- Release date:
- Nov 13, 2000
Related sessions
This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions
The Beatles’ third Abbey Road recording session
Sep 11, 1962
"From Me To You / Thank You Girl" session #1
Mar 05, 1963
"From Me To You / Thank You Girl" session #3
Mar 14, 1963
"She Loves You / I'll Get You" session #1
Jul 01, 1963
"She Loves You / I'll Get You" session #2
Jul 04, 1963
"I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy" session #1
Oct 17, 1963
"A Hard Day's Night" session #6
Apr 16, 1964
"A Hard Day's Night" session #15
Jun 22, 1964
Oct 06, 1964
Oct 18, 1964
"Beatles for Sale" Session #11
Oct 27, 1964
"Beatles for Sale" Session #12
Nov 04, 1964
Feb 15, 1965
Feb 23, 1965
Apr 13, 1965
Apr 18, 1965
Jun 14, 1965
Jun 18, 1965
"We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper" Session #1
Oct 16, 1965
"We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper" Session #2
Oct 20, 1965
"We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper" Session #3
Oct 28, 1965
Nov 10, 1965
Recording "Love You To", "Paperback Writer"
Apr 13, 1966
Apr 28, 1966
Recording "Eleanor Rigby", "I'm Only Sleeping"
Apr 29, 1966
May 26, 1966
Jun 01, 1966
Jun 22, 1966
Oct 31, 1966
Remixing "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
Nov 07, 1966
Recording "All You Need Is Love" #1
Jun 14, 1967
Recording "All You Need Is Love" #2
Jun 19, 1967
Oct 19, 1967
Feb 03, 1968
Jul 31, 1968
Aug 01, 1968
Get Back sessions - January 26, 1969 - Day 15
Jan 26, 1969
Get Back sessions - January 27, 1969 - Day 16
Jan 27, 1969
Get Back sessions - January 28, 1969 - Day 17
Jan 28, 1969
Get Back sessions - January 31, 1969 - Day 20
Jan 31, 1969
Apr 07, 1969
May 02, 1969
May 05, 1969
Jul 21, 1969
Recording "Oh! Darling", "Come Together"
Jul 22, 1969
Mixing "Come Together", recording "The End"
Aug 07, 1969
Mixing "Lady Madonna", "Rain", "Octopus's Garden"
Dec 02, 1969
Mixing "Hey Jude", "Revolution"
Dec 05, 1969
Recording and mixing "Let It Be"
Jan 04, 1970
Overdubs for "Let It Be" album
Apr 01, 1970
Apr 02, 1970
Sep 30, 1971
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Track list
Disc 1
1.
2:23 • Studio version • B2000 • Mono • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Tambourine
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic rhythm guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Acoustic rhythm guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Andy White :
- Drums
- Ron Richards :
- Producer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Sep 11, 1962
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 11, 1962
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
2.
1:58 • Studio version • A2000 • Mono • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass guitar, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Harmonica, Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Harmony vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Mar 05, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Mar 14, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
3.
2:22 • Studio version • A2000 • Mono • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Jul 01, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jul 04, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
4.
2:27 • Studio version • D2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass guitar, Handclaps, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Handclaps
- John Lennon :
- Handclaps, Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Handclaps, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Oct 17, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 07, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
5.
2:11 • Studio version • B2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic rhythm guitar
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Second engineer
- Norman Smith :
- Hi-hat, Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Jan 29, 1964
- Studio :
- EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France
- Session Mixing:
- Jun 22, 1964
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
6.
2:33 • Studio version • C2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Bongos, Drums
- John Lennon :
- Electric and acoustic rhythm guitars, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Piano, Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Apr 16, 1964
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jun 22, 1964
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
7.
2:20 • Studio version • C2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Guitar, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Oct 18, 1964
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 04, 1964
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
8.
2:44 • Studio version • B2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Handclaps, Harmony vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Handclaps
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic rhythm guitar, Handclaps, Lead vocals
- George Harrison :
- Handclaps, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Oct 06, 1964
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 27, 1964
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
9.
