The Beatles Bible

Recorded: September 1962-April 1970
Released: 13 November 2000

Tracklisting:
Love Me Do
From Me To You
She Loves You
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Can't Buy Me Love
A Hard Day's Night
I Feel Fine
Eight Days A Week
Ticket To Ride
Help!
Yesterday
Day Tripper
We Can Work It Out
Paperback Writer
Yellow Submarine
Eleanor Rigby
Penny Lane
All You Need Is Love
Hello, Goodbye
Lady Madonna
Hey Jude
Get Back
The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Something
Come Together
Let It Be
The Long And Winding Road

1 collates The Beatles' number one hit singles, charting their rise from tentative R&B-influenced rockers through to era-defining songwriters, encompassing guitar pop, childhood singalongs, strings-based balladry, psychedelia, boogie woogie and much more along the way. Read more »

Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 14, 17 June 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 13 September 1965 (US)

Paul McCartney: vocals, guitar
Tony Gilbert: violin
Sidney Sax: violin
Kenneth Essex: viola
Francisco Gabarro: cello

Available on:
Help!
1
Anthology 2
Love

Written by Paul McCartney, Yesterday holds the record as the most covered song in history, according to the Guinness Book of Records. Read more »

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: 15 February - 17 June 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 13 August 1965 (US)

John Lennon: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric piano, Hammond organ, tambourine
Paul McCartney: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano, electric piano
George Harrison: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, güiro
Ringo Starr: vocals, drums, tambourine, maracas, cowbell, bongos, claves, percussion, handclaps
George Martin: piano
Johnnie Scott: tenor flute, alto flute
Tony Gilbert: violin
Sidney Sax: violin
Kenneth Essex: viola
Francisco Gabarro: cello

Help! (Remastered)

The Beatles. EMI 2009, Audio CD, $9.39

Tracklisting:
Help!
The Night Before
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
I Need You
Another Girl
You're Going To Lose That Girl
Ticket To Ride
Act Naturally
It's Only Love
You Like Me Too Much
Tell Me What You See
I've Just Seen A Face
Yesterday
Dizzy Miss Lizzy

The Beatles' fifth official UK album release, Help! was the soundtrack to the group's second feature film. It contained 14 songs: 10 by Lennon-McCartney, two more by George Harrison, and a further two cover versions. Read more »

On the same day that John Lennon's comments that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus were first published, The Beatles released the Yesterday EP in the United Kingdom. Read more »

Although The Beatles chose not to release Yesterday as a single in the UK, their US record label Capitol Records decided otherwise and released it with the b-side Act Naturally. Read more »

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Yesterday was completed on this day with the recording of a string quartet, and a new lead vocal by Paul McCartney. Read more »

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Three songs were recorded on this day, the most notable of which was Paul McCartney's timeless classic Yesterday. Read more »