Revolver

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Tracklist

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1Paperback Writer (2022 stereo mix)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer) and Sam Okell (engineer, Abbey Road Studios)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) and Giles Martin (producer)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer) (in 2022) and Sam Okell (engineer, Abbey Road Studios) (in 2022)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-13)
electric bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-14)
electric guitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-13, on 1966-04-14) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-13)
tambourine:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-13)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-14) and John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-14)
vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-14)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-13, on 1966-04-14)
recording of:
Paperback Writer (from 1966-04-13 until 1966-04-14)
written in:
Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
quotes lyrics from:
Frère Jacques
3.82:19
2Rain (2022 stereo mix)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer) and Sam Okell (engineer, Abbey Road Studios)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) and Giles Martin (producer)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer) (in 2022) and Sam Okell (engineer, Abbey Road Studios) (in 2022)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-14)
electric bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-16)
electric guitar and lead vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-14)
tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-16)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-16), John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-16) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-16)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-14) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-16)
recording of:
Rain (from 1966-04-14 until 1966-04-16)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and And Son Music Ltd. (from 1980 to present)
written at:
Kenwood (John Lennon’s former house) in Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (in 1966-03)
3.82:59
3Tomorrow Never Knows (take 1)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer)
bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-06)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-06)
tambura:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-06)
lead vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-06)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-06)
recording of:
Tomorrow Never Knows (on 1966-04-06)
written in:
Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (in 1966-01)
writer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) and John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1966-01)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
3:33
4Got to Get You Into My Life (early mix)
recording of:
Got to Get You Into My Life
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
2:36
5Love You To (take 7)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer)
acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sitar and lead vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-11)
tabla:
Anil Bhagwat (Indian tabla player) (on 1966-04-11)
tambura and background vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-11)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-11)
recording of:
Love You To (on 1966-04-11)
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (in 1966)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2:55
6Doctor Robert (take 7)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-17)
electric bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-17)
electric guitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-17) and John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-17)
harmonium:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-17)
maracas:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-17)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-19) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-19)
lead vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-19)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-17, on 1966-04-19)
recording of:
Doctor Robert (from 1966-04-17 until 1966-04-19)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3:00
7And Your Bird Can Sing (first version / take 2)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer)
12 string guitar and background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-20)
drums (drum set) and tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-20)
electric bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-20)
electric guitar and lead vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-20) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-20)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-20)
recording of:
And Your Bird Can Sing (on 1966-04-20)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) and And Son Music Ltd. (from 1980 to present)
2:15
8Taxman (take 11)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer)
drums (drum set) and tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-21)
electric bass guitar and solo electric guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-21)
electric guitar and lead vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-21)
background vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-21) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-21)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-21)
recording of:
Taxman (on 1966-04-21)
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (in 1966-04)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
2:38
9I’m Only Sleeping (take 2)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-29)
electric guitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-29)
tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-29)
background vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-04-29)
recording of:
I’m Only Sleeping (on 1966-04-29)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2:28
10Eleanor Rigby (take 2)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer)
cello:
Norman Jones (Cello) (on 1966-04-28) and Derek Simpson (cellist) (on 1966-04-28)
viola:
Stephen Shingles (on 1966-04-28) and John Underwood (violist) (on 1966-04-28)
violin:
Tony Gilbert (violinist) (on 1966-04-28), Jurgen Hess (violinist) (on 1966-04-28), Sidney Sax (violinist and concertmaster) (on 1966-04-28) and John Sharpe (violinist) (on 1966-04-28)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-04-28)
instrumental recording of:
Eleanor Rigby (on 1966-04-28)
written in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1965) and Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965 until 1966)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Maclen Publishing Co. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
written at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966)
2:20
11For No One (take 10 / backing track)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer)
clavichord and grand piano [Steinway grand piano]:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-09)
drums (drum set), hi-hat, maracas and tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-09)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-05-09)
instrumental recording of:
For No One (on 1966-05-09)
written in:
Klosters-Serneus, Graubünden, Switzerland (in 1966-03)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1966-03)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
2:24
12Yellow Submarine (take 4 before sound effects)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer)
acoustic guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
bass drum and snare drum:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
electric bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
tambourine:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26), John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-05-26)
recording of:
Yellow Submarine (on 1966-05-26)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
written at:
57 Wimpole Street in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
2:37
13I Want to Tell You (speech and take 4)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
electric bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-03)
electric guitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
piano:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
tambourine:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
spoken vocals:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer) (on 1966-06-02), George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02), John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02), George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1966-06-02), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02) and Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-02)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-02, on 1966-06-03)
instrumental recording of:
I Want to Tell You (from 1966-06-02 until 1966-06-03)
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (in 1966)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
1:25
14Here, There and Everywhere (take 6)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer)
12 string guitar [Rickenbacker electric 12-string guitar]:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16)
electric guitar [Epiphone Casino guitar] and lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-16)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-16)
recording of:
Here, There and Everywhere (on 1966-06-16)
written in:
Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (in 1966-06)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1966-06) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1966-06)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2:30
15She Said She Said (take 15 / backing track rehearsal)
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
mixer:
Giles Martin (producer)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21)
electric bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21)
electric guitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21) and John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-21)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-21)
instrumental recording of:
She Said She Said (on 1966-06-21)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3:25

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