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"From Me to You" was the first Beatles song to reach number one in Britain. "From Me to You" would be the first of eleven consecutive British number one singles by the Beatles.
The recording of From Me to You took place on 5 March 1963 at Abbey Road Studios and on 11 April Parlophone released "From Me to You" in the UK as a single.
The stereo version (recorded on two tracks) lacks the harmonica intro which was inserted into the mono version which was issued as a single, on the 1988 issue of Past Masters, the 1962–1966 CD reissue and the One compilation. The stereo version was included in the compilations A Collection of Beatles Oldies, the original LP issue of 1962–1966 and the 2009 reissue of Past Masters.
John and Paul wrote it on 28 February on the artistes' coach travelling down from York to Shrewsbury during a concert tour. McCartney remembers it was a leap forward in writing technique: "it was great, that middle eight was a very big departure for us. Say you're in C then go to A minor, fairly ordinary, C, change it to G. And then F, pretty ordinary, but then it goes [sings] "I got arms" and that's a G Minor. Going to G Minor and a C takes you to a whole new world."
So that explains it.......
'From Me To You' was recorded in seven takes, then six additional edit piece takes were done, featuring harmonica, the guitar solo and the harmonised introduction.
For the 'Golden Oldies' album of 1966, several songs were remixed in stereo, but From Me To You was never done. The album's stereo mix of this song is simply the original two-track tape, rhythm on the left channel, vocals on the right. The mono single and stereo LP versions differ, the mono being the only one to have harmonica in the introduction. This was because the single included a harmonica edit piece which was overlooked during the preparation of this album. The 14 March 1963 stereo mix of `From Me To You' had already been scrapped.
So there's the challenge, to produce a satisfying true stereo remix of the epic From Me to You.
In this remix, we used takes 1,2, 5 and an edit piece (the harmonica solo). The Beatles intended the song to open with a guitar solo, so we did not replace it with an edit piece harmonica intro.
The recording of From Me to You took place on 5 March 1963 at Abbey Road Studios and on 11 April Parlophone released "From Me to You" in the UK as a single.
The stereo version (recorded on two tracks) lacks the harmonica intro which was inserted into the mono version which was issued as a single, on the 1988 issue of Past Masters, the 1962–1966 CD reissue and the One compilation. The stereo version was included in the compilations A Collection of Beatles Oldies, the original LP issue of 1962–1966 and the 2009 reissue of Past Masters.
John and Paul wrote it on 28 February on the artistes' coach travelling down from York to Shrewsbury during a concert tour. McCartney remembers it was a leap forward in writing technique: "it was great, that middle eight was a very big departure for us. Say you're in C then go to A minor, fairly ordinary, C, change it to G. And then F, pretty ordinary, but then it goes [sings] "I got arms" and that's a G Minor. Going to G Minor and a C takes you to a whole new world."
So that explains it.......
'From Me To You' was recorded in seven takes, then six additional edit piece takes were done, featuring harmonica, the guitar solo and the harmonised introduction.
For the 'Golden Oldies' album of 1966, several songs were remixed in stereo, but From Me To You was never done. The album's stereo mix of this song is simply the original two-track tape, rhythm on the left channel, vocals on the right. The mono single and stereo LP versions differ, the mono being the only one to have harmonica in the introduction. This was because the single included a harmonica edit piece which was overlooked during the preparation of this album. The 14 March 1963 stereo mix of `From Me To You' had already been scrapped.
So there's the challenge, to produce a satisfying true stereo remix of the epic From Me to You.
In this remix, we used takes 1,2, 5 and an edit piece (the harmonica solo). The Beatles intended the song to open with a guitar solo, so we did not replace it with an edit piece harmonica intro.
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"From Me to You" was the first Beatles song to reach number one in Britain. "From Me to You" would be the first of eleven consecutive British number one singles by the Beatles.
The recording of From Me to You took place on 5 March 1963 at Abbey Road Studios and on 11 April Parlophone released "From Me to You" in the UK as a single.
The stereo version (recorded on two tracks) lacks the harmonica intro which was inserted into the mono version which was issued as a single, on the 1988 issue of Past Masters, the 1962–1966 CD reissue and the One compilation. The stereo version was included in the compilations A Collection of Beatles Oldies, the original LP issue of 1962–1966 and the 2009 reissue of Past Masters.
John and Paul wrote it on 28 February on the artistes' coach travelling down from York to Shrewsbury during a concert tour. McCartney remembers it was a leap forward in writing technique: "it was great, that middle eight was a very big departure for us. Say you're in C then go to A minor, fairly ordinary, C, change it to G. And then F, pretty ordinary, but then it goes [sings] "I got arms" and that's a G Minor. Going to G Minor and a C takes you to a whole new world."
So that explains it.......
'From Me To You' was recorded in seven takes, then six additional edit piece takes were done, featuring harmonica, the guitar solo and the harmonised introduction.
For the 'Golden Oldies' album of 1966, several songs were remixed in stereo, but From Me To You was never done. The album's stereo mix of this song is simply the original two-track tape, rhythm on the left channel, vocals on the right. The mono single and stereo LP versions differ, the mono being the only one to have harmonica in the introduction. This was because the single included a harmonica edit piece which was overlooked during the preparation of this album. The 14 March 1963 stereo mix of `From Me To You' had already been scrapped.
So there's the challenge, to produce a satisfying true stereo remix of the epic From Me to You.
In this remix, we used takes 1,2, 5 and an edit piece (the harmonica solo). The Beatles intended the song to open with a guitar solo, so we did not replace it with an edit piece harmonica intro.
The recording of From Me to You took place on 5 March 1963 at Abbey Road Studios and on 11 April Parlophone released "From Me to You" in the UK as a single.
The stereo version (recorded on two tracks) lacks the harmonica intro which was inserted into the mono version which was issued as a single, on the 1988 issue of Past Masters, the 1962–1966 CD reissue and the One compilation. The stereo version was included in the compilations A Collection of Beatles Oldies, the original LP issue of 1962–1966 and the 2009 reissue of Past Masters.
John and Paul wrote it on 28 February on the artistes' coach travelling down from York to Shrewsbury during a concert tour. McCartney remembers it was a leap forward in writing technique: "it was great, that middle eight was a very big departure for us. Say you're in C then go to A minor, fairly ordinary, C, change it to G. And then F, pretty ordinary, but then it goes [sings] "I got arms" and that's a G Minor. Going to G Minor and a C takes you to a whole new world."
So that explains it.......
'From Me To You' was recorded in seven takes, then six additional edit piece takes were done, featuring harmonica, the guitar solo and the harmonised introduction.
For the 'Golden Oldies' album of 1966, several songs were remixed in stereo, but From Me To You was never done. The album's stereo mix of this song is simply the original two-track tape, rhythm on the left channel, vocals on the right. The mono single and stereo LP versions differ, the mono being the only one to have harmonica in the introduction. This was because the single included a harmonica edit piece which was overlooked during the preparation of this album. The 14 March 1963 stereo mix of `From Me To You' had already been scrapped.
So there's the challenge, to produce a satisfying true stereo remix of the epic From Me to You.
In this remix, we used takes 1,2, 5 and an edit piece (the harmonica solo). The Beatles intended the song to open with a guitar solo, so we did not replace it with an edit piece harmonica intro.