Collaborations

A Hard Day's Night E.P.

Peter Sellers

A Hard Day's Night E.P. - Front Cover
A Hard Day's Night E.P. - Front Cover

The Beatles Contribution:  Lennon-McCartney Composers
Label E.M.I.
Catalogue No. EM 293
Release Date October/November 1993
U.K. Singles Chart Detail :
Entry Date :27th November 1993
Highest Position :52
Weeks in Chart :2
Detail :
Side A
Track 1    Track 2
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
(Lennon-McCartney)
PETER SELLERS
  
SHE LOVES YOU (TWITS VERSION)
(Lennon-McCartney)
PETER SELLERS
Side B
Track 1    Track 2
CAN'T BUY ME LOVE
(Lennon-McCartney)
PETER SELLERS
  
HELP !
(Lennon-McCartney)
PETER SELLERS

Peter Sellers "Lennon & McCartney Sessions" took place at Abbey Road in 1965. Before settling on the tracks that would be the hit single "Help!/A Hard Day's Night" Sellers also tried other Beatle songs in a variety of styles. Following the death of Peter Sellers three versions of "She Loves You" found their way onto record release (two in 1981 and the third in 1983) and now here for the first time is a fourth version. Also it wasn't until "EMI Comedy Classics - Peter Sellers Collection" appeared that the rumoured version of "Can't Buy Me Love" was finally issued.

Then in November 1993 the full story of the recorded history of Peter Sellers was issued in a 4CD boxed set "The Celebration of Sellers".

Side 1 Track 1 - "A Hard Day's Night"
Originally released as a single in 1965 when it reached number 14.
Recorded in the manner of Laurence Olivier's Richard III and subsequently Peter performed it in full costume in the Granada TV special "The Music of Lennon and McCartney". As Sellers did not have time to record his piece for the show due to film commitments, he pre-taped his appearance in London. However, it was not without mishap and there are some hilarious outtakes to be seen.

Side 1 Track 2 - "She Loves You (Twits Version)"
Peter Sellers attempted many different versions of this track (as mentioned above) and this upper class twit version was previously unreleased. This version does NOT appear in the "Celebration" boxed set.

Side 2 Track 1 - "Can't Buy Me Love"
This was another Beatle song to get the Sellers treatment with Peter doing two character voices. The voice that Sellers uses for the female character is reminiscent of the one he used for Crystal Jollybottom in the long running radio show "Ray's A Laugh".

Side 2 Track 2 - "Help !"
Released as the B-side to "A Hard Day's Night", this is in an ecclesiastical style as a preacher in the pulpit. The choral backing was by The Master Singers (4 teachers from Abingdon School) who had two hit singles separately in 1966.


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