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Home > Beatles diary > Studio > Recording, mixing: I Wanna Be Your Man, Little Child, Hold Me Tight

Recording, mixing: I Wanna Be Your Man, Little Child, Hold Me Tight

10.00am, Wednesday 23 October 1963 (48 years ago)

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

The final recording session for With The Beatles saw a final overdub onto I Wanna Be Your Man and three mono mixes.

I Wanna Be Your Man was the first song to be mixed, followed by Little Child and Hold Me Tight. The session began at 10am and finished at 1pm, after which The Beatles flew to Sweden for their first foreign tour.

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