3:10 • Studio version • B2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Harmony vocals, Lead guitar
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Handclaps, Tambourine
- John Lennon :
- Double-tracked lead vocals, Rhythm guitar
- George Harrison :
- Rhythm guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Feb 15, 1965
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 23, 1965
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
10.
2:39 • Studio version • B2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Tambourine
- John Lennon :
- Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Apr 13, 1965
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Recording:
- Apr 18, 1965
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Room 65, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jun 18, 1965
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
11.
2:06 • Studio version • B2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Guitar, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Tony Gilbert :
- Violin
- Sidney Sax :
- Violin
- Kenneth Essex :
- Viola
- Francisco Gabarro :
- Cello
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Jun 14, 1965
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jun 18, 1965
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
12.
2:49 • Studio version • C2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Tambourine
- John Lennon :
- Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Oct 16, 1965
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 10, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Room 65, Abbey Road
13.
2:11 • Studio version • C2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic rhythm guitar, Harmonium, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Tambourine
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Oct 20, 1965
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 28, 1965
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 10, 1965
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
14.
2:15 • Studio version • B2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Lead guitar, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocals, Tambourine
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Apr 13, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 31, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
15.
2:40 • Studio version • B2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Vocals
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Tambourine
- George Martin :
- Backing vocals, Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Backing vocals, Recording engineer, Tape loop (marching band)
- Mal Evans :
- Backing vocals, Bass drum
- Neil Aspinall :
- Backing vocals
- Pattie Boyd / Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Laughter
- Brian Jones :
- Backing vocals, Ocarina, Sound effects (clinking glasses)
- Marianne Faithfull :
- Backing vocals
- Alf Bicknell :
- Backing vocals, Sound effects (rattling chains)
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Unknown musician(s) :
- Brass band
- John Skinner :
- Sound effects (chains in bathtub)
- Terry Condon :
- Sound effects (chains in bathtub)
- Session Recording:
- May 26, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Jun 01, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jun 22, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
16.
2:02 • Studio version • B2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Vocals
- John Lennon :
- Harmony vocals
- George Harrison :
- Harmony vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Tony Gilbert :
- Violin
- Sidney Sax :
- Violin
- John Sharpe :
- Violin
- Jürgen Hess :
- Violin
- Stephen Shingles :
- Viola
- John Underwood :
- Viola
- Derek Simpson :
- Cello
- Norman Jones :
- Cello
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Apr 28, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Apr 29, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Jun 06, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Recording:
- Jun 22, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
17.
3:00 • Studio version • C2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Handclaps, Harmonium, Pianos, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Tambourine, Tubular bells
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocals, Congas, Guitar, Handclaps, Piano
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Handclaps
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- David Mason :
- Piccolo trumpet
- Ray Swinfield :
- Flute
- P Goody :
- Flute
- Manny Winters :
- Flute
- Dennis Walton :
- Flute
- Leon Calvert :
- Trumpet
- Freddy Clayton :
- Trumpet
- Bert Courtley :
- Trumpets
- Duncan Campbell :
- Trumpets
- Dick Morgan :
- Cor anglais, Oboes
- Mike Winfield :
- Cor anglais, Oboes
- Frank Clarke :
- Double bass
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Unknown musician(s) :
- Flugelhorn, Two piccolos
- Session Recording:
- Dec 29, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Dec 30, 1966 and Jan 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 17, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 30, 1971
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
18.
4:02 • Studio version • B2000 • Mono • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Double bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Banjo, Harpsichord, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Guitar, Violin
- George Martin :
- Piano, Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Eric Clapton :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Mike McCartney / McGear :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Mal Evans :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Sidney Sax :
- Violin
- Pattie Boyd / Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Marianne Faithfull :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- David Mason :
- Trumpet
- Lionel Ross :
- Cello
- Eddie Kramer :
- Recording engineer
- Mick Jagger :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Patrick Halling :
- Violin
- Eric Bowie :
- Violin
- John Ronayne :
- Violin
- Jack Holmes :
- Cello
- Rex Morris :
- Tenor saxophone
- Don Honeywill :
- Tenor saxophone
- Stanley Woods :
- Trumpet
- Evan Watkins :
- Trombone
- Harry Spain :
- Trombone
- Jack Emblow :
- Accordion
- Keith Richards :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Jane Asher :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Keith Moon :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Hunter Davies :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Gary Leeds :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Mike Vickers :
- Conductor
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Rose Nash :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Session Recording:
- Jun 14, 1967
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
- Session Overdubs:
- Jun 19, 23, 24, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Jun 25, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 29, 1968
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
19.
