- Back In The U.S.S.R. {McCartney}
(2:43) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
August 22, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
with overdubs added August 23,
1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - 6-string bass,
background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal,
lead guitar, piano, drums,
background vocal
George Harrison - jazz bass,
background vocal
- Dear Prudence {Lennon} (3:57) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
August 28, 1968 at Trident
Studios, London, England
with overdubs added August 29-30,
1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead
guitar, tambourine, background
vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal,
bass guitar, piano, drums,
flugelhorn,
background vocal
George Harrison - acoustic
guitar, background vocal
Mal Evans - tambourine
- Glass Onion {Lennon} (2:17) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
September 11, 1968 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added September 12,
13, 16 and October 10, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - double-tracked
lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar,
piano, flute
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums,
tambourine
session musicians - orchestra
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da {McCartney}
(3:09) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
July 3, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
with overdubs added July 4-5,
1968, a remake July 8, 1968
and more overdubbing July 11,
1968 and July 15, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - maracas,
background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal,
bass guitar, piano
George Harrison - acoustic
guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
session musicians - brass
- Wild Honey Pie {McCartney}
(1:02) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
August 20, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
- Instrumentation:
Paul McCartney - vocals, bass
guitar, electric guitar,
acoustic guitar, drums
- The Continuing
Story Of Bungalow Bill {Lennon} (3:05) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
October 9, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal,
acoustic guitar, organ
Paul McCartney - bass guitar,
background vocal
George Harrison - acoustic
guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums,
tambourine, background vocal
Yoko Ono - background vocal,
harmony vocal (chorus),
lead vocal ("not when he
looked so fierce")
Maureen Starkey - harmony
vocal (chorus)
Chris Thomas - mellotron
- While My Guitar
Gently Weeps {Harrison} (4:45) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
July 25, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England,
remade August 16, 1968 with
overdubs September 3, 1968,
and remade again September 5,
1968 with overdubs September 6,
1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - acoustic guitar,
organ, harmony vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar,
piano, harmony vocal
George Harrison - double-tracked
lead vocal, acoustic guitar,
lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums,
castanets, tambourine
Eric Clapton - Gibson Les Paul
lead guitar
- Happiness Is A Warm
Gun
{Lennon} (2:44)
[Lyrics]
- Recorded:
September 23-24, 1968 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added September 25,
1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead
guitar, tambourine, background
vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar,
background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar,
background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
- Martha My Dear {McCartney}
(2:29) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
October 4, 1968 at Trident
Studios, London, England
with overdubs added October 5,
1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - bass guitar
Paul McCartney - double-tracked
lead vocal, piano
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
session musicians - strings,
brass
- I'm So Tired {Lennon} (2:03) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
October 8, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal,
acoustic guitar, lead guitar,
organ
Paul McCartney - bass guitar,
harmony vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar,
rhythm guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
- Blackbird {McCartney/Lennon}
(2:18) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
June 11, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
- Instrumentation:
Paul McCartney - double-tracked
lead vocal, acoustic guitar,
percussion
blackbird - bird sounds
- Piggies {Harrison/Lennon/Louise
Harrison} (2:05)
[Lyrics]
- Recorded:
September 19, 1968 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added September 20,
1968 and October 10, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - tape loops
Paul McCartney - bass guitar
George Harrison - lead vocal,
acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr - tambourine
Chris Thomas - harpsichord
session musicians - strings
- Rocky Raccoon {McCartney}
(3:41) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
August 15, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - harmonica,
harmonium, background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal,
acoustic guitar
George Harrison - bass guitar,
background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
George Martin - honky-tonk
piano
- Don't Pass Me By {Starkey} (3:42) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
June 5, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
with overdubs added June 6, 1968
and July 12, 1968
and an edit piece (tinkling piano
intro) recorded July 22, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - acoustic guitar,
tambourine
Paul McCartney - bass guitar
George Harrison - violin
Ringo Starr - lead vocal,
drums, piano
- Why Don't We Do It
