Slow Down
“Baby, now you're moving way too fast”
A hard-driving cover of Larry Williams' 1958 B-side, with Lennon delivering an aggressive double-tracked vocal over an expanded 12-bar blues. One of three Larry Williams songs the Beatles recorded, all sung by John.
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RecordedJune 1 – June 4, 1964
ReleasedJune 19, 1964 (Single)March 7, 1988 (Past Masters)
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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