Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1988)

Track list

Side 1

1. Lady Madonna

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:19 • Studio version • A • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Handclaps, Mellotron, Piano, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Handclaps, Tambourine John Lennon : Backing vocals, Handclaps, Lead guitar George Harrison : Backing vocals, Handclaps, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Ken Scott : Recording engineer Bill Povey : Tenor saxophone Harry Klein : Baritone saxophone Ronnie Scott : Tenor saxophone Bill Jackman : Baritone saxophone

   SessionRecording : Feb 03, 1968 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road

   SessionOverdubs : Feb 06, 1968 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Feb 15, 1968 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road

Side 2

1. The Inner Light

   Written by George Harrison

   2:35 • Studio version • A • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals John Lennon : Backing vocals George Harrison : Vocals George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Hanuman Jadev : Shehnai Hariprasad Chaurasia : Bansuri Mahapurush Misra : Pakavaj Rijram Desad : Harmonium Ashish Khan : Sarod JP Sen : Recording engineer SN Gupta : Recording engineer Unknown : Tabla tarang

   SessionRecording : Jan 12, 1968 • Studio : EMI Recording Studio, Bombay, India

   SessionOverdubs : Feb 06, 1968 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Feb 06, 1968 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road

In 1982, to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of “Love Me Do” — The Beatles’ first UK single — EMI reissued the track in a special picture sleeve. A picture disc version was also released.

This reissue marked the beginning of an eight-year campaign: on the 20th anniversary of each of The Beatles’ official UK singles, EMI released a corresponding commemorative edition. Each reissue came in a new picture sleeve and was made available both as a standard black vinyl single and as a picture disc.

For collectors, completing the full set of 22 singles required patience — it wasn’t until 1990 that the final release appeared. Below is the full release schedule for the series:

• Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You (Parlophone – October 4, 1982)
• Please Please Me / Ask Me Why (Parlophone – January 10, 1983)
• From Me to You / Thank You Girl (Parlophone – April 11, 1983)
• She Loves You / I’ll Get You (Parlophone – August 22, 1983)
• I Want to Hold Your Hand / This Boy (Parlophone – November 28, 1983)
• Can’t Buy Me Love / You Can’t Do That (Parlophone – March 19, 1984)
• A Hard Day’s Night / Things We Said Today (Parlophone – July 9, 1984)
• I Feel Fine / She’s a Woman (Parlophone – November 26, 1984)
• Ticket to Ride / Yes It Is (Parlophone – April 9, 1985)
• Help! / I’m Down (Parlophone – July 23, 1985)
• We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper (Parlophone – December 2, 1985)
• Paperback Writer / Rain (Parlophone – June 9, 1986)
• Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby (Parlophone – August 5, 1986)
• Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane (Parlophone – February 16, 1987)
• All You Need Is Love / Baby You’re a Rich Man (Parlophone – July 6, 1987)
• Hello, Goodbye / I Am the Walrus (Parlophone – November 23, 1987)
• Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (Parlophone – March 14, 1988)
• Hey Jude / Revolution (Apple – August 30, 1988)
• Get Back / Don’t Let Me Down (Apple – April 10, 1989)
• The Ballad of John and Yoko / Old Brown Shoe (Apple – May 30, 1989)
• Something / Come Together (Apple – October 30, 1989)
• Let It Be / You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) (Apple – March 3, 1990)