3:27 • Studio version • B2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- 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
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- 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 06, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
20.
2:19 • Studio version • B2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Handclaps, Piano, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Handclaps
- 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
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Feb 03, 1968
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Feb 06, 1968
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Dec 02, 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
21.
7:12 • Studio version • B2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Piano, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Backing vocals, Drums, Tambourine
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Electric guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Ken Scott :
- Recording engineer
- Barry Sheffield :
- Recording engineer
- Bill Jackman :
- Flute
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Unknown musician(s) :
- Bassoon, Contrabass clarinet, Contrabassoon, Four trombones, Four trumpets, One flute, One percussionist, Ten violins, Three violas, Two cellos, Two clarinets, Two double basses, Two french horns
- Bobby Kok :
- Cello
- Session Recording & overdubs:
- Jul 31, 1968
- Studio :
- Trident Studios, London, UK
- Session Overdubs:
- Aug 01, 1968
- Studio :
- Trident Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Dec 05, 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Room 4, Abbey Road
22.
3:14 • Studio version • A2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Lead vocal
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocal, Lead guitar
- George Harrison :
- Rhythm guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Glyn Johns :
- Engineer
- Billy Preston :
- Electric piano
- Jerry Boys :
- Second engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- January 27, 1969
- Studio :
- Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
- Session Recording:
- January 28, 1969
- Studio :
- Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
- Session Mixing:
- April 7, 1969
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
23.
3:01 • Studio version • A2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Drums, Harmony vocals, Maracas, Piano
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic guitar, Guitar-thumps percussion, Lead guitar, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording & overdubs:
- Apr 14, 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Apr 14, 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
24.
Written by George Harrison
3:02 • Studio version • A2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Piano
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer, String arrangement
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Phil McDonald :
- Recording engineer
- Chris Thomas :
- Producer
- Jeff Jarratt :
- Recording engineer
- Glyn Johns :
- Recording engineer
- Billy Preston :
- Hammond organ
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Unknown musician(s) :
- Four cellos, Four violas, One double-bass, Twelve violins
- Session Recording:
- May 02, 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- May 05, 1969
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
- Session Overdubs:
- 11,16 Jul, 15 Aug 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 19, 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
25.
4:20 • Studio version • A2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Electric piano, Harmony vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Maracas
- John Lennon :
- Handclaps, Harmony vocals, Rhythm guitar, Tambourine, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Phil McDonald :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Jul 21, 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- 22, 23, 25, 29, 30 Jul 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 07, 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
26.
3:52 • Studio version • A2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass guitar, Maracas, Piano, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocals
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Phil McDonald :
- Recording engineer
- Chris Thomas :
- Producer
- Jeff Jarratt :
- Recording engineer
- Glyn Johns :
- Recording engineer
- Billy Preston :
- Electric piano, Organ
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Jan 31, 1969
- Studio :
- Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
- Session Overdubs:
- Apr 30, 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 04, 1970
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
27.
3:38 • Studio version • A2000 • Stereo • 2000 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Piano, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Bass
- George Harrison :
- Guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Richard Hewson :
- Orchestra arrangement
- Phil Spector :
- Producer
- Peter Bown :
- Recording engineer
- Glyn Johns :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Unknown musician(s) :
- Eighteen violins, Four cellos, Four violas, Fourteen vocalists, Harp, Three trombones, Three trumpets
- Session Recording:
- Jan 26, 1969
- Studio :
- Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
- Session Orchestra overdubs:
- Apr 01, 1970
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Apr 02, 1970
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Room 4, Abbey Road
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1 is a compilation album by the English rock band the Beatles, originally released on 13 November 2000. The album features virtually every number-one single the band achieved in the United Kingdom and United States from 1962 to 1970. Issued on the 30th anniversary of the band’s break-up, it was their first compilation available on only one CD. 1 was a commercial success and topped charts worldwide. It has sold over 31 million copies.
