And he actually presents accurate technical information unlike most other Beatard channels who don't even know the difference between remastering and remixing.. You know, the frustrated musicians with the age-inappropriate hair and the Momma's basement dwellers who blather on and say nothing informative or original they just skim the Hoffman forum for their "inside" info.
Sounds like a splice, or the original splice was repaired, I did notice a slight dip in the top end even on the original single clip, but hey 30+ year old ears could be deceived
A thunderingly brilliant record that often gets overlooked, probably due to its familiarity. I can only imagine what it was like to hear it for the first time in 1963. Then, as now, it sounds like nothing else. Wonderful!
I remember at the age of 8 early 1975 ( i turned 9 in the last quarter of the year) we had just moved house and going through my mother's records came across this single. After seeing Lennon-McCartney on the label i went and asked her is this the same as Paul McCartney ( i knew wings) she said it was and then running back to my room to play it and had my ears blown away i loved it. I then went through and picked out all the Beatles i could find and nicked them off her, all the early singles apart from the first 2 up till ticket to ride, also found a couple of billy j's Lennon-McCartney cover singles, great vid, role on November for the next single (and album story) thanks Andrew.
This was my first 45, given to me by my parents for Christmas 1964. ( I was 8 years old) The family got its first record player at this time as well. Still have all my 45s and albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Thanks for your great channel....
"She Loves You" was the first Beatle song I heard on my aunt's black label Swan 45. The song's sound and energy made me play it over and over again. It hit me like an explosion and I became a Beatle fan for life.
You’ve outdone yourself, Andrew! I think this tops the “From Me To You” history video, which is one of my favorites. Can’t wait to see what you’ve got up your sleeve for November with the history videos behind “With The Beatles” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand”! Get this man the beverage of his choice, he’s earned it!
I love when songs connect with other songs via the stories in their lyrics. I like to imagine that the "rolling stone" in the song "Baker Street" became the sailor that Brandy longs for in "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)".
It's not my favorite Beatles song, but it may be one of the greatest songs ever made. Sixty years later, it still full of energy and jumps out of the speakers.
23:40 I got the Apple 45 in 1978. Too bad I didn't get the Swan one; I wouldn't have dropped out. Anyway this was one of my faves when I was a 13 year old Beatlemaniac. But I know that John used to turn it off when it came on the radio. He was the most critical of the Beatles music after the fact, but at the time he said he didn't care about lyrics, only the sound. So the whole 3rd person thing isn't really a revelation. But yes, or should I say yeah, this was the quintessential Beatle song, but in the US it was I wanna hold your hand that was the breakthrough. I guess here we already said yeah, yeah, yeah, so it wasn't a big deal.
What a great episode! The history of this song, and the spectral vision of the audio edits was such a brilliant touch! Well done Andrew. Knocked my socks off!
It may come as a surprise to a lot of people who think that She Loves You is a simple little ditty, but the fact is that it uses all the notes available, either in the melody, chords, singing or George's guitar riff. And it uses them in the first half minute of the song. Most jazz records could not boast of this, and it goes to show just how clever The Beatles were from the very early days.
Late to the party, but I can hear the "pride can hurt you too" edit at 17:10 on the 45. It's not nearly as noticeable, but there's a brief stutter and the tonality of the cymbal does indeed change. The 45 has its treble rolled off significantly and its midrange boosted, both of which mask the edits and tonal changes. It's a unique phenomenon: the 45 is the best-sounding version of the song simply because it sounds so bad! The better the fidelity, the worse the sound quality. It has great fidelity on the 1993 Red Album CD, but you'll be wincing at the edits and tonal shifts. Put on the 45, and you'll be steamrolled by a freight train of screeching midrange - which is precisely what the doctor ordered!
Hi Andrew, this original 45 on Parlophone just came home...it IS all you said it would be...the bass is plain as day and the whole mix totally blasts you in the face!!! An excellent recommendation along with the mono UK Sgt. Pepper -1/-1....I just couldn't believe how wonderful that record is as well....thx again and looking forward to more of your programming...always fab and Gear....And looking forward to your take on the 64 box coming out this Friday!!!
This was fascinating! When my parents bought me the original UK 45 in 1963 (I was 6 years old), I'd never have guessed that 60 years later I'd be witnessing such a detailed examination of the recording! Thanks for putting so much effort into this episode.
Great video, Andrew! To my ears, an edit occurs at 1:28 (just before the word "because") which is where the EQ changes back. If you listen to the version on "Past Masters", either the 1988 version or the 2009 remaster, this is very evident. While there may be another edit at 1:31 (as evidenced by the "pop" in your sample), I don't hear it - or any of the edits during the guitar solos - on the digital versions, so I don't know if the remasters were cleaned up or whether the pops are there for some other reason. I had read somewhere, years ago (I thought it was in Lewisohn's "The Beatles Recording Sessions" book, but I don't see it there) that there were multiple edits in the song, but the only ones I'd ever heard were the ones at 1:23 and 1:31. Also to my ears, the "Pride can hurt you too" segment, with its different EQ, sounds "fresher" or "clearer" (particularly the cymbal) than the rest of the song, which creates another mystery: was it a performance correction, or an overdub, or some other reason to make the edit in the first place? One brief note on "I'll Get You": Given how many edits were apparently made to "She Loves You", it's intriguing that the lyric mistake in "I'll Get You" at 1:14 (one Beatle sings "make you mine" while another sings "change your mind") was not edited out or corrected. Perhaps it was because the song was only intended for the B-side of the single that it did not get greater attention. It's just another Beatles mystery (and one of the earliest "mistakes" that was left in the released recordings) that may never be solved, even with "de-mixing". Looking forward to future videos. Thanks again!
I also commented on the edit of “Because She Loves You”. The theory I’ve always heard was that the “Pride can hurt you too” section was a tape splice dubbed from a 45, and that sounds sensible given the following section. It’s off by just a fraction of a second, but very noticeable. The funny thing is, it’s only on certain issues of the song. I don’t hear this on my Swan 45.
This 61 year jem made it to my home recently...and you're right, this mix is THE ONE to have You can hear everything including the bass! Along with this, the mono UK -1/-1 Sgt. Pepper arrived too....the best mix I've heard of it thanx to you.... Keep the videos coming...a splendid fare indeed!!!
She loves you and I want to hold your hand epitomise the early excitement of beatlemania. Brilliant pop singles. Still exciting to hear. Some very nice chord changes, nice fills from George, great driving drums from Ringo, and great vocals. Brilliant video as always, Andrew. Thanks for all you do 🙌
The first time I listened to "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (in Indiana, January '64) after hearing all the hype, it impressed me. But when I then heard "She Loves You" on the radio, it GRABBED ME!!! You are providing a great service! FIRST CLASS research and presentations! I'm addicted!
i was 5 years old when 'she loves you' came out and even then i could feel the excitement it engendered in me and how special it sounded. That Cm oohh 😊
"Sie leib dich" is clearly a new recording. Its backing track is stronger and more confident, probably from having played the song many times. They were improving by leaps and bounds every month in this era.
