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REEL MUSIC
Released: March 22, 1982
Produced by: George Martin except tracks 12, 13 and 14 by
George Martin (January 1969) and Phil Spector (March 1970)
Song Selection by: Steve Meyer and Randall Davis
Cover Illustration by: David McMacken
Label: Capitol SV-12199


  1. A Hard Day's Night {Lennon} (2:32)
    • Recorded: April 16, 1964 at Abbey Road, London, England
    • Instrumentation:
      John Lennon - double-tracked lead vocal, rhythm guitar
      Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal
      George Harrison - 12-string lead guitar
      Ringo Starr - drums, bongos, cowbell
      George Martin - piano
  2. I Should Have Known Better {Lennon} (2:45)
    • Recorded: February 25-26, 1964 at Abbey Road, London, England
    • Instrumentation:
      John Lennon - double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonica
      Paul McCartney - bass guitar
      George Harrison - 12-string lead guitar
      Ringo Starr - drums
  3. Can't Buy Me Love {McCartney/Lennon} (2:15)
    • Recorded: January 29, 1964 at Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris, France
    • Instrumentation:
      John Lennon - acoustic guitar
      Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, lead guitar
      George Harrison - 12-string lead guitar
      Ringo Starr - drums
  4. And I Love Her {McCartney/Lennon} (2:31)
    • Recorded: February 25-27, 1964 at Abbey Road, London, England
    • Instrumentation:
      John Lennon - acoustic guitar
      Paul McCartney - double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic bass guitar
      George Harrison - acoustic lead guitar, claves
      Ringo Starr - bongos
  5. Help! {Lennon/McCartney} (2:21)
    • Recorded: April 13, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
    • Instrumentation:
      John Lennon - lead vocal, 12-string acoustic guitar
      Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
      George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
      Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine
  6. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away {Lennon} (2:11)
    • Recorded: February 18, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
    • Instrumentation:
      John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
      Paul McCartney - acoustic bass guitar
      George Harrison - acoustic guitar
      Ringo Starr - tambourine, shaker
      session musicians - flutes
  7. Ticket To Ride {Lennon} (3:13)
    • Recorded: February 15, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
    • Instrumentation:
      John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar, tambourine, hand-claps
      Paul McCartney - bass guitar, lead guitar, harmony vocal, hand-claps
      George Harrison - lead guitar, hand-claps
      Ringo Starr - drums
  8. Magical Mystery Tour {McCartney/Lennon} (2:52)
    • 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
  9. I Am The Walrus {Lennon} (4:37)
    • 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"

  10. Yellow Submarine {McCartney/Lennon} (2:43)
    • Recorded: May 26, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England
      with special effects overdubbed June 1, 1966

    • Instrumentation:
      John Lennon - acoustic guitar, background vocal, blowing bubbles through a straw
      Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
      George Harrison - tambourine, background vocal, swirling water in a bucket
      Ringo Starr - lead vocal, drums
      Mal Evans, Neil Aspinall, George Martin, Alf, Geoff Emerick,
      Patti Harrison and studio staff - chorus on fadeout
      session musicians - brass band
  11. All You Need Is Love {Lennon} (3:53)
    • 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
  12. Let It Be {McCartney} (4:03)
    • Recorded: January 31, 1969 at Apple Studios, London, England
      with overdubs added April 30, 1969 and January 4, 1970.
      Re-produced and remixed by Phil Spector in March, 1970

    • Instrumentation:
      John Lennon - bass guitar, harmony vocal
      Paul McCartney - lead vocal, piano
      George Harrison - lead guitar, harmony vocal
      Ringo Starr - drums, maracas
      Billy Preston - organ, electric piano
      session musicians - orchestra (overdubbed by Phil Spector)
  13. Get Back {McCartney} (3:07)
    • Recorded: January 27, 1969 at Apple Studios, London, England
    • Instrumentation:
      John Lennon - lead guitar, harmony vocal
      Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
      George Harrison - rhythm guitar
      Ringo Starr - drums
      Billy Preston - electric piano
  14. 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)
  • Total playing time 42:41

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