I Want to Hold Your Hand (1966 stereo mix)

~ Recording by The Beatles

Annotation

This stereo mix and the 1965 stereo mix are similar but distinguishable. The 1965 stereo mix has the lead guitar louder and the handclaps slightly louder, and somewhat more bass sound. Compare for example the right channel on the last "ha-a-a-and": the louder guitar covers the vocal more than this mix. The more common mix (this mix) has slightly less bass but the cymbal sound is better-- both these differences from this may be pressing or LP mastering, rather than the mix, but the handclap and particularly the lead guitar are mix differences.

“20 Greatest Hits” was the first stereo release in the US, using the mix made 16 years earlier in 1966

Annotation last modified on 2021-06-23 06:17 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6I Want to Hold Your Hand2:27The BeatlesPast Masters · Volume OneThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US1988-03-08
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), ParlophoneCDP 7 90043 2
1.6I Want to Hold Your Hand2:27The BeatlesPast Masters · Volume One (variant with Apple logo, pressed by EMI Jax)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
Apple Records, ParlophoneCDP 7 90043 2
1.5I Want to Hold Your Hand2:27The Beatles1962–1966The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-10-05
Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)0777 7 97036 2 3, CDP 0777 7 97036 2 3
1.4I Want to Hold Your Hand2:25The Beatles1The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-14
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7243 5 29325 2 8
1.6I Want to Hold Your Hand2:27The BeatlesPast Masters (2009 stereo remaster)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-09-09
Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Parlophone50999 2 43807 2 0
15.6I Want to Hold Your Hand2:27The BeatlesThe Beatles (2009 stereo remasters)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-09-09
Apple Records5099969944901
1.5I Want to Hold Your Hand2:27The Beatles1962–1966 (2009 remasters)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2010-10-19
Apple Records509999 06752 25
1.13I Want to Hold Your Hand (stereo)2:27The BeatlesThe U.S. AlbumsThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-01-21
Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)B0019645-02

Relationships

assistant engineer:Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer) (on 1963-10-17)
Mike Stone (producer and engineer, 1960s–80s) (on 1966-11-07)
engineer:Norman Smith (UK producer/engineer, performed as Hurricane Smith) (on 1963-10-17)
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer) (on 1966-11-07)
producer:George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1963-10-17, on 1966-11-07)
drums (drum set):Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1963-10-17)
electric bass guitar and background vocals and lead vocals:Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1963-10-17)
electric guitar [lead guitar]:George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1963-10-17)
electric guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals:John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1963-10-17)
handclaps:George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1963-10-17)
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1963-10-17)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1963-10-17)
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1963-10-17)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1988)
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood (on 1963-10-17)
mixed at:Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood (on 1966-11-07)
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood (on 1966-11-07)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/3JueJBdcGQaEAaWqPamsQt [info]
recording of:I Want to Hold Your Hand (on 1963-10-17)

Related works

I Want to Hold Your Hand

writer:John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1963-09)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1963-09)
publisher:Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated)
Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?)
Northern Songs
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
referred to in medleys:Beatles Medley (Stars on 45) (order: 32)
later parody versions:Hold My Hand
later translated parody versions:À Walibi j't'emmène
O Bode e a Cabra
later translated versions:Chumm gib mir Dini Hand
Da'm a mai tes maun (I Want to Hold Your Hand)
Geloof maar dat ik ren
Hand in hand
Je veux prendre ta main (I Want to Hold Your Hand)
Jos käden annat vain
Komm, gib mir deine Hand (I Want to Hold Your Hand)
Laisse-moi tenir ta main
זה נדבק
抱きしめたい (Japanese version of “I Want to Hold Your Hand”)
part of:Sailor Moon (1995 DiC dub soundtrack)