I loaded this video and settled in then my heart jumped out my chest! NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE there on the screen, my town, and an amazing story to boot! One of the most important pop songs ever being created in a tangible place I walk past every day! Blue plaque certainly needed. Knowing our cheeky Geordie ways something tells me one of the girls in the photo said to John “She loves you, ya know!” and the idea struck him. We’ll never know, but it came to me and seems a very real possibility
Another great assessment. I was ten when this was first released in the UK and had been used to hearing all of their previous songs on my sister's Dansette record player but I heard this for the first time on my friend's family's stereogram. I was astonished and, similar to Ron Richard's reaction, I was out of my seat and couldn't keep still. The bass and drums sounded fantastic and I imagined I was in the Cavern! The Beatles wrote for their fans and not the critics and always got it spot on. Thanks.
Ah, yes---the edits. I noticed them for the first time back in the late 1980s, when I got "Past Masters I". The way I noticed them are in the sound of Ringo's hi-hat. The hi-hat sounds brighter/crisper in some sections, and a bit muffled in others. And like you had said, Andrew, once you hear them, you can't UNHEAR them. Even my bad, old, terrible ears still hear them after all these years. I think those edits are, quite frankly, part of the charm of a song that's 60 years old!
Absolutely Brilliant! Also would like to mention that "Sie Leib Dich" by "Die Beatles" was issued in the U.S. on Swan # 4182. It even charted on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week, peaking at #97 on 6/27/64. I recall hearing that when Capitol found out about it's release, they took legal action to halt further production of the single. Apparently, Swan "assumed" their right to release "She Loves You" also extended to the German version. I need to listen back to my copy to confirm, but I'm assuming that Swan sourced the German Odeon single for their release.
When I was listening to the various edits I was actually very surprised at how good they were! Given the equipment of the day it took real talent to fix all those edits in place so they wouldn't be heard. Of course don't forget, when this song was released it was meant to be played as a 45rpm mono single on crappy mono record players of the day. No one then could have ever dreamed that 60 years later we'd be picking apart every edit digitally and analyzing them! Great job as always Andrew! It would be great to see your history lessons on other Beatles recordings!
I heard the edits the first time it came on a single I got on swan records. Yes it is authentic. But on CD it stuck out like a sore thumb. The hi hat was very telling in the change in tone. Thanks to this and other things only I seemed to hear that lead me to becoming a recording engineer. Glad to know I was not just hearing things but the throwing away of the 2 track tapes was very near sighted. As always Andrew a pleasure.
A shout out to whomever it was that made all those amazingly good edits at the time with a blade and adhesive tape. I’m looking forward to a much cleaned-up version on the de-mixed album, but will never stop admiring the original.
Born in mid 1960 She Loves You is the first Beatles song that I remember hearing if not on Sullivan than definitely on the radio till my mom bought the Beatles second album.
This brought back the memory of getting this on my first trip to Amoeba Music in Hollywood. It was one of the first 45s I ever got, on Red Vinyl with the Purple Capitol Label.
One of my favorite tunes from their early period. The energy is great and George's flips and fills are awesome, at least in my opinion. Dick Clark played the song on American Bandstand in September of 1963. He was a former part-owner of Swan Records, the label George Martin worked with to get the song released in the U.S. after Capital said thanks but no thanks to it. Clark was doing his buddies and former business partners a solid by previewing the number but it was also a bit of a trial balloon on his end. He was well aware of who the Beatles were and the splash they were making in Europe and he was always ready to buy a piece of a sure thing. Anyway, he played it and then had the kids rate it. They panned it and even laughed at the photo of the band in those God-awful collarless suits. But Clark knew better. That lukewarm response didn't keep him from investing in the group and he made more than his fair share of cash working with concert promoters and the like. I read somewhere George Harrison was especially pissed about that, calling Clark a grifter and worse. But hey, pin that on Brian Epstein who may have been an honest guy who did his best to look out after the bands best interests, but he was out of his depth in the cutthroat rough-and-tumble atmosphere of big-time show business. But like I say, it's a great tune in my books and it really was the song that took Beatlemania to the next level. Yeah, yeah, yeah became part of the lexicon, even finding its way into a script for Gilligan's Island. Thanks for posting this one. Cool backstory.
Hi Andrew - An excellent perfect song review, thanks. Memories, I was six years old when this song came out, and my elder brother and I was staying with my granddad, and as a typical Londoner he said to us kids “what's all that bangady, bangady music all abaaht? Whats all that yeah, yeah, yeah abahht ehh?” asking us kids as if we knew?
Wonderfully interesting. I remember reading an article about those "She Loves You" edits in an early issue of "Record Collector", circa 1983. A change of EQ like the one at 1:23 to 1:31, but even more jarring, was done again years later when a bit of John's "Working Class Hero" from a different take was edited into the take used for the master.
Fantastic video Andrew. You've outdone yourself...AGAIN!! My thoughts on the "Lost Studio Tapes" lies somewhere in the Beatles stay in France prior to coming to America in early 1964. Is it possible the tape was accidently wiped when recording the German version? Possibly when they started work on the recording of Cant Buy Me Love. By this time with the Beatles reaching enormous heights in popularity in the U K I find it hard to believe they could flat out "lose" the reel to reel tapes. Stolen? Perhaps. Recorded over? It's possible. RNB
Fascinating entertainment Andrew, as a retired recording engineer I had to get my good AKG headphones out to hear the edits, and you’ve got good ears, I heard them too. And I wondered what actually made those ‘pops’ My guess would be magnetised editing gear, except the engineers would have been meticulous with their maintenance. But there’s more :) She Loves You’ and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ are both in the popular key of G major. The G major chord is one of the first chords beginner guitar players learn to play, and it's really easy-you just need three fingers, and Brian Epstein, George Martin and the engineers at Abbey Road. The most common key for Beatles songs is the key of G major. I counted 36 songs in that key. And people find that singing in the key of G major is relatively comfortable, as they don't require the singer to reach too high or too low in their vocal range. Thanks for your work.
Here, in Brazil, The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night has the Title: Os Reis do Iê, Iê, iê. Something like The Kings of Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. This expression became the name of a music style. Thank you, Andrew. You did a great job in this video, as usual, i might say it.
Another fab video Andrew. She Loves You is my all time favourite song. I mentioned before that I sang it at Sunday School when I was a wee boy instead of Jesus Loves Me This I Know! I now have it as my ringtone on my phone. I drive a taxi and if I get a call my passengers never fail to sing along. I knew there were edits on it but the only one I ever really noticed was the “pride can hurt you too” one. There’s such an energy about the record and I still have my 1963 single. Love the b-side as well. Don’t the edits sound pretty good given it was probably splicing tape and scissors rather than the technology we have now? Great stuff Andrew. I always look forward to each new video. Cameron
Interesting title, but after thinking about it for a minute I have to agree. While maybe not their greatest song released on a 45, She Loves You is probably the Beatles song best suited to the advantages of the 45 RMP format, and is the first Beatles song that comes to mind when I think “hit single.” Great video as always!
