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Single Release (45-R 4949)
A – Side: Love Me Do (7XCE 17144 -1N)
B – Side: P.S. I Love You (7XCE 17145 -1N)

Single

TL14063

Master

  • Love Me Do (Ringo Version) (mono)
    (7XCE 17144 -1N)
    • Unnumbered remix (RM) from unnumbered take (2:21)
  • Love Me Do (Andy White Version) (mono)
    (7XCE 17144)
    • Take 18 (2:18)
  • P.S. I Love You (mono)
    (7XCE 17145)
    • Take 10 (2:01)
  • How Do You Do It (mono)
    • Unnumbered remix (RM) from Take 2 (1:55)

What Still Exists?

Tape Reel
Number

Exists?

Is on
Spotify?

Official
Physical Release?

Bootlegged?

Love Me Do (Ringo Version)
(Best Take) (RM) 1

[E47776]
Mix Tape

🟡 Survives via
7″ single (7XCE 17144)

✅ Yes 2

✅ Yes

Love Me Do (Andy White Version)
(Take 18)

Master Tapes
  • ✅ Yes
  • ✅ Yes
  • Unsure 3
  • ✅ Yes
  • ✅ Yes
  • ✅ Yes

P.S. I Love You
(Take 10)

Master Tapes
  • ✅ Yes
  • ✅ Yes
  • Unsure 4
  • ✅ Yes
  • ✅ Yes
  • ✅ Yes

How Do You Do It
(Take 2) (RM)

TL14063
Master Tape

✅ Yes

✅ Yes 5

✅ Yes

✅ Yes 6

References:

  1. Wise, Tom. (2010-2011) comprehensivebeatles.blogspot.com. By the end of 1963, the Ringo version of Love Me Do no longer existed on tape. In 1967 the lacquer, mother, and all stampers for the UK 45 were destroyed, thus making it impossible to press any further first-generation releases. All further releases therefore had to be copied from existing vinyl records. ↩︎
  2. Since both the session tape and the mix tape of Love Me Do (Ringo Version) no longer exist and at some point the version on the master reel TL14063 was replaced with the Andy White version, all subsequent releases of the Ringo version have been sourced from vinyl ↩︎
  3. I’m unsure if Love Me Do (Andy White) (mono) on the Please Please Me mono LP reel TL12344B was copied from E47852 (making it the same tape generation as the single on the reel TL14063) or if it is a generation removed, being copied from the single reel TL14063 ↩︎
  4. I’m unsure if P.S. I Love You (mono) on the Please Please Me mono LP reel TL12344B was copied from E47852 (making it the same tape generation as the single on the reel TL14063) or if it is a generation removed, being copied from the single reel TL14063 ↩︎
  5. The officially released version on Anthology 1 is a mix by Geoff Emerick. “In 1994 and 1995, when preparing the Anthology discs, Geoff Emerick chose
    to re-use nearly all of his 10-year-old mixes from the Sessions reel.”
    Winn, John C., 2005, Lifting Latches (p. 283)
    “Geoff Emerick, in one of his more pointless (and baffling) Sessions decisions, edited the ending of the song, replacing the first of the final “I’d do it to you” lines with a “but I haven’t a clue.””
    Sean Murdock, 2026, Steve Hoffman Forums ↩︎
  6. A very clean copy was first issued as a bootleg in 1976, presumably sourced from one of John Lennon’s acetates. Roger Scott has been the source of further high quality bootlegs since 1982. Winn, John C., 2005, Lifting Latches (pp. 257-285) ↩︎

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