The Beatles in EMI Abbey Road Studios - And I Love Her (Complete Session Footage) February 1964

This is earliest known footage of the Beatles inside EMI Studios at Abbey Road. On Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th February 1964, they worked on the new track And I Love Her for the "A Hard Day's Night" to be released later in the year.
This black and white newsreel footage originally featured NO MUSIC from the Beatles and was completely SILENT - the broadcaster later placed narration over the top, I added music from the Hard Day's Night album sessions and few other later sessions to pad out.
In the footage you will see the band working on the harder rockier version as heard on Anthology 1, then on the softer version with the Spanish guitar as heard on the official 1964 release.
The footage is not in chronological order so you may have to work out which day is which via clothing and the instrumentation.
Those featured in the footage are the Beatles, George Martin and Norman "Hurricane" Smith, Mal Evans, Neil Aspinall, Alun Owen (Script Writer of A Hard Days's Night)

[@marcobisi7768]

Seeing this footage makes me wish we had a "Get Back" style documentary for the early Beatles days.

[@johnp515]

Definitely. During the happy days and not during “the winter of discontent” as George called it. 😊

[@julianmarpez3931]

I think Eight Days a Week is the closest thing we'll get from that period

[@bretttownsend6495]

I agree if there was a way to do the early days with any studio footage if there is any done like. The get back Peter Jackson’s stuff would be the best ever

[@bretttownsend6495]

I suppose it would be impossible for Peter jackson to do that there’s probably not enough footage to work with

[@NaaHva]

Then we would clearly see a difference between the Paul we see here and the one from 1969.

[@rheailiarome2287]

Between all that joking around they worked really hard. According to George Martin and the results that we all know. I love how they had so much fun together. I love them so, and I will love them forever. Their music has been the tapestry that holds my life together in happy times and sustained me at the hard times. The memories of an easy time, the loved friends and some are now gone but the Beatles music has been the thread that holds everything together and makes me happy and always will. God bless my beloved Beatles 🙏 Thank you for posting this 💐

[@lindaross783]

There was so much love in their work and together they were a joy. We needed that. So funny too.

[@mnamhie]

I'd rather hear the Fab Four f-ing around in the studio than any of the music put out today. This is great stuff.

[@fifthbusiness1678]

Than any of it, really? You’re missing out then, mate. Open your ears (and eyes) ... please!

[@dennisboucher2647]

Mark Namhie. SPOT ON

[@1060michaelg]

@@fifthbusiness1678 You surely know what his point was, yeah? And yes, there are some great things being created by some great artists. These pearls get lost in all of the manufactured dross and dreck of the reality show winners, the latest hip hop "song" which like as not has sampling from one of the Greats. It seems like the only stuff that really gets my attention is from the College stations in the States. Peace.

[@1060michaelg]

Mark Namhie Mark, I could easily listen to 12 hours of this kind of material, Beatles at work, in one sitting...Just slide my pizza under the door!

[@lonniesmith5928]

reminds me of my bands rehearsals in the 60s and 70s

[@billbrimmer1739]

George Martin was a very patient man.

[@gh9111]

He must have known that these guys had something to put up with them.

[@gh9111]

@@stacer1962 fool, one day you'll be older and let's hope wiser.

[@billbrimmer1739]

@@stacer1962 Thanks I am a Grandfather. You must be one of those twenty-somethings. I’m sure the Beatles had better manners than you.

[@derekec]

Buster Coins Yeah I wrote similar...by then they'd already had Meet the Beatles, Please Please Me..I always get the UK/US releases confused. It's been said they knocked out the first album quick, few takes and I guess they began to get cart blanche by the time we have this. It's amazing how quickly they earned that respect though right?

[@kevanbodsworth9868]

He began to realise he was onto somthing very goodHe kew the"messing about " was loosening up and part of the creativty . From chaos and mistakes come new. It´s called "playing" music.

[@dianesaari3034]

This is why we loved them. Talent, personality, fun😊

[@CarinaPrimaBallerina]

What an unbelievable treat to be able to hear these takes... WOW!!!!

[@mayhemmusic6737]

Absolutely, girl!

[@MrDaiseymay]

REALLY ?