There are so many songs by the greatest group in modern music history but this song She Loves You is one I always feel happy after listening to it. Early 1964 was a gloomy time in America which was still mourning the death of their young President John F Kennedy who was murdered in Dallas the previous November and People needed a little happiness and this song with the yeah yeah yeah in it gave many over two minutes of plain joy which may have helped some get out of their depression for a little while and for this reason I agree with Parlogram that this may be the Beatles greatest song.
Thanks for a fabulous feature on this wonderful record. I have done a feature myself, not as good as yours but I do argue that it is the greatest 7 inch single of all time. I do not understand the technical joins you spoke of and therefore did not notice them. Sometimes it really pays to be thick.
I was preschool age when this song came out. In fact, I was one year old, having been born in 10/62, (where've you seen those numbers before?) My oldest sister bought it. Being in the U.S. it was on Swan records. Our copy was post mania, bearing a black with silver print "Don't Drop Out" label. I had spun both sides countless times on my little portable Sears Silvertone record player. Over my lifetime of collecting I've acquired several records on Swan. They all sound very good! So I wasn't surprised that they made good with the copy that EMI sent them. A bit of trivia: Q: What Swan single was released right before "She Loves You?" A: "He's Mine" b/w "Better Be a Good Girl Now" by The Swans (S-4151-H), a girl group from Philadelphia. It showed up in a huge bunch of singles that I agreed to take rather than seeing the owner just throw them out. It's not a bad record actually. On the 1994 Capitol red vinyl reissue 45 of "She Loves You"/"I'll Get You," mastered by Wally Traugott, the 1:23 - 1:31 edit is incredibly noticeable! Another great and interesting video Andrew! And the name's Roast...Chuck Roast!
Fascinating stuff, as usual. I hadn't realized "Forget Him" by Bobby Rydell (probably the best of the Philly boy singers who rose to fame on "American Bandstand") had thematically influenced "She Loves You"... perhaps because I thought it was a hit in the U.S. at the end of '63, just before Stateside Beatlemania. I'll have to dig out its recording and release dates to see if it was that rare bird of an American record hitting in the UK first before becoming a hit at home. Glad you also mentioned Jeff Barry, who wrote many hits on his own along with then-wife Ellie Greenwich (they teamed as the Raindrops to write and perform the '63 girl-group classic "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget").
I had She Loves You on the white Swan label half a century ago. I wish I still had it. Today, I wouldn't know if it was the real deal or a counterfeit label. I also remember hearing the many edit points on the song, particularly audible on Ringo's hi-hat. As always, great upload!
Thanks for doing a video on this landmark song Andrew! This is my all time favorite Beatles song. I know it’s a bold statement given their catalog but it’s really the song that made them my favorite band. I was in fourth grade when I heard on the radio and later on the Red album a few months later. It’s got such energy and is the perfect ending to the Beatles Second Album from Capitol. Take care
Saw them at the Las Vegas Hilton show room '86. Best I've ever seen and heard harmonically at one time. And I've seen the Best growing up in Vegas!!West Coast also. Blew me away!! R. Hill
Actually the "yéyés" was the name given to bands that sounded like the Beatles but sang in their native language. We talk about "les yéyés" in France and Québec and "los yéyés" in Spain.
The Beatles will always remain an enigma in my opinion . Regardless of how much is written, and said by the band themselves , they’re still impossible to understand to a large degree . Many things seem to contradict what you once thought you knew . I’m seventy seven years old, hence I’m the exact demographic to witnessed what happened in the USA . I’m an upstate New Yorker, and I have a vivid recollection of seeing a picture in the newspaper in the area I lived . In that short article they had a picture of these four musicians in a band in England that were extremely popular in England . This must have been in early November 1963. Everything is rather blurry as our president got assassinated in late November 1963, and that was on everyone’s mind . With that said. This one or two paragraph story was one thing but it was the black, and white picture of the band that was mind boggling . As I was hanging out with the bohemian crowd when I was seventeen ,and we combed our hair down . The difference was the Beatles had - at this time - much longer hair combed down . I like everyone else that saw that article with the picture was curious why they were even written up in the paper in an American newspaper, after all we in the States invented Rock, and Roll. The curiosity didn’t diminish . We’re the English really on to something ? We new a few weeks or possibly a month later. I’ll never forget the campaign from Capitol Records was ubiquitous once “ I Want To Hold Your Hand “ was released . These guys were so avant garde for popular music ,no one had ever heard anything even remotely like this before . The B side of the single was of course “ I Saw Her Standing There “ with a 1,2,3,4 count in that no one could understand, heavy echo on the vocal , a fast moving bass line which was just a triad but worked to perfection in the song, and balls out lead vocal with harmony only on the bridge - sorry for my UK friends . The middle eight - . As great as She Loves You “ is “ I want to hold your hand “ was a much more inventive, and catchy song. That chromatic bit on the bass ,and guitar were beyond clever ,and musical . “She Loves You” was more musically complex but I W T H Y H just had that certain je ne sais quoi …
Great video, especially with the details of all those edits! I'd always heard one or two but didn't realise there were far more. That Mersey Beat album was good, worthy of a CD release although I have managed to compile a digital version from downloads or other CDs, makes for some good listening.
Top video Andrew. I had my earphones in before you even suggested it. I regard myself as having a fairly keen ear (being a muso myself) but I am damned if I could hear those edits, apart from the one obvious one!! Shall go back and listen again later. And I agree, even though I was only 3 when it was released, so never got to hear it until some time later, the original vinyl single is the best version of all. Happily I have one, even if it is as scratched and crackly as hell. I still love it that way. Great work as always
Can't believe this wasn't an instant hit here in the USA, the fact that George Martin had to go to Swan records to get it distributed in the States in mind boggling..She Loves You is a great tune.
Thanks for another great video! Starting the song out with an altered version of the refrain was a suggestion of George Martin, according to Johnny Dean, editor of The Beatles Book, who happened to be there on that day.
Superb video Andrew. I loved it. I've mainly listened to She Loves You on the original UK 45 so I was surprised when I got Mono Masters and that most noticeable edit was so glaringly obvious. Now I know why! Thanks for this Andrew.
so, those are edits that I've been hearing for years. Andrew this was very informative and interesting. now if I could just find that Mersey Beat compilation.
Absolutely fascinating video Andrew!! Well researched!! I can say that a quality stereo mix (with the right software programs) brings VERY pleasing results!! I do hope that the remix engineers that are doing - or have done - on the song on "1962 - 1966" comp have done a PROPER job with this. (Some of us that have been involved with this technology for many years showed that 3 or 4 of the recently remixed "Revolver" tracks could've been improved on).
My older brother and I first heard I Want To Hold Your Hand in proximity to Kennedy's assassination in November 1963. We were awed struck by the energetic and edgy recording and I remember my exact response upon the songs climactic ending: "That is wild!" I asked my brother "Who is that group?" and he replied, "I think the DJ said something like The Beedles." Obviously we became gobsmacked. From that moment onward we fervently listened for I Want To Hold Your Hand that became a growing staple on the two Salt Lake City radio stations KNAK and KMUR. By the middle of December another Beatles song was rearing its head, that being She Loves You. After the new year of 1964, Jack Paar had his own Friday primetime television show and featured a film clip of The Beatles performing She Loves You. This was one month before The Beatles performed live on The Ed Sullivan Show (2/9/64). By then we knew all the songs on Introducing The Beatles and Meet The Beatles. I always preferred She Loves You to I Want To Hold Your Hand because it was damned exciting! And I still do to this day.
