |
2:47 |
| 6 | Don't Bother Me | Take 11 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Don't Bother Me, Take 11" George counts in, "1,2,3,4", song breaks down after 11 seconds ... George, "Hang on it's going tooo ..." |
0:24 |
| 7 | Don't Bother Me | Take 12 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Take 12" George counts in, "1,2,3,4", song breaks down after 35 seconds ... George has a moan at the end about something |
0:49 |
| 8 | Don't Bother Me | Take 13 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Take 13" George counts in, "1,2,3,4", over opening bars "too fast" can be heard. George, "Hang on it's going tooo ..." |
2:31 |
| 9 | Don't Bother Me | Take 13 with overdubs (Stereo) "Too fast" can be heard again, then handclaps and double-track vocal Extra "don't" in final verse (2:07) as the overdub vocal comes in too early |
2:26 |
| Tracks 10-12 all from session of 30th July 1963 | |||
| 10 | Instrumental | Piano and drum (Mono) From the Alf Bicknell Tapes |
1:17 |
| 11 | Please Mister Postman | Take 3 (Mono) Monitor Mix |
2:37 |
| 12 | Please Mister Postman | Take 9 (Mono) Monitor Mix |
2:33 |
| 13 | Please Mister Postman | Incomplete Stereo 2003 Anthology TV Mix with abrupt fade |
2:01 |
| 14 | Roll Over Beethoven | U.S. Stereo mix by George Martin for Rock 'n' Roll Music in 1976. The left and right channels are reversed and are brought slightly more central. |
2:43 |
| 15 | Roll Over Beethoven | Incomplete Stereo 2003 Anthology TV Mix with abrupt fade |
1:29 |
| Tracks 16-26 all from session of 12th September 1963 | |||
| 16 | Hold Me Tight | Rehearsal (Stereo) Studio chat and warm-up, Paul is describing the beat and compares it to Running Bear. Control Room call, "Hold Me Tight, this is remake, err, calling it Take 20" |
0:35 |
| 17 | Hold Me Tight | Take 20 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Hold Me Tight, it's a remake, calling it Take 20" John says quietly, "I'm doing a guitar boogie" Breaks down after 10 seconds, Paul "oh hang on, and again, I forgot the words" |
0:26 |
| 18 | Hold Me Tight | Take 21 (Stereo) Control Room call, "23" |
2:29 |
| 19 | Hold Me Tight | Take 22 (Stereo) Control Room call, "22" George Martin stops them after 30 seconds, "Start again, George and John on their first entry" |
0:47 |
| 20 | Hold Me Tight | Take 23 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Take 23" some studio chat, then "23" again As it breaks down after 8 seconds, Paul shouts, "Oh bloody hell" |
0:36 |
| 21 | Hold Me Tight | Take 24 (Stereo) Control Room shouts, "24", Paul, "forgetting these first words" |
2:32 |
| 22 | Hold Me Tight | Take 25 (Stereo) Some of the song is heard, then they prepare for an overdub take over Take 24 Control Room call, "Hold Me Tight, Hold Me Tight, this is Track 2 Take 25" Handclaps are heard, the tape starts then stops after 6 seconds |
0:25 |
| 23 | Hold Me Tight | Take 26 (Stereo) Another overdub take over Take 24 Control Room call, "Track 2 Take 26" |
2:36 |
| 24 | Hold Me Tight | Take 27 (Stereo) Another attempt at an overdub take over Take 24 Control Room call, "Stand by lads, 27 Track 2" Stops after 6 seconds |
0:16 |
| 25 | Hold Me Tight | Take 28 (Stereo) Another attempt at an overdub take over Take 24 Control Room call, "Take 28" Stops after 88 seconds |
1:36 |
| 26 | Hold Me Tight | Take 29 (Stereo) Another attempt at an overdub take over Take 24 Control Room call, "Take 29", tape is started then rewound and re-started |
2:43 |
| 27 | I Wanna be Your Man | U.S. Stereo mix by George Martin for Rock 'n' Roll Music in 1976. The left and right channels are reversed and are brought slightly more central. |
1:55 |
| 28 | I Wanna be Your Man | Incomplete Stereo 2003 Anthology TV Mix with abrupt fade |
1:34 |
| 29 | I Wanna be Your Man | RockBand Stereo Mix John starts with, "1-2, 1". No fade at end |
2:01 |
| Tracks 30-38 all from session of 5th March 1963 | |||
| 30 | From Me To You | Take 1 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Take 1" Breaks down after 63 seconds Paul, "What happened ?" George Martin, "You tell me. What happened ?" Paul, "I just thought I heard you talking actually" John, "did you whistle ?" Paul apologises before the next take actually begins. |
1:29 |
| 31 | From Me To You | Take 2 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Take 2" Paul says (to himself), "ah you missed the end" |
1:58 |
| 32 | From Me To You | Take 3 (Stereo) Control Room call, "This is Take 3" John before take starts, "no, that speed's alright" |
