DISC ONE
- Strawberry Fields Forever {Lennon} (4:07)
- Recorded: November 24, 1966 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with additional work on November 28-29 and December 8, 9, 15,
and 21, 1966
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead guitar, harpsichord
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, piano, bongos, mellotron,
timpani
George Harrison - lead guitar, timpani, tabla harp
Ringo Starr - drums, maracas, backwards cymbal
Mal Evans - tambourine
Philip Jones - alto trumpet
session musicians - two cellos, two horns, flutes
- Penny Lane {McCartney/Lennon} (3:02)
- Recorded: December 29, 1966 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added December 30, 1966 and January, 1967
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - harmony vocal, conga drum
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, flute, piano
George Harrison - conga drum, firebell
Ringo Starr - drums
George Martin - piano
David Mason - sped-up piccolo B-flat trumpet
Philip Jones - trumpet
Frank Clarke - string bass
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band {McCartney}
(2:01)
- Recorded: February 1, 1967 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubbing February 2, March 3, and March 6, 1967
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead guitar
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison - lead guitar, harmony vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
George Martin - organ
session musicians - four horns
- With A Little Help From My Friends {McCartney/Lennon}
(2:44)
- Recorded: March 29, 1967 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added March 30, 1967
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - background vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, piano, background vocal
George Harrison - tambourine, lead guitar
Ringo Starr - lead vocal, drums
- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds {Lennon/McCartney}
(3:27)
- Recorded: March 1, 1967 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added March 2, 1967
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, Hammond organ, harmony vocal
George Harrison - sitar, harmony vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
- A Day In The Life {Lennon/McCartney} (5:07)
- Recorded: January 19, 1967 (basic
track) and February 10, 1967
(orchestral track) at Abbey Road, London, England
with the final-chord ending overdubbed February 22, 1967
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal (first, second and last verses),
acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney - lead vocal (middle section), piano, bass
guitar, conducts the forty-one-piece orchestra
George Harrison - bongos
Ringo Starr - drums, maracas
Lennon, McCartney, Starr, Mal Evans - three pianos (final
chord)
George Martin - harmonium
Mal Evans - alarm clock
session musicians - forty-one-piece orchestra
- All You Need Is Love {Lennon} (3:49)
- Recorded: June 14, 1967 at Olympic
Sound Studios, London, England
(backing track), overdubbed and shortened at an Abbey Road
session,
then overdubbed live on the "Our World" TV broadcast
- Instrumentation:
BACKING TRACK
John Lennon - harpsichord
Paul McCartney - string bass played with a bow
George Harrison - violin
Ringo Starr - drums
ABBEY ROAD TRACK
John Lennon - lead vocal
Paul McCartney - electric bass guitar
George Harrison - guitar
Ringo Starr - tambourine
LIVE "OUR WORLD" TRACK
John Lennon - lead vocal
Paul McCartney - background vocal
George Harrison - background vocal
session musicians - studio orchestra
Mick Jagger, Gary Leeds, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull,
Jane Asher, Patti Harrison, Keith Moon, Graham Nash - chorus,
hand-claps
- I Am The Walrus {Lennon} (4:34)
- Recorded: September 5, 1967 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added September 6, 1967 and September 27, 1967
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, mellotron (at the beginning), piano
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - tambourine, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
session musicians - eight violins, four cellos, three horns
choir - six boys singing "Oompah, oompah, stick it up
your jumper",
six girls singing "Everybody's got one"
- Hello Goodbye {McCartney} (3:30)
- Recorded: October 2, 1967 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added October 19, 20, 25 and November 2, 1967
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead guitar, organ, background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano, bongos,
conga drum,
background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, tambourine, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums, maracas
session musicians - two violas
- The Fool On The Hill {McCartney} (3:00)
- Recorded: September 25, 1967 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added September 26, 1967 and October 20, 1967
(flutes)
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - harmonica, maracas
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, piano, double-tracked recorder,
flute
George Harrison - 12-string acoustic guitar, harmonica
Ringo Starr - finger cymbals, hi-hat
- Magical Mystery Tour {McCartney/Lennon}
(2:49)
- Recorded: April 25, 1967 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added April 26-27, 1967 (vocals), May 3, 1967
(trumpets), and November 7, 1967
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - acoustic guitar, background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano (with echo
effects)
George Harrison - staccato electric guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine, cowbell
session musicians - three trumpets
- Lady Madonna {McCartney} (2:19)
- Recorded: February 3, 1968 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added February 6, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano
George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
Ronnie Scott - saxophone
Harry Klein - saxophone
Bill Povey - saxophone
Bill Jackman - saxophone
- Hey Jude {McCartney} (7:08)
- Recorded: July 31, 1968 at Trident
Studios, London, England
with the forty-piece orchestra overdubbed August 1, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - acoustic guitar, background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano
