You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - The Beatles - Full Instrumental Recreation (4K)

Major thanks again to Perry Stanley for providing his incredible vintage 1964 Framus Hootenanny! Subscribe to his channel, you won't regret it!

What a perfect acoustic mood for a quiet October evening! I put this together as a nice little contrast to "Help!" Nothing fancy with this video, just a simple presentation of a lovely Lennon ballad.

And what a ballad! Is this not a top 5 Lennon song? It's hard to imagine a better song about unrequited / forbidden love. Perfectly captures the feeling of longing after someone who just doesn't love ya back. It's almost like John Lennon, Bob Dylan and Brian Wilson collaborated on this. Feels like something all 3 could have written.

Lots of goodies on the instrumention:

Paul is playing bass chords! I had no idea, but it's been staring us in the face this whole time! Watch "Help!" and you can see Paul fingering chords. It's all there. I couldn't manage plucking chords with no pick, so I assume Paul just forgot a pick during filming of the movie, or just used his fingers as a stylistic choice for filming. I think he's using a pick on the album. Sounds right to me!

George is actually playing a nylon string classical guitar, doubling John on the Hootenanny. Almost certainly the same Ramirez classical guitar he used on "And I Love Her," and sporadically here and there. He's also playing the Hootenanny in Drop-D on those overdubs. You can clearly hear George on the nylon string on the Anthology outtake -    • You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (Ta...  .

Ringo is playing 3 percussion parts here, probably a record! We have brushes on the snare, maracas, and that striking tambourine part. I never realized how central the tambourine is to the mix. I really had to subdue almost everything else to bring out that sparking ching-ching sound. But it doesn't sound like the same song without it!

I tried recruiting my sister to play that flute solo, given that she's the best flutist I know, but ended up going with Cinematic Studio Woodwinds. Not a bad sound for fake flutes!

Trivia:

Recorded in 9 takes on Thursday, February 18, 1965. Isolated tracks:    • Deconstructing You've Got To Hide You...  .

That flute part is played by Johnnie Scott, who was quoted as saying "They told me roughly what they wanted, 3/4 time, and the best way of fulfilling their needs was to play both tenor flute and alto flute, the second as an overdub." So he's actually playing two flutes!

Do yourself a favor and listen to the arrangement created by "1964 The Tribute" that precedes their performance of this song. I had the pleasure of hearing this played at Carnegie Hall, I believe for the first time, way back in the early 2000's. Mark Benson's vocal is stupendously good.    • 1964 the Tribute performs You've Got ...  .

Personal trivia: the only time I've ever "performed" with a Beatles tribute band was on this song, with "1964: The Tribute." I was at soundcheck at Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA, circa 2011, and Mark Benson asked me to play his Framus on stage, so he could hear how the sound carried in the auditorium (but really because I think he knew I was itching to play during soundcheck). It was surreal, especially because the orchestra was on stage for the soundcheck AND BEGAN PLAYING ALONG WITH ME. It was probably as close to a magical moment and I've experienced. Major thanks to Mark Johnson for making that happen, and to Mark Benson for briefly surrendering his Framus to a total stranger.

Enjoy!

Instruments:
1964 Framus Hootenanny (courtesy of Perry Stanley)
Hofner CT Series bass
60's Ludwig No. 980 Super Classic Outfit 9x13 / 16x16 / 14x22 kit (Black Oyster Pearl)
Lucero Classical Guitar
Maracas
Tambourine

Recording Equipment & Miscellaneous:
Beatles Drop-T #4 drumhead courtesy of Russ Lease (beatlesuits.com)
PreSonus Studio 1824C Interface (6 microphones used)
Cad Audio Stage7 7-Piece Drum Microphones (toms, snare & bass drum)
MXL V250 Condenser Mic: drum overhead mic & acoustic guitar
Drums recorded and mixed with PreSonus Studio One
Shure SM57

Waves Abbey Road Plugins used on this track:
Abbey Road RS124 Compressor Stereo
REDD37-51 Stereo
Abbey Road Vinyl Stereo
Abbey Road Plates Stereo
J37 Tape Stereo
RS56 Passive EQ Stereo

Video Equipment:
Camera: Canon M50
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro on HP Envy 32'' All in One

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