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Types of Keyboards Used And Personnel Per Song
21 June 2017
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sir walter raleigh
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I made this list using Ian MacDonald’s Revolution In The Head

 

 

Piano

Misery , played by George Martin

Money (That’s What I Want), played by George Martin

Little Child , played by Paul McCartney

Long Tall Sally , played by George Martin

A Hard Day’s Night, played by George Martin

Matchbox , played by George Martin

Slow Down , played by George Martin

Any Time At All , played by Paul McCartney

Things We Said Today , played by Paul McCartney

Every Little Thing , played by Paul McCartney

What You’re Doing, played by George Martin

No Reply , played by George Martin

She’s A Woman , played by Paul McCartney

Kansas City /Hey Hey Hey, played by George Martin

Rock And Roll Music , played by George Martin

You Like Me Too Much , played by Paul McCartney w/ George Martin (probably playing the intro)

That Means A Lot , played by Paul McCartney

Drive My Car , played by Paul McCartney

You Won’t See Me, played by Paul McCartney

For No One , played by Paul McCartney

I Want To Tell You , played by Paul McCartney
Good Day Sunshine , played by Paul McCartney and George Martin

When I’m Sixty-Four, played by Paul McCartney

Penny Lane , played by George Martin, Paul McCartney and John Lennon

A Day In The Life , played by Paul McCartney and John Lennon

Only A Northern Song , played by John Lennon

Lovely Rita , played by Paul McCartney and George Martin

Getting Better , played by George Martin

With A Little Help From My Friends , played by Paul McCartney

Magical Mystery Tour , played by Paul McCartney

Baby You’re A Rich Man, played by Paul McCartney and John Lennon

You Know My Name (Look Up The Number), played by Paul McCartney

All You Need Is Love , played by George Martin

Your Mother Should Know , played by Paul McCartney

The Fool On The Hill , played by Paul McCartney

Hello, Goodbye , played by Paul McCartney

Christmas Time (Is Here Again) played by Paul McCartney

Lady Madonna , played by Paul McCartney

Across The Universe , played by Paul McCartney

Hey Bulldog , played by John Lennon

Revolution 1 , played by Paul McCartney

Don’t Pass Me By, played by Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da , played by John Lennon

Cry Baby Cry , played by John Lennon

Sexy Sadie , played by Paul McCartney

While My Guitar Gently Weeps , played by Paul McCartney

Hey Jude , played by Paul McCartney

Rocky Raccoon , played by George Martin

What’s The New Mary Jane, played by John Lennon

Back In The U.S.S.R, played by Paul McCartney

Dear Prudence , played by Paul McCartney

Glass Onion , played by Paul McCartney

Birthday , played by Paul McCartney

Honey Pie , played by Paul McCartney

Martha My Dear , played by Paul McCartney

Long Long Long, played by Chris Thomas

Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?, played by Paul McCartney

Dig It , played by Paul McCartney

For You Blue , played by Paul McCartney

Let It Be , played by Paul McCartney

The Long And Winding Road , played by Paul McCartney

The Ballad Of John And Yoko , played by Paul McCartney

Old Brown Shoe , played by Paul McCartney

Oh Darling!, played by John Lennon

Octopus’s Garden, played by Paul McCartney

You Never Give Me Your Money , played by Paul McCartney

Golden Slumbers /Carry That Weight , played by Paul McCartney

The End , played by Paul McCartney

Come And Get It , played by Paul McCartney

Sun King , played by Paul McCartney

Mean Mr. Mustard, played by Paul McCartney

Polythene Pam , played by Paul McCartney

She Came In Through The Bathroom Window , played by Paul McCartney

Real Love , played by John Lennon

 

Electric Piano

The Night Before , played by John Lennon

You Like Me Too Much , Hohner Pianet played by John Lennon

Tell Me What You See , played by Paul McCartney

Dizzy Miss Lizzy , played by Paul McCartney

Bad Boy , played by Paul McCartney

In My Life , played by George Martin and possibly Paul McCartney

Think For Yourself , played by John Lennon

Getting Better , Pianette played by George Martin

I Am The Walrus , played by John Lennon

Savoy Truffle , played by Chris Thomas

I’m So Tired, played by Paul McCartney

I’ve Got A Feeling, Fender Rhodes played by Billy Preston

Get Back , Fender Rhodes played by Billy Preston

Let It Be , Fender Rhodes played by Billy Preston

The Long And Winding Road (Naked), Fender Rhodes played by Billy Preston

One After 909 , Fender Rhodes played by Billy Preston

Old Brown Shoe , played by George Harrison

Come Together , Fender Rhodes played by Paul McCartney

She Came In Through The Bathroom Window , played by Paul McCartney

Because , Electric Spinet played by George Martin

I Me Mine , played by Paul McCartney

Real Love , played by John Lennon

Free As A Bird , played by John Lennon

 

