BEATLES – Day By Day – 7/30/63
Tuesday, 30 July, 1963
The Beatles in Studio Two at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios record songs for their second album. The Beatles work on their album songs in the morning (10:00 am-1:30 pm) and then again through the evening (5:00 pm-11:00 pm).
During the morning session, The Beatles record nine takes of “Please Mr. Postman” and 10 takes of “It Won’t Be Long.” In the evening session, George Martin records his piano overdub for “Money” (which had been recorded by The Beatles on July 18), then The Beatles tape 5 more takes of “Till There Was You” (adding to the takes from July 18), 8 takes of “Roll Over Beethoven,” 13 more takes of “It Won’t Be Long,” and 13 takes of “All My Loving.”
Between the sessions of this day, The Beatles head over to the Playhouse Theatre in London to record six songs for the BBC radio program “Saturday Club.” The songs: “Long Tall Sally,” “She Loves You,” “Glad All Over,” “Twist and Shout,” “You Really Got a Hold On Me,” and “I’ll Get You.”
While at the BBC, The Beatles also tape an interview for the BBC radio program “Non Stop Pop,” for its “Pop Chat” segment.
