The U.S. Albums

~ Release by The Beatles (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

13 original U.S. albums
Presented in both mono and stereo (The Beatles Story and Hey Jude: stereo mix only)
Replica miniature LP packaging
All albums are packaged in miniature vinyl sleeves that faithfully recreate the original U.S. LP releases down to the finest detail, including inner sleeves.
Also includes a 64 page booklet which includes a new essay examining the U.S. albums and their historical significance.

Annotation last modified on 2020-02-11 15:52 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Meet the Beatles
2▶CD: The Beatles’ Second Album
3▶CD: A Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track
4▶CD: Something New
5▶CD: The Beatles’ Story
6▶CD: Beatles ’65
7▶CD: The Early Beatles
8▶CD: Beatles VI
9▶CD: Help! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
10▶CD: Rubber Soul
11▶CD: Yesterday and Today
12▼CD: Revolver
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1Taxman (mono)
assistant engineer:
Phil McDonald (engineer and producer)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
cowbell:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-22)
drums (drum set) and tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-21)
electric bass guitar and electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-21)
electric guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-21)
background vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-22) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-22)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-21, on 1966-04-22, on 1966-05-16)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-21)
recording of:
Taxman (from 1966-04-21 until 1966-05-16)
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (in 1966-04)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
3.92:42
2Eleanor Rigby (mono)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
cello:
Norman Jones (Cello) (on 1966-04-28) and Derek Simpson (cellist) (on 1966-04-28)
viola:
Stephen Shingles (on 1966-04-28) and John Underwood (violist) (on 1966-04-28)
violin:
Tony Gilbert (violinist) (on 1966-04-28), Jurgen Hess (violinist) (on 1966-04-28), Sidney Sax (violinist) (on 1966-04-28) and John Sharpe (violinist) (on 1966-04-28)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-29) and John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-29)
lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-28, on 1966-04-29, on 1966-06-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Calderstone Productions Limited (in 1966) and EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1966)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-28) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-29, on 1966-06-06)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-22)
music videos:
Eleanor Rigby (Music video) by The Beatles (UK rock band, “The Fab Four”)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 137) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 243)
recording of:
Eleanor Rigby (from 1966-04-28 until 1966-06-06)
written in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1965) and Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965 until 1966)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Maclen Publishing Co. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
written at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966)
4.22:10
3Love You To (mono)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
acoustic guitar, electric guitar and sitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-11)
electric bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-11)
tabla:
Anil Bhagwat (Indian tabla player) (on 1966-04-11)
tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-13)
background vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-13)
lead vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (from 1966-04-11 until 1966-04-13)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-11) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-13)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-13)
recording of:
Love You To (from 1966-04-11 until 1966-04-13)
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (in 1966)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3.953:09
4Here, There and Everywhere (mono)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
acoustic guitar, electric bass guitar and electric guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16)
electric guitar [electric 12 string guitar]:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (from 1966-06-16 until 1966-06-17)
finger snaps:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16), John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16) and Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16), John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16)
lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1966-06-16 until 1966-06-17)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-16, on 1966-06-17)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-21)
recording of:
Here, There and Everywhere (from 1966-06-16 until 1966-06-17)
written in:
Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (in 1966-06)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1966-06) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1966-06)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3.42:26
5Yellow Submarine (mono)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
acoustic guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
bass drum:
Mal Evans (on 1966-06-01)
drums (drum set) and lead vocals:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
electric bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
ocarina:
Brian Jones (Rolling Stones member) (on 1966-06-01)
other instruments:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-01) and John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-01)
tambourine:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01), John Lennon (The Beatles) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01), Neil Aspinall (on 1966-06-01), Alf Bicknell (on 1966-06-01), Pattie Boyd (on 1966-06-01), Terry Condon (Abbey Road staff member) (on 1966-06-01), Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer) (on 1966-06-01), Mal Evans (on 1966-06-01), Marianne Faithfull (on 1966-06-01), Brian Jones (Rolling Stones member) (on 1966-06-01), George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1966-06-01) and John Skinner (Abbey Road staff member) (on 1966-06-01)
spoken vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-01), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-01) and Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Calderstone Productions Limited (in 1966) and EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1966)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-05-26) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-01)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-03)
recording of:
Yellow Submarine (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
written at:
57 Wimpole Street in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
4.22:42
6She Said She Said (mono)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
drums (drum set) and shakers:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21)
electric bass guitar and background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21)
electric guitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21) and John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21)
Hammond organ and lead vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-21)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-22)
recording of:
She Said She Said (on 1966-06-21)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
4.32:37
7Good Day Sunshine (mono)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (from 1966-06-08 until 1966-06-09)
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-08)
handclaps:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-09), John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-09), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-09) and Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-09)