Astonishing amount of research! It's well-known that the group was wildly successful before their introduction to the US and Canada on Sullivan's show. Those appearances started a phenomenon that has attained historical significance. Yeah.
Still fresh sounding.. that drum intro.. it's like just comes shooting right out of the box n hits u between yer ears w such a melodic delight those harmonies are so delicious.. leaves ya wanting more..the perfect formula
Undoubtedly the most notable edit is the fifth at 1:23. I remember that as a teenager I bought Past Master One on CD in the early 90s, I returned and changed it three times because I thought that song was damaged. until I gave up. Years later I found out it was an edit and I felt stupid but at the same time relieved that my CD was not damaged.
It's the first one I remember. I was 4 in 1964 and I really liked it and it remains one of my favorites to this day. I just want to say thank you Andrew. I look forward to your videos every week, they are a highlight of my Sundays. Keep up the good work you are my favorite Beatles content creator. Take care, your fan, Mike
Andrew, Outstanding episode for an outstanding song! Ever since I became aware of the fifth edit, I hear it every time. Imagine if John and Paul had taken Paul’s dad’s advice.😀The band hit the yeah yeah yeahs again with It Won’t Be Long”. I believe that song would have also been a massive hit if released as a single. I’m already for next week’s episode! - Roger
I like that you label this single as a 'messenger song' - and pointing out the different style of writing - which Paul also mentioned in the Anthology series saying that after having used 'me' many times in songs, they decided to use the word 'she'. 24:07 - the 'warning' on the Swan's 45 is interesting!
This is how I dreamed music documentaries might be like one day - what an achievement!! Thank you so much... What an inspiration. I really dig what you have to say about the tune too... massive respect.
Another incredible video Andrew! As to Sie Liebt Dich, it is undoubtedly a new recording - Ringo's drum pattern gives it away, after each 'yeah yeah yeah', on the standard/English version he is playing 1/4-note triplets, and in the German version he is playing off-beats on the 1/8th notes/upbeats. Totally different feel. Also the final chord hangs over a lot longer in the guitars on SLD. The presence of all the edits was a revelation, thought there was nothing or little new to learn about Beatles recordings - but there we are! I love the way it ends the US Second Album, Dexterized and all, that Big Boss Radio reverb suits the ending so well, punching up the fact that this is New and Important! Great deep dive.
I never really thought of the difference between using a two-head machine versus a single-head machine with mono recordings, but yeah, it makes perfect sense as to why you can easily spot those edits. In your examples, I could hear every one of them from that album because I'd notice like a nanosecond of sudden pseudo-stereo where the edits are. I remember from my radio career that the way you'd edit tape was you'd line up the tape on an editing bar and make a cut with a razor blade: vertical for spoken word recordings, and diagonal for editing music. The reason you'd do a diagonal cut is that the pieces of tape, when spliced together, would sound much smoother. And if you can visualize that diagonal splice, you can kind of understand why playing it back on a stereo device would make the edit on a mono recording more obvious. I remember a couple of decades ago there was a huge debate on rec.music.beatles as to whether the "Sie Liebt Dich" backing track was re-recorded or was the actual "She Loves You" backing track. I will never be convinced that "Sie Liebt Dich" uses the "She Loves You" backing track. The sound is just too different. George was absolutely not using the same guitar -- on SLD it's much twangier. The balance of the instruments isn't quite there, either.
I was 18 months old when the song was released. My Mum told me that at the time, I rocked back and forth in my chair and sang the "Yea, Yea, Yea section.
Fabulous, Andrew. I've definitely noticed the fidelity fluxuations on the different pressings of the songs before, but no edit "pops" that accompany them. But, I'll take your word for it, you've done your homework. EMI engineers really had their work cutout for them if the mastertape got damaged, even early on. We think nothing of edits now, and I love doing digital edits myself, but I couldn't imagine doing them 60 years ago, having to depend on grease pencils, razor blades and edit tape.
Fascinating deep dive into one of The Beatles iconic hits. Thanks, Andrew! I have the black-label Swan single, and I believe it's authentic, since I got it over 30 years ago. I also have the Tollie single of "Twist And Shout". I have both of those tucked into my copy of the "Rarities" album on Capitol.
I have the Swan 45 of “She Loves You” and it was great song. Swan was a record label which was in Philadelphia, PA in the late 1950’s and 1960’s where Freddy Cannon was on there, and one of Freddy Cannon’s hits on Swan was the classic “Palisades Park”.
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There's just nobody out there doing what you do. This is the true encyclopedia of The Beatles.
I agree !
I agree.. it's a fascinating insight to an event 60 years ago!!
Yes, I allways do my laundry early Sunday mornings, then after all the clothe are put away, I switch on Andrew. Always good stuff.
"She Loves You" is my absolute favorite Beatles song and 45, ever!!!! Thanks for this great video about this wonderful record.
And he actually presents accurate technical information unlike most other Beatard channels who don't even know the difference between remastering and remixing.. You know, the frustrated musicians with the age-inappropriate hair and the Momma's basement dwellers who blather on and say nothing informative or original they just skim the Hoffman forum for their "inside" info.
Ringo's playing really makes this song for me.
When listening to "She Loves You" now, you can't help but feel as if you're the age you were when you first heard it.
Absolutely no danger of me having to "unhear" those edited segments as I simply cannot hear them no matter how many times I re-listen to them. 😂
I totally agree, my ears just aren't made to hear them I guess.
The only one that's clearly audible is the edit before "pride can hurt you too". The rest, I'll just have to take Andrew's word for it.
Sounds like a splice, or the original splice was repaired, I did notice a slight dip in the top end even on the original single clip, but hey 30+ year old ears could be deceived
"She loves you" Is the spark that lit up the world. I remember running with my mates in the school yard singing "Sie liebt dich Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! "🎉😂
A thunderingly brilliant record that often gets overlooked, probably due to its familiarity. I can only imagine what it was like to hear it for the first time in 1963. Then, as now, it sounds like nothing else. Wonderful!
I remember at the age of 8 early 1975 ( i turned 9 in the last quarter of the year) we had just moved house and going through my mother's records came across this single. After seeing Lennon-McCartney on the label i went and asked her is this the same as Paul McCartney ( i knew wings) she said it was and then running back to my room to play it and had my ears blown away i loved it. I then went through and picked out all the Beatles i could find and nicked them off her, all the early singles apart from the first 2 up till ticket to ride, also found a couple of billy j's Lennon-McCartney cover singles, great vid, role on November for the next single (and album story) thanks Andrew.
It’s always interesting to hear different perspectives of people who learned of the Beatles from the four’s solo works!
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This was my first 45, given to me by my parents for Christmas 1964. ( I was 8 years old)
The family got its first record player at this time as well. Still have all my 45s and albums
from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Thanks for your great channel....
Thanks for watching!
"She Loves You" was the first Beatle song I heard on my aunt's black label Swan 45. The song's sound and energy made me play it over and over again. It hit me like an explosion and I became a Beatle fan for life.
