The Beatles Bible

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Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 28 February; 1, 2 March 1967
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Geoff Emerick

Released: 1 June 1967 (UK), 2 June 1967 (US)

John Lennon: vocals, lead guitar
Paul McCartney: backing vocals, Lowrey organ, bass
George Harrison: backing vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, tambura
Ringo Starr: drums, maracas

Available on:
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Anthology 2
Yellow Submarine Songtrack
Love

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Recorded: 1965-1995
Released: 18 March 1996

Tracklisting:
Real Love
Yes It Is
I'm Down
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
If You've Got Trouble
That Means A Lot
Yesterday
It's Only Love
I Feel Fine
Ticket To Ride
Yesterday
Help!
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
I'm Looking Through You
12-Bar Original
Tomorrow Never Knows
Got To Get You Into My Life
And Your Bird Can Sing
Taxman
Eleanor Rigby (Strings Only)
I'm Only Sleeping (Rehearsal)
I'm Only Sleeping (Take 1)
Rock And Roll Music
She's A Woman
Strawberry Fields Forever (Demo Sequence)
Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 1)
Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 7 & Edit Piece)
Penny Lane
A Day In The Life
Good Morning Good Morning
Only A Northern Song
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! (Takes 1 and 2)
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! (Take 7)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Within You Without You (Instrumental)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
I Am The Walrus
The Fool On The Hill (Demo)
Your Mother Should Know
The Fool On The Hill (Take 4)
Hello, Goodbye
Lady Madonna
Across The Universe

Recorded: 6 December 1966 - 21 April 1967
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Adrian Ibbetson, Malcolm Addey, Ken Townsend, Peter Vince

Released: 1 June 1967 (UK), 2 June 1967 (US)

John Lennon: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, Hammond organ, cowbell
Paul McCartney: vocals, electric guitar, bass, piano, Lowery organ, Fender Rhodes electric piano
George Harrison: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, tambura, sitar, maracas
Ringo Starr: vocals, drums, harmonica, tambourine, maracas, congas, bongos, chimes
George Martin: Hammond organ, Lowery organ, piano, pianette, harpsichord, harmonium, glockenspiel
Mal Evans: harmonica, Hammond organ, piano
Neil Aspinall: harmonica, tambura
Erich Gruenberg, Derek Jacobs, Trevor Williams, José Luis Garcia, Alan Loveday, Julien Gaillard, Paul Scherman, Ralph Elman, David Wolfsthal, Jack Rothstein, Jack Greene, Granville Jones, Bill Monro, Jurgen Hess, Hans Geiger, D Bradley, Lionel Bentley, David McCallum, Donald Weekes, Henry Datyner, Sidney Sax, Ernest Scott: violin
John Underwood, Stephen Shingles, Gwynne Edwards, Bernard Davis, John Meek: viola
Dennis Vigay, Alan Dalziel, Reginald Kilbey, Allen Ford, Peter Beavan, Francisco Gabarro, Alex Nifosi: cello
Cyril MacArthur, Gordon Pearce: double bass
Sheila Bromberg, John Marston: harp
Robert Burns, Henry MacKenzie, Frank Reidy, Basil Tschaikov, Jack Brymer: clarinet
Roger Lord: oboe
N Fawcett, Alfred Waters: bassoon
Clifford Seville, David Sanderman: flute
Barrie Cameron, David Glyde, Alan Holmes: saxophone
David Mason, Monty Montgomery, Harold Jackson: trumpet
Raymond Brown, Raymond Premru, T Moore, John Lee: trombone
Alan Civil, Neil Sanders, James W Buck, Tony Randall, John Burden, Tom (surname unknown): French horn
Michael Barnes: tuba
Tristan Fry: timpani, percussion
Marijke Koger: tambourine
Unknown musicians: dilruba, svarmandal, tabla, tambura

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Remastered)

The Beatles. EMI 2009, Audio CD, $9.95

Tracklisting:
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With A Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Fixing A Hole
She's Leaving Home
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!
Within You Without You
When I'm Sixty-Four
Lovely Rita
Good Morning Good Morning
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
A Day In The Life

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