1:54 |
| 33 | From Me To You | Take 4 (Stereo) John before take starts, "we can't get much closer you know" |
1:48 |
| 34 | From Me To You | Take 5 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Five" John, "George is to play the first bit of the instrumental, isn't he ?" |
2:11 |
| 35 | From Me To You | Take 6 (Stereo) A couple of strums, song starts then breaksdown after just 3 seconds |
0:08 |
| 36 | From Me To You | Take 7 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Seven" John, "Go on ... " |
2:04 |
| 37 | From Me To You | Take 8 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Track 2 Take 8" Overdub over Take 7 adding dum-dahs over the opening |
2:04 |
| 38 | From Me To You | Take 9,10,11,12,13 + Edit Pieces 1 & 2 (Stereo) Starts with Take 9 Edit Piece 1, which is harmonica over the opening bars. Control Room call, "The last one was Edit Piece 1, this is Edit Piece 2, Take 9" Edit Piece 2 is Harmonica overdub at the end, first time John forgets to come in, "Was I meant to be playing then ?" Control Room, "Take 10" - small section of song is played Control Room, "This is Edit Piece 4, Take 11" - which is overdubbed hums at the start Control Room, "5, Take 12" - small section of song is played Control Room, "Edit Piece 6, Take 13" - which is overdubbed exagerated "dums" at start |
1:48 |
| 39 | From Me To You | U.S. Stereo mix for Beatles 62-66 made in 1973 | 1:56 |
| 40 | From Me To You | Edit of Takes 8-10 (Stereo) John Barrett 1982 mix with harmonica intro |
1:55 |
| 41 | From Me To You | Edit of Takes 12 + 8-10(Stereo) John Barrett 1982 mix with vocal intro |
1:56 |
| Tracks 42-45 all from session of 5th March 1963 | |||
| 42 | Thank You Girl | Take 1 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Thank You Little Girl - Take 1" John practises an "oh", Paul says, "same as we did", so the song must have already been run through as this is a very passable take. |
2:07 |
| 43 | Thank You Girl | Take 2 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Take 2 - Take 2" Breaks down after 3 seconds |
0:25 |
| 44 | Thank You Girl | Take 3 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Three". Breaks down after 5 seconds |
0:07 |
| 45 | Thank You Girl | Take 4 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Four" |
1:56 |
Note: The track timings include the studio chat and the Control Room's Take calls.
| No | Tracklisting | Information | Time |
| Tracks 1-9 all from session of 5th March 1963 | |||
| 1 | Thank You Girl | Take 5 (Stereo) No take call, just a couple of bars of someone tapping the beat. |
2:04 |
| 2 | Thank You Girl | Take 6 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Take 6" |
2:14 |
| 3 | Thank You Girl | Take 7 (Stereo) Control Room call, "?" - one word I didn't catch John, "Three times ...." Breaks down 6 seconds in. JOhn, "What have you done ?" |
0:15 |
| 4 | Thank You Girl | Take 8 (Stereo) Edit piece of just the final flourishes - includes big drum fills by Ringo. |
0:27 |
| 5 | Thank You Girl | Take 9 (Stereo) Edit piece of just the final flourishes - includes big drum fills by Ringo. John, "I've thought of a way we could do it ... " |
0:42 |
| 6 | Thank You Girl | Take 10 (Stereo) Control Room call: "Take 10 - same Edit Piece" John, ".... to keep him on the beat". Breaks down as John says, "he's gone off" |
0:24 |
| 7 | Thank You Girl | Take 11 (Stereo) Control Room call: "Take 11 - same Edit Piece" John starts explaining how he's going to keep Ringo on the beat |
0:46 |
| 8 | Thank You Girl | Take 12 (Stereo) Control Room call: "Take 12" (same edit piece) More discussion on keeping the beat |
0:51 |
| 9 | Thank You Girl | Take 13 (Stereo) No control call same piece again. |
0:28 |
| 10 | Thank You Girl | Edited of Takes 14 & 30 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Thank You Girl - Track 2 Take 14 Now includes overdub of harmonica John Barrett 1982 mix |
2:11 |
| 11 | Thank You Girl | Mix of Take 30 (Stereo) John Barrett 1982 mix with harmonica middle |
2:01 |
| 12 | She Loves You | Reprocessed Stereo (Version 1) Mixed in 1966 for "A Collection Of Beatles Oldies" |
2:19 |
| 13 | She Loves You | Reprocessed Stereo (Version 2) Mixed in 1973 for "Beatles 62-66" |
2:19 |
| 14 | She Loves You | Reprocessed Stereo RS1 John Barrett 1982 mix |
2:22 |
| 15 | She Loves You | Reprocessed Stereo RS2 John Barrett 1982 mix |
2:26 |
| Tracks 16-21 all from session of 17th October 1963 | |||
