Tell Me What You SeePaul's. John Lennon 1980 Playboy Interview
I seem to remember it as mine. I would claim it as a 60-40 but it might have been totally me. Not awfully memorable. Not one of the better songs but they did a job, they were very handy for albums or B-sides. You need those kind of sides. Paul McCartney Many Years From Now
The Beatles were enjoying some well-deserved free time in early 1965. Paul McCartney probably wrote Tell Me What You See while on holiday with Jane Asher in Tunisia in January 1965 or perhaps just after their return in early February.
On 18 February 1965, The Beatles entered EMI Studio Two at 3:30 PM. This was their fourth day of recording songs for the soundtrack of their second movie Help! During this afternoon session which ended at 5:15 PM, The Beatles completed recording You've Got To Hide Your Love Away.
After a short break, The Beatles started their evening session at 6:00 PM. By 7:00, they completed recording If You've Got Trouble and began recording Tell Me What You See. Take 4 of the rhythm track was deemed the best and The Beatles then began recording multiple overdubs. Paul and John laid down their harmony vocals, then Paul double-tracked his lead vocal, which is especially noticeable in the second and fourth line of each verse. Paul also overdubbed an intricate, but short, electric piano passage in each bridge section as well as at the very end of the song. Paul played the Hohner Pianet C in the studio...
The same Pianet C made an appearance in the film when The Beatles performed The Night Before on The Salisbury Plain...
By 10:30 PM, they finished recording Tell Me What You See. The MONO mix was made on 20 February and the STEREO mix two days later.
http://youtu.be/ihyekVpdtWwPaul McCartney - Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar (1963 Hofner 500/1), electric piano (1964 Hohner Pianet C), guiro
John Lennon - Rhythm Guitar (1964 Rickenbacker 325), Backing Vocals
George Harrison - Lead Guitar (1963 Gretsch 6119 Tennessean)
Ringo Starr - Drums (1964 Ludwig Super Classic Black Oyster Pearl), claves, tambourine