Nowhere Man

Track list

Side 1

1. Nowhere Man

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:45 • Studio version • A • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Lead guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Harmony vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   Session Recording: Oct 21, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   Session Recording: Oct 22, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   Session Mixing: Oct 25, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

2. Drive My Car

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:31 • Studio version • A • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar, Vocals Ringo Starr : Cowbell, Drums John Lennon : Piano, Tambourine, Vocals George Harrison : Guitar, Harmony vocals George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   Session Recording: Oct 13, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   Session Mixing: Oct 25, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Side 2

1. Michelle

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:33 • Studio version • C • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals George Harrison : 12-string acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   Session Recording: Nov 03, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   Session Mixing: Nov 15, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road

2. You Won't See Me

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   3:23 • Studio version • A • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Piano, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Backing vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar, Tambourine George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Mal Evans : Hammond organ

   Session Recording: Nov 11, 1965

   Session Mixing: Nov 15, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road

From Wikipedia:

The Beatles’ Nowhere Man EP was released 8 July 1966. It included four songs from the British version of the album Rubber Soul. The EP was only released in mono, with the catalogue number Parlophone GEP 8952.

In the United States, “Nowhere Man” and “Drive My Car” were on Yesterday and Today, not on Rubber Soul. “Nowhere Man” was also issued as a single in the US (with “What Goes On” as the B-side) in February 1966.

The covers of the EPs “Yesterday”, “Million Sellers” and “Nowhere Man” are also by you. Do you remember something about those sessions?

“Nowhere Man” and “Yesterday” belong to a period of time when op art was just starting in England. And people like Peter Blake were coming to the fore… David Hockney, Brian Rise… and I worked with two people on that series of pictures. One girl was called Carol Russell, from the Royal College of Art and Stuart Bristley. We all worked together on that. It was a very difficult job because the studio was very small and it was full of many set-ups we had prepared for other jobs. And “Nowhere Man”, I don’t remember. Where was it taken? Ah yes, the ones in Chiswick Park. I think that was the day they did “Rain” and “Paperback Writer”. I think Michael Lindsay-Hogg directed the video promotions and I was there just making pictures. Good fun, yeah. Not too long ago, I just found more pictures of that session.

Robert Whitaker – Photographer – From Beatlefan #108, Sept-Oct 1997

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