The Beatles Recording of With The Beatles

[@balsamicfingerer]

I've binged your entire channel in 3 days lol. Fantastic content, very thoroughly researched and presented. Cannot wait for the Beatles For Sale video.

[@filmretrospective63]

It wont be long!

[@elwin38]

@@filmretrospective63 "Till I come home to you"!🎶🎶

[@tylerthompson1842]

The best

[@paulzon]

From the Rutles: "Their first album was made in 20 minutes. Their second album took even longer."

[@JFF35753]

Thanks for doing a great job! It is amazing what fabulous song writers John and Paul were. The songs were so fresh and new. They wrote so many songs that could have been singles instead of album tracks. All of their songs were different. And their voices were perfect. I could go on and on but I won't.

[@petehealy9819]

Great video: well done! This was the first record I ever bought, as an 11yo in Feb 1964 in Santa Barbara, California. Lots of memories made even better by your awesome research. One note at 15:05 the Beatles didn't lower "Roll Over, Beethoven" an octave, but by a whole tone (from E to D). Keep up your excellent work!

[@randy-i1h]

The Beatles always stood for excellence and that is why they prevail to this day!

[@codarush607]

i’ve never been able to find a good video documenting this album so i was very excited to see this pop up by you

[@stuartshire]

Hold me Tight is my favourite song on the album . Cracking song

[@karaamundson3964]

Great upload! I always listened to "Don't Bother Me" and heard another John & Paul tune. Funny how George never saw its value. It has great lyrics, a great melody, great structure... the other Beatles wouldn't have put the song on the record if it didn't hold up. Lots of fans love it as a top ten tune of the era!

[@elwin38]

"Dont Bother Me" is a very underrated song by George. One of my favorite George songs. 🎶🎶

[@mootbooxle]

I see a Film Retrospective Beatles video…I click. Love your content mate.

[@jessemontano762]

as a guitar 🎸 player, for many years, i am always so fuckin blown away by their progressions. Very cool. very hip

[@rivereuphrates8103]

They're so good

[@Jerry-oo8hd]

Got you! Yeah. Even wth a short tune like Glass Onion, the middle 8, where it starts on A minor then moves up to A aug, then another halfstep up… just stuff that they sounded out, finding the most listenable way to tell the lyric story. They were using augmented chords, etc. even on their early albums as you know. The Beatles!

[@abc456f]

​@Jerry-oo8hd Their middle eights, (bridges), were always so perfect for the songs. Never felt awkwardly squeezed in, but just naturally fitting to the melody. What incredible songwriters they were at such a young age.

[@Jerry-oo8hd]

@@abc456f …yeah. John was on another, different plane. To just KNOW what sounded Right. Fuck myxolydian…i guess this is what rock n roll/rock genius sounds like. The middles were never forced or wedged in with a screwdriver- they were just MEANT to be there, as though they WERE there from another place and time. I guess.

[@aaronarchermusic]

Nicely done! I even learned some aspects I wasn't aware of, such as the bridge of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" recorded separately. Thanks!

[@opiekrumpus4182]

Another great detail packed video. Look forward to your work. Your video filled with facts and good video and pictures. Luv your work. Learn many things about how The Beatles work when making a record.

[@SmoothOutcomes]

loving your video narration, storyboarding & general style mate, keep it up 👍

[@doctorc-ton1099]

Hearing that George Martin with the engineers have mixed various takes together is a very modern technique, easily taken advantage of it the modern DAW era. I believe I didn't know that they did that until "Sgt Pepper", and especially with "Strawberry Fields Forever" where takes were spliced together. I was under the impression that takes were made and the best one was chosen. Excellent video btw.

[@dablonz6852]

Love this Channel, I watch every vid. Keep up the good work and thanks for the entertainment

[@RogerPeet]

Super job, Film Retrospective. I absolutely luv the photos. of course, the U.K. album was different than the U.S. album Beatles4Ever

[@aunch3]

Dam look at all these early pictures of John he seems so much more intense. I can see why he was considered the leader and why everyone was scared of him lol. This is probably the closest to John’s true personality before all the fame, drugs, and adoration etc.

[@ktcarl]

He wasn't "considered" the leader...he WAS the leader. He formed the band and let whom he wanted in the band. It was his band since 1956 when he formed The Quarrymen.

[@christopher9152]

@@ktcarl I am sure that's true. But it's a very good thing for all Beatles fans that Paul stepped up and became the leader from Pepper on. Without his leadership, their last album might have been Pepper, or at the most, The White Album.