You’ve outdone yourself, Andrew! I think this tops the “From Me To You” history video, which is one of my favorites. Can’t wait to see what you’ve got up your sleeve for November with the history videos behind “With The Beatles” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand”! Get this man the beverage of his choice, he’s earned it!
Cheers Jacob. Glad you enjoyed it!
Well, since he's in England, I'll have one over here in his place.
I love when songs connect with other songs via the stories in their lyrics. I like to imagine that the "rolling stone" in the song "Baker Street" became the sailor that Brandy longs for in "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)".
She Loves You... It was quite a mystical-musical experience for me. I was 14 years old and it changed my life for the better.
It's not my favorite Beatles song, but it may be one of the greatest songs ever made. Sixty years later, it still full of energy and jumps out of the speakers.
23:40 I got the Apple 45 in 1978. Too bad I didn't get the Swan one; I wouldn't have dropped out. Anyway this was one of my faves when I was a 13 year old Beatlemaniac. But I know that John used to turn it off when it came on the radio. He was the most critical of the Beatles music after the fact, but at the time he said he didn't care about lyrics, only the sound. So the whole 3rd person thing isn't really a revelation. But yes, or should I say yeah, this was the quintessential Beatle song, but in the US it was I wanna hold your hand that was the breakthrough. I guess here we already said yeah, yeah, yeah, so it wasn't a big deal.
What a great episode! The history of this song, and the spectral vision of the audio edits was such a brilliant touch! Well done Andrew.
Knocked my socks off!
Cheers Brian. Glad you enjoyed it!
have several Beatles 45's , including " she loves you" which i purchased in nyc at my local Woolworth's store !👍
That voice....this is like David Attenborough narrating the history of The Beatles. BRAVO! 👏👏👏
You are the definitive, go-to beatles guru! Thank you so much for making these videos and adding so much to the Beatles community.
My pleasure, Mike!
This is the first time I’ve heard the edits, and my head almost exploded when I noticed them
Has anyone famous ever "covered" She Loves You"? It's a perfect pop song. No one touches it. Complete respect.
It may come as a surprise to a lot of people who think that She Loves You is a simple little ditty, but the fact is that it uses all the notes available, either in the melody, chords, singing or George's guitar riff. And it uses them in the first half minute of the song. Most jazz records could not boast of this, and it goes to show just how clever The Beatles were from the very early days.
Jazz... 😂😂😂
The first 45 I bought shortly after it came out in Britain.
You deliver every Sunday, how do you do it? The production value outshines everyone else who explores the Beatles. You're far above the rest!
Ahh, you're too kind!
@@Parlogram Your videos are really professional.
Late to the party, but I can hear the "pride can hurt you too" edit at 17:10 on the 45. It's not nearly as noticeable, but there's a brief stutter and the tonality of the cymbal does indeed change. The 45 has its treble rolled off significantly and its midrange boosted, both of which mask the edits and tonal changes. It's a unique phenomenon: the 45 is the best-sounding version of the song simply because it sounds so bad! The better the fidelity, the worse the sound quality. It has great fidelity on the 1993 Red Album CD, but you'll be wincing at the edits and tonal shifts. Put on the 45, and you'll be steamrolled by a freight train of screeching midrange - which is precisely what the doctor ordered!
Hi Andrew, this original 45 on Parlophone just came home...it IS all you said it would be...the bass is plain as day and the whole mix totally blasts you in the face!!! An excellent recommendation along with the mono UK Sgt. Pepper -1/-1....I just couldn't believe how wonderful that record is as well....thx again and looking forward to more of your programming...always fab and Gear....And looking forward to your take on the 64 box coming out this Friday!!!
This was fascinating! When my parents bought me the original UK 45 in 1963 (I was 6 years old), I'd never have guessed that 60 years later I'd be witnessing such a detailed examination of the recording! Thanks for putting so much effort into this episode.
Similar vintage. It was a great time, wasn't it! 😃
Glad you enjoyed it, Simon!
Great video, Andrew! To my ears, an edit occurs at 1:28 (just before the word "because") which is where the EQ changes back. If you listen to the version on "Past Masters", either the 1988 version or the 2009 remaster, this is very evident. While there may be another edit at 1:31 (as evidenced by the "pop" in your sample), I don't hear it - or any of the edits during the guitar solos - on the digital versions, so I don't know if the remasters were cleaned up or whether the pops are there for some other reason. I had read somewhere, years ago (I thought it was in Lewisohn's "The Beatles Recording Sessions" book, but I don't see it there) that there were multiple edits in the song, but the only ones I'd ever heard were the ones at 1:23 and 1:31. Also to my ears, the "Pride can hurt you too" segment, with its different EQ, sounds "fresher" or "clearer" (particularly the cymbal) than the rest of the song, which creates another mystery: was it a performance correction, or an overdub, or some other reason to make the edit in the first place?
One brief note on "I'll Get You": Given how many edits were apparently made to "She Loves You", it's intriguing that the lyric mistake in "I'll Get You" at 1:14 (one Beatle sings "make you mine" while another sings "change your mind") was not edited out or corrected. Perhaps it was because the song was only intended for the B-side of the single that it did not get greater attention. It's just another Beatles mystery (and one of the earliest "mistakes" that was left in the released recordings) that may never be solved, even with "de-mixing".
Looking forward to future videos. Thanks again!
I also commented on the edit of “Because She Loves You”. The theory I’ve always heard was that the “Pride can hurt you too” section was a tape splice dubbed from a 45, and that sounds sensible given the following section. It’s off by just a fraction of a second, but very noticeable. The funny thing is, it’s only on certain issues of the song. I don’t hear this on my Swan 45.
This 61 year jem made it to my home recently...and you're right, this mix is THE ONE to have You can hear everything including the bass! Along with this, the mono UK -1/-1 Sgt. Pepper arrived too....the best mix I've heard of it thanx to you.... Keep the videos coming...a splendid fare indeed!!!
Thanks! Will do.
She loves you and I want to hold your hand epitomise the early excitement of beatlemania. Brilliant pop singles. Still exciting to hear. Some very nice chord changes, nice fills from George, great driving drums from Ringo, and great vocals. Brilliant video as always, Andrew. Thanks for all you do 🙌
Thanks for watching, Matt!
I love this site! No sensationalism, just interesting details about this phenomenal band!
Glad you enjoy it!
The first time I listened to "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (in Indiana, January '64) after hearing all the hype, it impressed me. But when I then heard "She Loves You" on the radio, it GRABBED ME!!!
You are providing a great service! FIRST CLASS research and presentations! I'm addicted!
i was 5 years old when 'she loves you' came out and even then i could feel the excitement it engendered in me and how special it sounded. That Cm oohh 😊
"Sie leib dich" is clearly a new recording. Its backing track is stronger and more confident, probably from having played the song many times. They were improving by leaps and bounds every month in this era.
