Drummer had just joined the band and still didn’t have producer George Martin’s trust when he entered the studio
It is not uncommon for contributions from Ringo Starr for the Beatles be unfairly treated, even by the quartet’s fans. Interestingly, the drummer suffered from this as soon as he joined the band. An example is in an episode that the musician himself considers one of the worst mistakes made by the Fab Four.
The problem occurred during the recording of the group’s first single, “Love Me Do”in 1962. When the musicians entered the studio, Ringo was already with John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison a few weeks ago. Colleagues trusted him, but the producer George Martinno.
He himself told the story in 1977, for Paste (via Far Out Magazine). The drummer explained how he initially played the song:
He (Martin) wanted a professional drummer. Mainly because when we recorded ‘Please Please Me’I was playing the tambourine in one hand, the maraca in the other and the bass drum in addition to the cymbal.”
Ringo detailed the moment when, in his view, Martin decided to call the studio drummer Andy White. According to Starrthe producer thought he was crazy for the way he played.
In this crazy thing, trying to shake the maraca and hit the plate, I ended up hitting a big plate with a maraca. George He was looking at me and thinking, ‘We have a crazy person here.’ That’s why he brought Andy Whiteanyway.”
Stupidity according to Ringo Starr
In a second take of “Love Me Do”, George Martin put Andy White on the battery, while Ringo Starr he just followed along with the tambourine. It turns out that the versions came out basically the same — something that the band’s drummer Beatles considered it truly stupid, since there was no need to record again.
About this, Ringo he said:
It’s a very simple song, you know. I can play. But George I didn’t want to at that moment. He was insecure. He wanted to put in a real musician. But it was one of the stupidest things we’ve ever done.”
Beatles and the versions of “Love Me Do”
That way, “Love Me Do” ended up with three different versions, each played by a drummer. The original version with Ringorecorded on September 4, 1962, was released as original singles in the United States and United Kingdom, as well as special editions, such as the compilation Past Masters (1988).
The recording of Andy Whitewith Starr on the tambourine, was chosen to be on the album Please, Please Me (1963), debut of Beatles in the United Kingdom, which came out the following year.
There is also an older version, made in June 1962, with the drummer Pete Bestshortly before his dismissal from the band. This is the track on the compilation Anthology 1 (1995), which was considered lost for decades.
Collaborated: André Luiz Fernandes.
Source: Rollingstone
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