Any Time At All

Any Time At All

Written by: John Lennon (70%), Paul McCartney (30%)
(credited as Lennon-McCartney)
Recorded: June 2-3, 1964 (Studio 2, Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
Mixed: June 4 and 22, 1964
Length: 2:10
Takes: 11
Musicians:
John Lennon: lead vocal, backing vocal, rhythm guitar (Gibson J160E)
Paul McCartney: backing vocal, bass guitar (1961 Hofner 500/1), piano (1905 Steinway Vertegrand "Mrs. Mills")
George Harrison: lead guitar (1964 Rickenbacker "Fire-glo" 360-12)
Ringo Starr: drums (Ludwig)
Available on: (CDs in bold)

• A Hard Day's Night, (UK: Parlophone PMC 1230, PCS 3058, Parlophone CDP7 46437 2)
• Something New, (US: Capitol (S)T 2108, Capitol CDP 7243 8 66876 2 3)

History:

• Begun by John in late May of 1964, this song was finished in the studio by Paul, who wrote the middle eight for it. Due to deadlines, however, no lyrics were written for the bridge, so Paul instead overdubbed a chordal piano solo, a fairly unique compositional anomaly in the Beatles' canon.
• This rather ordinary number has been described by John himself as a rewrite of "It Won't Be Long," since both songs move in the home key of C and the relative key of A minor.
• "Any Time At All" was recorded at the Beatles' eighth session for A Hard Day's Night, just before work was begun on "Things We Said Today."

Trivia:

• The opening drum shot and closing harmonic chord were both spliced in from other takes, as the song had no formal written opening or ending.

Covered by: Nils Lofgren, Blue Ash, Melanie, Opus, Silver Shoes, Dweezil Zappa