File:The Beatles - I'm A Loser Sessions (14 Aug. 1964)-2

14 August 1964, Abbey Road Studios. Beatles For Sale Sessions 1964.

The Beatles recorded I'm A Loser on 14 August 1964, the day they also taped Mr Moonlight and Leave My Kitten Alone.

The recording was straightforward, and took eight takes to get right with no overdubs needed.

Beatles For Sale was released four months after I'm A Loser was recorded. On 17 November, however, they gave fans a sneak preview of four tracks from the album, along with I Feel Fine and She's A Woman, on the BBC radio show Top Gear.

This BBC version of I'm A Loser was first broadcast on 26 November, and was eventually released commercially on 1994's Live At The BBC.

The group recorded another version for the BBC on 26 May 1965. Lennon sang one of the lines as "Beneath this wig, I am wearing a tie," introducing a moment of bathos into an otherwise maudlin song.

Track Listing: 01. I'm A Loser (Take 1) [00:00] 02. I'm A Loser (Take 2) [00:16] 03. I'm A Loser (Take 4 Start) [02:29] 04. I'm A Loser (Takes 5 and 6) [02:46]