Video: 'The Beatles - "Act Naturally" Mono'

(Thursday June 17, 1965, 4:00-5:30 p.m. BST) — The Beatles continued production of their fifth studio album Help! this afternoon at EMI Studio 2 in London, recording “Act Naturally.”. Continue reading The Beatles track ‘Act Naturally,’ complete ‘Help!’ recording sessions 50 years ago this hour (June 17 1965) →

Video: 'The Beatles - Yesterday (2014 Mono Vinyl)'

(Thursday June 17, 1965, 2:00-4:00 p.m. BST) — The Beatles continued production of their fifth studio album Help! this afternoon at EMI Studio 2 in London, recording a vocal and string quartet overdub onto the June 14, 1965, recording of “Yesterday,” a song that would become one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music. Continue reading The Beatles complete ‘Yesterday’ 50 years ago this hour (June 17 1965) →

Video: 'The Beatles - It's Only Love (Anthology 2 [Disc 1])' (takes 3 and 2)

(Tuesday, June 15, 1965, 2:30-6:15 p.m. BST) — The Beatles continued production of their fifth studio album Help! this afternoon at EMI Studio 2 in London, recording “It’s Only Love.” Continue reading The Beatles record ‘It’s Only Love’ 50 years ago this hour (June 15 1965) →

Video: 'The Beatles - Yesterday [Take 1]'

(Monday, June 14, 1965, 7:00-10:30 p.m. BST) — The Beatles continued production of their fifth studio album Help! this evening at EMI Studio 2 in London, recording two takes of “Yesterday,” what would become one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music (an additional vocal track by McCartney and a string quartet were overdubbed onto take 2 on June 17, 1965).

Video: 'Kansas City - Beatles VI - The Beatles'

(Monday, June 14, 1965) — Beatles VI, the group’s sixth album on Capitol Records (excluding The Beatles’ Story) was released today in the U.S.

Beatles VI included two tracks recorded specifically for the North American market, six tracks from the Beatles for Sale British album left off the American LP Beatles ’65, “Yes It Is,” the B-side to the single “Ticket to Ride” and two other tracks from the forthcoming UK release of Help! (click here to listen to the full album).

Video: 'The Beatles - I'm Down (Anthology 2 [Disc 1])'

(Monday, June 14, 1965, 2:30-5:30 p.m. BST) — The Beatles continued production of their fifth studio album Help! this afternoon at EMI Studio 2 in London, recording “I’ve Just Seen a Face” and “I’m Down.” Continue reading The Beatles record ‘I’ve Just Seen a Face’ and ‘I’m Down’ 50 years ago this hour (June 14 1965) →

Video: 'The Beatles-Baby It's You off of The Early Beatles vinyl'

(Saturday, June 12, 1965) — The Early Beatles by The Beatles peaked at #43 on Billboard‘s 200 album chart for one week.

The album resembles more of an early compilation because all of the tracks had previously been featured on the early 1964 Vee-Jay release Introducing… The Beatles.