[@thefonzkiss]

All of this is from the Anthology documentaries that came out 25 years ago.

[@kpmac1]

I recall seeing some of these clips in the Compleat Beatles documentary back in the 80's. That documentary is what turned me onto the Beatles and ultimately made them my favorite band of all time.

[@BarkerT]

That intro to I Saw Her Standing There has to be one of the best ever!

[@martaquin1781]

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[@garyspillett7103]

It is

[@TAD3011]

Watching such a video, we immediately go back to the wonderful past from our young years.

[@PeterSpaeter96]

Well - after having watched this footage, I find it hard to believe that those guys have ever managed to record anything or even to put entire albums together. And George Martin's patience is admirable.

[@Garret00074]

Everyone is like this in the studio.

[@redtvproductions1]

What, to record a song often takes weeks. Those days they had to replay the whole song too. Not like today where you record 5 or 6 takes and grab notes to overdub replacing the bad ones.

[@memphisflashfan1]

The humor/silliness/distractions are part of creative evolution with these guys because mixed in is the musical evolutionary process. Creative development is not linear. Someone like George Martin recognized this in these 4 guys and that style in the studio exploded exponentially over the years.

[@perniciousreaper4393]

It just means you don't understand the creative process

[@NelsonMontana1234]

@@perniciousreaper4393 A disparaging and ignorant statement. The "creative process" is not one particular thing. The fact that they clowned around so much just means that they wasted some time before settling in. That was THEIR way of doing it. And maybe it wasn't even the best way, but they were so good they managed to let their skill come through in the end. But it is, by no means, "the creative process."

[@adrianbiber5340]

That laugh at 3:55 ! They're actually mythical imps 😍

[@tyronewhitehead2737]

Wish I could. Have seen them live these four are magical to me 👏👏👏👏

[@shaniafz99]

They're voice is good. Miss u, John and George 💕

[@southernlainey9270]

And Paul.

[@derekec]

I've heard this plenty before but always a new gem to find..Paul's tenor at 3:41- 44, not only so operatic but so melodic, so sweet, so resonant. It's so distinctive of Paul I could listen over and over for days on end and be more mesmerized each time.

[@summerdiaz6252]

I can sing like that, its easy for me

[@NickSBailey]

lets hear upload it :)

[@Kieop]

that was a cool little jam, too bad it never got developed in to something

[@sylvainpaquette6485]

the four geniuses at work

[@peterstoddard6225]

So funny that George Martin and George Harrison wore ties. I detest wearing a tie even when going somewhere formal. Great content. Thank you for putting this out there!

[@jaceconverse6337]

I stopped wearing my tie in the state govt. office I worked and the administration harassed me for around 20 years after that.

[@westfield90]

God I wish we had access to all of this complete footage just like the audio outtakes of all the songs.

[@martaquin1781]

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[@paisleepunk]

@@martaquin1781 Someone tell me if this is anything good or not.

[@johnmc3862]

@@paisleepunk It’s a nice guitar arrangement.

[@fretboardmaster70]

One day…

[@jimroscovius]

I wish the video matched the audio.

[@johnrowe4907]

It would be absolutely great if some previously undiscovered film footage of the Beatles working on Revolver and Sgt. Pepper came to light. Imagine being a fly on the wall during all the sessions for those albums?

[@motfc8]

Nice to hear the process, and know that no one is prefect.

[@cuda426hemi]

I'm not even going to say it. 👀

[@mikek5958]

@@cuda426hemi Yeah, no words are needed.

[@joesottilare609]

It was Martin who made those songs special and what they became..great production and guidance shaped them and that's why he was without a doubt the 5th beatle.

[@willrohan7256]

Ringo was the fifth Beatle, chronologically. John begat Paul and Stu,. Paul begat George. John Paul and George begat Richard.

[@johnburns4017]

@@willrohan7256 You missed Pete Best.

[@johnp515]

Absolute nonsense. George Martin said that in the early days his only real work was getting a good balance of voices and instruments. There was no “production” that could be done on two or four track recordings. He couldn’t change the way they played or sang. Martin had a stable of artists and no amount of “production” could make them any better than what they were, pretty standard, often mediocre pop. And often it was when The Beatles ignored Martin’s advice and went with their instincts that they innovated. For example when Martin said he thought the last jazzy harmony on the “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” refrain of She Loves You was old fashioned and not very Rock and Roll but it was those idiosyncratic touches that caught everyone’s attention.

