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On June 1, 1964, the Beatles recorded most of their version of "Slow Down" at EMI Studio 2 in London. [4] Producer George Martin added piano overdubs three days later. [4] Parlophone released the song on the Long Tall Sally EP in June in the UK. [4] In July, the song was included on the American album Something New.
The song's recording contains a slowed-down rhythm track, a droning bass line and backwards vocals. Its release marked one of the first times that reversed sounds appeared in a pop song, although the Beatles used the same technique on the Revolver track " Tomorrow Never Knows ", recorded days earlier. [ 5 ]
In the US, it instead appeared on the Capitol Records album Something New in July, [18] before being issued on a single, backed by "Slow Down", on August 24. [19] "Matchbox" peaked at number 17 on three record charts: in the U.S., on the Billboard Hot 100 [20] and Cash Box, [21] and, in Canada, on the national RPM Top 40 chart. [22]
Something New is an album by English rock band the Beatles, released in 1964 for the North American market only. The album is the third Capitol LP release and fifth American album release overall by the band, following the United Artists release of A Hard Day's Night .
"Slow Down" (Larry Williams song), 1958; covered by the Beatles, 1964 "Slow Down" (Loose Ends song ... "Slow Down", by Normani and Calvin Harris from Normani x ...
Specialty released "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy" in both the 78 rpm and newer 45 rpm record formats. Williams had several completed recordings to choose from for the B-side, but the label decided to go with "Slow Down", a track he had recorded at the same September 11, 1957, session that produced "Bony Moronie". [2]
The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Artwork for ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ Because sometimes even the best records ever made can get a bit… overhyped.
The Beatles recorded "I Want to Hold Your Hand" at EMI Studios in Studio 2 on 17 October 1963. This song, along with the single's B-side, "This Boy", was the first Beatles song to be recorded with four-track technology. The two songs were recorded on the same day, each needing seventeen takes. [19]