#With The Beatles

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Photo by Robert Freeman.

With The Beatles was released on November 22, 1963. The album features the first Harrisong — “Don’t Bother Me.” “We were doing a two-week season in Bournemouth [in August 1963] and I was sick and confined to the hotel. I was just staying in bed all day and going to the concert each night. I wrote the song [‘Don’t Bother Me’] one afternoon, composing it on guitar. I got the music first, with the title — then I filled in the other words later. I suppose it was just an excuse to see if I could write a song. I didn’t really have any songs together when the Beatles were formed — not like John and Paul. They started writing just around the end of school, but I’d never thought of writing until that time in Bournemouth. And I remember thinking then: ‘If they can write I’m sure it can’t be that difficult because, you know, they’re not that smarter than me.’ So really it’s like anything you want to do — you just keep on trying to get it better and you know you’re not going to be a sensation until you’ve really worked at it a long time. And even then it probably won’t be sensational. Of course, it was difficult with the prolific output of John and Paul to get my songs recorded at first and even if it hadn’t been, I’d have been pretty self-conscious about writing crummy songs. You have to go through all the bad things in order to get into the good things… you get hung up before you start because you think, ‘I can’t say this, and I can’t write that…’ so the biggest breakthrough is in eliminating the hang ups. I think that’s what happened with me; I suddenly realized certain truths about writing songs and it made everything come easier.” - George Harrison, Record Mirror, January 1, 1972 (x)

[javelinbk]

John Lennon during recording sessions for ‘With the Beatles’ at EMI Studios, 12th September 1963. © Norman Parkinson.

[fivenightsatcolumbine]

no one loves george harrison like i do bro.

[tavolgisvist]

Hold Me Tight

‘Hold Me Tight’ was an early Lennon-McCartney original, written at the latter’s home in Forthlin Road, Liverpool, and featured in The Beatles’ live set from 1961 to 1963.

Another Lennon and McCartney song that became part of their Cavern repertoire was ‘Hold Me Tight’, a McCartney number that Paul and John worked on together. It was written in Forthlin Road, but not recorded until the With the Beatles album. PAUL: When we first started it was all singles and we were always trying to write singles. That's why you get lots of these 2 minute 30 seconds songs; they all came out the same length. ‘Hold Me Tight’ was a failed attempt at a single which then became an acceptable album filler.

(Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now by Barry Miles)

Monday I I February 1963 Studio Two, EMI Studios, London: From 7.30 to 10.45 pm: 13 takes of 'Hold Me Tight' (this song would remain unreleased until a re-make recorded on 12 September 1963 was included on the group's second album With The Beatles)… … Thursday 12 September 1963 Studio Two, EMI Studios, London: The recordings were made between 2.30 and 6.30 pm along with ten takes of a re-make of `Hold Me Tight', first attempted for Please Please Me on 11 February but completed more successfully this time around. (The Complete Beatles Chronicle by Mark Lewisohn, 1992)

One the followinf afternoon, September 18, I returned to Montagu Square. Yoko opened the front door and led me into the living room where I observed John walking aimlessly around the room as if in a kind of daydream, half humming and half singing The Beatles' "Hold Me Tight" as if to the air ("Tell me I'm the only one and then I might never be the lonely one")

(17 + 18 September 1968, Montagu Square in Days that I'll remember: Spending Time with John Lennon and Yoko Ono by Jonathan Cott, 2013)

That was Paul’s. Maybe I stuck some bits in there – I don’t remember. It was a pretty poor song and I was never really interested in it either way.

(John Lennon, 1980, All We Are Saying by David Sheff)

It feels so right now, hold me tight, Tell me I'm the only one, And then I might, Never be the lonely one. So hold me tight, to-night, to-night, It's you, you you you, oh, oh, oh, oh. Hold me tight, Let me go on loving you, To-night to-night, Making love to only you, … Don't know what it means to hold you tight, Being here alone tonight with you, It feels so right now.

(Hold Me Tight, With the Beatles,1963)

ML: What about 'Hold Me Tight'? You tried that for the Please Please Me LP but it didn't work out. PM: I can't remember much about that one. Certain songs were just 'work' songs, you haven't got much memory of them. That's one of them. ML: I suppose that when you've had about 500 compositions published you can't remember then all. PM: That's what I mean. I remember the name of the tune. Some of them … I wouldn't call them fillers but they were 'work' songs. You just knew that you had a song that would work, a good melody. 'Hold Me Tight' never really had that much of an effect on me. It was a bit Shirelles.

(Paul McCartney, The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn, 1988)

I've waited all my life for you Hold me tight Take care of me and I'll be right Hold me tight, hold me tight Hold me tight, hugga me right Hold me tight, squeeza me tight Hold me tight, hugga me right Hold me tight, hold me tight, hold me tight You won't be going out tonight Candlelight Make love to me and make it right Hold me tight, hold me tight...

(Hold Me Tight, Red Rose Speedway, 1973)

[xlulaslifex]

The lovely linda

[fiiction-fixates]

I retitled with the beatles and hard days night album songs to their core elements in a somewhat exaggerated fashion. yes I’m aware part of WTB is covers.

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WTB:

1) Tfw yeah stops sounding like a word

2) god I want to kiss you so fuckign bad please come here

3) that song Lennon apparently died to, good job dude

4) my gf left me. leave me alone until she takes me back

5) LITTLE CHILD IM BORED LETS DANCE

6) wow my ass was so unobservant until you appeared

7) CHECK YOUR BAG I MISS MY GIRLFRIEND REALLY BADLY

8) I have music directly injected into my veins

9) literally never let me go I’m so touchstarved

10) I’m touchstarved but like. Emotionally this time

11) can I PLEASE be ur man. please.

12) this woman is evil and George doesn’t believe it

13) my bitch ass has had it with you hurting me, thanks

14) I WANT MONEY. I CANT PAY MY RENT.

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AHDN:

1) god I’m so tired but idc, fuck me please

2) wow I really fucking love you holy shit

3) I have trauma because a girl broke up with me

4) I REALLY WANNA DANCE. PLEASE DANCE WITH ME.

5) this love ain’t dying or its takin me with it

6) womp womp you fucked around and found out

7) please love me. please and ty.

8) Literally call me and I’ll manifest in your house

9) can’t do shit so it’s time to sob

10) I would die for you except I can’t I’m so lucky you exist

11) I GET TO SEE MY GIRLFRIEND!!!

12) stop fucking some other dude I’m gonna break up with you

13) indecisive part 3684737483

[queer-heart-attacks]

best beatles album out there

[ceofjohnlennon]

The Beatles in India, 1968, taken by Paul Saltzman, from the book "With The Beatles" by Lewis Lapham.

[imsparky2002]

Favorite Beatles Album

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[javelinbk]

The Beatles recording ‘With the Beatles’ at EMI Studios, 12th September 1963. © Norman Parkinson.

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The Beatles With the Beatles 1964 Parlophone ————————————————— Tracks: 01. It Won’t Be Long 02. All I’ve Got to Do 03. All My Loving 04. Don’t Bother Me 05. Little Child 06. Till There Was You 07. Please Mr. Postman 08. Roll over Beethoven 09. Hold Me Tight 10. You Really Got a Hold on Me 11. I Wanna Be Your Man 12. Devil in Her Heart 13. Not a Second Time 14. Money —————————————————

George Harrison

John Lennon

Paul McCartney

Richard Starkey “Ringo Starr”

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