- UK release date:
- Nov 24, 1967
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This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Sep 05, 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
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Bongos, Conga, Piano, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Maracas, Tambourine
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar, Organ
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Ken Scott :
- Recording engineer
- Kenneth Essex :
- Viola
- Leo Birnbaum :
- Viola
- Session Recording:
- Oct 02, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- 2, 19, 20, 25 Oct, 2 Nov 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 02, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
Side 2
1.
4:33 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass guitar, Tambourine
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Electric piano, Mellotron, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- 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:
- 5, 6, 27, 28, 29 Sep 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 29, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
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From Wikipedia:
[…] “Hello, Goodbye” was selected as the Beatles’ single for the 1967 Christmas season, their first release since Epstein’s death. A dismayed Lennon pushed for his composition “I Am the Walrus” to be the A-side instead, but he was overruled by McCartney and George Martin, on the grounds that “Hello, Goodbye” was the more commercial of the two tracks. Lennon remained dismissive of the song; he later said: “[‘I Am the Walrus’] was the B side to ‘Hello, Goodbye’! Can you believe it?” Everett writes that, had “I Am the Walrus” been the A-side, “[it] would probably have encouraged Lennon to lead the Beatles to new heights“, whereas the decision to choose “Hello, Goodbye” was “one more nail in the Beatles coffin“.
In Britain, Parlophone issued “Hello, Goodbye” backed by “I Am the Walrus” on 24 November 1967, with the catalogue number R 5655. Within a day of its release, the record had sold over 300,000 copies there. It went on to top the UK’s official singles chart for seven weeks, through to 23 January 1968, giving the Beatles their longest run at number 1 on that chart since “She Loves You” in 1963. In the process, the song became the group’s fourth Christmas number 1 single in five years. For three weeks from 27 December 1967, the band held the top two positions in the UK, with the Magical Mystery Tour soundtrack EP trailing “Hello, Goodbye“.
The single was released on 27 November in the United States, as Capitol 2056. It peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and became the band’s fifteenth American chart-topper. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on 15 December 1967. It was later listed by Billboard magazine as the band’s seventh biggest US chart hit. The single was successful in many other countries, topping charts in Australia, Canada, West Germany, Holland and Norway. It also peaked at number 2 in Ireland, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland. […]

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