Editing Help! (section)

=== Recording history ===
Following their Christmas 1964 shows, the Beatles took a month's break before beginning work on ''Help!''{{Sfn|MacDonald|2007|p=142}} All of the recording sessions took place in Studio Two of EMI Recording Studios (now [[Abbey Road Studios]]).{{Sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=54–60}} The first set of sessions began on 15 February with "Ticket to Ride" and continued through the 20th, after which the group flew to [[the Bahamas]] to begin filming. They took with them a tape of the 11 songs recorded so that Lester and Shenson could decide which ones to use in the film.{{Sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=|pp=54–56}}

Several songs recorded during these initial sessions were not included on the ''Help!'' album. Lennon's "[[Yes It Is]]" was relegated to the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of the "Ticket to Ride" single and a cover of [[Larry Williams]]' "[[Bad Boy (Larry Williams song)#The Beatles version|Bad Boy]]" was put on the [[The Beatles' North American releases|North American]] album ''[[Beatles VI]]''.{{Sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=54, 58}} Two Lennon–McCartney compositions were rejected for release altogether. The first was "[[If You've Got Trouble]]", originally written for Ringo Starr as his obligatory lead vocal for the album.{{Sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=55}} One take was attempted on 18 February before it was abandoned.{{Sfn|MacDonald|2007|p=149}} The other was "[[That Means a Lot]]", a song [[Ian MacDonald]] views as "an attempt by McCartney to rewrite Lennon's 'Ticket to Ride{{'"}}.{{Sfn|MacDonald|2007|p=151}} Two versions were attempted, one on 20 February and a "re-make" on 30 March,{{Sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=56–57}} but it was ultimately given to a friend of the band, singer [[P. J. Proby]], to record. Proby's version was released as a single and reached number 30 on the [[UK singles chart|UK chart]].{{Sfn|Miles|1997|p=182}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=That Means a Lot by P. J. Proby |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/pj-proby-that-means-a-lot/ |access-date=23 June 2024 |website=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> Both "If You've Got Trouble" and take 1 of "That Means a Lot" were eventually released on ''[[Anthology 2]]'' in 1996, along with other outtakes from the ''Help!'' sessions.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[Anthology 2]] |year=1996 |others=[[The Beatles]] |publisher=[[Apple Records]] |type=liner notes |id=7243 8 34448 2 3}}</ref> Additionally, the last song recorded in this time was "[[Wait (Beatles song)|Wait]]", which would not be released until the Beatles' next album, ''[[Rubber Soul]]''.{{Sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=60}}

According to [[Mark Lewisohn]], 14 June 1965 saw "[a] remarkable day's work" and showcased McCartney's musical abilities in varying styles; the Beatles recorded his songs "I've Just Seen a Face", "[[I'm Down]]", and "Yesterday".{{Sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=59}} "Yesterday" began with just McCartney singing and playing acoustic guitar, but he and [[Record producer|producer]] [[George Martin]] decided to add a [[string quartet]].{{Sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=59}} Martin later described it as when, "I started to leave my hallmark on [the Beatles'] music, when a style started to emerge which was partly of my making."{{Sfn|Hertsgaard|1995|p=168}} "I'm Down" was released as the B-side of "Help!" but not included on the album.{{Sfn|MacDonald|2007|p=156}}