UK Release date : Saturday, March 6, 1976
By The Beatles • 7" Single • Part of the collection “The Beatles • The Singles Collection 1962-1970 (1976)”
Article March 1976 • Wings Fun Club newsletter March 1976 published
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This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:
2:39 • Studio version • A • Mono
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) 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 03, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
2:07 • Studio version • A • Mono
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
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 Mixing: Jun 22, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
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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