| 16 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | Take 1 ONLY the Control Room call, "I Want To Hold Your Hand - Take 1" |
0:03 |
| 17 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | Take 2 Control Room call, "Take 2" Paul can be heard saying, "build up the beginning", John, "no, I think it should start loud". |
0:05 |
| 18 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | Take 4 (segment) Control Room call, "Take 4" John, "Do it slower", Paul, "No !" |
0:14 |
| 19 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | Take 9 (segment) Control Room call, "Take 9" Paul instructing RINGO ! how he wants the drum to come in. |
0:32 |
| 20 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | Unknown Take Intro Paul, "Bom-bom-bom, right, clean beginning" |
0:05 |
| 21 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | Unknown Take (segment) | 0:09 |
| 22 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | Reprocessed Stereo U.S. Mix in 1973 for "Beatles 62-66" |
2:24 |
| 23 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | RS17 (Stereo) Mixed in 1963 for Australian single release |
2:24 |
| 24 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | Alternate Stereo Mix Mixed in 1966 for German release of "Beatles Greatest" |
2:24 |
| 25 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | Stereo Mix Mixed in 2003 for Anthology TV series |
2:23 |
| 26 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | RockBand Stereo Mix Includes a Paul count-in, "1-2, 1-2-3 ..." |
2:27 |
| Tracks 27-31 all from session of 17th October 1963 | |||
| 27 | This Boy | Take 4 (Segment) (Stereo) | 0:14 |
| 28 | This Boy | Take 11 (Control Room call ONLY !) | 0:01 |
| 29 | This Boy | Take 12 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Take 12" John, "Get this bloody little mic out of the way. Paul, "Don't be nervous John" John, "I'm Not" Breaks down after 37 seconds |
1:03 |
| 30 | This Boy | Take 13 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Take 13" Collapse into laughter at the end as one sings "That", one sings "This" boy. |
2:12 |
| 31 | This Boy | Unknown Take Segment (Mono) Sounds like a rehearsal of the harmony |
0:16 |
| 32 | This Boy | Take 15 RS15 (Stereo) John Barrett 1982 mix |
2:37 |
| 33 | This Boy | Reprocesssed Stereo Mixed in 1977 for UK release of "Love Songs" |
2:11 |
| 34 | This Boy | Stereo Mix Mixed in 2003 for Anthology TV series |
2:14 |
| Tracks 35-39 all from session of 5th March 1963 | |||
| 35 | One After 909 | Take 1 (Stereo) Control Room call, "One After 909 - Take 1" Breaksdown after 49 seconds. John, "What are you doing, are you out of your mind ?!" |
1:22 |
| 36 | One After 909 | Take 2 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Take 2" Some superb Lennon vocals, guitar solo very feeble though. And John at end, "What kind of solo was that !?" |
2:49 |
| 37 | One After 909 | Take 3 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Take 3" Breaks down after 1:16 John, "What are you doing ?" Paul, "It's murder, I just can't keep it up |
1:44 |
| 38 | One After 909 | Take 4 (Stereo) John says at start, "George ?" Breaks down at 2:13 John, "Oh bloody hell, I told you we'd miss out the middle eight" |
2:28 |
| 39 | One After 909 | Take 5 (Stereo) Control Room call, "Take 5" Taken from the middle eight |
1:10 |
| 40 | One After 909 | Take 2 (Mono) John Barrett 1982 mix John at end, "What kind of solo was that !?" |
2:45 |
| 41 | One After 909 | Takes 4/5 (Mono) Mixed in 1976 for potential Beatles project and played to EMI board members |
2:54 |
| 42 | One After 909 | Reprocessed Stereo Mixed in 1984 for unreleased "1,2,3,4" album which itself was early version of unreleased "Sessions" album |
2:54 |
| 43 | One After 909 | Edit version 1 using Takes 4/5 (Mono) Mixed in 1985 for unreleased "Sessions" album |
2:52 |
| 44 | One After 909 | Edit version 2 using Takes 4/5 ("Stereo") Mixed in 1985 for unreleased "Sessions" album |
2:53 |
| 45 | One After 909 | Edit version 3 using Takes 4/5 (Mono) Mixed in 1985 for unreleased "Sessions" album |
2:53 |
| 46 | Messages To Australia (Mono) | Recorded 12th September 1963 to send to Bob Rogers at Sydney's 2SM Radio Control Room call, "Messages to Australia from The Beatles" About 30 seconds, then George Martin says, "kill it" Control Room call, "Messages to Australia - Take 2" John messes up Control Room call, "Take 3" This one goes smoother Control Room call, "This is another Message to the Australians - Take 1" Slightly more amusing messages |
2:07 |