Which Beatles song had a different drummer on the second pressing? Who was the drummer on the second pressing?

gtho4

The original release of the single "Love Me Do" had Ringo Starr playing drums. It was subsequently released with drums played by Andy White, a studio drummer. The initial recording, released on October 5, 1962 in England, was recorded on September 4, 1962, in a fifteen-take session. It would not be before fifteen takes were performed that George Martin was basically satisfied, but not entirely. Returning to the studio one week later, The Beatles discovered that George Martin had a session drummer there by the name of Andy White who was to replace Ringo. Since Ringo had only recently replaced Pete Best, I feel sure he thought his days were numbered as well. Per Martin's decision, White played the drums on this retake, while Ringo stood by and played the tambourine. The initial recording with Ringo on the drums was the one that appeared on the single. But, for reasons that are not clear, Martin decided to use the Andy White drum version on this album. Whether he preferred White's drumming on this number to Ringo's is not clear, but Martin did say that he used White's version on the album because the master tape of this song had been sent overseas to an EMI subsidiary company. By mistake? Who knows. Additionally, later in 1963, all future single releases of Love Me Do was the retake version with Andy White. http://www.iamthebeatles.com/article1213.html http://www.iamthebeatles.com/article1213.html">http://www.iamthebeatles.com/article1213.html Jul 30 06, 9:32 AM

BungeeAZ

The original version of Love Me Do cut at EMI studios had Pete Best on it. It appears on Anthology I. You can hear Pete's limitations as a drummer on it. Due to this recording, George Martin decided that if the Beatles were to record quality material, the group would need a drummer for the studio, if they wanted to continue to use Pete on the road, they could do so, but George Martin did not want him behind the kit. In response to this, John, Paul and George told their manager, Brian Epstein, to fire Pete from the band. (there may have been other petty issues at play here as well). John went to where Rory Storm was playing in order to make a play for Ringo. After Ringo finished his obligations to Rory (a stand up thing to do, indeed), he joined the Beatles at EMI for a second take on Love Me Do; only to find that George Martin had hired Alan White (who would later join Yes) as the session drummer. Ringo played Tamborine on the single. Once George found out that Ringo could keep good time and was a good drummer, George never brought an outside musician in to play drums. Paul McCartney, not an outside musician, did play drums on a few tracks such as Back in the USSR. Jul 30 06, 10:06 AM