[@chrishyde1216]

The Beatles wrote the music, sang the songs, played the instruments and had the vision. Martin helped and was important, but The Beatles were most of it.

[@miamibeachsunnydays8274]

I love these outtakes I wish I could hear the whole session, that being said these are far more interesting than the box sets Giles Martin put together😂

[@patriciaribaric3409]

This brought a smile to me.

[@jodyjackson5475]

Wow all this on my 10th birthday. I had no idea these guys would be a love that never ends

[@1964rocks]

It is just the beginning Jody. What you feel in your heart is what millions and millions feel.

[@Johnny_Seven]

I was 10 too but not till the July, little did we know how famous they would be.

[@willrohan7256]

@@Johnny_Seven I was far more mature than you two. I was TWELVE! 😁

[@kevanbrown7620]

Thank You for uploading this.🙏

[@jerryditrolio8064]

This Absolutely Fascinating Listening To The Beatles,The Necleus Of A Sung, Incredible !!!!

[@scottrowe533]

"Neckleus"? Is that the scientific term used to describe essential core of one's neck? Asking for a friend.

[@Berniewahlbrinck]

I think "Necleus of a Sung" is supposed to be some kind of a pun ...

[@katelyn6653]

dear person reading this, ur so loved and worthy

[@snogvy.2803]

Thank you so are you, remember the smallest actions really can affect someone’s day greatly. Just the littlest action can make someone’s day go from horrible to not so bad anymore ❤️

[@pmvoice88]

Great fun lads!

[@martaquin1781]

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[@johnmc3862]

@@martaquin1781 STOP SUBMITTING THE SAME LINK!!!

[@Ratstronot118]

john is awesome

[@martaquin1781]

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[@johnmc3862]

est.

[@jesusvillarreal6808]

A movie could be made out of these 4 minutes of a legendary rehearsal…

[@jackleavermusic]

George was patience because they were young and inexperienced, and he saw the talent they had. These are just little short clips, completely out of proper context. Any of you that have been in a recording session, would know.

[@jackleavermusic]

*patient*

[@mark.e.p]

I loved their wit and humour.

[@cards0486]

I love,”Paul, they’re runnin’.” Let ‘em run. We’re the Beatles...that’s what editing is for. But I’m thrilled we have this.

[@martaquin1781]

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[@kovie9162]

Along with George Martin and the sound engineers they basically invented modern rock and pop recording by just hacking away at it in the studio and trying everything until they found out what works and why. We are the beneficiaries of their finished product but it's fascinating to see and hear these behind the scenes and get a sense of how it was all made and went from raw ideas and sounds to polished recording.

[@jamesdrynan]

Recorded on Feb. 27, 1964. The boys and Martin had no idea that 60 years later, their music would still be played by millions of new fans.

[@tosinoparinde9563]

I love you Paul

[@martaquin1781]

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[@walidel-saleh6040]

My favourite album

[@TheMurrblake]

THIS is the reason for KZbin.

[@crgiomoreno]

❤️thankssss a lotttt

[@martaquin1781]

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[@Jonathan1989.]

Now i feel better if i mess up on the guitar🤭.. practices makes perfect

[@martaquin1781]

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[@ACNC1]

3:12 rubber soul -esque

[@solaroberto7435]

Wooow! Beatles forever!

[@patton303]

God they were so tight. Even during the outtakes.

[@martaquin1781]

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[@johnmc3862]

@@martaquin1781 Stop posting the same link!

[@monicapatriciaenrico2532]

God one day before the day I was born. Thank you 😊

[@latexbeep]

"You made a mistake! _I know you did!!!_ "

[@thekitowl]

Excellent job. Just visited AR & the control room of studio 2 is so small, the current mixing desk only fits in sideways to the window.

[@thekitowl]

@@philipjones439 studio 3 was incredible. I was wondering whether 3 is now smaller than it was as it now has the piano & vocal booths or was it extended. Here’s a great clip of studio 3 in the 60’s. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZrJfYWFpK6Mj6s

[@wearethepeople7887]

the best job in the world .

