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1 Jan 1962

Time: “it began late in the morning and extended after a lunch break into the afternoon” 1
Studio Name and Room: Decca Recording Studios – Studio 2
Songs Recorded: see list below 2

Studio Personnel: Producer – Tony Meehan, Balance Engineer – Unknown, Tape Operator – Unknown
Musicians (instruments played): John Lennon (guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass, vocals), George Harrison (guitar, vocals), Pete Best (drums)
Primary Tracking Machine: Mono – 1/4″ EMI BTR2 3

What Still Exists?

Exists?

Is on
Spotify?

Official
Physical Release?

Bootlegged?

Money (That’s What I Want)

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

The Sheik of Araby

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Memphis, Tennessee

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Three Cool Cats

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Sure To Fall (In Love With You)

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

September In The Rain

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Take Good Care Of My Baby

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Till There Was You

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Crying, Waiting, Hoping

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

To Know Her Is To Love Her

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Besame Mucho

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Searchin’

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Like Dreamers Do

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Hello Little Girl

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Love Of The Loved

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

References:

  1. Lewisohn, Mark, 2013, Tune In (p. 558) ↩︎
  2. The original order is not known but the order here follows Lewisohn, Mark, 2013, Tune In (p. 559) which itself seems to follow the order from 70s bootlegs sourced from tape copies. There are several known tapes including (but not limited to) Joe Pope’s tape from the 70s and Brian Epstein’s copy of half the session which appears to be unique according to Lewisohn. Another tape was found in 2025 in a Vancouver record store. It would appear that there’s evidence the last three tracks have been edited out from earlier in the session and grouped together at the end since they’re Lennon-McCartney originals ↩︎
  3. Lewisohn, Mark, 2013, Tune In (p. 562) states that “the fifteen tracks were recorded straight, in mono” and I’m inclined to believe this over Hammack, Jerry, 2017, TBRRM: Vol 1 (p. 20) who states they were recorded to twin-track. This is because I personally find it hard to believe 15 tracks were mixed from an audition and it seems much more likely they were recorded straight to mono since, as far as I’m aware, no twin-tracks have appeared on bootlegs. The mono tape machine in use at Decca would also have been the EMI BTR2 Hammack, Jerry, 2017, TBRRM: Vol 1 (p. 221) ↩︎