'She body you' would indeed be an interesting new song ;-)
@@niek024 lol…. Good catch! 😄 Sie liebt dich! 😍
I loaded this video and settled in then my heart jumped out my chest! NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE there on the screen, my town, and an amazing story to boot! One of the most important pop songs ever being created in a tangible place I walk past every day! Blue plaque certainly needed. Knowing our cheeky Geordie ways something tells me one of the girls in the photo said to John “She loves you, ya know!” and the idea struck him. We’ll never know, but it came to me and seems a very real possibility
Glad you enjoyed it!
Considering that the edits must have been done with a knife and sticky tape, they are practically flawless!
Another great assessment. I was ten when this was first released in the UK and had been used to hearing all of their previous songs on my sister's Dansette record player but I heard this for the first time on my friend's family's stereogram. I was astonished and, similar to Ron Richard's reaction, I was out of my seat and couldn't keep still. The bass and drums sounded fantastic and I imagined I was in the Cavern! The Beatles wrote for their fans and not the critics and always got it spot on. Thanks.
Ah, yes---the edits. I noticed them for the first time back in the late 1980s, when I got "Past Masters I". The way I noticed them are in the sound of Ringo's hi-hat. The hi-hat sounds brighter/crisper in some sections, and a bit muffled in others. And like you had said, Andrew, once you hear them, you can't UNHEAR them. Even my bad, old, terrible ears still hear them after all these years. I think those edits are, quite frankly, part of the charm of a song that's 60 years old!
60 years ago! Gulp. I was three when it came out.
Excellent as always!!
Absolutely Brilliant! Also would like to mention that "Sie Leib Dich" by "Die Beatles" was issued in the U.S. on Swan # 4182. It even charted on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week, peaking at #97 on 6/27/64. I recall hearing that when Capitol found out about it's release, they took legal action to halt further production of the single. Apparently, Swan "assumed" their right to release "She Loves You" also extended to the German version. I need to listen back to my copy to confirm, but I'm assuming that Swan sourced the German Odeon single for their release.
When I was listening to the various edits I was actually very surprised at how good they were! Given the equipment of the day it took real talent to fix all those edits in place so they wouldn't be heard. Of course don't forget, when this song was released it was meant to be played as a 45rpm mono single on crappy mono record players of the day. No one then could have ever dreamed that 60 years later we'd be picking apart every edit digitally and analyzing them! Great job as always Andrew! It would be great to see your history lessons on other Beatles recordings!
This is super interesting. Thanks for your analysis!
Thanks Matthew. Glad you enjoyed it!
I heard the edits the first time it came on a single I got on swan records. Yes it is authentic. But on CD it stuck out like a sore thumb. The hi hat was very telling in the change in tone. Thanks to this and other things only I seemed to hear that lead me to becoming a recording engineer. Glad to know I was not just hearing things but the throwing away of the 2 track tapes was very near sighted. As always Andrew a pleasure.
A shout out to whomever it was that made all those amazingly good edits at the time with a blade and adhesive tape. I’m looking forward to a much cleaned-up version on the de-mixed album, but will never stop admiring the original.
With every video, I see more and more people commenting and liking. Great job as always Andrew
Thank you, Charles.
Born in mid 1960 She Loves You is the first Beatles song that I remember hearing if not on Sullivan than definitely on the radio till my mom bought the Beatles second album.
This brought back the memory of getting this on my first trip to Amoeba Music in Hollywood. It was one of the first 45s I ever got, on Red Vinyl with the Purple Capitol Label.
One of my favorite tunes from their early period. The energy is great and George's flips and fills are awesome, at least in my opinion. Dick Clark played the song on American Bandstand in September of 1963. He was a former part-owner of Swan Records, the label George Martin worked with to get the song released in the U.S. after Capital said thanks but no thanks to it. Clark was doing his buddies and former business partners a solid by previewing the number but it was also a bit of a trial balloon on his end. He was well aware of who the Beatles were and the splash they were making in Europe and he was always ready to buy a piece of a sure thing.
Anyway, he played it and then had the kids rate it. They panned it and even laughed at the photo of the band in those God-awful collarless suits. But Clark knew better. That lukewarm response didn't keep him from investing in the group and he made more than his fair share of cash working with concert promoters and the like. I read somewhere George Harrison was especially pissed about that, calling Clark a grifter and worse. But hey, pin that on Brian Epstein who may have been an honest guy who did his best to look out after the bands best interests, but he was out of his depth in the cutthroat rough-and-tumble atmosphere of big-time show business.
But like I say, it's a great tune in my books and it really was the song that took Beatlemania to the next level. Yeah, yeah, yeah became part of the lexicon, even finding its way into a script for Gilligan's Island. Thanks for posting this one. Cool backstory.
Thanks for watching!
Hi Andrew - An excellent perfect song review, thanks. Memories, I was six years old when this song came out, and my elder brother and I was staying with my granddad, and as a typical Londoner he said to us kids “what's all that bangady, bangady music all abaaht? Whats all that yeah, yeah, yeah abahht ehh?” asking us kids as if we knew?
Wonderfully interesting.
I remember reading an article about those "She Loves You" edits in an early issue of "Record Collector", circa 1983.
A change of EQ like the one at 1:23 to 1:31, but even more jarring, was done again years later when a bit of John's "Working Class Hero" from a different take was edited into the take used for the master.
Fantastic video Andrew. You've outdone yourself...AGAIN!! My thoughts on the "Lost Studio Tapes" lies somewhere in the Beatles stay in France prior to coming to America in early 1964. Is it possible the tape was accidently wiped when recording the German version? Possibly when they started work on the recording of Cant Buy Me Love. By this time with the Beatles reaching enormous heights in popularity in the U K I find it hard to believe they could flat out "lose" the reel to reel tapes. Stolen? Perhaps. Recorded over? It's possible. RNB
Fascinating entertainment Andrew, as a retired recording engineer I had to get my good AKG headphones out to hear the edits, and you’ve got good ears, I heard them too. And I wondered what actually made those ‘pops’ My guess would be magnetised editing gear, except the engineers would have been meticulous with their maintenance.
But there’s more :) She Loves You’ and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ are both in the popular key of G major. The G major chord is one of the first chords beginner guitar players learn to play, and it's really easy-you just need three fingers, and Brian Epstein, George Martin and the engineers at Abbey Road.
The most common key for Beatles songs is the key of G major. I counted 36 songs in that key. And people find that singing in the key of G major is relatively comfortable, as they don't require the singer to reach too high or too low in their vocal range. Thanks for your work.
Thanks for watching and posting!
Here, in Brazil, The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night has the Title: Os Reis do Iê, Iê, iê. Something like The Kings of Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. This expression became the name of a music style. Thank you, Andrew. You did a great job in this video, as usual, i might say it.
Another fab video Andrew. She Loves You is my all time favourite song. I mentioned before that I sang it at Sunday School when I was a wee boy instead of Jesus Loves Me This I Know!
I now have it as my ringtone on my phone. I drive a taxi and if I get a call my passengers never fail to sing along.
I knew there were edits on it but the only one I ever really noticed was the “pride can hurt you too” one. There’s such an energy about the record and I still have my 1963 single. Love the b-side as well.
Don’t the edits sound pretty good given it was probably splicing tape and scissors rather than the technology we have now?
Great stuff Andrew. I always look forward to each new video.