[@aunch3]

@christopher Maybe even Rubber Soul. Apparently Paul had to drag John out of bed at noon everyday just to get him to show up for the Revolver sessions. Full powered John was a unique force, but by ‘66 he was starting to slow down. I agree without Paul the Beatles don’t exist in the late 60’s and we lose some of their best work

[@miamibeachsunnydays8274]

The Touring all the concert s, destroying the Beatles,

[@NatillieSmith-ti1jd]

🎉😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😅😮😮😮😮😮

[@DylancatP]

Great video as always! Your channel is brilliant

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

Great video - small thing, dropping the key from E to D is dropping it be a tone, or step, not an octave. An octave it would still be in E. an Octave is a whole cycle of the scale, or 8 notes..

[@tomobedlam297]

Yes, that's pretty basic knowledge to any musician. 👍

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

@@tomobedlam297 Yeh, it’s nit picking, but once you know you know :)

[@Araqnidm]

Just skimmed through the comments to see if anyone else caught that, lol. But yeah, not a big deal.

[@psychedelicpsyhcosis]

Thank you!

[@williamoates9887]

Hey Thanks for a great informative entertaining video ....

[@JoshMaxPower]

One of the early Beatles books that I read set the Beatles were like an incredible sports team that just came in and dominated all the other teams in every way and there was nothing anyone could do about it. They took over as soon as they appeared and they have never left the number one spot.

[@johncena31925]

At 15:30 you say “Roll Over Beethoven” right on queue with the background music 😂 Great video by the way!

[@PatrickDonovan-m5f]

We want the Beatles We want the Beatles

[@pelaronson4086]

thank You, it was beautiful. xxx

[@pelaronson4086]

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[@ivanfranco2363]

You rock! Super thanks!

[@Sjsjsjsjsjks1]

Yoo nice thanks for the upload

[@jaymo8206]

The Fab Four had an insane work ethic. Thankfully humanity has benefitted from the music they created.🎸🥁☮️ Long Live The Beatles.

[@AllenJones-w3p]

Britten's WAR REQUIEM is a masterwork, and the world premiere recording (conducted by the composer) is a classic.

[@gunnarkarlgunnarsson2775]

Just imagine if "From me to you", She loves you" I want to hold your hand", This boy" and even "Thank you girl" had been included on the album. It would make "With the Beatles" the definitive merseybeat album, even better than A Hard days night

[@jimboy419]

Back then you had to buy the 45s and the albums to get all the songs.

[@ustheserfs]

it's worth mentioning that while the band were listening to freewheelin' bob dylan, dylan was listening to with the beatles. each using the other's style to construct their own sound.

[@bexiemounne7781]

Your content rock, but what are your sources for the chaos of the ''She Loves You'' recording session? I have made a bunch of Beatles day-to-day research as well and never found anything about this session.

[@monovision566]

Hold Me Tight may not be the best song on the record, but it's certainly better than some others. Especially Little Child.

[@musefan69]

Maybe i'm misunderstanding, but by all other accounts She Loves You was written and done/released before they ever came to NYC.

[@n.g.a.e.g.4534]

very very good different angle ❤

[@JamesMurphy-vb1lu]

Extremely well done!

[@Alex-lc9vq]

Amazing stuff as usual!

[@WhiteCamry]

@3:20 ... "John and Paul were composing the single in a New York hotel room ..." WHERE??!!

[@stevenlennon12]

Not where but when. In 1964 lol

[@iwaspaidtoflywithyoubatman]

Yeah that's not right. Some of his music theory stuff is off too.

[@ClandestineRecords]

I wonder when it will be released a box set of these sessions

[@steveconn]

Lot of good ones, Hold Me Tight, She Loves You on that one.

[@wbiro]

21:24 What were they thinking? Hold Me Tight is a good solid song -- all of the sections are good, verse, bridge, chorus, second bridge... it was better than all of their covers, and definitely better than I Wanna Be You Man, and even Till There Was You (though that song was their most sophisticated to date, their 'technical proficiency' show piece). I would say that Hold Me Tight was their 'blue collar' song -- revealing them at their most work-a-day, and it was good...

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

I agree, great tune!

[@bobtaylor170]

That song has never gotten much respect. The bridge is a little wobbly; it's too bad that couldn't have improved it. But I still love it.

[@boilinabag]

thanks for showing the swan label of she loves you. capital in the us didnt want the beatles, and let a small chicago label vj, and their smaller label, swan release it. then it blew up. emi who owned capital took the rights back. those swan 45's are rare...

[@Musicradio77Network]

“She Loves You” was another #1 hit, but not on Capitol, it was on Swan, but later included on “The Beatles’ Second Album” on Capitol.

[@jorgeb555]

My favourite (spelled it that way is a tribute!) album of all time. 😎 It’s their best. Re: Joy.

[@peterlovett8451]

Thanks!

[@filmretrospective63]

@@peterlovett8451 thank you!

[@rr7firefly]

The Beatles were at their personal bests early in their music careers. As time went on they grew tired of the artistic burden and tired of being together all the time. This Golden Age is known by many male fans as their "Pre-Yoko Period," before John Lennon lost his bearings, losing his psychological balance and mental clarity.

