- UK release date:
- Mar 06, 1976
- Publisher:
- Parlophone / Apple Records
- Reference:
- R 5655
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Sep 05, 1967
Recording and mixing "I Am The Walrus", "Flying"
Sep 28, 1967
Oct 19, 1967
Recording and mixing "Hello, Goodbye"
Nov 02, 1967
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Track list
Side 1
1.
3:27 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Lead vocals, Piano
- Ringo Starr :
- Congas, Drums
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar, Organ
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar, Tambourine
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Ken Scott :
- Recording engineer
- Kenneth Essex :
- Viola
- Leo Birnbaum :
- Viola
- Unknown musician(s) :
- Bongos, Maracas
- Session Recording:
- Oct 02, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Oct 19, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Oct 20 & 25 & Nov 2, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 02, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
Side 2
1.
4:33 • Studio version • A • Mono
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Tambourine
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Electric piano, Mellotron, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Conductor, Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Jack Rothstein :
- Violin
- Ken Scott :
- Recording engineer
- Sidney Sax :
- Violin
- Peggie Allen :
- Backing vocals
- Wendy Horan :
- Backing vocals
- Pat Whitmore :
- Backing vocals
- Jill Utting :
- Backing vocals
- June Day :
- Backing vocals
- Sylvia King :
- Backing vocals
- Irene King :
- Backing vocals
- G Mallen :
- Backing vocals
- Fred Lucas :
- Backing vocals
- Mike Redway :
- Backing vocals
- John O'Neill :
- Backing vocals
- F Dachtler :
- Backing vocals
- Allan Grant :
- Backing vocals
- D Griffiths :
- Backing vocals
- J Smith :
- Backing vocals
- J Fraser :
- Backing vocals
- Ralph Elman :
- Violin
- Andrew McGee :
- Violin
- Jack Greene :
- Violin
- Louis Stevens :
- Violin
- John Jezzard :
- Violin
- Jack Richards :
- Violin
- Lionel Ross :
- Cello
- Eldon Fox :
- Cello
- Bram Martin :
- Cello
- Terry Weil :
- Cello
- Gordon Lewin :
- Clarinet
- Neil Sanders :
- Horn
- Tony Tunstall :
- Horn
- Morris Miller :
- Horn
- Ray Thomas :
- Backing vocals (?)
- Mike Pinder :
- Backing vocals (?)
- The Mike Sammes Singers :
- Backing vocals
- Session Recording:
- Sep 05, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Sep 06, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Orchestra overdubs:
- Sep 27, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One and Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 28-29, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
About
From Wikipedia:
The Singles Collection 1962–1970 is a series of reissued singles by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released in Britain on 5 March 1976 by EMI, following the expiration of the Beatles’ contract with the company in January, and close to six years after the band’s break-up. The collection comprises all 22 of the Beatles’ UK singles, which were originally issued between October 1962 and March 1970 on either the Parlophone or Apple record labels, together with a new single pairing “Yesterday” with “I Should Have Known Better“.
History
According to EMI, the series was a re-promotion rather than a reissue campaign, since all the Beatles’ singles had remained in print and were widely available. The project resulted from the success of the 1973 double-album sets 1962–1966 and 1967–1970, which the former Beatles had endorsed, and which contained all of their British single A-sides and double A-side tracks. Each of the discs in the 1976 collection was packaged in a green and black sleeve, on one side of which was a photo of the group from a period roughly contemporaneous with the single. The records were available in a matching Singles Collection 1962–1970 box to customers who bought all 23 of the discs.
The re-packaging campaign was a commercial success, with 1 million singles sold in the first month. The response coincided with media speculation regarding rival bids from two US promoters for the Beatles to reunite for a satellite concert broadcast. Reflecting this resurgence of interest, BBC Radio 1 produced the program The Beatles Again, which highlighted the group’s continued influence on pop music; in a feature article in Reveille, an EMI spokesman described the campaign as an “amazing” success, with teenagers as young as thirteen becoming fans of the Beatles.
The re-packaged singles all charted on the UK Singles Chart, and “Yesterday” peaked at number 8. During one week in April 1976, the band had an unprecedented 23 entries in the UK top 100 positions. The following month, Time magazine commented on this chart dominance: “Has a new successor to the Beatles finally been found? Not at all – it is the Beatles themselves.” Later that year, Ringo Starr described the singles as “the finest pieces of plastic around that no one has done anything beyond yet”, and wished for “a band that gets up there and wipes us out”.
Although EMI and its North American counterpart, Capitol Records, were no longer obliged to consult the artists, John Lennon approved of the re-packaged singles. This tacit approval contrasted sharply with the former Beatles’ reaction to the 1976 themed compilation album Rock ‘n’ Roll Music, which Capitol assembled without consulting EMI.
The series was first re-packaged for international release in December 1982 as The Beatles Singles Collection. Issued as a box set by EMI’s World Records division, this collection also included three Beatles singles that had been released after March 1976: “Back in the U.S.S.R.“, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band“/”With a Little Help from My Friends” and “The Beatles’ Movie Medley”. […]
From The Singles Collection 1962-1970 (1976) – About The Beatles:
One of the earliest reissues by EMI after their contract with the Beatles expired in 1976, The Singles Collection 1962-1970 collected the 22 singles released by the band during their recording career. The discs were issued in newly-designed sleeves featuring green fronts and different photos for each on the back.
A second edition was issued in a newly-designed box and included Yesterday / I Should Have Known Better (R 6013). The second edition was reissued with another new addition, Back In The U.S.S.R. / Twist And Shout (R 6016).
The third edition, issued 1978, included another new single, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends / A Day In The Life (R 6022).


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