BeatlesAnswers.org: newly verified song pagesSong pages rebuilt and checked against the source books, with one finding from each.https://beatlesanswers.org/feed.xml2026-10-04T00:00:00ZBeatlesAnswers.orgAcross the Universetag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-10-04:/songs/across-the-universe2026-10-04T00:00:00ZThe Let It Be track is not a later recording: it is the February 1968 performance, slowed down and dressed in Phil Spector's 1970 orchestra and choir. The song first came out in December 1969 on a World Wildlife Fund charity album, speeded up and framed with bird sounds, and its high harmonies were sung by two fans invited in from outside the studio.She Loves Youtag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-10-04:/songs/she-loves-you2026-10-04T00:00:00ZOnly one real mix of the 1963 recording exists, the mono single of 4 July 1963: the two-track session tape did not survive, so every stereo version of the 1960s and 1970s was faked from the mono, and the German Sie Liebt Dich had to be recorded from scratch in Paris.Please Please Metag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-10-04:/songs/please-please-me2026-10-04T00:00:00ZThe single and the stereo album track are different performances: the single is the mono mixed on 30 November 1962, while the stereo was edited three months later from takes 16, 17 and 18 and carries the verse-three slip; only the harmonica, overdubbed once, is shared. The slow September 1962 version survives on a copy found in 1994.Don't Let Me Downtag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-10-03:/songs/dont-let-me-down2026-10-03T00:00:00ZThe single is not the rooftop performance: it was taped in the Apple basement on 28 January 1969 on George's own eight-track, mixed at Olympic, and issued in mono in Britain and in stereo in America, while the shelved Get Back album used an earlier take from 22 January.Blackbirdtag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-10-02:/songs/blackbird2026-10-02T00:00:00ZThe ticking under the guitar is Paul's foot, not a metronome, and the blackbird was added from a 1965 sound-effects tape at the October mix, separately for the mono and the stereo, so the two mixes do not carry the same birdsong.For No Onetag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-10-02:/songs/for-no-one2026-10-02T00:00:00ZOnly Paul and Ringo play on it, and Ringo's drum kit is not on the record at all: it was mixed out when the tape was bounced down, leaving maracas, hi-hat and a tambourine behind Alan Civil's improvised horn solo.Yes It Istag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-10-02:/songs/yes-it-is2026-10-02T00:00:00ZThree voices were recorded on two microphones in one live three-hour pass, and its true stereo mix sat unused for years while American stereo copies carried a fake made from the mono.Run for Your Lifetag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-09-30:/songs/run-for-your-life2026-09-30T00:00:00ZIt was the first song taped for Rubber Soul, finished in one afternoon, and on the stereo mix you can hear the studio's big playback speaker leak into John's vocal track just before he starts to sing.Matchboxtag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-09-29:/songs/matchbox2026-09-29T00:00:00ZCarl Perkins watched Ringo sing and drum it in five takes, and its two mixes can be told apart by ear: the stereo has more reverb on the voice, repairs one word and ends the guitar solo differently.Love Me Dotag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-09-29:/songs/love-me-do2026-09-29T00:00:00ZThe Pete Best version from the June 1962 artist test is not lost: a copy turned up in 1994 and was issued on Anthology 1.I Want to Hold Your Handtag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-09-29:/songs/i-want-to-hold-your-hand2026-09-29T00:00:00ZIt has three stereo mixes, made in 1963, 1965 and 1966, and each of them turned up on records.Can't Buy Me Lovetag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-09-28:/songs/cant-buy-me-love2026-09-28T00:00:00ZOne mono mix made in February served the British and American singles alike, and the American soundtrack album's 'stereo' was not a stereo mix at all.Martha My Deartag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-09-27:/songs/martha-my-dear2026-09-27T00:00:00ZIts released mono and stereo are the mixes made at Trident Studios on 5 October 1968, not later Abbey Road remixes.Honey Pietag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-09-27:/songs/honey-pie2026-09-27T00:00:00ZPart of its 1920s sound is a studio trick: one vocal line was laid over a scratchy phonograph to sound like a worn 78 rpm record.I'm Happy Just to Dance with Youtag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-09-26:/songs/im-happy-just-to-dance-with-you2026-09-26T00:00:00ZIt was taped on the Sunday morning before filming began, and its only mono mix served every market.I'll Be Backtag:beatlesanswers.org,2026-09-25:/songs/ill-be-back2026-09-25T00:00:00ZBritain and America got different mono mixes of the same take, made the same June morning; the American one is slower and carries a little echo.