[@IdeaRefinery]

Thanks!

[@filmretrospective63]

Much appreciated!!

[@Tom-hk6ub]

***The Beatles composed their third single in a New York Hotel Room in 1963 ?? 3'20" The Beatles (John and Paul) didn't get to the U.S until 1964 !!! Surely this is an error !

[@filmretrospective63]

Yeah, that was a slight mess up!

[@MichaelWilson-mk1sy]

It was a Newcastle hotel

[@JimMadsenGP]

Yes-I caught this and had to replay it too.

[@evabelvain2569]

The Newcastle hotel was called The Turks Head

[@MichaelWilson-mk1sy]

@@Tom-hk6ub I have a photo of John standing outside the Turks head hotel I think it’s possible it’s taken the day before or after they wrote she loves you because apart from two girls with him other people are ignoring jom

[@mikeallard2134]

Geoff Emerick as a 3rd engineer was not consulted and was asked not to speak unless necessary, rules were strict

[@marguskiis7711]

"With" is their first real Beatles album: strong, rough, masculine and idiosyncratic.

[@LanceHall]

The spectrally extracted instrumental for She Loves You sounds great I assume you used the best source which is the 1992 'Million Sellers' CD EP which is radically superior to what they used on Past Masters, Beatles 1 and the new Red CD.

[@toddbest8347]

JOHN LENNON SEPT. 1963 AHEAD OF HIS TIME FOR 1ST DISTORTION SOUNDS ALL FUTURE BANDS DID!

[@stevemorris6790]

It was McCartney who came with the innovations! Google it

[@scottmckenna9164]

Aaah, there’s that word “surprise” associated with good music again.

[@bwithrow011]

With The Beatles was recorded 2 track. The first song to be recorded 4 track was I Want to Hold Your Hand.

[@StuffnSuch]

Much better than the competition

[@aunch3]

Totally

[@CantTellYou]

There is one other channel I do think he should collaborate with though, called “You Can’t Unhear This”. His channel is a bigger one but it would still probably benefit both if they collab on a video or two, because that “Unhear This” dude’s narrative voice isn’t nearly as cool as Film Retrospective’s lol

[@JPIndustrie]

The new 'complet Beatles' , well done !

[@lucas_laux]

awesome

[@davisbeane]

I love to see it

[@pluck593]

The trousers were very tight.

[@hollywoodjoe123]

hello from Joe Nania

[@randybackgammon890]

I was always under the impression that EMI didn't go 4 track till the fall of '66;and the Pepper sessions.At least as far as the rock bands were concerned.Be interested to know for sure

[@aureliande2659]

I Want to Hold Your Hand is the first 4-track recording. You can easily tell from the existing stereo mixes. There is an overdubbed guitar line after the second bit in the three-sectiion lines of verse ("And please / say to me / [ascending guitar] you let me hold your hand //") which is not on the original two tracks. That's why the position of vocals, instruments, and overdubs varies in the first and second stereo mix. Some say Money was the first 4-track recording but that was an effect created by the stereo mix for the album when parts of the original 2-track recording were doubled. The next album, A Hard Day's Night, is 4 tracks throughout. Consequently, it has the best stereo mix of the first three albums.

[@randybackgammon890]

@@aureliande2659 Cheers for the info.May we'll be the case.But couldnt all that have been achieved with two ...two track recorders bouncing

[@aureliande2659]

@@randybackgammon890 Basically, yes. But then they would have had to use the two twintrack recorders for the different mixes (which were not made at the same time). Not very practical, is it? But the use of 4-track machines is independently documented anyway in the EMI files that, for instance, Mark Lewisohn used for his Complete Chronicle and the sessions books. They used two two-track machines on some of the older recordings such as overdubs on A Taste of Honey.

[@randybackgammon890]

@@aureliande2659 Probably.I know Olympic was 8 track by late '66.So yes probably.Though the general concensess has always been that EMI was somewhat behind the curve even for British studios in the mid sixties

[@owlnswan4016]

Norman mixed the mono of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" very well. It's the common stereo mix done in 1966 for the OLDIES compilation that is rubbish, and the recent new mix is nothing great either.

[@filmretrospective63]

@@owlnswan4016 I was talking about the mix of This boy

[@CupidStunt72]

George Martin was the 5th Rutle

[@BugRib]

14:41 Why does John Lennon suddenly only have four fingers on his right hand in this photo? 🤔

[@kfiralfiavideo]

I’m just here until Mark Lewisohn releases Volume 2 :) Great work though. It’s a worthy substitute for now.

[@SuperMikecarp]

Me too! I hope to God that Mark releases Vol 2 next year. It's only been 11 years since the first installment!

