The Beatles managed to issue in just 7 years 13 LPs, several EPs and a bunch of singles that were not included in the LPs, an they left a good deal of other recorded and composed material, either discarded or given away to others as we have been able to check with the new Anthology. It's not then surprising that instead of enjoying their early success with Please Please Me, The Beatles were back at the studio just four months later with their previous LP still leading the charts. The early come back to Abbey Road probably forced them to record 7 covers from other artists that they had developed during their stage acts. Musically With The Beatles witnesses the increasingly complication in Beatles tracks. Percussion is not just drums, but Ringo pulls out the Bongos a couple of times. The vocals are double tracked in some songs being this a constant in many Beatles songs from this LP on. With The Beatles Recording Dates: July 18th - October 23rd, 1963 Release Date: Novemeber 22nd, 1963 It won't be long Lennon John:Rythm Guitar and Lead Vocal Paul:Bass Guitar and Backing vocal George:Lead Guitar and Backing Vocal Ringo:Drums The Beatles discovered double tracking in their second album as can be heard in It Won't Be Long. John's voice was recorded twice to produce this well known effect in Beatles songs (the same effect was later achieved by the development in EMI studios of ADT) All I've got to do Lennon John:Rythm Guitar and Lead Vocal Paul:Bass Guitar and Harmony vocal George:Lead Guitar Ringo:Drums John wrote this song in 1961, supposedly trying to "do the Smokey Robinson" Curiosly enough in this same album, The Beatles cover "You really got a Hold on Me", a song by The Miracles, being Smokey the leader. The song was recorded altogeher in a single session. All my Loving McCartney John:Rythm Guitar and Harmony Vocal Paul:Bass Guitar and Lead vocal George:Lead Guitar and Harmony Vocal Ringo:Drums Paul conceived the song as a poem while he was shaving one day and didn't put music to it until the end of the day. He later recognized that it was the first song in which he had the words before he had the music. It was also recorded in a single session. Definitely one of Paul's best. Don't Bother Me Harrison John:Rythm Guitar and Tambourine Paul:Bass Guitar and Claves George:Lead Guitar and Lead Vocal Ringo:Drums, Bongos and Loose skin Arabian Bongo. First Harrison song in a Beatles album. George was quite reluctant to write songs, but Bill Harry, editor of Merseybeat insisted until George told him in this way not to bother him. Written in August 1963 in a hotel in Bournemouth. Litle Child Lennon-McCartney John:Rythm Guitar, Harmonica and Lead Vocal Paul:Bass Guitar, Piano and Lead vocal George:Lead Guitar Ringo:Drums Remembered by Lennon in 1980 as another effort to write a song for somebody... probably Ringo. Till There Was You Wilson John:Acoustic Guitar Paul:Bass Guitar and Lead vocal George:Acoustic Guitar Ringo:Bongos Song from The Music Man that The Beatles used in their stage acts to cool them down a little. Curiously enough, the song is almost unplugged, except for Paul's bass guitar... shame MTV wasn't there to record it. Please Mister Postman Holland John:Rythm Guitar and Lead Vocal Paul:Bass Guitar and Backing vocal George:Lead Guitar and Backing Vocal Ringo:Drums This song was a hit for The Marvelettes and was one of The Beatles early favourites. Another extremely good song that the Fab Four managed to bring to perfection. John voice is double tracked. This song was again popularized in the Backbeat soundtrack. Roll Over Beethoven Berry John:Rythm Guitar Paul:Bass Guitar George:Lead Guitar and Lead Vocal Ringo:Drums Georges double-tracked vocals bring to life this song often played on stage by The Beatles. Another non-Beatle Beatles' classic. Hold Me Tight McCartney John:Rythm Guitar and Backing Vocal Paul:Bass Guitar and Lead vocal George:Lead Guitar and Backing Vocal Ringo:Drums Recorded for Please Please Me, the song never made it to that first album and was mixed for With The Beatles. Paul considered this one just a "work song" You Really got a Hold On Me Robinson John:Rythm Guitar and Lead Vocal Paul:Bass Guitar and Backing vocal George:Lead Guitar and Lead Vocal Ringo:Drums George Martin: Piano Originally recorded by The Miracles, John here has obvious reasons to do the Smokey Robinson. George handles an alternating second voice. I Wanna Be your Man Lennon-McCartney John:Rythm Guitar, Hammond organ and Harmony Vocal Paul:Bass Guitar and Harmonny vocal George:Lead Guitar Ringo:Drums, Maracas and Lead Vocal Ringo's track at last! Paul started wirting the song in 1963 for Ringo as the limited range of the vocals shows (Ringo is not much of a singer although his a heck of a drummer) However he had problems with the middle eight and left it unfinished. In September 1963, The Rolling Stones were looking for some new material to record, and John and Paul offered them the song. The Rollings liked it, but Decca was pressing them for a new release and the song wasn't yet finished. The two Beatles went into a separate room and came back shortly afterwards with the firt major hit for the Stones and at the same time, Ringo's track for With The Beatles Devil In Her Heart Drapkin John:Rythm Guitar and Harmony Vocal Paul:Bass Guitar and Harmony vocal George:Lead Guitar and Lead Vocal Ringo:Drums and Maracas First recorded by The Donnays, the lyrics were changed (the usual she for he swap) so George could handle them. Not a Second Time Lennon John:Acoustic Guitar and Lead Vocal Paul:Not Present George:Not Present Ringo:Drums George Martin: Piano According to Paul the song was inspired in Smokey Robinson, although it was John the main writer. The song was commented by William Man of The Times in the following terms: "...harmonic interest is typical of their quicker songs too, and one gets the impression that they think simultaneously oh harmony and melody, so firmly are the major tonic sevenths and ninths built into their tunes, and the flat submediant key switches, so natural in the Aeolian cadence at the end of Not a Second Time (the chord progression that ends Mahler's Song of The Earth..." Evidently John didn't even know what this guy was talking about. Money Bradford-Gordy John:Rythm Guitar and Lead Vocal Paul:Bass Guitar and Backing vocal George:Lead Guitar and Backing Vocal Ringo:Drums George Martin: Piano Originally issued by Barrat Strong in 1959, a wonderful cover by The Beatles (again) showing they could do as good with other's material as they could with their own