The Beatles Cd - Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 2 (1964-1965)

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A Hard Day's Night (Lennon/McCartney)

Take 6 Breakdown 16 Apr 1964 SS.AHDN.01.06 The Beatles Pitch correction: +1.9% A Hard Day's Night (Lennon/McCartney)

Take 7 16 Apr 1964 SS.AHDN.01.07 The Beatles Pitch correction: +1.9% 2. Leave My Kitten Alone (John/Turner/McDougal) 2:54 Take 5 14 Aug 1964

The Beatles Stereo

Pitch correction: +2.5% 3. She's A Woman (Lennon/McCartney) 6:32 Take 7 8 Oct 1964

The Beatles Extra long take, extended into a jam at the end. Stereo reversed

Pitch correction: +1.8%

I Feel Fine (Lennon/McCartney)

Take 6 18 Oct 1964

The Beatles Stereo reversed

Pitch correction: +3.0% I Feel Fine (Lennon/McCartney)

Take 7 18 Oct 1964

The Beatles Stereo reversed

Pitch correction: +3.0% Yes It Is (Lennon/McCartney)

Take 1 16 Feb 1965

The Beatles Stereo reversed

Pitch correction: +3.4% Yes It Is (Lennon/McCartney)

Take 2 16 Feb 1965

The Beatles Stereo reversed

Pitch correction: +3.4% 6. If You've Got Trouble (Lennon/McCartney) 2:53 Take 1 RS1 18 Feb 1965

The Beatles Stereo reversed. This is the full unedited mix, which differs from the one redone for "Sessions" in 1984.

Pitch correction: 3.0% 7. That Means A Lot (Lennon/McCartney) 2:33 Take 1 RM1 20 Feb 1965

The Beatles RM1, 20 feb 1965

Pitch correction: +3.1% Help! (Lennon/McCartney)

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take 1 Breakdown 13 Apr 1965 SS.HLP.01.01 The Beatles Instrumental. Breakdown.

Stereo reversed

Pitch correction: +2.7% Help! (Lennon/McCartney)

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take 2 Breakdown 13 Apr 1965 SS.HLP.01.02 The Beatles Instrumental. Breakdown.

Stereo reversed

Pitch correction: +2.7% Help! (Lennon/McCartney)

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take 5 Instrumental 13 Apr 1965 SS.HLP.01.05 The Beatles Although a complete take, this instrumental was not used for the released version.

Stereo reversed

Pitch correction: +2.7% 9. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Lennon/McCartney) 2:02

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take 1 12 Oct 1965 SS.RS.02.01 The Beatles Stereo

Pitch correction: +3.9% Day Tripper (Lennon/McCartney)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take 1 Breakdown 16 Oct 1965 SS.PM2.01.01 The Beatles Stereo

Pitch correction: +1.8% Day Tripper (Lennon/McCartney)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take 2 False Start 16 Oct 1965 SS.PM2.01.02 The Beatles Stereo

Pitch correction: +1.8% Day Tripper (Lennon/McCartney)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take 3 16 Oct 1965 SS.PM2.01.03 The Beatles Stereo

Pitch correction: +2.1% We Can Work It Out (Lennon/McCartney)

Take 1 Breakdown 20 Oct 1965

The Beatles Stereo

Pitch correction: +2.1% We Can Work It Out (Lennon/McCartney)

Take 2 20 Oct 1965

The Beatles Stereo

Pitch correction: +2.1% 12. 12-Bar Original (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey) 6:41

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RM1 Take 2 4 Nov 1965 SS.ETC.10.02.RM1 The Beatles Take 2 was mixed into mono (RM1) on 30 Nov 1965. This version is in much superior quality than Take 2 w/o mixing. Three different versions appeared on bootlegs.

+ The first lasts more than six minutes. + The second fades out around the 3:50 mark. + The third one was found in John Barrett's private collection (not to be confused with the Barrett Mix !). It is not clear for now if this version is another mono mix or the same RM1 but it is presented by Vigotone as a 1965 mono mix and according to Lewisohn, 12-Bar Original was mixed into mono on 30 Nov 1965 between 4.45 PM and 5.00 PM ! This means it was mixed in 15 minutes ! Therefore, it's dubious they had the time to mix it twice, so, for now, this "Barrett" version is considered as RM1. The sound quality, however, is superior to the other versions of RM1.

RM1, 30 nov 1965

Mono mix of take 2

The "unidentified versions" of "12-Bar Original" that appear on "Ultra Rare Trax Vol.6", and "Challenger One" and "Recording Sessions Vol. 1" (as well as on several other unlisted bootlegs) are all in fact the same as the one on "Acetates", except they fade out around the 3:50 mark. Note, however, that the source of this recording on "Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 2" is different from the one on "Acetates". Perhaps it's the same source before it was declicked and denoised. There are some minor noises and audio anomalies in the "UM2" version that distinguish it from the other YD issue.

Pitch correction: -0.1% 13. I'm Looking Through You (Lennon/McCartney) 3:10

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take 1 24 Oct 1965 SS.RS.10.01 The Beatles Nearly entirely acoustic version. No chorus made yet. Beginning with percussion, vocals on single track. No fade out at the end. Stereo

Pitch correction: -1.2%