 

Misc. Organ

I’m Down, Vox Continental Organ played by John Lennon

Carnival Of Light , played by all four Beatles

Only A Northern Song , played by George Harrison

Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite, Lowery Organ played by George Martin

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds , Lowery Organ played by Paul McCartney

Sgt. Pepper ’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, played by Paul McCartney

Your Mother Should Know , played by John Lennon

Flying , played by John Lennon

Hello, Goodbye , played by John Lennon

Cry Baby Cry , played by John Lennon

While My Guitar Gently Weeps , played by Paul McCartney

Savoy Truffle , played by Chris Thomas

Long Long Long, played by Paul McCartney

I’m So Tired, played by John Lennon

I Want You (She’s So Heavy), played by John Lennon

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, played by George Martin

Sun King , Lowery Organ played by George Martin

Real Love , played by Paul McCartney

 

 

Hammond

I Wanna Be Your Man , played by George Martin

Mr. Moonlight, played by Paul McCartney

I’m Looking Through You, played by Ringo Starr

You Won’t See Me, played by Mal Evans

She Said She Said , played by John Lennon

Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite, played by John Lennon

With A Little Help From My Friends , played by George Martin

It’s All Too Much, played by George Harrison

Blue Jay Way , played by George Harrison

Across The Universe , played by George Martin

Revolution 1 , played by Paul McCartney

Revolution , played by Paul McCartney

Sexy Sadie , played by John Lennon

While My Guitar Gently Weeps , played by George Harrison

Dig It , played by Billy Preston

Let It Be , played by Billy Preston

I Want You (She’s So Heavy), played by Billy Preston

Something , played by Billy Preston

I Me Mine , played by Paul McCartney

 

 

 

Harmonium

If I Needed Someone , played by George Martin

We Can Work It Out , played by John Lennon

12-Bar Original, played by George Martin

Dr. Robert, played by John Lennon

Penny Lane , played by Paul McCartney

Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite, played by George Martin

Cry Baby Cry , played by George Martin

Rocky Raccoon , played by John Lennon

Here Comes The Sun , played by George Harrison

Sun King , played by Paul McCartney

 

Mellotron

Tomorrow Never Knows , played by John Lennon

Strawberry Fields Forever , played by Paul McCartney on take 7, played by John Lennon and Paul McCartney on take 25

Flying , played by John Lennon

 

 

Harpsichord/Clavichord

For No One , Clavichord played by Paul McCartney

Fixing A Hole , Harpsichord played by George Martin

Baby You’re A Rich Man, Clavioline played by John Lennon

All You Need Is Love , Harpsichord played by John Lennon

Not Guilty , Harpsichord played by George Harrison and John Lennon

Piggies , Harpsichord played by Chris Thomas

 

 

Celesta

Baby It’s You, played by George Martin

Good Night , played by George Martin

 

Moog Synthesizer

I Want You (She’s So Heavy), Moog Synthesizer played by John Lennon

Octopus’s Garden, Moog Synthesizer played by George Harrison

Here Comes The Sun , played by George Harrison

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, played by Paul McCartney

Because , played by George Harrison

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21 June 2017
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Good effort but MacDonald got a coupla things wrong – there’s no mention of Nicky Hopkins’ electric piano on Revolution .

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Von Bontee said
Good effort but MacDonald got a coupla things wrong – there’s no mention of Nicky Hopkins’ electric piano on Revolution .  

When I get the time I’ll go back through Joe’s list alphabetically to double check. I preferred using the book for the first go round because I didn’t need to wait for the next page to load, plus it had been a while since I read through that book. Its really quite good, despite a few errors. I’m sure more than just one of these is wrong. I’ll find out soon enough. 

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21 June 2017
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Ian isn’t the most reliable source, he’s a better source than Robert Fontenot but still I recommend using other sources first, such as The Beatles Bible.

Looking at this list, it seems that he forgot to mention George Martin’s piano in Tell Me Why and You’re Going To Lose That Girl , as well as John’s piano in Helter Skelter . Also, while John definitely played piano on the backing track of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da , the little fills were likely done by Paul.

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