Video: 'The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand - Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand Outtakes (Remastered)' (Jan. 29, 1964 at 1:09)

(Wednesday, January 29, 1964, morning/afternoon CET) — The Beatles, in their first and only EMI recording session outside the United Kingdom until 1968, recorded German versions of “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “She Loves You” today at EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, 62 Rue de Sevres, Paris.

Video: 'Komm gib mir deine Hand (Remastered 2009)'

The band also recorded the rhythm track of a new song, “Can’t Buy Me Love.”

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“Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand,” a fairly crude reworking of “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” was the first to be recorded. They completed it in 11 takes, recording new vocals over the original rhythm track.

Video: 'Sie liebt dich (Remastered 2009)'

“Sie Liebt Dich” (“She Loves You”) was next. The original two-track recording no longer existed, so The Beatles re-recorded the rhythm track from scratch. They did this in 13 takes, then recorded their German vocals, with the help of translator Camillo Felgen, sent to them by EMI/Odeon producer Otto Demmler.

Video: 'Can't Buy Me Love (Anthology 1 Version)'

The Beatles had made quick progress, and they had time to record the rhythm track of a new song, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” which they completed in four takes.

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In the evening The Beatles gave their customary two performances at the Olympia Theatre on Paris’s Boulevard des Capucines.