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On Mar 7, 1:20 pm, Phil  wrote:
> On Mar 6, 10:48 am, Skokiaan  wrote:
>
> > On Mar 5, 7:37�pm, Phil  wrote:
>
> > > They completed recording IWTHYH on October 17, 1963. � It was
> > > written with the American audience in mind and the Beatles probably
> > > knew,
> > > instinctively, they had a real winner. �There were a million
> > > advance orders for the single in the UK.
>
> > Another myth.  The Beatles did not record IWTHYH with the American
> > audience in mind and have stated so. To them it was just their next
> > record.
>
> They didn't receive instructions from Brian Epstein?  I didn't know
> this was debunked.
> Which Beatles stated so and what is the source?
>
> > How would any of them know what Americans would like, having never had
> > a US hit and only a scant few hits to date in the UK?  If they
> > actually were shooting specifically for a US hit, the radically new
> > sound of this song would not be the obvious choice.
>
> Most of the covers they were doing in Hamburg/Liverpool were
> American.
> Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Elvis etc.
> etc.
> were all American.  If the Beatles didn't know what Americans liked
> then no one
> else could either.
>
> My original point was that if George Martin knew they had a no 1 the
> same day they
> recorded PPM, then it would not be unreasonable they would feel the
> same for
> IWTHYH since it is far superior.   I don't have anything to back this
> up, but it is
> a possibility. Perhaps some sense of modesty kept them from saying so.
> If "I Want to Hold Your Hand" didn't break the barrier then perhaps
> they thought nothing else would.   On November 11 the recording was
> nearly
> a month old.
>
> --
>

From Bruce Spizer's "The Beat;es Are Coming: The Birth of Beatlemania
in America."

Page 115:

George Martin said it "wasn't designed specifically for the American
market. But like the ones before it, it was a great record."

Perhaps I remembered Martin's quote as being from the group, but it
holds as much if not more weight.

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