piano:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-08) and George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1966-06-09)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (from 1966-06-08 until 1966-06-09) and John Lennon (The Beatles) (from 1966-06-08 until 1966-06-09)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-08, on 1966-06-09)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-22)
recording of:
Good Day Sunshine (from 1966-06-08 until 1966-06-09)
written in:
Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3.752:12
8For No One (mono)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
clavichord and grand piano:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-09)
drums (drum set), hi-hat, maracas and tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-09)
French horn:
Alan Civil (British horn player) (on 1966-05-19)
lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-16)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-05-09, on 1966-05-16) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-05-19)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-06)
recording of:
For No One (from 1966-05-09 until 1966-05-19)
written in:
Klosters-Serneus, Graubünden, Switzerland (in 1966-03)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1966-03)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
3.72:02
9I Want to Tell You (mono)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
drums (drum set) and maracas:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
electric bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-03)
electric guitar and lead vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
handclaps:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02), John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02) and Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
piano:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
tambourine:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
background vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-02, on 1966-06-03)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-03)
recording of:
I Want to Tell You (from 1966-06-02 until 1966-06-03)
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (in 1966)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
3.652:32
10Got to Get You Into My Life (mono)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-08)
electric bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-08)
electric guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-08) and George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-17)
organ:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (from 1966-04-08 until 1966-05-18)
tambourine:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-08) and Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-18)
tenor saxophone:
Alan Branscombe (on 1966-05-18) and Peter Coe (saxophonist) (on 1966-05-18)
trumpet:
Les Condon (on 1966-05-18), Ian Hamer (on 1966-05-18) and Eddie Thornton (on 1966-05-18)
lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-18)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-08, on 1966-04-11, on 1966-05-18, on 1966-06-17)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-20)
recording of:
Got to Get You Into My Life (from 1966-04-08 until 1966-06-17)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
4.352:39
11Tomorrow Never Knows (mono)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-06)
electric bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-06)
electric guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-22)
Hammond organ and lead vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-22)
tack piano:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1966-04-22)
tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-22)
tambura:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-06)
tape [tape loops]:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (in 1966-04), John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1966-04), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1966-04) and Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (in 1966-04)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-06, on 1966-04-07) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-22)
recording of:
Tomorrow Never Knows (from 1966-04-06 until 1966-04-22)
written in:
Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (in 1966-01)
writer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) and John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1966-01)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
3.953:01
12Taxman (stereo)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
cowbell:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-22)
drums (drum set) and tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-21)
electric bass guitar and solo electric guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-21)
electric guitar and lead vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-21)
background vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-22) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-22)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-21, on 1966-04-22)
recording of:
Taxman (from 1966-04-21 until 1966-04-22)
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (in 1966-04)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
4.32:40
13Eleanor Rigby (stereo)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
guest cello:
Norman Jones (Cello) (on 1966-04-28) and Derek Simpson (cellist) (on 1966-04-28)
guest viola:
Stephen Shingles (on 1966-04-28) and John Underwood (violist) (on 1966-04-28)
guest violin:
Tony Gilbert (violinist) (on 1966-04-28), Jurgen Hess (violinist) (on 1966-04-28), Sidney Sax (violinist) (on 1966-04-28) and John Sharpe (violinist) (on 1966-04-28)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-29), John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-29) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-06)
lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-28)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1966, in 1987, in 2009)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-28) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-29, on 1966-06-06)
part of:
Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 92)
recording of:
Eleanor Rigby (from 1966-04-28 until 1966-06-06)
written in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1965) and Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965 until 1966)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Maclen Publishing Co. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
written at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966)
4.12:08
14Love You To (stereo)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
acoustic guitar, electric guitar and sitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-11)
bass:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-11)
tabla:
Anil Bhagwat (Indian tabla player) (on 1966-04-11)
tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-13)
background vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-13)
lead vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (from 1966-04-11 until 1966-04-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-11) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-13)
recording of:
Love You To (from 1966-04-11 until 1966-04-13)
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (in 1966)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3.53:01
15Here, There and Everywhere (stereo)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
acoustic guitar and bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16)
finger snaps:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16), John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16) and Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16)
guitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (from 1966-06-16 until 1966-06-17)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16), John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16)
lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1966-06-16 until 1966-06-17)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-16, on 1966-06-17)