Cameron
I've always noticed some odd pops on the 2009 remasters but never realized they were edits. Great analysis.
Interesting title, but after thinking about it for a minute I have to agree. While maybe not their greatest song released on a 45, She Loves You is probably the Beatles song best suited to the advantages of the 45 RMP format, and is the first Beatles song that comes to mind when I think “hit single.” Great video as always!
There are so many songs by the greatest group in modern music history but this song She Loves You is one I always feel happy after listening to it. Early 1964 was a gloomy time in America which was still mourning the death of their young President John F Kennedy who was murdered in Dallas the previous November and People needed a little happiness and this song with the yeah yeah yeah in it gave many over two minutes of plain joy which may have helped some get out of their depression for a little while and for this reason I agree with Parlogram that this may be the Beatles greatest song.
Thanks for a fabulous feature on this wonderful record. I have done a feature myself, not as good as yours but I do argue that it is the greatest 7 inch single of all time. I do not understand the technical joins you spoke of and therefore did not notice them. Sometimes it really pays to be thick.
I was preschool age when this song came out. In fact, I was one year old, having been born in 10/62, (where've you seen those numbers before?) My oldest sister bought it. Being in the U.S. it was on Swan records. Our copy was post mania, bearing a black with silver print "Don't Drop Out" label. I had spun both sides countless times on my little portable Sears Silvertone record player. Over my lifetime of collecting I've acquired several records on Swan. They all sound very good! So I wasn't surprised that they made good with the copy that EMI sent them. A bit of trivia: Q: What Swan single was released right before "She Loves You?" A: "He's Mine" b/w "Better Be a Good Girl Now" by The Swans (S-4151-H), a girl group from Philadelphia. It showed up in a huge bunch of singles that I agreed to take rather than seeing the owner just throw them out. It's not a bad record actually. On the 1994 Capitol red vinyl reissue 45 of "She Loves You"/"I'll Get You," mastered by Wally Traugott, the 1:23 - 1:31 edit is incredibly noticeable! Another great and interesting video Andrew!
And the name's Roast...Chuck Roast!
It's similarly bad on the 2019 singles collection, but sounds great to me on the 1981 reissue of Million Sellers.
Fascinating stuff, as usual. I hadn't realized "Forget Him" by Bobby Rydell (probably the best of the Philly boy singers who rose to fame on "American Bandstand") had thematically influenced "She Loves You"... perhaps because I thought it was a hit in the U.S. at the end of '63, just before Stateside Beatlemania. I'll have to dig out its recording and release dates to see if it was that rare bird of an American record hitting in the UK first before becoming a hit at home. Glad you also mentioned Jeff Barry, who wrote many hits on his own along with then-wife Ellie Greenwich (they teamed as the Raindrops to write and perform the '63 girl-group classic "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget").
I had She Loves You on the white Swan label half a century ago. I wish I still had it. Today, I wouldn't know if it was the real deal or a counterfeit label. I also remember hearing the many edit points on the song, particularly audible on Ringo's hi-hat. As always, great upload!
Thanks for doing a video on this landmark song Andrew! This is my all time favorite Beatles song. I know it’s a bold statement given their catalog but it’s really the song that made them my favorite band. I was in fourth grade when I heard on the radio and later on the Red album a few months later. It’s got such energy and is the perfect ending to the Beatles Second Album from Capitol. Take care
My pleasure, Bill. Thanks for watching!
Seeing The Beatles perform this on TV is my earliest memory.
What an incredibly detailed and informative history of one of the greatest pop songs ever written. BRAVO 👏
Thank you, Peter!
Saw them at the Las Vegas Hilton show room '86. Best I've ever seen and heard harmonically at one time. And I've seen the Best growing up in Vegas!!West Coast also.
Blew me away!!
R. Hill
That drum opening really lifts the song, not my favourite Beatles song but that bit is amazing ❤😊
Actually the "yéyés" was the name given to bands that sounded like the Beatles but sang in their native language. We talk about "les yéyés" in France and Québec and "los yéyés" in Spain.
This is why,Andrew,I chose to use my original Parli 45 for the Odeon singles set included in the Capiphone project.Its the smoothest source known.
The Beatles will always remain an enigma in my opinion . Regardless of how much is written, and said by the band themselves , they’re still impossible to understand to a large degree . Many things seem to contradict what you once thought you knew . I’m seventy seven years old, hence I’m the exact demographic to witnessed what happened in the USA . I’m an upstate New Yorker, and I have a vivid recollection of seeing a picture in the newspaper in the area I lived . In that short article they had a picture of these four musicians in a band in England that were extremely popular in England . This must have been in early November 1963. Everything is rather blurry as our president got assassinated in late November 1963, and that was on everyone’s mind . With that said. This one or two paragraph story was one thing but it was the black, and white picture of the band that was mind boggling . As I was hanging out with the bohemian crowd when I was seventeen ,and we combed our hair down . The difference was the Beatles had - at this time - much longer hair combed down . I like everyone else that saw that article with the picture was curious why they were even written up in the paper in an American newspaper, after all we in the States invented Rock, and Roll. The curiosity didn’t diminish . We’re the English really on to something ? We new a few weeks or possibly a month later. I’ll never forget the campaign from Capitol Records was ubiquitous once “ I Want To Hold Your Hand “ was released . These guys were so avant garde for popular music ,no one had ever heard anything even remotely like this before . The B side of the single was of course “ I Saw Her Standing There “ with a 1,2,3,4 count in that no one could understand, heavy echo on the vocal , a fast moving bass line which was just a triad but worked to perfection in the song, and balls out lead vocal with harmony only on the bridge - sorry for my UK friends . The middle eight - . As great as She Loves You “ is “ I want to hold your hand “ was a much more inventive, and catchy song. That chromatic bit on the bass ,and guitar were beyond clever ,and musical . “She Loves You” was more musically complex but I W T H Y H just had that certain je ne sais quoi …
ITS GOT BE MY FAVORITE SONG BY THEM. SPECILLY SEEING ALL BEATLE MANIEA JOY IT BROUGHT TO YOUNG KIDS
I've always wondered why Please Please Me and From Me To You seemed have a better sound quality than She Loves You. You taught me why.
Another fascinating episode.Andrew. Many thanks. 🙂
My pleasure!
Great video, especially with the details of all those edits! I'd always heard one or two but didn't realise there were far more. That Mersey Beat album was good, worthy of a CD release although I have managed to compile a digital version from downloads or other CDs, makes for some good listening.
Thank’s for going into the edits. I always suspected they were edits but now I know for sure.
Top video Andrew. I had my earphones in before you even suggested it. I regard myself as having a fairly keen ear (being a muso myself) but I am damned if I could hear those edits, apart from the one obvious one!! Shall go back and listen again later. And I agree, even though I was only 3 when it was released, so never got to hear it until some time later, the original vinyl single is the best version of all. Happily I have one, even if it is as scratched and crackly as hell. I still love it that way. Great work as always
Thanks for the advance news on the stereo She Loves You!
Can't believe this wasn't an instant hit here in the USA, the fact that George Martin had to go to Swan records to get it distributed in the States in mind boggling..She Loves You is a great tune.