In addition, 1 is the fourth best-selling album in the US since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking US album sales in January 1991 and the best-selling album of the 2000s decade in the US, as well as the best-selling album of the decade worldwide. 1 was remastered and reissued in September 2011, and was remixed and reissued again in several different deluxe editions in November 2015, the most comprehensive of which is a three-disc set entitled 1+, which includes video discs of the band’s promotional films.
As of June 2015, 1 was the sixth best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK, having sold over 3.1 million copies.
Background
1 was compiled by producer George Martin and former band members Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The album contains the 27 Beatles songs that went to number one in the United Kingdom on the Record Retailer Top 50 chart or in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Despite Harrison’s “For You Blue” charting at number 1 on Billboard, along with the A-side “The Long and Winding Road“, Capitol Records treated “For You Blue” as strictly a B-side and did not promote it as an A-side. “Day Tripper” was included on 1 since it charted at number 1 in the UK as a double A-side with “We Can Work It Out“, while in the US, only “We Can Work It Out” was number 1. Two singles written by John Lennon and released in both the UK and US were omitted as they did not top either the Record Retailer chart or the Billboard Hot 100: “Please Please Me” and “Strawberry Fields Forever“. The former was the Beatles’ first UK number one single in all British charts except Record Retailer, reaching the top spot in the music magazines New Musical Express, Melody Maker and Disc. “Strawberry Fields Forever” was part of a double A-side single with “Penny Lane“, which reached the top spot in Melody Maker and peaked at number 2 in the other UK charts, behind Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Release Me”.
The album is a combination of both the US and UK versions of the 1982 compilation 20 Greatest Hits, with the addition of “Something” (which was left off 20 Greatest Hits because of time constraints).[citation needed] On 1, “Hey Jude” was included in its original full-length version (slightly over seven minutes), whereas the American version of 20 Greatest Hits contained a shortened version.
Remastering
Before 1, all 27 songs were mainly available on two remastered CD releases: firstly on the respective Beatles studio albums released in 1987 (as well as Past Masters, Volume One and Past Masters, Volume Two, released in 1988). The second remastering was made available on the CD versions for 1962–1966 and 1967–1970, released in 1993.
The songs on 1 were remastered specifically for the release in 2000. According to the liner notes of the album, the original analogue masters were “digitally remastered at 24 bits resolution, processed using Sonic Solutions NoNoise technology and mastered to 16-bit using Prism SNS Noise Shaping”. The remastering was overseen by Peter Mew of Abbey Road Studios and took place there. In 2011, 1 was remastered and reissued on CD. In 2015 it was remastered again and remixed by Giles Martin; when Martin began to assist with fixing up the audio tracks for the 1+ video clips, he realised that his goal of making them “more immersive” should also apply to 1. For the remixing project, Martin commented: “The remasters went back to these final mix tapes and remastered them. They cleaned them up and then they EQ-ed them and released them. What we’re doing is remixing. We’re going not to the final mix, we’re creating our own mixes.” About his remixing approach, Martin said: “My approach was to be respectful of everything, I had sessions and sessions where I flipped between previously remastered stereos, the mono remasters, and the remixes we’ve done. I flip between everything and make sure I prefer what we’ve done.”
Package
The package of 1 was intended to be simplistic and ambitious at the same time. Its cover was designed by Rick Ward, and consists of a pop art-style yellow number one on a red background. The emphasis on the 1 digit was used on many of the compilations of number-one hits by different artists that followed this album; for example, ELV1S by Elvis Presley and Number Ones by the Bee Gees. The album’s back cover features the famous photos of the Beatles taken by Richard Avedon and copyrighted on 17 August 1967. The design exclusively uses variations of the Helvetica typeface.
