· "THE BEATLES AT THE MOVIES"

The mono mixes of the songs which were part of the original soundtrack on the films of the Beatles often were different from the mono mixes which were released on the records. As an example, we can say that those on the first film, "A Hard Day's Night", were mixed three times in mono (one for the film in March 1964, one more for the U.S. market in early June, and the last for the UK market in late June) and only once in stereo. The differences on these mixes are very subtle, but anyway here they are for those willing to add them to their collection.

 

https://mega.co.nz/#!nQN3STQY!K-eClTv7fIf-e1hvcx4W0EW9Lsxo5mLAvpEKEV37Jrk

· "SOCORRO!" (Help! Argentinian LP)

Recording first published 8 October 1965, mono and stereo.

Mono:  https://mega.co.nz/#!7Yc03LSQ!H0Xh7CxnsKxtgZbU8iBVdzo1GMwFIoe9HdibyYwLpsM

Stereo:  https://mega.co.nz/#!3U8V2SZQ!Xu4BcXPkq6SCQJmWOaL8H3xlRGY2u8cS9PItXF7Cvqs

· "HELP!" - The Beatles USA 1965

The North American version, the band's eighth Capitol Records album and tenth overall, includes the songs in the film plus selections from the orchestral score composed by Ken Thorne and performed by the George Martin Orchestra, which contains one of the first uses of the Indian sitar on a pop album. "Ticket to Ride" is the only song on the American release in duophonic stereo (also known as "fake stereo") reprocessed from the mono mix. This American release was a true soundtrack album, mixing the first seven songs with orchestral material from the film. Of the other seven songs that were on the British release, two were released on the US version of the next Beatles album, Rubber Soul, two were back-to-back on the next US single and then appeared on Yesterday and Today, and three had already been on Beatles VI. This album is available on CD as part of The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 box set. This set also includes the mono version of the American release, which is purely a stereo-to-mono fold-down mix, including the "fake stereo" duophonic "Ticket To Ride" folded down to mono again, despite Capitol already having the mono mixes for the single releases of both that song and "Help!". The American version of Help! reached the number one spot on the Billboard album charts for nine weeks starting on 11 September 1965.

Mono:  https://mega.co.nz/#!WQdG2boT!EZ76eDEjZMcvWUovLuGHihTH4JQAYLVLbsiohUdeb9o

Stereo:  https://mega.co.nz/#!LJFTWRwC!PbrGpQiVnes0ykFYYEtJ6mocF89Ky3D1WPGzR3H5HVs

01- James Bond Theme (Instrumental) + Help!
02- The Night Before
03- From Me To You Fantasy (Instrumental)
04- You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
05- I Need You
06- In The Tyrol (Instrumental)
07- Another Girl
08- Another Hard Day's Night (Instrumental)
09- Ticket To Ride
10- The Bitter End/You Can't Do That (Instumental)
11-You're Gonna Lose That Girl
12- The Chase (Instrumental)

. "HELP!" LP stereo

Original 1965 stereo mix.

 

https://mega.co.nz/#!SJFwlAQJ!e0CJMR-4kDYGkYlKly8zUiviMhEbqThyJJe30ON3mZ0

01- Help!
02- The Night Before
03- You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
04- I Need You
05- Another Girl
06- You're Going To Lose That Girl
07- Ticket To Ride
08- Act Naturally
09- It's Only Love
10- You Like Me Too Much
11- Tell Me What You See
12- I've Just Seen a Face
13- Yesterday
14- Dizzy Miss Lizzy
 

· "HELP!" LP mono

Help! was the fifth Beatles' album and the soundtrack from their film of the same name. Produced by George Martin (now specially hired by the group) for EMI's Parlophone Records, the album contains seven songs that appeared in the film Help!, and seven that did not, including the singles "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride". The album also features the Paul McCartney ballad "Yesterday". Tracks like Lennon's "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" indicate the influence of Bob Dylan and folk music. Also tracks like "I've Just Seen a Face" the Beatles' sound truly matured into an eclecticism that started to reach beyond the bounds of what had previously been considered rock music. In later years, Lennon said that the title track of the album was a sincere cry for help, as the pressures of the Beatles' fame and his own unhappiness (what he later called his "fat Elvis" period) began to build, and that he regretted turning it from a downbeat song in the style of an upbeat pop song as a result of commercial pressures. George Harrison contributed "I Need You" and "You Like Me Too Much". These were Harrison's first song compositions to be included on a The Beatles album since "Don't Bother Me", from 1963's With The Beatles. In 2003, this album was ranked number 332 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. This is the original mono mix.

https://mega.co.nz/#!PBV0RL5J!DsTcaiizL7YlsQlwv_1nW2fu7Rs8wtX6VOyoiMbS56o

01- Help!
02- The Night Before
03- You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
04- I Need You
05- Another Girl
06- You're Going To Lose That Girl
07- Ticket To Ride
08- Act Naturally
09- It's Only Love
10- You Like Me Too Much
11- Tell Me What You See
12- I've Just Seen A Face
13- Yesterday
14- Dizzy Miss Lizzy