[@wyclefjean9383]

That clip of night of the walking dead took me out 😂

[@waynemasters8673]

While I'm listening to this I'm experimenting floating a guitar pickup beneath the bass strings and controlling its position, hint......hint. Hmmm, compressing like I do optically. Have one Yam MTX1 and awaiting second broken one to fix, in mail. I invented the kinetic LED display that is in sync with audio. Mind blowing.

[@anonymusum]

Now listen to *I wanna be your man* in their own version and then to the Sones´ version. It´s a differece between day and night. The Stones were a amateur band in comparison.

[@mikeallard2134]

ask me why from their 1st album had more complex chords than their 2nd album

[@rickdrais9737]

Why is a clip from Night of the Living Dead in there?

[@63supercobrajet]

Epstein running down the stairs crying:"..OH DEAR, OH DEAR, ..." with John Lennon laughing out loud ! -yep, that would be John.

[@eduz8213]

It's amazing how everyone says that Hold Me Tight is the worst song in the album when Little Child, a way worse song is right there In another note, I really like how you put the background track when talking about an specific song. Great vid as always

[@DaddyBooneDon]

I love the scene from Night Of The Living Dead while the narrator talks about barricading the doors, like the female fans are rabid zombies or something lol

[@zachdods]

I get being generally nonplussed by Hold Me Tight. Even though i do enjoy it. But Little Child is by far the worst song on that album in my opinion.

[@plush1993]

19:54 - You mean A Hard Day’s Night, right? George wrote I’m Happy Just to Dance With You

[@kylechinault1]

No, that's a Lennon/McCartney sung by Harrison.

[@peppernbo]

i wonder what happened to i saw her standing there

[@rhinohoudini3320]

It was on the previous album.

[@peppernbo]

@@rhinohoudini3320 what previous album ?

[@peppernbo]

​@@rhinohoudini3320 oh it was on the please please me album. see the english set up was different from americas line up. to us meet the beatles was first with i saw her standing there

[@Musicradio77Network]

“I Saw Her Standing There” was the B-side to their first #1 hit “I Want To Hold Your Hand” in the US.

[@fishrider62]

George wondering if he could actually write a song, lol. Spoiler Alert George, you can

[@WeAreTheEggmen22]

Those frigan female fans I dont even consider those fans those are groupies if I saw any of The Beatles I would be waaayyyy more chill 'bout it

[@robertraymond762]

I would consider changing the thumbnail! I almost skipped this because I thought it was revolver again until I took a better look!

[@jorgeb555]

For the record, “Little Child” is objectively THE WORST song on the album, while “Hold Me Tight” has aged beautifully and is pretty extensively covered these days on YT. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@bobtaylor170]

I could not disagree more about Little Child. It's a great rocker.

[@jorgeb555]

@@bobtaylor170 Look, I’m glad you enjoy it; there are plenty of Beatles songs I love that others blast. But it’s also widely regarded as one of their worst. Here’s why I think that is: It’s the most derivative and predictable melody with a horribly a melodic and forced bridge. And even though John performs admirably, you can sort of still tell his heart ain’t all that into it. It is throw away like no other (except, perhaps, for “What Goes On”). Now please tell me a Beatles song you think is garbage. Can you? And not “Revolution #9.

[@bobtaylor170]

@@jorgeb555 I Feel Fine is crap. That whole period between Beatles for Sale and Rubber Soul - late 1964 through late 1965 - is dispensable to me. Everything from Help!

[@jorgeb555]

@@bobtaylor170 I’m sure millions of others agree with you.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Both “Hold Me Tight” and “Little Child” are from the album “Meet The Beatles”.

[@brucehartnell1475]

“Hold me tight” is an abomination . It’s dreadful.

[@bobtaylor170]

I couldn't disagree more. It isn't great, because the bridge is weak, but an abomination? I don't think so.

[@icm65]

It was a slog to record and it’s a slog to listen to…sorry, this album is in the bottom three of Beatles records.

[@skitariisoldier7367]

The Beatles were bubblegum pop garbage.

[@lucas_laux]

no way, have u ever listened to the revolver album? that is pure rock and psychedelic rock, they were wayyyy beyond pop, but indeed they made some pop records, none of them was garbage also

[@aunch3]

@lucas he’s a troll looking for attention just ignore

[@bpd9660]

Worlds number one selling group.. yeah, cool post bro.. go back to your mommy's basement

[@HBSuccess]

Sure…. whatever you say Troll 😂

[@arnesaknussemm2427]

Bubblegum pop did not arrive till the late sixties with bands like The Archie’s. By that time The Beatles had recorded The White album. Please stop embarrassing yourself online and seek help.

[@ivanfranco2363]

Thanks!

[@filmretrospective63]

Thank you!!

[@BayBooNoodles]

Thanks!

[@filmretrospective63]

@@BayBooNoodles thank you so much!