1 was released worldwide in CD and cassette. The vinyl format was released only in the United Kingdom. The CD includes a 32-page booklet with a coloured page with international picture covers (a total of 163 covers are displayed on the whole booklet) and details (recording date, location, release date, chart stats) for each of the singles. It also includes on its first two pages a collage with 27 1s in different colours (all of them following the same art as the cover) with the sentence “27 No. 1 singles = 1” (which was used as a catch phrase for the promo ads for the album), and a foreword by George Martin.
The LP and cassette keep the main art of the CD version, but in a different form. The double vinyl record version was not released in the US, but the imported British edition was available. The vinyl version features a large full-colour fold-out poster showing 126 picture sleeves (37 fewer than on the CD), and reproductions of the four Richard Avedon photos. The Avedon portraits also appear on the inside of the gate-fold cover. The records have custom labels featuring the same graphics as the front cover and are packaged in custom inner sleeves. The deluxe packaging of the vinyl album, with its four portraits and poster, is reminiscent to that of their titular 1968 album. The cassette included a 20-page insert, including the collage, the George Martin commentary and paged Avedon’s portraits on its inlay and the whole description for the tracks as a total of 36 covers on its inlay reverse.
Release variations
2000 CD. Apple 7243 5 29970 2 2 (Released in UK only)
2000 CD. Apple 7243 5 29325 2 8 (Worldwide release)
2011 CD. (Remastered). Apple 50999 083070 2 6
2015 CD. (Remixed). Apple 06025 475678 1 9 (as 1+ with two DVD or Blu-ray discs)1+
On 6 November 2015, Apple Records released a deluxe version of the original album, titled 1+. Most of the tracks on 1 have been remixed from the original multi-track masters by Giles Martin, except the first three tracks, which are the original mono mixes. In addition to the new mixes, there are surround sound 5.1 mixes presented as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio in the Blu-ray version and Dolby Digital and DTS in the DVD version.
1+ also includes 50 promotional films/performances, plus commentary and introductions from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. All the videos have been digitally restored and enhanced. They are available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Variations of 1/1+ include standard CD, CD/DVD, CD/Blu-ray, CD/2DVD, CD/2Blu-ray. The double-disc video editions also feature a 124-page hard-bound book with illustrations. The DVD/Blu-ray video editions are also available as a stand-alone package.
Reception
1 received universal acclaim. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album five stars out of five. He stated that there is “no question that this is all great music”, although to him “there’s really no reason for anyone who owns all the records to get this too”.
Legacy
1 went on to inspire the release of a wave of compilation albums, in particular three other “number ones” albums: Elvis Presley’s ELV1S (2002), Michael Jackson’s Number Ones (2003) and the Bee Gees’ Number Ones (2004). Other compilations inspired by 1 issued included Nirvana’s Nirvana (2002), the Rolling Stones’ Forty Licks (2002), Pink Floyd’s Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2001), The Who’s The Ultimate Collection (2002) and Dean Martin’s Dino: The Essential Dean Martin (2004).
Sales and chart performance
The reception of 1 surpassed all critical and commercial expectations.[citation needed] It reached number 1 in over 35 countries, achieving the record for the album debuting at the top of the most national charts ever.[citation needed] It became the highest-selling of 2000 and, some time later, of the entire decade.[citation needed] This achievement made the Beatles the first and only artist to have the best-selling albums of two different decades: they also released the best-selling album of the 1960s, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.[citation needed] No tracks from Sgt. Pepper appear on this album. With this album, the Beatles also achieved having an album hit the number 1 position in the US in four non-consecutive decades (1960s, 1970s, 1990s and 2000s).