In The Road? {McCartney} (1:41) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
October 9, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
with overdubs added October 10,
1968
- Instrumentation:
Paul McCartney - double-tracked
lead vocal, bass guitar, lead
guitar,
piano, drums
- I Will {McCartney}
(1:47) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
September 16, 1968 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with overdubs added September 17,
1968
- Instrumentation:
Paul McCartney - double-tracked
lead vocal, bass guitar,
acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr - drums, bongos,
maracas
- Julia {Lennon/Yoko
Ono/Kahlil Gibran} (2:54) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
October 13, 1968 at Abbey
Road, London, England
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - double-tracked
lead vocal,
double-tracked acoustic guitar
DISC TWO
- Birthday {McCartney/Lennon}
(2:43) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
September 18, 1968 at Abbey
Road, London, England
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead guitar,
background and occasional lead
vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal,
piano
George Harrison - bass guitar,
tambourine
Ringo Starr - drums
Yoko Ono, Patti Harrison - chorus
- Yer Blues {Lennon} (4:01) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
August 13, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
with overdubs added August 14,
1968
and the 'counted intro' added
August 20, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead
guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
- Mother Nature's Son {McCartney}
(2:48) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
August 9, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
with overdubs added August 20,
1968
- Instrumentation:
Paul McCartney - double-tracked
lead vocal, acoustic guitar,
bongos, timpani
session musicians - horns
- Everybody's Got
Something To Hide
Except Me And My Monkey {Lennon} (2:25) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
June 27, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
with overdubs added July 1, 1968
and July 23, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead
guitar, maracas
Paul McCartney - bass guitar,
background vocal
George Harrison - rhythm
guitar, firebell
Ringo Starr - drums
- Sexy Sadie {Lennon} (3:15) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
July 19, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
but remade July 24, 1968 and
remade again August 13, 1968
with overdubs added August 21,
1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal,
rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar,
organ,
background vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar,
piano, background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar,
background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums,
tambourine
- Helter Skelter {McCartney}
(4:30) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
September 9, 1968 at Abbey
Road, London, England
with an overdub added September
10, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - bass guitar,
lead guitar, saxophone,
background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal,
bass guitar, lead guitar
George Harrison - rhythm
guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
Mal Evans - trumpet
- Long, Long, Long {Harrison} (3:04) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
October 7, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
with overdubs added October 8-9,
1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar,
piano, Hammond organ
George Harrison - double-tracked
lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
- Revolution 1 {Lennon} (4:16) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
May 30, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
with overdubs added May 31, June
4 and June 21, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal,
guitar, harmony vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar,
piano, harmony vocal
George Harrison - guitar,
harmony vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
session musicians - brass
- Honey Pie {McCartney}
(2:41) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
October 1, 1968 at Trident
Studios, London, England
with overdubs added October 2,
1968 and October 4, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead guitar
Paul McCartney - lead vocal,
piano
George Harrison - bass guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
fifteen session musicians - brass
- Savoy Truffle {Harrison/Derek
Taylor} (2:55)
[Lyrics]
- Recorded:
October 3, 1968 at Trident
Studios, London, England
with overdubs added October 5, 11
and 14, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar
George Harrison - double-tracked
lead vocal, lead guitar, organ
Ringo Starr - drums,
tambourine
session musicians - two
baritone saxophones, four tenor
saxophones
- Cry Baby Cry {Lennon} (3:11) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
July 16, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
with overdubs added July 18, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal,
acoustic guitar, piano, organ
Paul McCartney - bass guitar
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums,
tambourine
George Martin - harmonium
- Revolution 9 {Lennon/Yoko
Ono} (8:13)
[Lyrics]
- Recorded:
May 30, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
with effects added June 6, 10, 11,
20 and 21, 1968
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - voice, tape
loops
Paul McCartney - piano (at the
beginning)
George Harrison - voice
Ringo Starr - voice
- Good Night {Lennon} (3:12) [Lyrics]
- Recorded:
July 22, 1968 at Abbey Road,
London, England
- Instrumentation:
Ringo Starr - lead vocal
session musicians - thirty-piece
orchestra, harp
choir - four boys, four girls
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