George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine
forty-piece orchestra - sustained notes, clapping, "na-na-na"
chorus
- Revolution {Lennon} (3:24)
- Recorded: July 10, 1968 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added July 11-12, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, organ
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
Nicky Hopkins - electric piano
- Disc One total playing time 51:03
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DISC TWO
- Back In The U.S.S.R. {McCartney} (2:45)
- Recorded: August 22, 1968 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added August 23, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - 6-string bass, background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, lead guitar, piano, drums,
background vocal
George Harrison - jazz bass, background vocal
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps {Harrison}
(4:47)
- Recorded: July 25, 1968 at Abbey
Road, London, England,
remade August 16, 1968 with overdubs September 3, 1968,
and remade again September 5, 1968 with overdubs September 6,
1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - acoustic guitar, organ, harmony vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, piano, harmony vocal
George Harrison - double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitar,
lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums, castanets, tambourine
Eric Clapton - Gibson Les Paul lead guitar
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da {McCartney} (3:11)
- Recorded: July 3, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
with overdubs added July 4-5, 1968, a remake July 8, 1968
and more overdubbing July 11, 1968 and July 15, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - maracas, background vocal, hand-claps
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano, hand-claps
George Harrison - acoustic guitar, background vocal,
hand-claps
Ringo Starr - drums, wood block
session musicians - brass
- Get Back {McCartney} (3:13)
- Recorded: January 28, 1969 at Apple
Studios, London, England
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead guitar
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison - rhythm guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
Billy Preston - electric piano
- Don't Let Me Down {Lennon} (3:35)
- Recorded: January 28, 1969 at Apple
Studios, London, England
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - double-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal
George Harrison - rhythm guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
Billy Preston - electric piano
- The Ballad Of John And Yoko {Lennon} (2:59)
- Recorded: April 14, 1969 at Abbey
Road, London, England
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, lead guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, drums, piano, maracas, harmony
vocal
- Old Brown Shoe {Harrison} (3:21)
- Recorded: April 16, 1969 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added April 18, 1969
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - background vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, piano, background vocal
George Harrison - lead vocal, lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
Billy Preston - organ
- Here Comes The Sun {Harrison} (3:07)
- Recorded: July 7, 1969 at Abbey Road,
London, England
with overdubs added July 8 and 16, 1969 and August 6, 11, 15
and 19, 1969
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - acoustic guitar, harmony vocal, hand-claps
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal, hand-claps
George Harrison - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, Moog
synthesizer, hand-claps
Ringo Starr - drums, hand-claps
session musicians - strings
- Come Together {Lennon} (4:19)
- Recorded: July 21, 1969 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added July 22, 23, 25, 29, and 30, 1969
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, electric guitar, electric piano,
harmony vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums, maracas
- Something {Harrison} (3:02)
- Recorded: April 16, 1969 at Abbey
Road, London, England
and remade May 2, 1969 with overdubs added May 5, 1969,
July 11, 1969, July 16, 1969 and August 15, 1969
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - electric guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal
George Harrison - double-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar,
organ
Ringo Starr - drums
session musicians - strings
- Octopus's Garden {Starkey} (2:53)
- Recorded: April 26, 1969 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added April 29, 1969 and July 17-18, 1969
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - electric guitar, background vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, piano, background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, synthesizer
Ringo Starr - lead vocal, drums, blowing bubbles through a
straw
- Let It Be {McCartney} (3:52)
- Recorded: January 31, 1969 at Apple
Studios, London, England
with overdubs added April 30, 1969 and January 4, 1970
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - bass guitar, harmony vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, piano
George Harrison - lead guitar through a Leslie speaker,
harmony vocal
Ringo Starr - drums, maracas
Billy Preston - organ
- Across The Universe {Lennon} (3:47)
- Recorded: February 4, 1968 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubbing on February 8, 1968.
Re-produced and remixed by Phil Spector in March, 1970
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, wah-wah guitar
Paul McCartney - piano
George Harrison - sitar
Ringo Starr - maracas
session musicians - strings, choir (overdubbed by Phil
Spector)
- The Long And Winding Road {McCartney}
(3:38)
- Recorded: January 31, 1969 at Apple
Studios, London, England.
Re-produced and remixed by Phil Spector on April 1, 1970
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - bass guitar
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, piano
session musicians - choir, strings, harp, drums (overdubbed
by Phil Spector)
- Disc Two total playing time 48:31
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