In the United Kingdom, 1 became the Beatles’ 15th number 1 album with sales of 319,126 copies (achieving record sales for only one week in 2000). On 18 December 2000, Ananova.com reported that the album has “become 2000’s biggest-selling album—in only five weeks.” 1 was the first album to stay at the top spot for nine weeks in almost ten years (the last being the Eurythmics’s Greatest Hits), the best-selling album of 2000, and the fourth best-selling album of the 2000s so far in the UK. In its eleventh week, 1 sold a total of two million copies in the UK. It spent a total of 46 weeks inside the Top 75. In July 2013 it was certified 10× platinum by the BPI, for over 3 million copies sold in the UK. It is the 21st best-selling album in the UK, according to an assessment by the Official Charts Company and the British Phonographic Industry that counted album sales in the UK from 28 July 1956 to the present day, and the second best-selling Beatles album in that country (only beaten by Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which is the UK’s third best-selling album). As of July 2016, the album has sold over 3,230,000 copies in the UK.
In the United States, the response was similar. 1 debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 during the week of 2 December 2000 with sales totaling over 595,500 copies.
In its second week, sales increased to 662,000 but it was knocked off the top spot by Backstreet Boys’ Black & Blue which sold 1.59 million units, therefore, 1 fell off to number two on its week on chart. The following week it stayed at number two selling 607,000 units, by doing so, the album became the sixth to debut at the top of the Billboard 200 and post a SoundScan increase in its second week and the first to do so after opening with a sum of more than half a million copies. During the week of 23 December 2000, its fourth week on chart, 1 moved 671,000 copies and returned to the top of the Billboard 200. The next week, on 30 December 2000 it stayed at the top of the chart selling 823,500 copies. On 10 February 2001, after being the number one album for eight non-consecutive weeks, 1 fell off to number four on the Billboard 200 with 173,500 units sold, a 19.5% dip in sales, by the time this happened the album had sold almost six millions units. The album spent a total of eight weeks at number 1 and sold 1,258,667 copies during the week before Christmas of 2000. With this number, the Beatles achieved a new record: it was the seventh highest one-week sales in Soundscan history, the highest for an album not in its first week of sales, and the highest for an album comprising previously released music. The album spent 309 weeks inside the Billboard 200 and was the sixth best-selling album in the United States in 2000 with 5,100,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. On 30 August 2011 the band announced through their Facebook account that the album was available to pre-order from iTunes and that it was digitally remastered. On 24 September 2011, after the album made its digital debut in the iTunes Store it re-entered on the Billboard 200 at number four selling 60,000 units, it also topped the iTunes album charts in the US, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Mexico, Switzerland, Spain, New Zealand and Greece according to a Capitol/EMI press release. Its digital launch on the iTunes Store was accompanied with a price of $9.99 and a Twitter camping with the hashtag #MyBeatles1 asking their fans: What is your favorite “1” track? Resulting in many celebrities and stars posting their favorites, too. In 2015, after it was remastered again and remixed by Giles Martin, 1 re-entered on the Billboard 200 at number six selling 40,000 units. It was certified eleven times platinum by the RIAA on 8 March 2010 denoting shipments of eleven million units, and 1 is included on the list of the Top 100 Albums by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album is the best-selling album of the 21st century in the US and the fourth best-selling album in the Soundscan era (1991–present). As of October 2019, the album has had sold 13 million copies in the US. In the US, the album secured the Beatles a fourth decade in which they placed an album at number 1 on the Billboard chart.In Canada, 1 debuted at number 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 54,668 copies in its first week. The album was certified Diamond (1,000,000 units) by the CRIA in February 2001, just four months after its release. As of 2009, 1 has sold 1,103,000 units in Canada, making it the fifth best-selling album ever in Canada of the Nielsen SoundScan era.
In Germany, 1 debuted at number 1 and managed to stay there nine non-consecutive weeks. Though this, it stayed only seventeen weeks in the top ten of the German Albums Chart, but fifty weeks in the total chart. By selling 1,650,000 copies and reaching 11× Gold, it’s the third best-selling album of the decade 2000–2009 and the best-selling non-German language album.
In 2009, Apple Corps, the Beatles’ company, stated that worldwide sales of 1 had exceeded 31 million copies. Worldwide in 2000 the album sold 13.8 million copies, with 2 million or more copies sold during 2 consecutive weeks, and was the fourth best-selling album behind Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP, Britney Spears’ Oops!… I Did It Again, and Santana’s Supernatural. […]
Last updated on August 5, 2021
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