Thanks for another great video! Starting the song out with an altered version of the refrain was a suggestion of George Martin, according to Johnny Dean, editor of The Beatles Book, who happened to be there on that day.
Superb video Andrew. I loved it.
I've mainly listened to She Loves You on the original UK 45 so I was surprised when I got Mono Masters and that most noticeable edit was so glaringly obvious. Now I know why! Thanks for this Andrew.
Glad you enjoyed it, James.
Simply perfect!! I’ve never heard edits before, and my listen is completely different now. Thanks for that 😁😉
You're welcome 😊
so, those are edits that I've been hearing for years. Andrew this was very informative and interesting. now if I could just find that Mersey Beat compilation.
Absolutely fascinating video Andrew!! Well researched!! I can say that a quality stereo mix (with the right software programs) brings VERY pleasing results!! I do hope that the remix engineers that are doing - or have done - on the song on "1962 - 1966" comp have done a PROPER job with this. (Some of us that have been involved with this technology for many years showed that 3 or 4 of the recently remixed "Revolver" tracks could've been improved on).
My older brother and I first heard I Want To Hold Your Hand in proximity to Kennedy's assassination in November 1963. We were awed struck by the energetic and edgy recording and I remember my exact response upon the songs climactic ending: "That is wild!" I asked my brother "Who is that group?" and he replied, "I think the DJ said something like The Beedles." Obviously we became gobsmacked. From that moment onward we fervently listened for I Want To Hold Your Hand that became a growing staple on the two Salt Lake City radio stations KNAK and KMUR. By the middle of December another Beatles song was rearing its head, that being She Loves You. After the new year of 1964, Jack Paar had his own Friday primetime television show and featured a film clip of The Beatles performing She Loves You. This was one month before The Beatles performed live on The Ed Sullivan Show (2/9/64). By then we knew all the songs on Introducing The Beatles and Meet The Beatles. I always preferred She Loves You to I Want To Hold Your Hand because it was damned exciting! And I still do to this day.
Great memories. Thanks for sharing them!
Astonishing amount of research! It's well-known that the group was wildly successful before their introduction to the US and Canada on Sullivan's show. Those appearances started a phenomenon that has attained historical significance. Yeah.
I bloody love this channel! FABulous! 😎👌🏼 Thank you! 🙏🏼😘
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying it!
Great video as always... just so happened I was recording she loves you, for my live show.😊
Thanks for the video. I purchased The mersey beat album when released and have not seen it anywhere until your video. thanks for sharing
Brilliant video Andrew
This was the first Beatles record that entered my house, bought by my parents . I was 4
The rest for me was history
Still fresh sounding.. that drum intro.. it's like just comes shooting right out of the box n hits u between yer ears w such a melodic delight those harmonies are so delicious.. leaves ya wanting more..the perfect formula
Undoubtedly the most notable edit is the fifth at 1:23. I remember that as a teenager I bought Past Master One on CD in the early 90s, I returned and changed it three times because I thought that song was damaged. until I gave up. Years later I found out it was an edit and I felt stupid but at the same time relieved that my CD was not damaged.
It's the first one I remember. I was 4 in 1964 and I really liked it and it remains one of my favorites to this day. I just want to say thank you Andrew. I look forward to your videos every week, they are a highlight of my Sundays. Keep up the good work you are my favorite Beatles content creator. Take care, your fan, Mike
Cheers Mike. You too!
Andrew, Outstanding episode for an outstanding song! Ever since I became aware of the fifth edit, I hear it every time. Imagine if John and Paul had taken Paul’s dad’s advice.😀The band hit the yeah yeah yeahs again with It Won’t Be Long”. I believe that song would have also been a massive hit if released as a single.
I’m already for next week’s episode! - Roger
I have all the early Beatles singles. My big sister bought them when they came out. In 1963 she was fifteen. I ‘inherited’ them from her.
Thanks Andrew, very interesting and comprehensive more than ever. 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
I like that you label this single as a 'messenger song' - and pointing out the different style of writing - which Paul also mentioned in the Anthology series saying that after having used 'me' many times in songs, they decided to use the word 'she'.
24:07 - the 'warning' on the Swan's 45 is interesting!
This is how I dreamed music documentaries might be like one day - what an achievement!! Thank you so much... What an inspiration. I really dig what you have to say about the tune too... massive respect.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Another incredible video Andrew! As to Sie Liebt Dich, it is undoubtedly a new recording - Ringo's drum pattern gives it away, after each 'yeah yeah yeah', on the standard/English version he is playing 1/4-note triplets, and in the German version he is playing off-beats on the 1/8th notes/upbeats. Totally different feel. Also the final chord hangs over a lot longer in the guitars on SLD. The presence of all the edits was a revelation, thought there was nothing or little new to learn about Beatles recordings - but there we are! I love the way it ends the US Second Album, Dexterized and all, that Big Boss Radio reverb suits the ending so well, punching up the fact that this is New and Important! Great deep dive.
Thanks for your info on Ringo's different drum patterns😊
Always a pleasure to watch your videos, although I always find myself wanting more records.
I never really thought of the difference between using a two-head machine versus a single-head machine with mono recordings, but yeah, it makes perfect sense as to why you can easily spot those edits. In your examples, I could hear every one of them from that album because I'd notice like a nanosecond of sudden pseudo-stereo where the edits are. I remember from my radio career that the way you'd edit tape was you'd line up the tape on an editing bar and make a cut with a razor blade: vertical for spoken word recordings, and diagonal for editing music. The reason you'd do a diagonal cut is that the pieces of tape, when spliced together, would sound much smoother. And if you can visualize that diagonal splice, you can kind of understand why playing it back on a stereo device would make the edit on a mono recording more obvious.
I remember a couple of decades ago there was a huge debate on rec.music.beatles as to whether the "Sie Liebt Dich" backing track was re-recorded or was the actual "She Loves You" backing track. I will never be convinced that "Sie Liebt Dich" uses the "She Loves You" backing track. The sound is just too different. George was absolutely not using the same guitar -- on SLD it's much twangier. The balance of the instruments isn't quite there, either.
I was 18 months old when the song was released. My Mum told me that at the time, I rocked back and forth in my chair and sang the "Yea, Yea, Yea section.
Fabulous, Andrew. I've definitely noticed the fidelity fluxuations on the different pressings of the songs before, but no edit "pops" that accompany them. But, I'll take your word for it, you've done your homework. EMI engineers really had their work cutout for them if the mastertape got damaged, even early on. We think nothing of edits now, and I love doing digital edits myself, but I couldn't imagine doing them 60 years ago, having to depend on grease pencils, razor blades and edit tape.
Fascinating deep dive into one of The Beatles iconic hits. Thanks, Andrew! I have the black-label Swan single, and I believe it's authentic, since I got it over 30 years ago. I also have the Tollie single of "Twist And Shout". I have both of those tucked into my copy of the "Rarities" album on Capitol.
I have the Swan 45 of “She Loves You” and it was great song. Swan was a record label which was in Philadelphia, PA in the late 1950’s and 1960’s where Freddy Cannon was on there, and one of Freddy Cannon’s hits on Swan was the classic “Palisades Park”.