[@azloii9781]

I would love to have heard I'll Be Back with Paul coming in on "If you break my heart" after John sings "You know"

[@user-vm9wj8bj4b]

Very very interesting!

[@kenshiloh]

"And if you saw my love, I'd love her too." I think they wound up changing that one...

[@zaszyfrowane]

And I love it😃

[@stevescontriano860]

I wish I could’ve been there

[@dongskijyu8583]

It would be very hard to make another band that would create a big impact like the beatles. It would be close to impossible because there are so many factors to consider

[@ismaelsalvinoandradesalvin9705]

The Beatles espetacular sensacional!!!!!!

[@oneandatwo]

John's voice sure was shot in I Should Have Known Better. We would never have guessed.

[@Ratstronot118]

paul is awesome

[@brianfergus839]

1:04 how do you break a string playing “And I Love Her”??

[@debbiesims138]

That was fun.

[@debradonato7363]

Music at its Finest🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Juju-wl6qg]

thank you so much for this footage! do you know what studio it is in a abbey road like 1, 2 or 3..?

[@ZanderSumner]

Studio 2 👍

[@rudern8]

Last comment from John Lennon in german, "was ist los hier?" 🙂

[@charlesdowns1691]

real cool.

[@daansilver9670]

É absurdamente incrível como eles chegavam no ponto certo das músicas..pois os ensaios pareciam levar para um outro caminho. Fabulosos,fantásticos minha total admiração também por George Martin.

[@JohnnyHands]

Number 9...Number 9... (meant as a complement!)

[@633squadrongoodwin]

How much would we have given to be a fly on the wall in the studio with the boys just for 5 minutes.............

[@kennethoats2322]

Cool as F to see and hear!!!!

[@margeryfeit8446]

George Martin must have had loads of patience.

[@alex_is...]

3:12 is that Got To Get You Into My Life?

[@TwiggyArmstrong]

yup

[@moondogaudiojones1146]

One of my favorite “best of flubs” ! Of course there’s more?🤣

[@LennyJohnson5]

Engineer ‘Normal’ Norman Smith in the control room too… later had hits as ‘Hurricane’ Smith

[@gwwayner]

Back when EVERYONE smoked cigarettes. It's a wonder anyone could sing!

[@buckfaststradler4629]

Good for the voice - all the best rockers smoked like chimneys

[@terrymcbride2104]

We still smoke

[@kennethmarshall306]

That’s what I was thinking. I was brought up in houses of heavy smokers and thought nothing of it. Now I feel sick if the room is thick with smoke 🤢

[@terrymcbride2104]

@@kennethmarshall306 Not me. Still smokin and likin it

[@AlexMargolin]

Hello! Thank you for sharing this! I'm currently trying to get permission to use this material in a documentary feature. Was wondering if you have any insights on where this material originally aired and who might own it? Much appreciated!

[@Bikerbuoy]

Literally the cuttings off the mixing room floor

[@markfcoble]

George!

[@Ratstronot118]

ringo is awesome

[@roberth6009]

Ringo:"it wasn't me" Hahahahahahaha 🤪

[@magicmusic8]

Tuesday 25th EMI Studios: Record 4 new songs: George Harrison & band celebrates his 21st birthday

[@PeasGraveny]

Loads of shots I'd never seen (Mal,Alun Owen and the fabs overdubbing handclaps, Neil reading his book etc...) Did the new stuff leak out at the same time as the bulldog session and Hey Jude and all of that

[@labspeciman7402]

The header should have said. We have 10 songs where the Beatles can't get past the first verse.

[@jaymo8206]

That last bit was an outake of Being for the benefit of Mr Kite. Plus I heard an outake of Got to get you into my life. Kinda mishmashed outakes on this vdo from different periods between 1964-67.

[@jeromehattkronen2305]

true, and i just realised that Kite sounds like Michelle ma belle. - because at first i thought it Was michelle.

[@Bella-nt7ec]

and John shaking Allen Klein

[@vitorjunior2023]

Most of these snippets he got from the ending of the anthology documentary. Most of them have the exact sequence shown on the endings.