recording of:
Here, There and Everywhere (from 1966-06-16 until 1966-06-17)
written in:
Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (in 1966-06)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1966-06) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1966-06)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
4.12:26
16Yellow Submarine (stereo)
recording engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
acoustic guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
bass drum:
Mal Evans (on 1966-06-01)
bass guitar [1964 Rickenbacker 4001S]:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
drums (drum set) [1964 Ludwig Super Classic Black Oyster Pearl] and lead vocals:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
ocarina:
Brian Jones (Rolling Stones member) (on 1966-06-01)
tambourine:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
additional background vocals:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer) (on 1966-06-01) and George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1966-06-01)
additional guest background vocals:
Pattie Boyd (on 1966-06-01)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01), John Lennon (The Beatles) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01), Neil Aspinall (on 1966-06-01), Alf Bicknell (on 1966-06-01), Terry Condon (Abbey Road staff member) (on 1966-06-01), Mal Evans (on 1966-06-01), Marianne Faithfull (on 1966-06-01), Brian Jones (Rolling Stones member) (on 1966-06-01) and John Skinner (Abbey Road staff member) (on 1966-06-01)
background vocals and spoken vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01)
spoken vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-01), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-01) and Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1966, in 1987, in 2009)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-05-26) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-01)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-22)
recording of:
Yellow Submarine (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
written at:
57 Wimpole Street in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
3.62:40
17She Said She Said (stereo)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
bass guitar and background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21)
drums (drum set) and shakers:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21)
guitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21) and John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21)
Hammond organ and lead vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-21)
recording of:
She Said She Said (on 1966-06-21)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
4.452:37
18Good Day Sunshine (stereo)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
bass and lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-08)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (from 1966-06-08 until 1966-06-09)
handclaps:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-09), John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-09), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-09) and Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-09)
piano:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-08) and George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1966-06-09)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (from 1966-06-08 until 1966-06-09) and John Lennon (The Beatles) (from 1966-06-08 until 1966-06-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-08, on 1966-06-09)
recording of:
Good Day Sunshine (from 1966-06-08 until 1966-06-09)
written in:
Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
42:11
19For No One (stereo)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
clavichord and grand piano:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-09)
drums (drum set), hi-hat, maracas and tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-09)
French horn:
Alan Civil (British horn player) (on 1966-05-19)
lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1966, in 2009)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-05-09, on 1966-05-16) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-05-19)
recording of:
For No One (from 1966-05-09 until 1966-05-19)
written in:
Klosters-Serneus, Graubünden, Switzerland (in 1966-03)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1966-03)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
4.252:01
20I Want to Tell You (stereo)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
bass guitar and piano:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-03)
drums (drum set) and maracas:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
guitar and lead vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
handclaps:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02), John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02) and Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
tambourine:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
background vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-02, on 1966-06-03)
recording of:
I Want to Tell You (from 1966-06-02 until 1966-06-03)
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (in 1966)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
3.82:30
21Got to Get You Into My Life (stereo)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-08)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-08)
guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-08) and George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-17)
organ:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (from 1966-04-08 until 1966-05-18)
tambourine:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-18)
tenor saxophone:
Alan Branscombe (on 1966-05-18) and Peter Coe (saxophonist) (on 1966-05-18)
trumpet:
Les Condon (on 1966-05-18), Ian Hamer (on 1966-05-18) and Eddie Thornton (on 1966-05-18)
lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-08, on 1966-04-11, on 1966-05-18, on 1966-06-17)
recording of:
Got to Get You Into My Life (from 1966-04-08 until 1966-06-17)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
3.92:30
22Tomorrow Never Knows (stereo)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-06)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-06)
guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-22)
organ and lead vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-22)
piano:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1966-04-22)
tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-22)
tambura:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-06, on 1966-04-07) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-22)
recording of:
Tomorrow Never Knows (from 1966-04-06 until 1966-04-22)
written in:
Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (in 1966-01)
writer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) and John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1966-01)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
4.552:59
13▶CD: Hey Jude

Credits

Release

manufactured in:United States
printed in:United States
art direction:Vartan (art direction)
photography:Bob Bonis (tour manager)
Joe Covello
Robert Freeman (English photographer)
Robert Whitaker
liner notes:Bill Flanagan (author, TV executive)
executive producer:Jeff Jones (CEO of Apple Corps)
mastering:Greg Calbi (American mastering engineer)
Paul Hicks
Sean Magee (British mastering engineer)
Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer)
Sam Okell (engineer, Abbey Road Studios)
Steve Rooke (mastering engineer)
design:Mike Diehl (graphic designer)
Meire Murakami
Klaus Voormann
manufactured by:Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007)
distributed by:Universal Music Distribution (major-label distribution subsidiary of UMG Commercial Services, Inc.)
copyrighted (©) by:Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2014)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Calderstone Productions Limited (in 1964, in 1966, in 2004, in 2006, in 2009, in 2014)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/5338386 [info]
ASIN:US: B00H8XF9I0 [info]