· "BEATLES VI" - The Beatles USA 1965

Beatles VI is The Beatles' seventh Capitol Records release in the United States (including The Beatles' Story). It was the ninth album released into that market in less than one and a half years (Vee-Jay Records and United Artists Records also released one album each during that period). The LP was released in both mono and stereo versions, and includes two tracks recorded specifically for the North American market: "Bad Boy" and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy", both covers of Larry Williams songs, and both recorded on Williams' birthday (10 May 1965), marking perhaps the only time that the Beatles recorded material especially for North America. "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" was soon included on the British release of the Help! album, but "Bad Boy" was not released in the United Kingdom or anywhere else around the world until the 1966 A Collection of Beatles Oldies. Beatles VI also included the remaining six tracks left off Beatles '65 from the UK Beatles for Sale, "Yes It Is" (the B-side to the single "Ticket to Ride") features on a "duophonic" stereo remix from the original mono track and with additional echo and reverb, plus two other tracks from the forthcoming UK release of Help!: "You Like Me Too Much" and "Tell Me What You See". As on Beatles for Sale, the "Kansas City"/"Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" medley was originally listed only as "Kansas City". After attorneys for Venice Music notified Capitol of its error, the record label was corrected, although the album cover was not. Beatles VI reached number one in Billboard for six weeks, beginning on 10 July 1965. This LP was also released in New Zealand in stereo in time for Christmas 1966. The pressing plates were obtained from EMI (UK) and are identical to their export only release. The title on the record label reads Beatles IV, and the catalogue number is PCSM 6042. This album is available on CD as part of The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 box set in both stereo and mono mixes.

Mono:  https://mega.co.nz/#!jU1BjLZK!E3rA-29wXKPUJ78YvhusBk5EuhAIzMJvnkhR6d3wTTg

Stereo:  https://mega.co.nz/#!eUNQXIQQ!NSNZ9HoiIzjKaYlwbvoK3DZ_9CM-2rL4qnS3EmKOyJk

01- Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey
02- Eight Days A Week
03- You Like Me Too Much
04- Bad Boy
05- I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
06- Words Of Love
07- What You're Doing
08- Yes It Is
09- Dizzy Miss Lizzy
10- Tell Me What You See
11- Every Little Thing

· "HELP!" LP recording sessions

By February 1965 The Beatles started to work again on a new record which also would be the new soundtrack of their next movie...

https://mega.co.nz/#!eIcHBYAJ!ZRqDvFV_zBYOToRpVP1e30fxgt0WMB8QZhQOUEw5GXY

15 February, 1965 - 2:30-5:45 pm - EMI Studio 2
01- Ticket To Ride (take 1)
02- Ticket To Ride (take 2)
03- Another Girl (take 1)

16 February, 1965 - 5:00-10:00 pm - EMI Studio 2
04- Yes It Is (take 1)
05- Yes It Is (take 2)
06- Yes It Is (take 3)
07- Yes It Is (take 4)
08- Yes It Is (take 5)
09- Yes It Is (take 6)
10- Yes It Is (take 7)
11- Yes It Is (take 8)
12- Yes It Is (take 9)
13- Yes It Is (take 10)
14- Yes It Is (take 11)
15- Yes It Is (take 14)

17 February, 1965 - 2:00-5:00 pm - EMI Studio 2
16- The Night Before (take 2 - single tracked vocal)

18 February, 1965 - 3:30-5:15 pm - EMI Studio 2
17- You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (take 1)
18- You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (take 5)
19- You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (take 9)

18 February, 1965 - 6:30-10:30 pm - EMI Studio 2
20-If You've Got Troubles (take 1)

19 February, 1965 - 3:30-6:20 pm - EMI Studio 2
21- You’re Going to Lose That Girl (take 3)
22- You’re Going to Lose That Girl (SI onto take 3)

20 February, 1965 - 12:00 am-15:00 pm - EMI Studio 2
23- That Means A Lot (take 1)
24- That Means A Lot (RM1)

23 February, 1965 - 10:00 am-13:00 pm - EMI Studio 2
25-If You've Got Troubles (RS1 from take 1)

15 March, 1965 - 10:00-11:00 am - EMI Studio 2
26- Ticket To Ride (RM2 from take 2)

30 March, 1965 - 7:00-10:00 pm - EMI Studio 2
27- That Means A Lot (rehearsal)
28- That Means A Lot (take 20)
29- That Means A Lot (take 22)
30- That Means A Lot (take 23)
31- That Means A Lot (take 24)
32- That Means A Lot (test)

13 April, 1965 - 7:00-11:15 pm - EMI Studio 2
33- Help! (take 1)
34- Help! (take 2)
35- Help! (take 3)
36- Help! (take 4)
37- Help! (take 5)
38- Help! (take 6)
39- Help! (take 7)
40- Help! (take 8)
41- Help! (take 9)
42- Help! (take 10)
43- Help! (take 11)
44- Help! (take 12)
45- Help! (RM1 from take 12)
46- Help! (RS1 from take 12)
47- Help! (RM2 - CTS version)

10 May, 1965 - 8:00-11:30 pm - EMI Studio 2
48- Dizzy Miss Lizzy (take 7)

14 June, 1965 - 2:30-5:30 pm - EMI Studio 2
49- I'm Down (take 1)

14 June, 1965 - 7:00-10:30pm - EMI Studio 2
50- Yesterday (take 1)
51- Yesterday (take 2)

15 June, 1965 - 2:40-6:15 pm - EMI Studio 2
52- It's Only Love (take 2)
53- It's Only Love (take 3)

17 June, 1965 - 4:00-5:30 pm - EMI Studio 2
54- Wait (take 4 - out-fake)