[@mikek5958]

Yeah that was pretty cool I was scrolling before I posted to see if anyone else had picked up on it; nice Jay.

[@user-me3ef8kh1x]

Nicaragua and their beatles

[@nathynorthy6916]

Right at the end that was the exact opening organ chords to 'For the Benefit of Mr Kite' (about three years before it appeared on Pepper,) wasn't it? Had that been in John's head for years before he turned it into a song?

[@simonmarner8079]

That was a harmonium part from Michelle. I will say the only words I know that you'll understand.

[@catholiccowboy8545]

The song : " 1,2,3,4 .." is the best one.

[@youbigtubership]

Somewhere in my travels I heard extended recordings of in-studio conversations between John and Paul- meaningful, serious conversations. I think they were the basis of one of Paul's solo songs with the line 'but it always came back to the song we were singing at any particular time' They were great. Anyone know where they can be found?

[@clay_geo]

My first guess would be somewhere in the Get Back sessions, as they were nearly constantly recording then, for the movie, rather than just hitting record for takes. Extensive portions of the audio are out there online if you know how to search for that sort of thing. It'll be a ton of listening though to find the part you're looking for, if it indeed is part of them.

[@youbigtubership]

@@clay_geo thanks I'll start listening.... My recollection of it is sketchy, but it was cosmic meaning-of-it-all-stuff.

[@theboulevardierofbroadway4659]

That bit that seemed to be from Michelle at the end then sounded like it was Mr. Kite.

[@bobdownes162]

PASS THE JOINT !

[@francesvandeburgt4173]

Keep going Ringo keep playing the piano.

[@ianbartle456]

Paul sounds so apologetic when he makes any errors - because he thinks he SHOULD be able to get it right - and he doesn't want to waste anyone's time and energy on HIS errors. Didn't expect to hear what sounds like very a quote from Got To Get You Into My Life at 3:27 - isn't that one a couple of years early?

[@seankelly6891]

Is this footage Public Domain? If not would anyone know how I could license it for a student documentary?

[@robrobrob73]

and i love her???

[@derekec]

What boggles my mind is how the stuffy EMI white shirt ties we always hear about tolerated all the joking about. I guess that's what a hit album or two under your belt will buy you.

[@dadduorp]

Notice Ringo is ALWAYS there on the downbeat!

[@sannimcable]

Im cracking anyway

[@musiclover1960ED]

Looking for a contract for his band, Brian Epstein is going around London without any luck. Instead of showing reel to reel tapes, an engineer told him to put the tapes on disc. After the engineer heard the tapes he suggested Brian go to EMI Records. He said he did and they told him NO. No, the engineer suggested. ," Go to the back where the Parlaphone Studios are and look for the one in charge. He might like this nutty thing you call The Beatles." "what is his name?" Brian asked. "he is a bit of a trouble maker. The company put him in charge of their little known studio, so he can leave them alone. His name is George Martin" the engineer replied. THE REST IS HISTORY.

[@Топаз190]

Особенно обожаю песню "Мизери "!

[@johnandresen2625]

Did anything become of the band? I don’t think I know them.

[@SecretAgentPaul]

Alun Owen at 2:42

[@dietmarschlichtherle7061]

Back in the days they all were smoking a lot :-)

[@dannyvine3605]

A lot of this is before the Beatles meet Dylan in August 1964 and started smoking pot alot. The hard days night album was recorded between January and June 1964.

[@samuelsalazar8934]

2:47 Hey guys what are you doing?

[@Slaminc.]

I've been looking for these videos, what are these film files called?

[@martaquin1781]

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[@-______-______-]

This is all off the Anthology albums, right?

[@stinkboneorien1270]

Why do you highlight "And I Love Her" which is NOT the feature of this composite footage & audio but only one tiny section where in fact, most of the tunes featured are the new Hard Day's Night tunes, mostly by John like "If I Fell", "I'll Be Back", "I Should Have Known Better", "Tell Me Why" and others but your main title indicates it's all about "And I Love Her"....why? Why is Paul featured when John wholly dominated the "Hard Days Night" recording sessions (Paul only had THREE tracks on the British LP) and the movie itself? Only she shadow knows right?:-)

[@ZanderSumner]

Because it kept getting pulled down by KZbin