Good Morning/Good Evening/Good Afternoon. Song of The Day. The Beatles included Please Mister Postman as part of their live act in 1962, performing it regularly at the Cavern Club. By the time it was recorded for their second album, With The Beatles, it had been dropped from their set, and required some work in the studio to bring it up to an acceptable standard. Ian MacDonald criticised their version for having a wall of sound and for a general airlessness. Originally the debut single in 1961 by Motown group The Marvelettes, Please Mister Postman was recorded two years later by The Beatles for their second album With The Beatles. It had been a part of their set since 1962, but by the time The Beatles came to record it they found it took some time to get right. It took nine takes to perfect, and was completed in the morning on 30 July 1963, the same day that they recorded It Wont Be Long, Till There Was You, Roll Over Beethoven and All My Loving, plus edit pieces for Money (Thats What I Want). The second album was slightly better than the first, inasmuch as we spent more time on it, and there were more original songs. We did Money for that album, and other cover versions: Please Mister Postman, You Really Got A Hold On Me and Devil In Her Heart, an obscure American song by The Donays. George Harrison Anthology. John Lennon took lead vocals, double tracking his performance for added weight. McCartney and Harrison provided backing vocals, resulting in one of the better cover versions included on With The Beatles. youtube/watch?v=FdnKsLjqlk0
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