With the Beatles

With the Beatles is the second studio album by English rock band The Beatles, released on 22 November 1963 by Parlophone. Recorded four months after the release of their debut album Please Please Me, it features eight original compositions (seven written by Lennon–McCartney and George Harrison's first recorded solo composition "Don't Bother Me") and six covers, mostly of Motown, rock and roll, and R&B hits. The cover photograph was taken by fashion photographer Robert Freeman, and has been mimicked by several music groups over the years.

With the Beatles had advance orders of half a million, and had sold another half million by September 1965, making it the second album to sell over a million copies in the United Kingdom. It remained at the top of the charts for 21 weeks, displacing Please Please Me and placing the Beatles at the top spot for 51 consecutive weeks. The album was placed at number 420 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2003, and was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Tracks
All songs written by Lennon/McCartney except where noted.

Personnel
The Beatles
 * John Lennon: lead vocals, harmony vocals, background vocals, rhythm guitar (1958 Rickenbacker 325) acoustic guitar (1962 Gibson J-160E), harmonica, hand claps; tambourine on "Don't Bother Me", nylon-string acoustic guitar on "Till There Was You", Hammond organ on "I Wanna Be Your Man"


 * Paul McCartney: lead vocals, harmony vocals, background vocals, bass guitar (1961 Hofner 500/1), hand claps; claves on "Don't Bother Me", piano on "Little Child"


 * George Harrison: lead vocals, harmony vocals, background vocals, lead guitar (1962 Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman), acoustic guitar (Gibson J-160E), hand claps, nylon-string acoustic guitar (1950 Jose Ramirez DeEstudio) on "Till There Was You"


 * Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine, maracas, hand claps; lead vocals on "I Wanna Be Your Man", Arabian loose-skin bongo on "Till There Was You" and Don't Bother Me"

Production
 * Robert Freeman: cover photograph


 * George Martin: arrangements, production, and mixing; piano on "You Really Got a Hold on Me", "Not a Second Time" and "Money (That's What I Want")


 * Norman Smith: engineering and mixing

Instruments

 * Grestch Country Gentleman
 * Grestch Duo Jet
 * Rickenbacker 325
 * Hofner 500/1
 * Gibson J-160E